App Profile: Solitaire Match 3

the*ween

Rating: 5/5

I’ve been playing MobilityWare games for years. I play 8 without fail every day. I’ve been playing Match 3 for over a year. Yesterday when I signed in, the game had changed completely. One reason I play MobilityWare games is they are fun, somewhat challenging and don’t cost money to play. Now all of a sudden, in just one day, I ran out of play on Match 3. Pay up or else. I chose “or else”. It’s too bad because I really enjoyed the game. Greed always seems to win out. With probably more games than just about anyone else out there, I never thought they would have to resort to this kind of strategy. Your other games? I hope the same thing doesn’t happen. Update: After deleting this game, I missed it so I went back to the Ap Store and saw this new version with the cards spread throughout the kingdom. I decided to try it and found it to be truly enjoyable again. Thank you for listening!

BlessedBlogger

Rating: 2/5

I was looking for a puzzle style game to keep my mind sharp without requiring a huge time sink or a pay-to-win structure. What I got is indeed a puzzle game and I haven’t had to spend a dime or play for hours to get anywhere but that’s where the pros stop. The game force feeds you the answers by showing you the next move you should make if you don’t make a move after a few seconds. Follow the games prompts and you will ‘win’ the match easily 99% of the time. It totally defeats the joy of figuring out the most clever way of solving the puzzle. And there’s NO WAY to turn the hints of. I try to ignore the prompts but when the pieces on the board constantly move to nudge you to make the move they want you to make it’s distracting and overstimulating. I play these games to relax and challenge myself yet the more I play, the more frustrated I get. It’s pretty clear that they’ve made the ‘game’ this easy on purpose so that each round is done in maybe sixty seconds and they can show you another add. The game isn’t meant to challenge because the ‘game’ is a facade, the app is purely an ad delivery device. Shame on the developer for conning people out of their precious time just to make a buck! The deal is I get a fun game, preferably with a story of some kind and maybe some humor and in return you get my eyeballs on your silly ads. You broke the deal so I’m deleting the app and won’t play another from your brand.

august moon

Rating: 5/5

I like the games and playing the levels is fun. I can tolerate the ads at the top of the page. Before you can play a level, one sees an ad (mostly for Royal Match for over a minute) which likes to hang on the screen). If you win, you get your stars. To play the next level—another long ad. If you lose the level and want to play again, another long ad. However, you are offered 5 more tries, if you agree to see another ad. Like is too short to wait for ads for a game I already have. I’m deleting this game.