Golf Orbit: Perfect Swing

Like the title says, the game itself is great. Very fun to play, challenging enough to make you work for your coins, and a great time waster. It’s just a bummer that half of that time is spent watching ads. I can understand having ads to support your game being free but when the ads show up every hole, every two holes, every x amount of holes it gets to be a bit much. I wouldn’t mind spending a few bucks on an ad free version of this game but to do so you are asked to pay $8...every week...I like this game but I refuse to pay $32 on a free game every month. I’m still playing, don’t get me wrong, but not nearly as much anymore. The ads popping up have started to frustrate me so when they do I close out and switch to something else. Get rid of the subscription service for free ads and make an ad free version at a reasonable price ($5 or under) and then you’ll get my money.

This game is very fun at first but after you get off Earth getting off Mars is practically impossible. There’s been several times I went all the way around the planet and it still didn’t result in a setup in the fairway. Even more present is getting a “perfect hit” only for that to be followed by falling directly into lava or getting stuck in a tree. Even worse than that is when you end up going backwards after a perfect hit, I’ve gone behind the starting point many times, this effectively makes the game feel as if it’s actively working against you making it impossible to win. On top of all of that the ads on this game are absolutely ridiculous. I normally don’t complain about ads especially on free games, I love supporting small creators, however on multiple occasions I’ve gotten an ad after every hole for over five holes in a row. This wouldn’t be to big of an issue if they offered an add free version for a reasonable price, $1.99-$2.99 sounds fair, but this app has it set to $7.99 a week or $32 a month. At that price you could likely go play real golf two Saturdays out of the month and not have an ad for a dating sim shoved in your phone every 30-45 seconds. Ultimately this application has a good enough base but the execution screams lazy and greed driven.

The more I thought about it, the more I honestly don’t care for this developer. There are a lot of ads, and I can deal with them just like most people can, but let me echo what a few others have said: the $8 a week for ad free playing is a blatant rip off. It’s like they aren’t even trying. I’m sitting here thinking there has to be at least one person, along with likely MANY more who accidentally forgot to cancel after their three day trial and could be $40-$50-$60-$70 or more paid to this company without even realizing it. Kid takes phone, kid hits button paying for no ads, parents are unaware, parents unknowingly pay $32 A MONTH for this game. If that’s not a ripoff, I don’t know what is. They have several in game characters that also look extremely similar to some of your favorites- Mario? Tiger Woods? They just are a bit too shady for me to support, so I am unfortunately deleting the game from my phone. For what it’s worth, the game itself is actually pretty fun. Just wish the devs weren’t taking advantage of people.