Amber's Airline - 7 Wonders

Not enough diamonds to purchase all outfits/accessories to unlock that achievement in Amber’s journal…not enough money to purchase all upgrades required to unlock that achievement in her journal either …Have to practically play each level fifty times in order to get perfect stars. Really liked the first installment of this game but this one seems rushed, not well thought out & obviously not tested thoroughly before deploying to your customers. You all obviously don’t care about your customers because the glitches that exists in this game that have been mentioned a countless number of times by several reviewers over the span of 5 years still has yet to be fixed. But I guess you all don’t care since you already have the money…please listen to your customers feedback and fix what they are telling you to fix. If you’re making us pay for a product/service at least ensure it’s working properly and being maintained and not something that was is just thrown together with little to no thought and pushed out to users for the sake of making a “couple bucks”.

I’ve had fun with all but 1 Gamehouse Game and the Snuggford series is my favorite. This one didn’t disappoint. It was fun, but a little challenging. :) I also like that we experiment with characters and their relationships, though the storyline isn’t the reason I play. Just know GH that you’ll never make everyone happy. Especially when you dabble in politically or religiously controversial subjects. Keep making fun, entertaining time management games. Everyone try to remember it IS just a game. Have fun with it and leave controversy to social media and TV. Can’t wait to see what adventure Amber has next. :)

I have read a few other reviews that talk about the cringe factor of Gamehouse Games. These are fun time management games, but teams really need to think about the portrayal of characters from the protagonist to the side characters. Mechanics in the newer games are better than the old, and though I have enjoyed the many games I have played from the Snuggford crew they are all incredibly white straight cis-female centered. I had hoped that they went beyond the gay best friend, the Asian tiger seductress (not to mention Pamela, the dark-skinned possible Latinx) or the effeminate Asian man (or the portly older man of color) and the death of Sophia, a POC woman. I had thought that perhaps Amber would rather be defined as a POC, but having the cast member and representation isn’t enough, they are still relegated to the sidelines and not the main character. They are still used as devices for the main character’s development - Sophia was fridged - and and this case with our lesbian couple, did the representation outweigh the end? Not at all. I still love you Gamehouse, I hope for more, but when I see these tropes it is all I can do to just delete the game and not dwell on it. When the twist comes after I have done the trial and paid for the game, it comes with even more disappointment.