Energy: Anti-Stress Loops

The first time I saw this I was thinking it might just be me but I was intrigued by it and I thought: Why not. Because I don’t like the idea of having to do something I don’t like. But I do have to be honest with you and say that I am very much a problem solving person. The fact that I have a disability that is very difficult for me to deal with because of losing my dexterity and losing motor skills in my hands. Puzzle solving skills are very important to me as well as the ability to solve the puzzle games. Love it and I’m very happy to be able to help you out with your decision. You will not be disappointed. There are ads but I think you will enjoy it as much as I do. Plus the ads are able to be removed if they are too much for you.

I’ll give the game that it does look pretty and the music is nice and I could see it as a really relaxing game to play in my downtime, but as someone who doesn’t have a lot of time to just sit there playing a game it really ruins the experience when, after you barely make it through a few introductory puzzles you’re forced to endure constant banner ads that ruin the immersion as well as ridiculously frequent pop-up ads. I am more than happy to pay a small price to eliminate ads, and I wouldn’t even mind a subscription service, provided that the price isn’t outrageous like $6.99 a week equaling nearly $30 a month. Not even Netflix charges that much for their most premium service. Now this wouldn’t be an issue if the one time purchase options to remove ads were even remotely reasonable, but your only options are $18 for a bundle or $50. Fifty?! Who in their right mind is going to spend FIFTY on a mobile game? There’s no reason why there shouldn’t be a much cheaper and affordable option that does nothing more than remove ads. No one should have to be forced to purchase a bundle of hints and boosters they may not want or need just to be able to remove ads. If you don’t mind sitting through the ads then go right ahead and play because all this aside it does seem like a really nicely done game, but they should really consider making prices more affordable for the average user.

I was introduced to this game last year I think? I enjoyed playing through the puzzles, and to be fair, I still do, but they’ve inserted ads, removed the progress/XP per puzzle and also there don’t seem to be any more unlockable color/music/line styles? I never unlocked all of them though. The amount of money they’re asking per week is frankly ridiculous (I wouldn’t pay $7/week for a music app I used *daily*, let alone a relaxing mobile game like this). I did that one payment back in the day of $2 or $3 to get it ad free, and I understand the previous change to charging for hints (or watching ads), but a subscription? It’s wild to me how out of touch they are for this, I’ll be honest. I might play once in a while, but them putting in a subscription and removing features has thoroughly disincentivized me and apparently many others from continuing to play more, or at all. Please roll back on this change or find some other microtransaction to put in the game that isn’t a subscription, or you’ll probably continue to bleed players.