Overall Great Start but Experiencing Glitches the more I play
Wed May 10 2023 alyssaac719What can I say? This has been one of my top favorite mobile game apps. Puzzle games like this are my favorite. I even have a whole book on Search and Finds. Finding this game was great and definitely helped me kill time in between my Minecraft gaming. Ive opened all available maps, completed 1 level minimum of each puzzle style (classic, paired and timed) for each map, finished all the thieves smaller puzzle, completed a few puzzle hunts challenges and even completed 1 month of daily puzzles. I’ve paid for have the ads removed. I know there are still ads if you want a free bonus like a compass but that’s expected. I’ve experienced that in other phone games. I’ve even signed in with my Apple ID and Facebook account to keep my progress synced however lately, I’ve been experiencing gameplay issues. The fps has dropped significantly. While I have no proof of exact numbers, I can best describe to change as going from a steady 60 fps down to 15. I’ve played on Wi-Fi and with data and there is no difference between the two in terms of the frames drop. The screen will jump when I’m zooming in, tapping on the item I found, and even following the compass path. It’s been going on for a while now and it’s starting to impact my ability to keep playing. I do come back because I enjoy the game overall but this frame rate drop has been increasing my desire to play something else.
Nice but frustrations exist
Fri Sep 23 2022 JueJueyLoads of fun and time flies when playing but I do have some pet peeves: 1) View of game jumps inexplicably. If I zoom in the screen sometimes jumps and zooms out or if I’m trying to see more of the landscape it jumps and zooms in to a different part of the scene. 2) There should be a view where the entire scene is visible so you can find items that aren’t close. In pairs, I’ll see one item and when I locate its pair, I loose where the other one was. 3) move the stationary icons off the page. The way you can minimize the tray of items, the other icons need to be off the scene so they’re not in the way. 4) Needs another mode…how about find all the balloons or all the cats or dozens of ribbons or vases or mushrooms in a scene WITHOUT being timed. 5) When will existing scenes expand to see what’s behind the clouds? Too long between updates. And one of these reviews mentioned a scramble option… where is that? 6) My biggest PET PEEVE… all objects aren’t there when scene opens. I was looking for a boomerang pair in the Sports World scene. I knew where it was and tried to find right when I started but only ONE was there. After finding more and moving the scene around a bit, the other boomerang appeared right where I’d look for it before. Every object should be in place when a scene opens!
7) I don’t like the TOKYO scene… can’t discern the different objects!
Fun Live-Action Movement Colorful Game
Fri Mar 24 2023 Gardenbug5I love this game. Reminds me of the seek-and-find games in the back of the “Highlights” magazines when i was a kid. The St Patricks Day tickets and Greek Vases scattered in the the different worlds are a nice addition. Would be fun to have the same kind of search thrown into the mix for other holidays ie Valentine’s Day, Christmas, Kwanzaa, Hanukkah, Chinese New Year, US NewYears, Japanese New Years, Eid al-Fitr etc.
The reviews posted from JUEJUEY Sept 23rd and NOTAHOOF June 5th have some great suggestions. I like the idea of the stationary items ie Compass/magnifying glass off the page, added to the tray of items that can be minimized so they are off the screen. I play on my iPad and when I zoom in/out sometimes i hit the compass/magnifying glass by mistake. I use them sparingly as I love the challenge, but I can’t always purchase the packs in the store when needed. Thanks for such a fun game. I have enjoyed playing this game while recovering from major surgery. Keeps my brain busy while I am recovering. Looking forward to new maps-maybe a Mall Of The Americas for those who like to shop, National Parks, Jungle/rainforest, Nepal/Mt Everest, Machu Picchu, Scotland/UK, Isle of Skye, Rome/Italy, Amsterdam/Netherlands, Stockholm/Sweden, Croatia, Costa Rica etc. I have enjoyed the Japan map-I have looked up several of the items to see what they are, how they are used etc. Nice to learn about other places.
The Number of Ads Makes It Unplayable
Wed Aug 09 2023 Hotelier HeartThe game started out very promising. The art style, scenery, characters, items, everything is adorable. As are the little animations. However, by day 2, the frequency of the ads increased so much and became so unbearable, I had to give up playing. It got to the point where I couldn’t even locate the next item before another ad stopped my gameplay. To make things worse, it went from returning me to where I was on the map when it interrupted me to automatically sending me to the bottom of the map, causing me to lose my place. Not the end of the world since the maps aren’t massive (at least in the beginning where I was) but still annoying. Factor in how many scrolls/seconds it took to get back to where I was, however, and in no time another ad would start and the process would begin anew. It would be preferable if ads were linked to perhaps every 10 items found and/or if you come back into the app after being away. That way you are guaranteed the opportunity to make some progress before being interrupted again. Just a thought, but something definitely needs to change. It’s just too unforgiving. You can’t even interrupt/skip them at all like in some other mobile games. And you shouldn’t have to pay to make the game playable. Not saying there should be no ads, that’s how they make money, but it needs to be reasonable. Make the number of ads less obnoxious and you have something special here.
Not impressed with recent change
Wed Feb 22 2023 Jaeci99I’ve been playing this game for a while now and paid for the no-ads version. I’ve continued to play despite the fact that it’s super predictable when redoing each of the various cities. I appreciate that there are periodically some new cities, as by the time they put out a new one, I’ve done the existing ones many, many, many times.
However, I’m incredibly frustrated with the most recent update (Greece). I was initially given access to it, same as previous ones, and completed it multiple times before it inexplicably disappeared. I now apparently have to UNLOCK it by finding a certain number of a specific object (which has varied from 300 to 200 to most recently needing 100 of these things) to “unlock” the city I had already been playing. The objects aren’t just there for you to collect and be on your way. You have to replay the existing cities MULTIPLE times, waiting several minutes for the object to even become available during a single game. Once you collect it, it’s several minutes again before another will even appear. This is beyond tedious and frustrating since I’ve already played ALL of the cities dozens of times, I have already PAID for the game, I actually ALREADY had access to the city before they “locked” it, and it’s impossible to unlock quickly. I requested support within the app and received no response at all.
Great fun but with issues
Tue Jan 24 2023 sloane11Came across this game by accident, downloaded and have loved the gameplay every since. There are several issues that would make it be a fantastic game. 1) Fix issues with the reward chests. When opening the prize chests. 3 out of 4 boxes/chest for rewards didn’t load. When I selected the icon it went to a blank white semi-transparent screen and did not not load any further. The boxes are certainly a good reward for finding a certain amount - helpful in furthering progress and lessening the frustration of watching ads for a single spyglass! Especially when you have paid for NO ADS! 2) When you open a new section it would be helpful to only list the items that are available for that section, and not list every possible item for the entire town/puzzle. I have spent lots of time looking for items that were not even located on the open section. Lots of time wasted and frustration sets in - makes a person not want to continue or come back. It wouldn’t be hard to list a new group (add to the end) as a new section Is opened up. 3) it would be nice to have some type of daily reward for playing in consecutive days. This is not a new concept, it’s a nice and helpful jester for players that love the game and continue to play. Unless, the company is just in for it for the money they get off people buying items/packages.
Waiting to see what new ownership does.
Thu Jun 01 2023 Natasha MillikanAt this point I have to give one star but I would be thrilled to be able to change that. The game might have potential but I will never know because from the first minute the ads are constant, even including dishonest ones where the ad will not go away when you click on the X. There isn’t a chance to enjoy it at all. I am totally for paying for games I like but there is no way to know if I would like this one.
It’s cute that the objects move. It’s cute that it’s large scenes. I wish it were easier to quit a scene when you have found, say, 190 out of 200. If you aren’t that good you will have to give up and delete the game.
In reading other reviews I see others have managed to get past their disgust of the every-minute ads or have paid despite little evidence it’s a decent game, and it sounds like there are other issues as well, such as doing the same scene interminably. That turns me off. It would not be hard to make different scenes for every game. That kind of laziness plus the extremely manipulative and greedy ad situation had made me decide to delete the game until I opened it just now one last time and saw it is owned by a different company. Maybe they will read these reviews and change these problems, which are certainly turning off many thousands of potential players. I’ll check in a month and if it’s better I will return to this review. Don’t disappoint me!
Intrusive ads every 15 seconds
Sun Sep 24 2023 Spyder1212The problem with apps riddled with ads? They don’t hook the gamer before they annoy the gamer then expect you to pay to get rid of the annoyance.
If ads were spaced out about 2-3x longer in between than they currently are? I likely would have paid to remove them. Because I would have had enough time to enjoy the game before getting annoyed by the ads. But the “enjoy” time is so so short that is is heavily outweighed by the annoying ads and I’m not able to really get into the game. Thus giving an overall poor experience. Since my view is very negative of the game, putting any money into it is completely off the table “just to find out” if I like it or not. Can’t get into it long enough to get a feel for it. Since it’s also time-based before an ad shows, I can’t look away from the app without feel like I’m wasting time - it doesn’t value the player’s time. Maybe it should have been after X number of taps on the screen. But time-based is a slap in the face. Hard pass.
I spend hundreds on games every month, but I won’t spend a dime on this. Developers need to understand that every time an ad is FORCED on the user is an opportunity for the gamer to stop playing the game, lose interest, and/or delete the game. This developer clearly missed the mark on that and their conversion is much lower than it truly could be.
Save yourself the frustration…too many ads
Thu Jun 08 2023 MajorHavocI have no issue with games that have ads. The developer should be paid in some way for free games. But like EVERY game from this developer, the number of ads and their duration compared to the amount of game time you get to play is ridiculous. On some of their games, ads are tossed up every level, some of which can be only 5 seconds long. Then an ad that has a minimum time of 30 seconds to 1 minute. You have to sit and look at a screen that says download for a very long time, even if not interested. No bypassing that. Other games like this one, they seem to appear every 30 seconds or so, and then lock you up for 30 seconds to a minute with an ad. And they interrupt play randomly, so it’s annoying. The developer’s excuse that they need ads to bring free games is weak at best. Ads are ok, but when ads are 90% of the time and game play is only 10%, this is just developers trying to maximize their earnings and not caring about the game player experience. The experience here is pure annoyance and frustration. I will not be downloading any more games from this developer until they change this overload of ads. And if you want to save yourself from frustration, skip their games as well. Also, you have to be online to play, so playing in a car or on a plane is not possible. I’m passing on this developer’s games.
NOT WORTH IT
Thu Apr 27 2023 JPPNYC80Love these time consuming pointless games this would have been a good one to my addition BUT
2 min into the game after downloading INSTANT AD now I don’t mind looking at Ads but another 2 min ANOTHER AD then 2/3 min later ANOTHER AD now it’s $5 would I pay $5 for a game YES again the BIG BUT they designed this game so you just outright pay for the Ad less version which is $4.99 let’s just say $5 other games I’ve payed atleast gave me 30+ min of game time before bombarding me with obnoxious Ads that 30+ min of game time helps us decide “well helps me anyways” again I don’t mind paying but I refuse to pay for these games where the company just sets it up to annoy you with Ads every few min so they gain Ad revenue so underhanded such a shame
Just for the record I travel a lot so I end up at airports I’ve tried the “be social meet/talk to people routine” that gets tiresome after hundreds of flights so these games is a godsend for people like me sitting in an airport albeit if lucky a chair most standing/leaning against a wall these games help waste the time
So yo the Developers of this game STOO BEING SO GREEDY atleast give the potential buyers of the game some time to try out the game before you BOMBARD us with >>>Ad after Ad after Ad after Ad After Ad <<< see how that gets annoying and you expect us to pay outright so we can maybe enjoy a game so SHAME ON YOU DEVs
