Clash of Clans is not a strategy game!

I have played two or three strategy games in the past few years, but all of them support one fact: Clash of Clans is not a strategy game! CoC is a good game to pass time, but it doesn't deserve to be called a strategy game by the general populace. For one, it doesn't have any time span for reaching other villages, and villages don't have specific positions that affect their time span(through distance). In all the games I have played, This has added a HUGE strategic factor to the game,. Also, it doesn't allow you to capture other villages for resources, another feature of many good strategy games. If this were possible(though there would have to be a village or group of villages that are impregnable to attack, so that it is easy to get back in the game if you are away long enough to lose all your other villages, you can still get back in the game quickly(assuming you have a good strategy for such an event)), then you could consider CoC as a true strategy game, but there are not enough factors for planning, a key factor in strategy(and subsequently strategy games), to be of as much use as it should be, in my opinion. I would like to see who here agrees with me, and why the game is designed in this way

EDIT: I am sorry for being unclear, but by time limit I meant time span. Also, I forgot to add that this should be affected by distance to the village from the farthest of the attacking units

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Originally Posted by jason1stlegion

I have played two or three strategy games in the past few years, but all of them support one fact: Clash of Clans is not a strategy game! CoC is a good game to pass time, but it doesn't deserve to be called a strategy game by the general populace. For one, it doesn't have any time limit for reaching other villages. In all the games I have played, This has added a HUGE strategic factor to the game. Also, it doesn't allow you to capture other villages for resources, another feature of many good strategy games. If this were possible(though there would have to be a village or group of villages that are impregnable to attack, so that it is easy to get back in the game if you are away long enough to lose all your other villages, you can still get back in the game quickly(assuming you have a good strategy for such an event)), then you could consider CoC as a true strategy game, but there are not enough factors for planning, a key factor in strategy(and subsequently strategy games), to be of as much use as it should be, in my opinion. I would like to see who here agrees with me, and why the game is designed in this way

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then why do I feel like a strategist every time I upgrade another wall to level 11?

Your examples are strange. You're saying because it doesn't have a few features other strategy games you have played have make it not a strategy game. You have to plan attacks, create troop combo's, trap placement, predict where attacks will come from, manage upgrades, predict where the troops will go with the AI etc. There's a lot of strategy involved in the game to be honest.

I agree to doesnt take a lot of strategy to win battles. Apart from 3 star hogging th10s.

I know what kind of games the OP is talking about, and i can make arguements to say yours isnt much strategy either. While your game may be more of a war game, both games involve lots of strategic planning. What troops to use, what to upgrade and when, how to get pay back.

Yeah it's really not a strategy game. I don't think a mobile game can be a true strategy game. It takes a pc game to really get in-depth.

interesting post OP, i would say there is strategy to the game to quite a wide extent for a mobile game. its a shame we can't discuss other mobile games to compare it to. Time limits are for faster paced strategy games, this is not a fast paced strategy game, its casual.

Boom beach has all those factors if you don't like this game go play that since you like waiting you will love waiting 14 hours to find a free village.

I would say that CoC is a strategy game, but of course it won't be as "in depth" as some of the others out there. The making of troops (as in combinations), protecting of resources, trap placement, and the experience that comes with raiding time after time are all strategic parts of this game. And as I saw somebody say, it is a casual strategic game. Not all people looking for some strategy have hours at a time to spend in front of their computer!

There is strategy in base design, and attack among other things. I would argue the games you're talking about are not as in-depth as others - civilization for example.

Every game is different with different reason to play, and different amounts of time to play them.