Candy Crush Solitaire

i loved this game until i got to the levels where they added bombs. the bombs make me want to delete the game. they take the fun away, add stress, and actually cover the cards so much you can’t tell what they are, and you can’t play cards even when it says there’s still time left - it’s like everything freezes. it’s so frustrating. the other complaint i have is not being able to play without joining a race. maybe i just have time to get my coins or play a mini game, not play a bunch of games to win a race. but you cannot X out of that option. you either hit the button to join or just close the app without doing anything. i prefer to do races when i have time to play multiple games. one more small thing i don’t like is the postcards - it takes too long to get through the animations when you’re in a race. i wish you could skip the postcard animations. other than those things, i think this game adds something to solitaire to keep it from being boring. i always have my sound off, but i discovered the music on this is actually soothing, so i will turn it on just for this. i like that you get rewards and other incentives to keep you coming back. it’s a delightful game other than the unplayable bomb levels. if they changed the way the bombs look and function, it would be ok. covering so much of the cards is not ok.

I have a love/hate relationship with this game. Honestly though at this point, it’s mostly hate. The gameplay itself is very satisfying & addicting, but you barely GET any gameplay. You get coins every 3 hours (which is a ridiculously long time, it should be every hour) and the coins you’re given are basically enough to play 3 games. If you’re on a hard level, or on some of the higher levels (I’m at level 742 right now) which are just naturally more difficult, you’ll most likely have 3 losing games in a row, and be forced to wait another 3 hours before you can play again. That scenario is in no way fun & is actually just frustrating and annoying. Basically this game is a cash grab because the only way you can play more than a handful of games every couple of hours is A: get lucky and have a win streak so you can keep playing (unlikely), or B: spend money on more coins and power ups to be able to play more/basically cheat/buy your way through the levels. I’m honestly getting so fed up with this pattern. Do you want people to play the game & enjoy it or just get frustrated and annoyed constantly wishing things would change? I’d like to see one of three things, one: lessen the amount of coins each level takes so we can play more levels in a row, two: lessen the amount of time you have to wait for the free coins, or three: give way more free coins every 3 hours. I’m so close to quitting this game if none of these changes are made.

Loved the game to start but the more you progress, the more the Hard and Super Hard levels become more frequent and more impossible. If you’re patient (which I am not), then you can wait 4 hours for more coins. Bought the Lucky Shuffle and didn’t get the rewards, tech support was super responsive but I’m still not getting what I paid for days later so that was about a 20% credit. Not a big deal cuz it was only $4.99 but just frustrating. I’ve identified a pattern where if you don’t use Boosters on Hard and Super Hard levels, you don’t even get 1 card to play in 6 games - so they drain your bank to try to get you to pay (which I did a few times) and the second you do buy the Piggy Bank, you get another 6 levels with zero cards compatible to play. Don’t try the old switcheroo change the date on your phone cuz they’re on to that and lock you out. It’s a genuine wait to play unless you want to pay. Great game, but obviously made to make money. I’ve played/paid for every Candy Crush game they’ve come out with through the years and this one is the most blatant “hook and book the bank” in the way the cards are dealt in their favor. It’s Vegas Baby! Even if you pay, you can’t stay ahead.