Genuinely addicted to this game
Mon Aug 05 2024 moose smolbeanI have been logging in everyday for half a year now, and honestly its just because the game is so refreshing compared to other ones. No ingame ads, you dont have to pay to enjoy the game (havent spent a cent,) the plot is interesting and theres hella tea (drama) and the outfits are really fun to create once you have a good wardrobe built up. Admittedly it is repetitive and there is some daily grinding, but they make it easier as you progress, and all the people in my server are really nice and it creates a relaxing atmosphere. Its a fun game to play if you have the time to waste. You probably wont ever become empress tho lol Edit: I have tried playing many other empress games and always got stuck at some point and couldnt progress because of certain paywalls, which hasnt happened to me yet, so i would recommend this over other similar games.. looking at you revenge of the queen 🙄
Decent, but easy to grow bored of.
Tue Jan 16 2024 Silent0nyxI played this game for about 3/4s of a year, and it was honestly really time consuming. I would spend 2-4 hours everyday on this game, and while it was rewarding at first, after a while it just became brain-numbing. The story is alright, but it’s hard to get prestige to play the story. There’s a lot of other things to do, but most of them have long refill times, and it’s nearly impossible to get everything done in less than an hour, so if that’s what you’re looking for, this is not it. It’s fairly easy to get ingots as a F2P player as long as you don’t spend them everyday (gaining around 800 daily) but you would still need 20k AT LEAST to complete any limited events, and there’s hardly ever a break between events to stock up on ingots again. Also, they only merged servers for events, so if you’re in a dead server, good luck being able to do Opera or Banquets, and you might as well say bye bye to Fashionfest because it won’t even start if not enough players signed up for it. There are some goods things though- the outfits are awesome and you get a free 4 star outfit every month for logging in, and I met some really great people in my server, although there’s like a 50/50 chance of getting a good server, since I've heard some are really toxic.
I know I have a lot of complaints and not many compliments, but overall I did enjoy my time and I think that it’s worth a try. I don’t write reviews that often, but I do hope this helps!
Good game overall, some annoyances
Sat Feb 22 2025 KirekusoOverall I really enjoyed this game! My community was super amazing (tho I’ve heard otherwise from different servers) and I really enjoyed the early plot and a lot of mechanics. The outfits are fun and very pretty, and I like the many servants and general progression mechanics.
The plot of the story, however, is repetitive and boring after a time. The emperor is frustrating (I have never hated a man more, he’s so stupid) and there are so many more minor characters (mostly the four love interests) that are so much more engaging but get little time to shine on their own. I also really hated how much irl money was necessary to gain items during events, as you could save 4000 gold and still not be able to make enough in a event to get a cool outfit.
I may go back to play this game eventually but I got frustrated and wasn’t having fun. The community kept me going as long as it was (shout out to royal from server 66!), I just wish the plot was more engaging and didn’t require quite so much saving up.
Actually Fun!
Wed Mar 29 2023 Willow MaloneI was surprised to find a game like this that’s actually like the ads. While there is stuff that’s locked behind the VIP paywall, there’s also lots of things you can get for free! I also haven’t tried the VIP system but it seems like a solid spend money = gain rewards system.
My only complaints are that the voice acting could be better, and there’s a LOT of daily tasks to do. I’m used to it because I’ve played other games like Fashion Diary & Love Nikki that have similar tasks but I feel like anyone new to the format would probably struggle to keep up. The good thing about that though is there’s constant free stuff to get if you put in the work!
Overall a solid game and I’m having a surprising amount of fun playing it. Also I’m hopelessly in love with Ji. Thank you for creating him.
Upset
Sun Jun 11 2023 lilllshortyyyyyIm highly upset with a lot of things like the manor house why do I need to buy materials to be able to make what I want you guys are making this unfair on top of the fact that the materials take hours just to make 100 and I have enough supplies so I’m honestly over it can’t even make something pretty without having to actually spend money on the game, number two is the koi pond if I have the fish to make a wish why is that I spend it and get the same clothes OVER AND OVER it’s not fair and then the fur part I have 5000 canton crepe for recycle exchange but can’t get a single piece because for some reason I don’t get any fur so it’s honestly just wasting my time and frustrating me, some people don’t spend money on game like me, you guys are making everything so hard to do so tht we end up spending our money which I don’t appreciate at all because I actually enjoy the game but if I’m putting all this time for it to be the same things over and over I might aswell not play it anymore, I shouldn’t have to spend my earnings in the game to end up with nothing valuable taht I can have fun with…
Surprisingly addicting!!
Tue Jul 12 2022 kfinnzIt felt like I was endlessly being advertised this game in other apps so I caved and gave it a try, and now it’s my favorite mobile game I’ve ever played!! I’m really happy that there’s no in game ads and honestly it’s completely enjoyable without pumping money into it. Some things cost a lot of money to get (ingot costs are crazy) but it’s very enjoyable without any of that, the game rewards you plenty just for playing and there’s SO much to do!!! The outfits are so pretty and the story is better than I thought it would be. The weird accents throw me off but you get used to it (why does one person have a southern us accent??). The competitions are fun but I do think some players will always be at the top and have an unfair advantage over others. The game also disconnects regularly but it’s not the worst annoyance honestly. All in all a GREAT game!!! No regrets downloading this
not so bad but could be improved
Sat Jun 18 2022 soyaenjoyaSince the game is super new I understand it can take time to work out things and fine tune the game to the players liking but overall I don’t think it’s a bad game my favorite aspects of the game are the gorgeous outfits and tons of sort of mini games but there could be many improvements for example the voice overs sometimes use different accents it can be jarring I think it would be better if they spoke Chinese or just one accent of the English language. I’m not huge on lore so I always skip the stories but I think the story could be a lot more interesting like a strong romance plot. I love that you can customize your character but I think giving the option to change skin tone would make it better. And lastly I personally would enjoy if the bgm was more of Chinese folk music. Nonetheless I hope to see updates from now on that’ll hopefully improve gameplay
Best “empress” game!
Fri Jun 17 2022 Kamroo BayIf this kind of stuff (Ancient China, concubines, harems, etc) interest you then you’ll love this game! I normally don’t play mobile games but I can’t put this one down. There’s never any ads to watch (however it does advertise in game purchases) which is a nice change of pace from most mobile games I’ve tried. The story is interesting and the gameplay is fun. It’s a lot to take in at first but once you know your way around you’ll keep coming back. My only complaint about this game is that some of the translations to English are a bit inaccurate/ confusing BUT I can still understand what is meant to be said and that hasn’t taken away from my enjoyment at all. I maybe even caved in and purchased some gold because I’m addicted… join us!
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addictive BUT terrible customer service
Thu Jul 20 2023 guacamolaathe game is super fun and is easy to get addicted to (in a good ¿healthy? way!) i have also met a bunch of friends that will probably last the rest of my IRL. I would definitely give it a 5 star review…
HOWEVER. the customer service is poor. terrible. awful. devastating. and extremely disappointing… you do not have to spend real money to have fun in the game, but a lot of people do, to take full advantage of the events & rewards.
the system is flawed- for example, I purchased (with REAL money) an item to use in an event. it was purchased to be used last minute to end in top place. after the purchase, the item appeared in a different location than I thought- so by the time I claimed it and went back to the event to use it, the time was up.
I reached out to customer service to ask if I can use it on the next event. they said no. I asked for a refund- they said no since I gained VIP rewards from it. ok that’s understandable. then they said they would reach out to see if I can use it in the next event again, and yet AGAIN i was told no.
so I spent REAL money for nothing and customer service is doing NOTHING to keep me as a loyal, VIP, multiple server player.
there are a TON of other items that are saved in your inventory to be used when the event or time comes up. but apparently not ALL the events- which IMO is cow crap.
Great Game, Shady Business
Wed Aug 03 2022 Adm AstridI honestly love this game. It’s very fun. However, they are very shady about how they do in app transactions especially with their VIP system. If you try to bring this up to them or get a refund from Apple because you purchased something and didn’t get what you expected? You loose your account unless you pay that money back. Honestly it’s a shame. This is such a fun game and they didn’t need to go and ruin it with things like this. If they were just clear about what you needed to buy for the difference VIP levels it wouldn’t be an issue. But they hide that information away so you spend more money and when you try to get your money back they lock your account down instead of just taking away the in game items. They really need to over haul that entire part. So long story short if you want to play the game go for it. It’s very fun. But be warned. Don’t put any money into it.
