By William Smith – Staff Reporter

“Clash Of Clans,” a mobile game made by SuperCell, came out on August 2, 2012. In the game, players start with a town hall, barracks, cannon, gold mine, and elixir collector.  To progress further through they need to loot other villages to gain more resources, so they can build and upgrade their village. There are a ton of troops, spells, and strategies they can use to loot other villages. 

Some of the troops players can use are Barbarians, Archers, Giants, Goblins, Wall Breakers, Balloons, Wizards, Healers, Dragons, P.E.K.A., Baby Dragons, and Miners. There are even more troops players can use to raid villages. 

One of the biggest features of the game is the clan. Once players restore their clan building, they can join a clan. There are tons of clans they could choose from or they can create their own clan. The functions of a clan are to support one another. Players can request troops or send them to other villages. 

The biggest positive of the game is that players can do whatever they want. They don’t need to raid other villages, they don’t need to upgrade their village. The best part is the game doesn’t force anything on players. When users start, it gives them a quick tutorial on how to play the game, and guides them on what to do from there.

A major weak point in the game is time. It doesn’t take too long to get a decent village but the more people upgrade their village, the longer things take to upgrade. At a certain point it will take players days to upgrade things and it will take a ton of resources. Eventually the pace will start to slow down.