Hexa Sort

I’ve played a lot of hex apps. Despite the huge amount of ads on this one, it has the most satisfying game play. The sound when they merge, challenging enough, creative challenges and new twists. What I really dislike is that the “people” you are challenging against are most definitely fake. MAYBE the leader boards are real and POSSIBLY the races to certain levels, but the leagues, and treasure quests are not real players. Once you’ve won a certain amount of levels in a league, the algorithm keeps the “second place person” just 2 behind you no matter how frequently you play… ugh… and the treasure quest…. There’s no way it can be real with the different rates people play at. Competing against other real players is really motivating and it’s another tool they use to keep you motivated to keep playing. I like that type of thing.. BUT.. It just really rubs me the wrong way when they are deceptive about them being real people. I would rather compete against their algorithm knowing they are fake if they were honest about it. Just really creepy tactic IMO that makes me have a bad feeling toward the creators. I want to stay and play as I like how they’ve mad it very satisfying in other ways, but the deception just puts me in a bad mood every time I open it now. 😒

I downloaded this game because I liked the preview. But let me tell you while it is addicting. It’s not fun when all there is is ads. First let me tell you they give you the option of having 30 days no ads. If I’m gonna pay $10 I expect to have zero ads not endgame ads or banner ads, but no ads. you can be in the middle of gameplay and an ad will pop up. If you have more than three hours of free lives, you get an ad at the end of every game regardless of you win or lose therefore, you don’t get your free time. If you’re lucky enough to win the tournament you are given approximately four hours of free unlimited lives after the ads you maybe get two hours and 15 minutes. Save your coin don’t purchase anything and if you are going to purchase coins, use it for the power ups that is all it’s worth. don’t get extended lives because ads eat up everything. The game would be better if you actually gave the time that you earned unlimited, but they don’t do that so in a way it’s very deceptive. but on a sidenote, if you have less than 10 minutes, you don’t get very many ads. but mind you if you get 15 minutes free unlimited after watching an ad. You don’t really get 15 minutes. You get maybe seven because there’s ads. I truly don’t recommend this game unless you want to sit and waste time watching ads.

I enjoy playing this game casually. I’m currently at level 171. It’s fun to try and clear all the levels and “build” up your town. However, recently I tried to play a bit more competitively and aim to get into the next league. If you finish in the top 30% of your league at the end of a given time period, you can advance to the next league. My first issue with this is that you have no idea how many people are in your league, so there’s no way to know if you’re in the top 30%. You’re able to know your ranking number but not the total amount of people in your league, so you can’t calculate where you’re at. Also, I think the leagues/players are fake. First off, it’s the same few names at the top every round. I would assume those accounts are advancing to the next leagues since they’re finishing in the top three spots, so why are they still in the bronze league the next week, instead of the silver? Also, I read another review and wouldn’t you know it, they see the exact same names in their league too, even when they advance to the next one! And the cherry on the top, I was playing today to get to the top three spots and realized that the scores of the players were decreasing….which is impossible because your “score” is just however many levels you have cleared. Overall, I enjoy the game but I think the idea of leagues are silly if they’re not actually real. However, if they were, it would be so much more fun! I like the game and I like to be competitive, so I think the developers should really consider making it real. Because right now, I feel like I just wasted all this time on a game that isn’t authentic.