Slingo Adventure: Bingo Games

Like anyone I like playing games in between work or when I’m unwinding and relaxing; this game doesn’t allow for that. Your playing and once your done with a level; ad! You lose a level and a heart; ad! Everything you do there is an ad for that! Nowhere is there an option to get rid of ads like in other games, nor is really anything worth spending $$ on. And to top it all off it’s nowhere near how the game was back in the day. It’s geared toward purchases to get anywhere, doesn’t seem to be anyway you can earn any power ups besides purchasing them. I’ve only been playing a couple days and it’s really frustrating to continue playing when they make it hard to complete levels so early in the adventure.

I started playing this months ago and was only able to get up to level 3 before receiving a network error every time I try to play the next level. I tried every available troubleshooting advice but could not get it figured out. I can’t uninstall and reinstall because I have a iPhone so it doesn’t really uninstall fully. It just saves the app in the cloud till I download it again. So I just gave up. I recently tried again the other day and it finally worked. I I got up to level 9 and called it a day. Went to play again today and now the network error is back. If someone can reply to this and tell me exactly what’s going on then I would very much appreciate it because I love this game. Otherwise I’m just going to have to give up because it’s very annoying. EDIT: I tried again and still get the error. Didn’t even get to play a level. Still on level 9 too. I can’t fully uninstall the game. It’s iPhone. The app saves in the cloud til it’s re-downloaded. Edit #2: Was told again it was fixed. Downloaded it again, was still on level 9. Signed in, tapped the level and BOOM!!! Network Error. Still can’t play.

I played this game growing up on AOL and was obsessed. I then got the handheld when the internet version semi went away. I searched for years for an app and was so excited to see its finally here. But that’s where the excitement ended. First off it seems “rigged” meaning, in the classic version you always got at least a couple numbers each spin and could get Slingo about 50% of the time. This seems like there’s more daubs than good spins and even the good spins you may get one number. It makes it almost “impossible” to win without using extravagant amounts of power ups which you can only get with coins which can only be purchased with money. Seems like they are really pushing for in-app purchases which I don’t do. It really takes away from the fun of this game and how great the “adventure” platform of it could really be. You also used to be able to wager your money for more spins at the end, now you must buy them— with money..... again without in-app purchases I do not see many people being able to progress far in this game. You would think with the big push for in-app purchases that one could avoid a game with ads between each segment..... sadly nope. Too many ads here that take up your time and if you are like me you are just trying to play for a quick few precious minutes in between something and don’t want those minutes chewed with ads. Also some of the levels have a bigger Slingo card making it even more difficult and taking away from the fun of the game..... too many numbers to see. They have taken away the time limit on finding the numbers on each spin which makes life easy, but I would rather they re insert that but give back our quality spins.... Overall I give this app a 2 star because I do love the game of Slingo but this app for it has a lot of work to be done to make it enjoyable which makes me so sad.