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Haypi Kingdom: The Return of the King – Roleplaying Game Review
Haypi Kingdom: The Return of the King is a Roleplaying/Strategy/Entertainment game from Shanghai Haypi Computers Technology Co., Ltd., first launched in 17th September 2014.
It’s rated 4+ and currently has 176+ ratings on the App Store.
What Makes Haypi Kingdom: The Return of the King Stand Out
Haypi is proud to introduce Haypi Kingdom: The Return of the King. This new Massive Multiplayer Online Strategy War Game is the sequel to Haypi Kingdom, which was ranked amongst the Top 10 Grossing for 3 consecutive years from 2010 to 2012. Although it took the old team for 2 years, The Return of the King fulfills the genre to a further stage in gameplay, storyline, events and even art style.
Set in the Middle Age, things are so restless in this kingdom of magic and darkness. The Rebels are rising, the Orcs are causing havoc, the Demons are pulverizing things on their path, and other Lords are coveting your resources…Strife and bloodshed are seen everywhere, homeless people are living in a desperate plight.
You, as a feudal lord, will lead an army of bravery; besiege forts; conquer lands; recruit diversified heroes, and you'll also strategize your combat formations and go on an expedition thousands of miles away. You're about to save your people from suffering and chaos; construct a new superpower from the ruins; expand your realm and protect it from invaders.
The bugle is now blowing again from the ashes and smoke of the battlefield. There's a folklore spreading in the word of mouth: "The Legendary King/Queen shall return in a blaze of glory, expel the monsters, dominate the whole kingdom and bring back peace and joy to the world ever after."
[Quality Continues]: Same Team, Better Work. It’s all about strategy and war tactics;
[Core Gameplay]: Build, Attack, Recruit, Train, and Develop;
- A diversity of troops and technologies.
- A variety of heroes and skills.
- 6 races, creepy creatures, and a fabulous adventure.
- 10 scenes, hundreds of levels, and interesting storylines.
- Plenty of activities.
- Vivid animations and exquisite artwork.
- Synthesizing, Enhancing and disenchanting as you wish.
[Allies Ally]: Join in Alliance, Buff up Selves; - Personal growth and team work blend.
- Allies share Alliance Boxes.
- Alliance Techs buff up allies' city development.
[Player Interactions]: Collaborative tasks, chat and more; - Work together with other players from different regions to develop the world!
- PVP tournaments, fierce combat and plunder;
The King shall return! The glory days shall return! The whole kingdom awaits your return!
This Roleplaying game offers engaging gameplay and regular updates for mobile players.
Player Feedback
As a newer release, Haypi Kingdom: The Return of the King is building its player community. Early feedback suggests .
Recent Updates & Development
Latest Update: 22nd December 2015
Recent improvements include:
This app has been updated by Apple to display the Apple Watch app icon.
A brand new building-War Hall is unveiled for assembling allies’ troops to wage war.
Download & Availability
Haypi Kingdom: The Return of the King is available through the official App Store for iOS devices.
Get Haypi Kingdom: The Return of the King on App Store
Requirements: Requires iPhone 5s / iPad Air / iPad Air (Cellular) / iPad Mini 2 (Retina) / iPad Mini 2 (Retina, Cellular) / iPhone 6 / iPhone 6 Plus / iPad Air 2 / iPad Air 2 (Cellular) / iPad Mini 3 or later.
Compatible with iPhone and iPad devices.
Player Experience Highlights
Community Insight:
Getting addicted to Haypi Kingdom all over again.
Played the original haypi what yall play ??? Cant find a game similar to this & cant login. Comment similar apps if u see this -demonb3 -damonb3 -S4GA.
Even its a little bit complicated for a beginner.
We miss the original haypi please bring it back.
We played the old one back in the day and we loved it. Picked it back up a couple of days ago and noticed they had a new game. We just started out on both and still loving it. Hopefully we won't get wiped out too quick lol.
We played the original and decided to find this game again. We're glad it's upgraded and improved! Fun.
We've loved this game sense we played the closed beta. Much better then the original haypi kingdoms for sure.
It is really fun and you can play as much or little as you like.
Other players plunder you early tho.
Much improved from last version.
Finally a good game in the App Store.
This game is just as good if not better than the original Haypi Kingdom! The gameplay is improved as well as the visuals and it draws you in much more than the old one. Great game overall.
Fun game. But way too many glitches. Haypi is working to fix though. Some upgrades though are not for improvement of game but to make more money. Game can be addicting though, and the urge to buy coins is hard to resist.when you buy resources they should be delivered automatically,it can take 6 hours to get them.
Getting rare upgrade materials like werewolf claws and vampire fangs are a little tough but great game.
Seems fun so far. It does not have all the, you have to pay it real money to go further. It does help, but not required. Thanks Haypi.
Wow, this game really grabs you! A great sequel to Haypi Kingdom.
The instructions on how to do certain things, such as join an alliance, are hard to find. Havent been able to actually communicate with other players to ask them either. Other than this, game is fun.
Love it. Great game. Only issue is the monopolization of servers by a few who have the means to spend more money on the game than everyone else. Definitely would recommend trying the game, but would not recommend spending any money on it.
Game starts off slow but becomes lots of fun. People from all around the world playing it Good game.
Like it better than the original.
Wonder if anyone will recognize those two emojis. S2. Let's play.
It's a fun game, better then the original haypi.
One of the best strategy games we know. Super fun.
Fun game so far but virtually no support for it.
Awesome! Used to play Haypi Kingdom and this is a great upgrade.
Game is great we like it. It needs few minor fixes but it's great! The downside is the fact that there are barely any players :(. But it's amazing and the money ratio to what u can do in game with how much u spend is 10-1 compared to games like game of war.
Awesome game to keep you busy during your down time.
Its a fun game but takes so long to build and upgrade.
Little too much pay to win but fun.
We wish there was some way to get an overview of what youre supposed to do and more importantly .. WHY.
This one is more much in depth and is way more fun than the original when we are speaking only on the game itself. However all this talk of horrible support, hackers, and Chinese reverse racism is scaring us into thinking this is a bad game just because of the community around it.
Great game but too many login issues. Game will be up for a day or two and has now been down for over 2 weeks.
The game itself is probably one of the best strategy games for the iPhone – an improvement over the original Haypi Kingdom — and massively addicting. However this game is riddled with built in exploits and has allowed certain players to create massive imbalance and basically control over the entire server. After several reports to Haypi's support team with evidence of the cheating they don't even have the common curtesy to respond, let alone do anything about it. Apple has done a better job at providing support for their game then they have. We would not waste our money on a game that no matter how much you spend or how far you think you are, the cheaters will always be further.
It's a decent time waster but it's meh at best.
Brings you to agreement with no agree or dont agree options leaving you stuck have tried twice months in between and its a no go.
Tried to START the game and received a message that our device had reached the account limit. Alas Ive never played this game before and this phone was new out of the box. We suppose the developers dont want new players Glad we missed out on this one because it seems from the comments there are horrendous imbalances due to built-in exploits and the developers dont seem to want to do anything about it. Overall, dont bother. Go take a walk or something.
We still cant play this game after a year, when you begin the game the user agreement pops up and you can not get past it if you have iPhone 11 Pro at least. Nothing you can do, there is no button to push or minimize anything, you get stuck on agreement page and cant click agree. There is no agree to click… This isnt just our phone we tried on our wifes and our brothers phone just to see. This game is messed up and they dont deserve a penny for it! It was a super fun game to play back in the day 6 years ago but now they dont update it at all and dont do anything at all… Zero stars.
Some how managed to make a worse game than the first one off of the knowledge they learned. Good job guys! Exactly why every one of their games have died fairly early.
We originally came here because we played the original Haypi Kingdom. This game could be great but it lacks developer support. The game itself has not been updated in over several years and support does nothing to fix that issue. The game needs some more expansion or other things added to it so it does become dull after playing it for an extended period of time. The game is also more pay to win than the original Haypi Kingdom. EDIT: Game does not work on new IoS update.
Not sure if its just us, but we uninstalled and reinstalled the game several times. There seems to be an issue accepting the terms in order to sign up on the 11 pro max.
The game is basically dead. Chat is empty and the market has very little activity. The last update for the game was 3 years ago. That is not a good sign of the developers having much interest in the game and are probably just milking it.
Couldn't even get to try the game. After installation, it said the device has reached it's registration cap! Pretty stupid.
We have contacted the fudging developers of this game whom have not once responded to us. Theres a guy that is level 15 with 30k troops… Not even if you paid $500 could you have that. But that doesnt prove that hes a cheater, what does is that he hacked our own farm and now its constantly produces negative crops. Our crops take from us -5000 crops every hour we are literally always at 0 and has completely halted our progression in the game there is nothing we can do. We regret to inform you all that we unfortunately spent money on this game to try to take an edge but has been a complete and utter waste. Im livid about this game. What an absolutely failure from these developers they dont care AT ALL! Do not waste any money on this game in the end it will be worthless.
Downloaded the app for the first time ever, based on a review we read online. We were excited to try a new game, after play Game of War for three years. But we can't even play, it states "device has met registration cap." No clue what that mean, but we downloaded other games and played them just fine….so…this one will be deleted. Too bad.
A big problem in this game is monopolization. The servers are ahead to the point where most if not all the castles are taken by alt accounts. If you try to fight these people, they just wipe you because they already have forts and so on. It's sad to see the game dying because of simple things, but we guess it's what you'd expect from a company that's only in it for the cash.
Can't buy coin at least you tab on it for an hour, never give any new update, and currently bug not fixed, bug after daylight saving. No reply after contact customer service.
If you like a challenge and have time give it a try. It may cost you a dollar or two but only you can decide if it is worth your wild. People play for different reasons. Some are more resourceful than others, some play for the social aspect. As we said, only you can decide. After all, isn't that what makes the world go round everyone has an opinion and is entitled to it.
New but fun, hope it's as good as first one or better <3.
Better than the original Haypi Kingdom.
We miss OG haypi kingdom but this "next gen" version is great. We're stoked.
User feedback from Apple App Store
App Details
- Version: 1.1.5
- Size: 72.54 MB
- iOS: 6.0 or later
- Languages: EN, RU, ZH
- Content Advisory:
- Developer: [Shanghai Haypi Computers Technology Co., Ltd.]()
Last updated: 22nd December 2015 | Genre: Roleplaying, Strategy | Developer: Shanghai Haypi Computers Technology Co., Ltd.