I quit playing right after Backflip gave the notice DragonVale was over (‘17). They added an expansion where you basically breed every dragon AGAIN! But this time they have different elemental traits, and you can customize them with different looks from the ones you’ve bred. I love the dark trait cause they get purple flames 😍 Lots of catching up to do! I like this game more than others because it’s more like a PC game than a mobile game. Most mobile games are cheesy and easy. Deca has made awesome dragons to carry-on what BF started; you can tell they put a LOT of time into designing them. Things happen in real time, and it’s not so geared to kids. I mean kinda, but even in the forums, it’s mostly teens and up. Lot of 20s-30s+ playing it. There’s a little interaction with friends in co-op breeding and sending daily gifts. They add new dragons in events seasonally, and have mini-events to keep the game fun and help you get through the tedious breeding process faster. It’s a nice break, especially when tryin to get rare dragons from a pair that has a lot of long hour offspring. Definitely a challenge for the completionists, unless you build a bunch of different parks, or add a lot of people from fan groups, cause some dragons are only available a 1-3wks/yr. They have a couple ways to expand that’s a little, but with 841 dragons now, it’s still gonna take some time!

I first played DragonVale when it first came out, and have very fond memories of playing it in high school to pass the time between classes. I love many of the dragon designs and concepts added since, and I appreciate the team’s efforts to keep things interesting with seasonal events. The only thing I feel like other similar apps have an advantage over it is more mini games or something to the effect of a competitive element. It’s a really nice idle clicking game, but my favorite part is the track races which you only get limited free plays per day and the gameplay becomes repetitive and/or frustrating. I’m not sure from a development standpoint what kinds of constraints are in place in terms of size/memory usage, but it would be nice to have things to do when you’re waiting for all your timers to tick down. Even if it’s just something ya’ll keep in mind for a potential sequel game. I hate to bring up a “rival” app, but if you could invent gameplay that was more engaging than Dragon Mania Legends, that would rock! That game feels a little more “involved” but I really don’t like staring at that art style at all… the designs in DragonVale are far more pleasant, diverse, and endearing. Overall, DragonVale is always a classic in my books and I would love to see it continue to grow and evolve, even after all these years.

I absolutely love this game! I’ve been playing on and off for about 10+ years! I remember having my kids collect all my coins when they were toddlers. I’ve recently started playing again and there are so many new elements and clearly years worth of dragons that I have missed. Some events reintroduce dragons and that’s a nice element. Also with the co-op breeding cave some of the dragons I’ve missed over the years can now be bred without an event. With all that being said this game would be 5 stars if the cost of islands and habitats weren’t so ridiculously expensive. Even with the hundreds of dollars I’ve spent the costs of islands are still utterly out of reach. 12 billion for an island is a bit excessive in my opinion and the costs of gems and other treasures aren’t worth it because they don’t go very far. I plan to continue playing this game, but it gets frustrating when you have dragons sitting in the hibernation cave and nowhere to put them. The hibernation cave can now be expanded to house 400 dragons that are not in use. I think that says a lot about the ability to obtain islands and expand livable space for the dragons we breed. The newly introduced rift dragons are confusing to breed, most of the time I’m just winging it. I do love the different dragons and Different elements that have been added. I believe the dragon creativity and quality has not missed a beat. 4/5 stars for me.