Bus Out

As you can see from my title, I’ve played this game a lot. Levels are fun and easy to pass. Yes you will have to watch a few ads to unlock more parking spaces in order to pass them but ads are usually only 30 seconds long. A small price to pay for a free app. My problem is that level 1934 is broken and I can’t get past it. The level loads as usual but there are no passengers for the buses so you can’t do anything. Please fix this level and earn a 5 star rating. Update: I don’t know if it was a coincidence or just a really quick response time but within minutes of leaving my review I received an update that fixed level 1934. Thanks, now I can enjoy playing this game again.

I believe this game’s positive reviews are fake. If you are looking for a game that is challenging but fair, don’t bother downloading. DEFINITELY don’t pay extra to disable ads. The game is designed to not have solutions to puzzles unless you watch an ad to unlock more spaces or upgrades, even AFTER you pay to disable ads. I dont mind watching ads during fun games, but a game loses all its fun when my own skill can’t determine whether I win or not. Every time you restart a level, the bus/people colors and numbers change randomly, and there’s no way to predict these changes. You HAVE to pay or watch ads to unlock more spaces, which ruins the fun and makes it feel like I’m cheating and being handed an easy way to win. The game feels like the developers put no care into creating a challenging and addicting experience. I have no incentive to actually pay and watch ads because it’s abundantly clear every level is random and relies on luck rather than actual strategy. I regularly pay and watch ads on games, so that’s not my issue. I just want to feel like there’s a justified REASON for me to give up my money or time because I’m receiving a fair, challenging, and fun experience in return. A game should not require me to restart level TWO over 40 times to beat. It clearly speaks to the fact that this game is poorly designed, lazy, and a blatant cash grab.

This game is really fun the first few levels. However, the restriction on the number of parking spaces available becomes quickly unmanageable. You can pay in-game currency to unlock more parking spaces, but you do not earn the in-game currency fast enough to keep up with the need so you need to pay real money. There is a random component to each level, so if you get stuck, you can advance without paying real money, but only by playing and failing the level dozens of times until you just luck upon a game board that can be solved without an extra space. And of course every time you fail a level you have to watch an Ad. I get that free games have many more users than paid games. And I am not opposed to micro transactions in games. But when a game is designed to make you frustrated into micropaying, that comes across as manipulative. The game itself has to still be fun and playable without payment, then I will consider supporting the developer by buying an in game item to get me through an unusually hard level or something aesthetic that doesn't affect gameplay. But you basically cannot pass level 5 without paying real money. if that’s how they want to play it, they should just charge money upfront for the game.