Fruit Nibblers

A huge thank you to the developers and team responsible for this game. I have zero complaints. It’s really hard to find a game that doesn’t force feed you ads, manipulate you into playing longer than you want to, or shelling out money for power ups in order to complete levels. That is why I will never delete this game. I think everyone has had a game that they really enjoyed playing but every time they open the app they’re hit with “free lives for the next X minutes”. yeah, free lives are great but 3+ hours?! No one wants to commit to playing a game for that long. In Nibblers, if I want free lives, I can play the bingo side game for as long as I want to. The option is there if you choose it. As for advertisements, I understand the need for developers to use them. I’m just thankful that we’re not subjected to them in this game. As for the actual gameplay, I love the cute Nibblers and their little personalities. I love that with each land we’re introduced to a new opponent who has powers related to the new environment that we’re in, and I absolutely adore the big boss opponents at the end of each land. It would be really cool to be able to see each of the big bosses that we’ve already defeated, but I also have not dug around in the information menu so that may already exist. I have a ridiculous amount of apps, but this is the one that I play daily, sometimes multiple times a day because of the wise choices of the developers to exclude those components that are regularly seen in other apps. In my case, it’s the lack of those things I mentioned earlier that make this game miles above the competition. So again to the developers and the team running Nibblers, thank you, your hard work is appreciated, and keep doing what you’re doing.

...but now it is outrageously slow. It takes at least a full ten seconds after the game has loaded to get past the “shark attack” loading screen. The screen loads partially, and then you wait, and wait, and wait... It’s not my devices, I’ve seen it happen to friends as well. I rarely play anymore, and I used to be devoted. There are too many other match 3 games to waste my time waiting for this one. But it is disappointing. Every once in a while I try it again to see if it is any better, because I would love to go back to Nibblers. But, no. Sigh.

**Update** Still playing this game almost daily for over a year now. Getting close to level 2300. I did end up paying more than $20 for in-app purchases. I didn't mind spending the money because it's a real great game & Rovio deserves to be paid. A good balance between luck & strategy - mostly doable, sometimes challenging & once in a while nearly impossible. They do often offer special deals @ great discounts from time to time. They even offer daily challenge for players to earn free power-ups. ** I found this game by accident. And I fell in love with the game immediately because of the really cute characters and the innovative gameplay. I only spent $.99 to get an intro pack and I was able to get to level 150 without spending any more money. The game can be fairly challenging at the high levels – it takes a bit of patience, skills and luck to get through. But overall I found the gameplay to be for a well-balanced; unlike the Candy Crush series which I found it to be impossible to get through certain levels without spending a great deal of money for in app purchase. Skills are just as important as luck. Yes, there are ads. But they are reasonable and not intrusive. If you fail to get pass a level, you can opt-in to watch a short ad and it will reward you with a bonus item to help you clear the level. The downside to this game is that the in app purchase is rather expensive but you can earn power-ups playing regular tournaments. If you're into matching games, this one is highly recommended.