Candy Crush Solitaire

I downloaded this game because I tried Disney Solitaire and it was way too expensive and aggressive at making you spend money. This game is not expensive at all. I’m at level 100 and haven’t had to spend a dime yet. There are tons of ways to win coins and prizes. I’ll spend money when the time comes, because I think the game is worth it, but so far I haven’t had to. Update: they got me! I played for free long enough to get addicted, and now I spend money to keep playing the game. After you progress to a certain point, some levels will be so hard you have to spend all your coins buying powerups so you can win, so you use up all your coins that way. But they give you free coins every 4 hours, so you can still play a little without spending money. But I don’t mind spending money sometimes.

I have a love/hate relationship with this game. Honestly though at this point, it’s mostly hate. The gameplay itself is very satisfying & addicting, but you barely GET any gameplay. You get coins every 3 hours (which is a ridiculously long time, it should be every hour) and the coins you’re given are basically enough to play 3 games. If you’re on a hard level, or on some of the higher levels (I’m at level 742 right now) which are just naturally more difficult, you’ll most likely have 3 losing games in a row, and be forced to wait another 3 hours before you can play again. That scenario is in no way fun & is actually just frustrating and annoying. Basically this game is a cash grab because the only way you can play more than a handful of games every couple of hours is A: get lucky and have a win streak so you can keep playing (unlikely), or B: spend money on more coins and power ups to be able to play more/basically cheat/buy your way through the levels. I’m honestly getting so fed up with this pattern. Do you want people to play the game & enjoy it or just get frustrated and annoyed constantly wishing things would change? I’d like to see one of three things, one: lessen the amount of coins each level takes so we can play more levels in a row, two: lessen the amount of time you have to wait for the free coins, or three: give way more free coins every 3 hours. I’m so close to quitting this game if none of these changes are made.

Loved the game to start but the more you progress, the more the Hard and Super Hard levels become more frequent and more impossible. If you’re patient (which I am not), then you can wait 4 hours for more coins. Bought the Lucky Shuffle and didn’t get the rewards, tech support was super responsive but I’m still not getting what I paid for days later so that was about a 20% credit. Not a big deal cuz it was only $4.99 but just frustrating. I’ve identified a pattern where if you don’t use Boosters on Hard and Super Hard levels, you don’t even get 1 card to play in 6 games - so they drain your bank to try to get you to pay (which I did a few times) and the second you do buy the Piggy Bank, you get another 6 levels with zero cards compatible to play. Don’t try the old switcheroo change the date on your phone cuz they’re on to that and lock you out. It’s a genuine wait to play unless you want to pay. Great game, but obviously made to make money. I’ve played/paid for every Candy Crush game they’ve come out with through the years and this one is the most blatant “hook and book the bank” in the way the cards are dealt in their favor. It’s Vegas Baby! Even if you pay, you can’t stay ahead.