World of Warriors

Gamezebo places World of Warriors in the collect and battle game genre,[2] while Gematsu calls it a combat-focused adventure game.[3] IGN Italia places it in the action genre.[4]

The player creates a team of characters which the player uses to battle enemy non-player characters, in groups of one to three.[2] Defeating enemies rewards the player with experience, in-game money, and material to create other items.[2] After some experience, the characters level up, and the player can assign items to each character which makes it more powerful.[2] Similar to the game of rock, paper, scissors, certain characters are weak to specific other characters, while strong against others.[2] Each character has a unique move.[2] The player can participate in combat by timing his actions to the actions of his characters, which makes his characters' attacks stronger.[2] Each battle takes place in a specific arena, each with its own environment.[3]

The game provides players with a method to increase the level of their characters outside the main story mode.[2]

Each of the characters is based on historical fighters.[2]

Gamezebo at release reported there would be player versus player.[2]

The game is free to play with some microtransactions.[4]

The developer Mind Candy conceived of the game at a retreat.[5] Art director Johnny Taylor was inspired by his son, who had an appreciation for warriors in history.[5] The game was developed at the Brighton studio.[5]

The game is intended to be a family game, rather than a kid's game; Mind Candy founder Michael Smith described the game as having "depth and complexity".[5] He was worried about the competition on the mobile video game platforms during development.[5] Smith noted that "developers have to be responsible", since designing for kids, taking into account the desire to make money in a microtransaction economy, can be difficult.[5]

The developer announced the game for both iOS and Android in May 2014, with the expectation of release later in 2014.[6] The Telegraph assumed the developer would be "hopeful" for its release, as The Telegraph expected the company to have an initial public offering within a few years of release.[6]

Gamezebo praised the unique artwork and the inclusion of historical aspects, as well as the reflex-based gameplay during battles.[2] IGN Italia praised a large number of heroes for selection and assigned the game a score of 8 out of 10.[4]

Gamezebo criticized the number of currencies (three) and multiple energy systems (two).[2] IGN Italia said that the game was not optimized for the newest phones.[4]