App Profile: Word Trails NETFLIX

Rainiya

Rating: 5/5

I love this game. It’s challenging, moves fast and has enough variety to keep it interesting. My only complaint is that the letter hunt keeps prompting me to play but is all grayed out. Either stop prompting or activate, please. It’s been a while longer and the Thanksgiving gold tile game started a few days ago. It also doesn’t work. I solve the words, the gold tiles fly down to the ticket icon but don’t give credit. Wish it either worked correctly or could be turned off. Taking a star away for that. The rest is still fun. Updates: I was able to delete app and redownload from cloud in App Store. That kept all my coins and points and fixed the letter hunt too. Back to five stars since I didn’t lose everything.

Gregory Reed (Madison, WI)

Rating: 3/5

I feel like there are several ways this game could be given a higher difficulty, like, more points for speed, which would thus make you lose your bonus if you go too fast. I’d also like a keyboard option, maybe there is somewhere, but not on the phone? Idk. I lose bonuses all the time from a slippery finger and that feels cheap. Also, the coins are cool but they just make the game even easier. Um, can their be some dumb thing to unlock besides ways to make it easier? I think more risk/reward could be fun, too. For example, if there is a bonus word and you don’t get it before you finish the puzzle, you shouldn’t get to get it. I assumed that was the rule until I found it waits for you to guess it, which seemed again, too easy. Maybe these can be turned on and off, so it appeals to more people? I like words puzzles and the only time I really enjoy this game is when I give myself made up rules and go super fast, and when I finally get stuck on like, idk, EMU, I like the game again. Anyway, thanks! Can’t beat the price of free with Netflix, so, not really a complaint, just a wish.

Johann Riviere

Rating: 4/5

Adding the embedded dictionary was a major improvement. Adding the pronunciation is a stellar improvement. Now a minute request: after completing the game, I want to access the meaning of the last word right away. The current dictionary should be sorted by giving access to the last word first. In my opinion, I would want to access that last word first before moving on to the next level. I don’t want to go through the random list of words to read the definition of the last one. I had plenty of opportunities to check for any other words before solving the last word. Therefore I think putting the last word first in accessing the dictionary at the end of the level is a must. It would interesting to add a counter for the countries left to reach the end of the game along with a list of countries completed.