Running through other part of Monetizer, it has a Discount Currency ratioof 1.4, which is fairly standard. Plugging this into our Monetizer system, it's little surprise to see that Backyard Monsters: Unleashed scores 350.Įven in the context of the 100 score benchmark we used to define a highly monetised game, it is a highly monetised game. Indeed, of its five IAP transaction, the majority cost $29.99 or more. Looking at the in-game store, something else to note is that as with recent games from publishers such as Kabam and GREE, the minimum IAP is priced at $4.99.Įven more significant is that the next cheapest IAP is $14.99, which is the most expensive 'second cheapest' IAP we've come across. you can't buy it with Shiny), and you can buy 1-, 3- and 7-day shield using Shiny. Build and upgrade your yard into an impenetrable fortress to repel invaders. Team up with your friends or attack them for valuable resources. Unlocking a third builder is a direct real cash purchase of $5.99 (i.e. Backyard Monsters: Unleashed Is that a monster in your pocket The top-rated, action strategy game on Facebook is now available on iPhone and iPad Hatch, train, and lead a deadly monster army into battle. How to Play Like the majority of Facebook games, Backyard Monsters walks you through the basics of setting up your yard, including building a town hall. In addition to its various currencies, Backyard Monsters: Unleashed has a number of items you can buy. If you want your building upgraded immediately, you then have a second step of spending more hard currency to enable this.īackyard Monsters: Unleashed shortcuts this process with one single tap something that's more accessible and also encourages faster hard currency spending. (In terms of the soft currencies, there are four: Twigs and Pebbles for buildings Goo for monsters and Putty for building and unlocking new monster types.)Īnother direct way in which Shiny is used is when you're upgrading your buildings.Īs well as being given the option to upgrade to the next level using your available resources (the time this process will take is also detailed), you always have the option to buy the upgrade immediately with Shiny.Īgain, this is subtly different from other games in which if you don't have the required resources, you have to convert from the hard currency into enough soft currency. This is one way in which Kixeye 'plays the house' as this option typically will see players using more Shiny than they would otherwise choose to if they had the more standard 'X amount of Shiny = a Y amount of resource' option.
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