Fun game
Mon Jan 29 2024 Olivia James 13This game is fun to play. I downloaded to earn energy for Murder in the Alps.
So far I really enjoy the game and story as well as the animation. My only negative is a personally one and most likely based upon a false expectation. Now I don’t expect Oscar worthy acting. However I did expect it to live up to Murder in the Alps. The main character, the one you are playing, is just awful. It sounds like me trying to do the voiceovers. Just to give some reference, I would win the award for worst acting in history with a landslide. All the other characters are natural sounding, not forced, and not over the top trying too hard. I’ll still play the game but if that’s something you can’t deal with play without sound.
This is NOT a reflection on playing the game by itself but in regards to playing both games. When I opened the game I accumulated a lot of energy. However, the pop up stated that if you played this game you’d earn energy for Murder in the Alps. I played all of the energy I had in one sitting. When I went back into the other game I was 1 energy point more than I was when I ended the game (4). I’m not sure what I’m missing there. I was signed into the same account in both games but only earn in one.
A great game BUT!
Sat Dec 17 2022 Nade2000I’ve played a lot of games from the App Store and as we all know these in-app-games are set up for you to spend money to advance in it. Some games are actually fairly reasonable in their requirements of when they want you to spend money. This murder by choice is a really engaging and enjoyable game to play, until you “need” to buy energy to advance. Out of all the games I’ve played this game is about the greediest game to play. I’ve said it before and will say it again here. I don’t care how good a game is. If I have to spend a fortune to be able to play it I’ll just delete it. And this game falls right into that category. I earned 50 energy points to add to the 14 I had but don’t think I got 10 minutes of play time out of that much energy. So tell me, how much play time am I going to receive if I start dishing out money? I’m not going to find out. I gave this game two stars because it’s a great game. Otherwise it would’ve only gotten one star.
An update, since my first review I tried watching a video to obtain 10 energy points. After the video ended, the download indicator spun in circles endlessly, never receiving the 10 energy points. This game is worthless and not worth the thought of even open it. In all my years of playing cyber games I’ve never seen such greedy developers. I am noting this games maker (s) and will not download anything else from them. Do NOT waist your time with this game aside from how good it might be it is a total waist of time!
energy + rollback
Sun Oct 30 2022 Jayna KI really like that the game doesn’t force ads and lets people opt in or out of them. But I’ve had the same complaints about energy as everyone else. Together, I’ve tried to use the feature of watching an ad and getting 10 energy. I think that’s a great idea. But if I watch an ad, there’s an about 50% chance that a “discrepancy” will be found and “a rollback [will be] issued” which deletes the energy received from watching the ad. At that point the options are to purchase energy, rewatch the ad, or close the game. I sometimes rewatch the ad but this bug really kills the enjoyment of the game and discourages me from trying the ad exchange or a regular purchase in the future. When another nordcurrent game, Happy Clinic, has an issue fulfilling an ad-related reward, it puts up a notice that the reward will be delivered later, and then it actually is. This would help and be a good middle ground from where the game is now and actually improving the energy system. I will say that if I could complete more than two tasks per day, whether that be from decreased energy cost or increased regeneration, I really doubt i’d encounter this issue as much or be as frustrated by it. Thanks for enticing games, have a nice day
UPDATE: I left the game fully closed for more than 24 hours and came back to 160 energy. That was enough to finish the task I’d started before I set it down and do one other thing.
Great game, greedy developers
Tue Dec 20 2022 Louisiana Soldier 111Love the game. The storyline, graphics, and characters are fantastic. HOWEVER, the energy bar is unfair to players. Every single action costs an unreasonably large amount of energy and there’s nothing we can do to gain energy except wait (1 point every 7 minutes). The energy bar depletes very quickly, and refills very slowly (I had 155 energy points when I started playing. It was gone in about 5 minutes!). Every object found, every choice made, every puzzle, costs energy, I even lost a lot of energy for leaving the game on a hidden objects scene! Some of these actions cost 10 energy points, but you earn 1 point every 7 minutes?? That means that 1 second of gameplay can take up to over an hour to earn—which is unheard of in any game. This is clearly a ploy to make money off of the players and entice them to spend money on energy. I’d like to give the developers 5 stars for developing an intriguing mystery game, but conning players into spend a ridiculous amount of money in order to play longer than 5 minutes at a time is greedy and tasteless.
SUGGESTION to developers: Either make actions cost less energy (ex. 1 object=1 energy), OR give us opportunities to gain energy for actions during gameplay.
SUGGESTION to other players: Look for other games (Choices is a good one) before spending a crap ton of money on this one. Remember that you have options.
Awesome Game | Horrible Energy Design
Mon Feb 13 2023 163792This game is awesome, and so much fun. I love the narration and the storyline, the searching, everything about it is awesome…. The reason for my three star review is that the energy “reserve” and amount of energy to do an action/task is horribly off balanced… aka tasks take a lot of energy, and the amount that saves up (after hours of waiting) is minimal in comparison… Day one of gameplay, I was able to play through multiple scenes, conversations, interactions, hidden object searches, etc… it was awesome, but also clearly how they get you hooked. After my initial starter energy was drained… I had to wait hours for the 175 energy bank to return, so that I could continue playing the game… the 175 energy lasted me about 3-5 minutes of gameplay before I was completely out of energy again… I think it took about 75 energy points just to have a conversation with someone and brew a tea… I’ve played a ton of games from the App Store, and think this game would be amongst my top few favorites, IF it wasn’t for this awful energy imbalance… If 2-3 simple actions/convos use ~75 energy points… the energy reserve should be much higher, like 500 energy instead… or there should be options to earn more energy faster. Love the game. Hate the energy…. As a side note… I’m always happy to spend money on great games, but it costs a minimum of $3 to buy more energy… 250 energy… which lasts 5-10 minutes, if you’re lucky…
It’s good, but one thing makes NO sense
Mon Sep 04 2023 Ismail😄😄😄Edit: the developers said the same thing as they did on my airplane chefs review. “go check out our facebook for giveaways and contests.” I will say it again, I simply want to be able to watch ads for energy past 200 energy. That’s it, be able to watch ads beyond the energy capacity like murder in the alps, or maybe make an in app purchase so you no longer use energy, kind of like buying the game. I would GLADLy buy that.
If you previously played Murder in the Alps, that game has a WAY lower energy balance rate. If you compare the two, you spend way kore energy doing things in this game. What IRKS me is why we can’t watch video ads ON TOP OF 200 ENERGY. We can in Murder in the Alps, im sitting at 1000 energy and i STILL can watch videos. As soon as i watch an ad that makes me reach 200 energy, im no longer able to watch ads to stack in Murder By Choice. I will NOT spend money on this game, as murder in the alps proved i can support the game by watching tons of ads. If there’s an option to take time out of my day to watch hundreds of ads a week, please take away the limit to ads in murder by choice. I feel like I play for 4 minutes, then boom I’m out of energy. I like to play more than that, so I have to watch 20 ads to refill, then again and again. I want to watch tons of ads to get a good stock and play at a minimum of 30 minutes! Also please please add chapter 2!
Fun, but not worth it
Tue Dec 20 2022 alyssa hardingI’ve grown increasingly frustrated with this game. I’ve thoroughly enjoyed the gameplay and don’t mind paying occasionally to continue, but it’s excessive. There’s been multiple occasions in which I’ve opened the game after HOURS and still haven’t had enough energy to do a single thing. I’ve paid money, found hidden objects, and completed achievements and still can’t play for more than a few minutes before I have to wait for my energy to restore. I’ve also tried to download the developers other games to get 100 energy as promised, but that has never worked either. It’s ridiculous that it takes 7 minutes for a single energy, while the least any action requires is 5. That means we have to wait 35 minutes to find a single object in a hidden object game, out of probably ~15 objects. I’ve even tried watching the ad videos, but after nearly every other video I get an error saying “discrepancy in game progress” that sends me back a few minutes and takes back all of the energy I’d earned from videos. This has happened countless times and makes the game all the more frustrating. Either the time to get energy needs to decrease or the energy required for tasks needs to decrease. This game is fun, but it’s not worth it anymore.
Fun game, but…
Fri Apr 28 2023 SarcasimThe games is fun, it gives you options to choose from while you play. You can find collectibles, there are search for items games, and some puzzles to solve throughout the story. Yes, the energy does get used up quickly, really quick if it’s a small scene. That doesn’t bother me, I have other games I play. You can watch an ad to get energy, but it does not always give you the energy for watching the ad. That is very frustrating to me. It’s happened several times. As soon as that happens, I quit playing and move on to a different game. I hate that I wasted my time watching an ad, just so they can get some kickback, but I can’t get rewarded for it. I make sure I watch until it says reward granted, but nothing. Don’t start to search for items if you’re low on energy. I’ve made that mistake and when I got on again the next day, some of the items I had found were back in the search boxes. When I tapped them, it cost me energy again.
You spend little time playing due to how quickly the energy is used up. You might not get energy when you watch an ad.
If you start searching for items without enough energy to complete it, you might end up using energy to re-find them when you play again.
Fun game, but can be frustrating!!
3atar
Thu Jun 22 2023 tiaT 565I love the game but the choices take a lot of energy and it also take energy if u guess or click a wrong object by mistake with the little middles games it’s once I hit 200 energy it’s used within five minutes because you have to constantly use energy have convos or games I just think the balance is a little off I do appreciate you can watch ads but sometimes that doesn’t even work or it doesn’t go over 200 and you can loose energy quickly I love the game animations story line and it keep you on your toes I just hate how the energy can be taken so fast and kind of expensive like some actions are 50 energies like when they do the little comic part scene I like it but it takes alot of energy but other that great game but I hope that can be fixed soon I spent like 20$ and energy was gone within 10-15 minutes that’s really my pet peeve with but agin great story I just hope they can fix that also it takes a long time to get energy like 5 minutes it one energy after 24 hrs I still can be around 150 energy that a long wait long story short it the energy for me also it sent me back to a scene I already completed but had to start over with no compensation how yiu take my energy than send me back to whole new scene I already created .
Great Storyline, Expensive Energy Cost
Sun Feb 19 2023 egrace_1908I really like the storyline of this game. It’s really cool! I also like how you don’t constantly get ads. I actually have never had an ad in the game. On the other hand though, I can barely do a few tasks without running out of energy. And the achievements do help a little but not too much. The cost affects regular gameplay, but it also affects the usage of achievement energy. How am I supposed to use the energy for extra things ON TOP of what I already have to do if the cost of tasks is so expensive? The tasks drain the energy. The “cost” to perform simple tasks such as finding a hidden item (5 energy) is incredibly expensive. I’m also disappointed in the response to the amount of people who are reporting about this. The developer’s are replying the same to anyone who says anything about this.
If you’re looking for a game that has a really good storyline and cool concept (but you’re patient enough to wait two days to perform three tasks), then this is a great option for you! But if you’re like me and want to rip your hair out because you can barely get anything done without something popping up saying “You don’t have enough energy to perform this action!”, then this game is definitely not the one for you. :)
