【Game Highlights】
First and foremost, as an idle simulation merge casual single-player game, featuring gameplay that encourages players to explore various mines and mine ore for substantial revenue by hiring and merging goblin miners, Gold and Goblins: Idle Merger unquestionably exercises players’ strategy, resource allocation, exploration and patience.
Secondly, the players’ primary purpose in Gold and Goblins: Idle Merger is to help the goblins regain the glory of the goblin Empire, which undoubtedly gives the players’ experience a strong sense of purpose from the very beginning.
Thirdly, Gold and Goblins: Idle Merger allows players to gain a stream of goblin-mined gold even when offline without opening the game, which truly realizes the meaning of idle games.
Fourth, Gold and Goblins: Idle Merger has carefully designed dozens of realistic mines with a wide range to be explored by players step by step, making their gaming experience even richer and more fascinating.
【How to play】
When it comes to thespecific gameplay, first of all, the core concept of the game is to develop yourstrong team of goblinminers as efficiently as possible to maximize the speed and revenue of mining and to earn more by upgrading the forge,so the players’first task in the early stages of Gold and Goblins: Idle Merger is to use the limited mining profits to buy as many small goblins as possible and to upgrade them by merging them, for example from Level 4 which can mine black agate to Level 6 goblins which can mine jade. As all mines tend to have ores of varying difficulty to mine, ores that may take tens of minutes to mine for lower-level goblins can be mined in just a few dozen seconds for higher-level goblins. Therefore, it is very desirable to use the ore proceeds to merge and raise the level of goblins in such a virtuous circle.
In addition, turning the mined ore into a steady stream of substantial profits from the forge is also a vital part of supporting all the actions of the player. Therefore, it is imperative to upgrade the forging furnace so as to obtain high income like flowing water even in the offline state.
【Pros and cons】
On the whole, Gold and Goblins: Idle Mergerhas both impressive excellence and a fly in the ointment. From its cartoonish three-dimensional graphics style and smooth mining dynamics, to its casual merging and idling features, to its featured gameplay that tests the players’ ability and patience to allocate profits, to its minimal operation and easy-to-master rules, Gold and Goblins: Idle Merger both do their job perfectly and keep players hooked. However, it is disappointing that the immersive game environment is flooded and disturbed by a large number of advertisements.