Nuts & Bolts 3D: Screw Puzzle

I think I have downloaded about 8 of these screw puzzle games so far. I like that this one shows your time compared with others. I would prefer it if they gave me a percentage instead of showing what is likely fake scores. The reason I have deleted every game in this genre is that it has a time limit. I am usually playing while watching a show. I want to be able to think through my moves and be distracted by a good part of the show without worrying about a timer.

I want to start off by saying this could be a fun and challenging game. The problems are in my opinion is first the timer. It’s not needed or at least should be an option. An option would be better for beginners to this game or for those who just want to relax and be challenged. Another problem is that the game was designed to be a money grab! Which is lame! The bulletin to spend money pops up every time you lose or win! Another big problem are the ads. I don’t mind a few ads because most of these games have ads. The cost to opt out of ads for this game is ridiculous! I didn’t see any one time payment. Your choices are 10 minutes, or no ads for a certain amount of days, there’s even a choice to pay to not have ads for 30 days at a ridiculously expensive price! There must be a market for this but I have a feeling more people delete this game than keep playing it. One final note if you opt to get 60 more seconds to win a level and choice free. You have to watch an ad for a minute while the game clock is still ticking away!! Fun game but for these reasons I’m out! Do better game designers!!

After reading tons of reviews for other games that had long, intrusive ads, decided to try this one. Each level has two parts—first part is solvable in about 20 seconds; second part in 60-90 seconds if you don’t run out of space. First level that took more than one try was level 10. Ads come between complete levels. I am on level 20 and they have all been 15 second “click twice” ads. You can close the first part of the ad after about 5 seconds and then you have one or two more pages that you can click to close after 5 seconds. Decent amount of challenge. So far no ads covering play space and no ads interrupting puzzle.