Tile Busters: Match 3 Tiles

I am still giving them a 5 star despite wanting to give them a 2 star because I am hopeful they might change the model back. I loved this game, it was my favorite go-to game whenever I had time to fill and nothing to do. Or just to relax. But the last two events in a row now have changed from their previous model. You used to get a chest every 5 levels you climbed, and now it has been more like every 7 and 8. The old way meant that if I climbed all the way to the top, 150 levels, that I would end up with more gold than I started with, but if I didn’t make it to the top, I usually ended up with less gold than I started with because I use the help items a lot. So as long as I completed an event I could be sure I would remain positive. However now that you only get chests every 7 levels, the last event I ended up with 1,000 gold less than I started with. I’m going to play through 3 more events with this new model they are using and if I still end up losing gold, I think I’m just going to uninstall. I suspect the reason they changed the model was to promote more spending, and I don’t really care for games that take a game backwards for their bottom dollar. There were lots of other ways they could have promoted more spending, such as a new event entirely. But they just changed the model that I was used to and I don’t like it.

I enjoy playing this game. I do purchase packs of coins and helps occasionally. However, I am annoyed at the card pack aspect of the game. Part of the prize when you clear a level is often a pack of cards. Then, there are preset groupings of 9 cards that once you collect all the cards in a pack, you get coins etc. When you win a card pack, they are random, but almost never are cards you need. I have been playing this game for months and months, and out of 36 card groups, I have only completed 4. I have several groups that only need one card to be completed, and somehow I NEVER GET THE CARDS NEEDED. When I win and get a pack of cards, often I get duplicates of cards I already have. There are groups where I need just one card to complete a group, yet i keep getting duplicates of cards I already have in that group over and over. And they keep adding more groups, making it more unlikely to complete a group. There is an option to trade cards that is “coming soon” and has been for months. No development has occurred here. It is a wasted part of the game and is frustrating.

There is a lot I really like about this game and a few annoying things too. I did pay for ad free and it was completely worth it. I also buy a few things here and there. The puzzles themselves are great. I do feel as I get to higher levels sometimes it’s easy to get stuck (oh those frogs!!!) and that’s OK, just enough though to make me frustrated to stop playing for a bit. My new favorite thing is the Puzzle Calendar and if I could find that as a game by itself that I could pay for NO ads on it I totally would!!! Please consider that. I love those puzzles in the calendar but the ads to play back days is quite annoying. Wished I could get rid of those. All in all it’s a very good game and I don’t even mind all the “shop” things as I know the developers just want to get paid for their creation. I never mind paying for quality.