Farmdale - magic family game

I was trying to find a game to fill empty time, instead of scrolling social media, and I downloaded about five of these games. I deleted the others right away, there were too many ads, they needed a purchase right away or were so slow they were tedious. This is exactly what I was looking for. It’s easy to play and I have not been forced to watch a single ad, and sure - buying some gems would speed up some of the game play but I don’t mind waiting. So far I’m quite satisfied with this game.

So only reason I’m giving it 4 out of 5 is because I’d love to see more of the story BUT seriously out of all the games these days that require using energy and waiting this one actually doesn’t make you wait forever for everything. It replenishes 3 energy at a time, gives you free speed ups once it’s under a certain time, everything usually only costs 1 energy (seriously most games it’s like half of what you have 😂), some things don’t require energy AND there is actually a lot to do once you really get your farm going. It took me a bit to get my storage larger which helped a lot but if you keep up with quests you’ll be fine. Anyways I just like games where I’m not waiting forever to freaking get rid of a rock and then have to wait another 20 minutes to get rid of one other thing or do one task. I feel like I’m able to hop in this game pretty often to help pass time.

Have been playing for a few months, but unfortunately seem to have reached the point in the quest lines where either intentionally to get people to buy crystals, or just by really poor planning, you cannot make progress. I’m not one to complain about free games, because hello... but I did spend a small amount of money on crystals because I feel after a certain amount of time spent in a game of this variety, the developers deserve some funds. In any case, it’s losing my interest because I can’t get anywhere - and I would likely spend more money on the game were I able to make significant progress. Objects I need to upgrade my buildings are supposedly gotten via the ship, but all that ever comes is hinges and coral... and in order to upgrade my ship, I need items that I need to get from the ship. This kind of issue is rampant throughout the game. You’ll have fun for a couple weeks, but then will start to feel the pain of this problem, which it seems, unfortunately, has been an issue for a good while so the developers haven’t spent enough time addressing it.