Fun for a while, but you need to spend real money to be competitive

I really enjoyed the concept of the game in the beginning: the controls are intuitive and gameplay is fun. The problem is that once you reach a certain level, its incredibly hard to win battles unless you spend quite a bit of real money on upgrades. I bought the two starter packs ($6.00 between the two), but by the time I got to the second ranking tier, players with less experience where whipping my butt regularly, which means I couldnt advance any further. I know this is a common complaint of all "freemium" games, but others Ive played at least lets you advance even if it is at a slower pace. So, as much as I enjoyed the game in the beginning, Im so frustrated right now that Ill be deleting it from my ipad as soon as Im done writing this review.

Beelzebubber about Tactile Wars, v1.5.5