Ten outta ten
Fri Jan 14 2022 Quivksilver7This game I’ve had for several years now, it’s honestly one of the only games that doesn’t eventually become boring and even though it’s got a basic concept, there’s so many little things that make it great. It has to be said, that if you play for a few months and are still hooked, it’s definitely worth getting the no ads thing since it’s a cheap one time purchase, but even if you don’t, they don’t come on often enough to be too annoying, so I applaud the developers for that. Second, the game IS primarily single player, but when you get to a certain point you can join teams, and compete against other teams in weekly tournaments. You also get a team chat which is pretty nice, and some really high playing teams have like real life email chains or WhatsApp chats and you can make real friends that way. Also there are events throughout the week that let you earn cool portraits for your avatar, or butterflies that don’t really have a use but are pretty and you can name them stupid things once you upgrade them to the max level. Overall, the game is entertaining, has a broad spectrum of things to do, and it isn’t a money trap, all you need is skill and logic, and if you begin with none, I guarantee you Wordscapes will increase your proportions of both.
Great game, but…
Thu Feb 15 2024 aeraduxI have been playing Wordscapes for 5+ years now and it’s been my favorite go-to game to pass time while still using my brain. It’s been great watching this game grow into what it have become, from the pet system, to earning pfps, the mount rush, all of it, I really like it. However, there are certain things that really take away from the motivation to play and enjoyability. One being the incessant number of ads in the game. I purchased the no-ads feature, but the sheer number of ads you get for completing a level or tapping out of the game for a quick second are ridiculous. I get that everyone has their money to make but come on you guys. My other issue with this game is that it seems like it is intentionally keeping you from earning top grade rewards. I do the Wednesday-Thursday challenge of earning profile pictures and the drop rates for certain pictures are way too low. There are two sections I’ve been grinding for over a year now because I am only missing one part for the picture and it won’t drop. I just went through 35 boxes, and it would not drop that one missing picture and that is frustrating. I have the same issue with mount rush, but I won’t get into that. Other than that, the game is fantastic. As a long time player, I hope you guys see this review and really take it into consideration. Thank you!
Really Enjoy!!
Sun Apr 17 2022 Mfl03So far I really enjoy Wordscapes. I’m on level 1356. So far, I’m familiar with the vast majority of the words. I especially like that the words are not rare and unusual. If they were, I would not play. The backgrounds are pretty. However, there are several things that clutter the screen. As someone else mentioned, a " coins full " message keeps showing, with an option to buy the coins you have already earned. I won’t do that. It’s annoying. If the words ever get so bizarre that I can’t solve them, I will quit. There are other pictures on the screen and icons you can earn, but they are confusing and useless to me, so I ignore them. Also, it's too easy for my finger to accidentally tap on the “help” clues that cost far too many coins. I don’t use them intentionally, and it’s very annoying when I accidentally tap on one and lose a hundred or more coins. It’s easy to look up help on the internet if you are stuck For me, though, if I ever find that I have to look up words, I will quit. I don’t mind using a clue once in a while, but the clues cost way too many coins, compared with other games I’ve played. All in all though, the game works well on my iPad 4th generation now that I updated to the newest iOS version.
Fun but problematic
Wed Oct 18 2023 Level-HeadedWhile this is an interesting and challenging vocabulary game, the developer is constantly trying to get you to purchase game pieces such as coins and hints. Furthermore, the developer is somewhat unresponsive. After the latest update to iOS, the iPhone’s screen will not go dark after the amount of time specified in settings. I accidentally left Wordscapes running one night and went to bed. In the morning, Wordscapes was still showing on the screen and my battery was down to 5%. I reported the problem to the developer but nothing has been done to fix the glitch. No other app I have does this except Google Maps, and only when it is actively navigating. I’ve come to the conclusion the developer is more interested in soliciting payments than in addressing problems/bugs. Additionally, the developer claims it is always looking for ways to improve the game. When playing on a smart phone, some of the buttons get unintentionally touched. Targets, rockets, and hints are not easy to obtain, yet get wasted unnecessarily by inadvertent taps. I suggested that the developer add a confirmation such as “please confirm you want to use this item” and got no response. Perhaps it is because they feel it might slow the game down for some, but they could put a button in settings to turn this feature on or off just as the user can control sounds. I never got a response. This could be my favorite game, BUT………
Great test for spelling nuts, best word fun app out there
Sun Oct 23 2022 KoalaTwoI don’t write many reviews but I just had to let other spelling geeks out there know about this game. I don’t know why anyone would give this less than five stars unless they found it to hard. Me? I search for games that will test me, push me, make me really think. If you love scrabble, words with friends or any of those games out there that require you to have a good knowledge of spelling, this game is for you. It doesn’t matter what age you are you will enjoy it. One of the things I liked best is that you don’t have to spend weeks getting through the easy levels to get to the good stuff. You can join a team (to compete in tournaments where all team members scores are combined, or where individual play is rewarded) you can chat with your team members from all over the world, and there are many games within games as well as progressively harder levels to challenge your brain. I happen to be an English Teacher for advanced students in Elementary school and many of my kids play this game. We can even keep track of each other. I know, geeky right? Geeks rule the world my friend! Not high school or early school maybe but the REAL world. You need this game, download it today!
Great game, but…
Thu Dec 15 2022 HeartWoolI’ve been playing Wordscapes for a few years now, so I admit to being slightly addicted! But over time, some flaws do show that lead to some frustration and annoyance.
Some puzzle words can be repeated 2-3 times over a few hours of play, yet others may not be seen/played for weeks at a time. I wish I could remember the exact words, but it’s happened multiple times for different words.
Another issue I have is with the Portrait events that allow you to collect sets of portraits that can be used as your personal portraits if you’d like. The events give you a special portrait if you collect all of the sets in the particular event — my issue is that, after playing some of these events for years, I cannot seem to collect all the portraits — there are always one or two that never see so the collection can’t be completed. And when I say years, I am not kidding! I’ve been unable to complete the Halloween portrait event for the past two years. Working on the Christmas event now and collected approximately 60 ‘gifts’ that revealed no new portraits over the past 24 hours. Looks like I won’t finish this event either unless I find time to play 20 hours a day to maybe collect these elusive portraits.
Old Version Better/Coin Issue
Thu Oct 22 2020 Unsafe Means of TransferI’ve played this game for a few years now and noticed a disappointing new feature with the coins. In order to use them now you must purchase them. This was not a requirement with the old version and makes me consider deleting the game daily as the use of the coins used to provide you with helpful features like; revealing one letter of your choice for a difficult word, etc. It’s a bit illogical to continue to show us coins that we’ve earned through finding additional letters or for reaching a certain level, yet we have no access to them unless we purchase them??? It feels like a design flaw as you play and really makes me wish I hadn’t updated to this newest version. Other than that I would have given 5 stars but it’s such a nuisance I have to grade much lower despite truly enjoying playing the game. Suggestion: Get rid of the option to pay for coins per player's choice if you decide to keep the paid “earned coins” version of this game as most people are never going to bother purchasing anyway it’s like having a commercial running in the upper right corner of your television screen while you’re watching your favorite TV show. It cheapens the look and feel of the game. It feels like the game creators are begging for money as opposed to a real game which would never have a running advert in the corner.
Otherwise the game is perfect.
What happened
Thu Dec 22 2022 Twitch The MouseThis game is great to relax to and play because of so few adds. The game play is mainly smooth some slowness here and there. I love how you also don’t get 100 and per minute! The add time I think is great and their not after every level too. My BIGGEST problem is that randomly out of no where my screen will freeze and I can’t do anything! I can turn it off, get calls or texts, or go to the home page! My phone won’t even turn off! The screen just gets dim. You will still hear that someone is calling texting but it won’t show up. I’ve tried all the tips and tricks to when your phone screen freezes, but they won’t help. It’s best to not do anything and wait patently for your phone to die. It’s happens out of no where usually when you are going to a next level or you’ve been in one for a while. This has happened twice and you can’t do anything until your phone dies. This has only happened within this app and no where else on my phone! This should really be checked out. Like I said, there’s nothing you can really do when this happens. It’s supper annoying and frustrating. Other than that this game is great! Hopefully this hasn’t happened to anyone else while playing! I was really getting into the game when this started to happen and I had to delete the game. Someone fix this please!
Ads are out of control
Thu Feb 23 2023 QuadplyrI play this game all the time. Or I should say I used to. I understand ads help pay the bills. Programmers need to eat, too. However, ads have gotten more and more instrusive as time goes on. They are now on a timer. Regardless of whether you’re in the middle of a puzzle or not. Forming your last word to complete the level? Ad. Trying to get that extra couple of stars by beating the timer? Ad. Close and reset the game? 10 second in….ad. Finish a puzzle? Ad. Start a puzzle? Ad. They were tolerable being before or after a puzzle. I could at least close and restart the game getting me back to the puzzles quicker. But during a puzzle with no warning? No hint at all that it’s coming? Intrusive and frustrating. Making ads not last so long (5 seconds at MOST) and NOT HAVING TO SIT/TAP-CLOSE THROUGH 3 LAYERS OF THEM would have been better. Some ads even force open the App store or Safari (regardless of if you close them or not) opening up all kinds of channels for viruses, spam hacks, or accidental purchases. How am I supposed to know this “advertiser’s” website is trustworthy? I’ve played this game for a couole years now as a form of relaxing and zoning out but not anymore. I can’t even do THAT without getting begged and hounded for money at every single turn. I’m not giving my money to a company who resorts to these kinds of measures, even if that means paying removes the ads. Ridiculous. I can’t recommend this game to anyone. Deleted.
Good game - needs improvement
Fri Oct 27 2023 wowthisnicknamestuffisbsI've had this game for over a year & have become a little invested. I have family/friends that like to do the tournaments; they find them fun. It's creative, has good graphics, cool animals and interesting puzzle combinations. It's a great time filler when you just want to play a quick game to relieve stress or change the pace. However, there is some room for improvement. Many of the puzzles have too many repetitive words; for me that gets annoying. Secondly, you can tell that these are young developers who came up with the words for the puzzles, because they allow many new words and omit some of the other common/old words from the dictionary. It almost seems random how they decide on the words in/out of a puzzle. Thirdly, there are too many ads even without paying for them to be removed. If you pay, that will get rid of most of them but you still have to deal with them somewhat. There are also a lot of glitches. You may enter a word into a puzzle and it will appear not to be there, but then try to enter the word later into the same puzzle and it will populate. It's weird! Or like bonus gifts where you watch a video, it may glitch or doesn't play, or reward you properly at the end. There's definitely room for some improvements but overall, the game is entertaining.
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