This has led to several image macro memes mocking the ads, particularly on /r/okbuddyretard (examples shown below). On October 11th, YouTuber Foekoe posted a video parodying how ads for the game were all over YouTube, gaining over 385,000 views (shown below). I don’t have strong emotions or rage against plarium, but I don’t want to work so damn hard seeing 12-3 brutal over and over again, or perform the ridiculous number of daily tasks, or run my phone all night long for a tournament. For example, it appeared in a May 18th, 2019 video about League of Legends streamers by Hi Im Coconut (shown below, left) and a JonTron video posted April 15th, 2019 (shown below, right). Online, the game has been a sponsor of many popular YouTube videos, leading viewers to get irritated at the ubiquity of its ads. Pocket Gamer also praised the game's graphic quality.

I play supercell games for like 7 years (all 5) and Im not bored of them. This is why I only game on PC, and only use my phone to make phone calls. Gamezebo wrote that the game's art-style of dark fantasy instead of anime style typical of gacha games. In 3 years people will forget it ever existed and the servers will be dead, it isnt WOW by any measure like every other phone rpg. Each of the 300 collectible characters features unique motion-capture animations produced exclusively in Plarium’s in-house studio to create distinctive character traits and personas.' According to Venture Beat, the game, '(offers) one of the most unified game experiences in the collection RPG genre.

A trailer for the game released a month prior (shown below). The game was released on August 2nd, 2018.

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