gamehouse+

I loved the previous layout of the app (even though it crashed on me a lot) because it made finding games easier. I love the story games and the old layout for this app had them all organized by series. And even just gave you a way to look at all of the games in a full catalogue but I’m not sure if the company has partnered with a new organization or what but nothings the same. You can’t really find things easily anymore. Everything is so confusing and you have to use the search function but what if I just wanted to see the new story games and get into a different series? Unless it’s recommended on the home page, there’s really no way to see them. I even notice they’re trying to change the style of art used on the app thumbnails which is weird. Like they’re doing it for the older games too. Why not keep the old art for the older games and change it for the newer ones? It feels like the company is going in the wrong direction with this app but maybe it’s just in an optimization phase. Fingers crossed!

The app isn’t easy to understand or find series for me. Id like to be able to find any game I’m searching for easily, and find the order they were made in AND the link to the app for the game (which should be expected, no?) That being said, the games themselves are a hit or miss for me. The new ones seem like copies that aren’t as immersive and not as well done. Still, I REALLY like the delicious game series, the design one (forget the name— Emily’s sister ), Sally’s Spa.. the older games. I’ve bought maybe a dozen, maybe upwards of 20, before the subscription service was available. I did just get the subscription for a month to try out more games (maybe i need to give them a chance) but the subscription stopped working! Hit the restore button but it just happens again. Unfortunately it happened right after i left a critical review on one of the games, so that’s a lot of negatives that are piling up for me. The negative on that review was that a lot of the newer series don’t have stores in them so there is no changes to items being sold (gets redundant quick) and there is no store to give yourself upgrades (move faster, more patience, etc..) TL;DR there are a variety of fun titles, a few are great and others are meh. The subscription is worth it if you play this type of have all the time, but be careful as it is unreliable and may take legwork to fix. If you don’t play that often but like this type of thing, try the games and buy the ones you want (keep a photo copy of the purchase to restore later when you want to play again a min a few years and have an issue with it asking you to buy again). The ones I listed alone are my top recommendations that are still available).

I have really enjoyed the Gamehouse series games, I think they are worth the subscription money. I also really like the GH app, and am now pretty addicted to opening the boxes and getting new puzzle pieces. I wish there was something more interesting to spend the coins on! Also, the app lags and stalls, just switching between screens. It doesn’t seem too complicated but it is slow moving no matter what device I’m on. It is really nice to see the games in development and be able to see all the games in a character series. I wish it was more clear of the order of some series (ie Delicious, Heart’s Medicine), so I could easily play them in order. Overall, I do like the games and will continue to play them as long as great content keeps coming. Please keep portraying strong, smart female leads in games. As a female physician, creative, and video game enthusiast, I love seeing this trend.