App Store Editors’ Notes

This one!

If you’re looking for a game that is fun for adults but easy enough for kids to play on your phone too, this is it. No ads popping up and no pressure to buy something to be able to continue your game. I appreciate this most of all. You do have the option to purchase, but it’s not forced on you and that is a big deal to me. In fact, I’ve chosen to make an occasional purchase to support the game, specifically because they never made me feel obligated to do it! You do have the option to connect with friends, but no pressure to do so and I’ve been playing just fine without it. The accuracy of the ball aim has improved significantly since the old version. Some levels can be really challenging, but eventually you figure out which cat’s ability will help you most to get you to the end of the level, if you have no boosters left to use. Boosters are simple to earn, by waking up the tree, updating your home, finding the key to the treasure chest, or playing in the no-pressure tournament! I’m a first responder. Sometimes I need an escape to decompress from calls. This game allows me to think through things to ease my mind, while playing. Social media and/or games that are competitive (like candy games) do not do that. Don’t change a thing, and I’ll be a long-time supporter!

Skill + Luck

I am finally writing a review after playing over 1000 levels. When a newcomer starts the game there will be a, perhaps frustrating, learning curve. Each type of level, “free the owls”, “clear all bubbles”, “help the ghost”, have a slightly different strategy, and you aren’t helped if the bubble combinations aren’t the best. Some levels are easy to win on the first go. Others may take a more than one set of “lives”. That’s a near-perfect luck and strategy combination. So far, I haven’t found myself “forced to spend money”, but I have purchased the piggy’s gold bars to get “lives” a couple of times this year. Partly that was because I wanted to keep playing when I was at the top of a tournament, and partly that was because I figured I owed King something for the months of fun gaming. I DON’T buy the power-ups. They are also awarded free for achieving goals, and my strategy is to use these free aids only if I see the finish line and calculate that using one will get me the win. Thanks, King!

The frogs ruined the game for me!

I previously left a good feedback but I can’t find it to edit it, so this is a new one. I have to admit that i was very addicted to this game. I like almost everything about it and the variety plus the smooth gameplay, however, once you reach the level with the frogs that freezes your bubbles, might as well delete the game there, you are not gonna be able to win after that. The first couple of rounds with the frogs were hard but acceptable, everyone likes a little challenge. But you will come to a level where there are tons of them and at that point there nothing you can do to best that level. Ive used all of my power up, even watch an ad to start with a free booster, plus all of my boosters that I already have saved up, 3 hours of unlimited lives, and i still couldn’t beat the level. I think the frogs ruined the game for me and i will not spend a penny more on this game. Once you reach the level with the frogs, you’ll see ehat im talking about. I am going to look for a similar game that is a little bit more fair to their fans.

TOO MANY POPUPS

So I’ve never had to complain about popups that have nothing to do with ads. While I do love the game and all the things that it includes. I absolutely HATE how many things pop up in between levels or even after opening the app for the first time (or seventh time) in a day. Otherwise known as the animations. It would be nice if I could open the app, it open to the Home Screen of current levels I’m on and not have to wait for An Event notice to pop up, followed by a new challenge, or any other kind of notification that I don’t care about. If there was an icon for the notifications that you could click on IF your interested instead of EVERYTHING popping up every single time you beat a level it would be so much better. I don’t need to see the piggy bank, the fact that I earn another gold pin, or my high score ranking, my placement in the Top 5 EVERY time I beat a level. Otherwise I would give the app 5 stars. But the annoying delays between levels really takes away from the fun of level advancement. Get rid of some of the animations or at least make an option to turn them off or skip them.

Game Started Freezing! Help!

Normally, when I need a few more bubbles, I just watch the three videos to get more bubbles so I can finish the level. For the last couple of days, it lets me watch the first video, returns me to the page with Stella on it, and then seems to get stuck. It isn’t freezing; there are still some background movement such as the swirling pool and what I imagine is magic swirling around Stella. However, it won’t do anything else. I don’t get any more bubbles nor can watch another video. The only choice is to quit out of BubbleWitch3. I have been playing this game for quite a few years and this is the first time I ever had this problem. I found a chat where other people have been recently having this exact same problem. I hope someone is taking notice and can offer some suggestions or fix this glitch. This is my favorite game so hate to lose it.

Only game I keep coming back to😊

I love bubble witch saga 3, definitely a worthy time killer! I love the fact that when I get stuck on a level get mad and give it a rest for a few days, when I come back it’s like the game gets easier for some reason, it’s like it determines when you struggle and gives you the little hep you need to keep going. The developers are fast with updating glitches which are few to none, love the vibrant colors and clear design of the game, no ads and no pressure to buy within the app to continue to play the game, lots of events to earn gifts and things you need to get through levels, an abundant amount of levels, it’s just a great game all together. It’s a must download for sure! This has been the only game I’ve been truly consistent with. It’s been 8 years since I was introduced to this game and it’s well worth the redownload every time.

Deleted the App at level 350 something

It’s a fun game, BUT has zero to do with skill and everything to do with getting the right bubbles from the beginning. Too much luck of the draw on getting good bubbles...Bad algorithm design on the generation of bubbles and because of this you will have to play some levels for days until you finally get the right combination of bubbles. The game is beautiful in its design and concept, but seriously lacking on the most important aspect. I deleted it, beyond frustrating. Too, I would have rather paid $20 for the app. It’s obvious they rely on you getting so frustrated that you buy spells to get you past a level that’s designed to infuriate you cause you can’t pass it, so you buy spells to use just to get past it. Nope. Not doing it. Just design the levels to be hard (not impossible) and charge a flat fee. Consumers hate being Nicole and dimed....and this is exactly what this apps goal is. Also, App prompts you 100xs to invite your fiends....I’m not going to ask them to join in the frustration that is this game.

No support less data

I’ve been playing this game for a long time and there is now a state farm gamer hood ad that pops up when you opt to watch an ad to gain more bubbles to continue your play. The problem is there’s no way to get rid of it and continue playing. I am playing on iPad mini and I have to close the game and then go to the section on the iPad that allows you to remove any open apps from your history. This allows you to reopen the game and try again but the stupid State Farm ad keeps popping up stalling gameplay. I reported it in the contact us portion of the app and got a generic reply, based on what I clicked on when I told them what the problem was. They totally ignored the detailed information about the problem and gave me a canned reply. I replied to that and tried to give them the detailed information again, including a screenshot of the ad that keeps popping up that can’t be closed. They replied by sending me a link to a survey, wanting to know how their reply to my problem rated. If I could’ve given it a zero I would have.

King's latest release Bubble Witch 3 Saga has surpassed 10 million downloads in the first two weeks of its release.

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