Heart's Medicine - Season One

I’ve loved these games for a long time. Hearts medicine has always been my favorite series out of all the one you guys have developed, and I have to say, I’m now really disappointed. Here’s why: I get bored, right? I start to peruse my games, looking for something that looks interesting. Ah, the first hearts medicine! I decided to play the whole game again. As soon as I get into the game, I look around for an option that will delete my progress and let me start over. Finding no such option, I decided to delete the game and reinstall it, in hopes that it would delete the data for me. And it does! I also discover that the game got a whole makeover and I didn’t know it. Cool! It’s like playing the game for the first time. I’m two levels in, so far enjoying the levels and the story, when I reach the end of the third level and it just freezes as soon as I press continue. Whatever. I like this game enough to exit out of the game, and go back in it, waiting for the loading time and all. This happens again. No big deal. Until the fifth level ends, and it doesn’t freeze this time. No, this time a pop up telling me to pay $10 a month for a game. I brush it aside, thinking it’s gonna be like the other games where I could still play through, but nope. The rest of the levels are LOCKED. And yes, I do understand that you guys have to make a living. I really do. I just thought that that was why I watched an ad every time I clicked on a level, and sometimes in between levels. And I was always ok with that because I did understand you needed to make a living, and I thought that the quality of the game was worth it. As a loyal player to the majority of your games, just know the fact that you changed the game after it came out and started to make people pay that much money (which for me is totally unaffordable for a game) is really disappointing. If you do this to all of your games, you’re going to lose a lot of players.

I was so happy to see that you brought back the tried and true gameplay style. I hated the free-mium style of Doctor’s Oath. I know everyone is annoyed that the story in this one is repeated. I didn’t feel it was. It was a prequel to the original and shows what happens when she first starts her residency. It was nice to see how Allison’s relationship with each of the other characters forms. I loved this game. Thank you for returning to the old style! The only bug I found throughout the entire game is that once in a while, someone gets stuck at the checkout counter and has to be checked out on their own, so it affects combo chains. Not a huge issue, but almost prevented me from getting three stars in one of the challenge levels.

Now I remember why I love Gamehouse games! This one just plays smoothly, not too hard or too easy. Cute storyline, same characters we love, nice “heart”-warming plot! Sometimes I think the game developers just keep trying to outdo the last game when all we really want is the same as the games we love. (Now if you guys could redo my favorite, Emily’s Childhood Memories, that would be great!) And to all the whining reviewers who are upset that you actually have to pay money to play, yep! That’s the way the real world works, game developers have to feed themselves and their families too!! Good Lord, I am so sick of reviews that nitpick every little thing or want something for nothing! Grow up!