Fri Sep 06 2024
Bug fixed
Enhanced user experience
I’ve played a lot of logic games and usually ended up quitting after 20-30 levels because they were so full of missing logic and errors. I’ve found a couple in the hundred or so levels I’ve played but only twice did I have to use a cheat because the logic was completely missing an element. My biggest gripe with the game was that on my phone my finger / stylus didn’t always hit the mark due to a slight shaking condition I have at times. Tonight I learned you could disable that and just place X’s and checks. Once I turned that on so the many times I clicked the wrong box it didn’t ding me before I corrected it, the game became seriously enjoyable. I highly recommend this especially with the insta-wrong turned off. Not only does it enhance the experience but takes me back to the 80’s and 90’s when I did these in an actual book were it was hard to cheat by being immediately told you were wrong. The one thing I would like to see which is why I gave it a 4 is the ability to cross out only certain parts of the logic like I could in books. “Bob, Larry, George were either Owner, has two brothers with same name, or Handyman.” If I know George is handyman I’d like to cross out just those two so the logic remains for the two I haven’t solved.
I’ve done a lot of the puzzles, even some of the collections. I love the storylines, and enjoy solving the puzzles. I have overlooked the terrible grammar, misspellings, and other clue errors, but my one pet peeve is having to guess to solve a problem. To be sure, most can be solved without guessing, but I just finished two problems and had to guess 3 on one and twice on the other. It’s like, the developers are not checking the problems very well or the solutions. So I have to drop down to 4 stars. They are more concerned with tracking my data which should be none of their business than they are producing well-constructed puzzles that be solved with logic rather than guessing. I’m not goingbto quit, because as I said, I love the stories.
I like the game OK, which is why I'm giving two stars instead of one. I liked it enough to pay for No Ads, assuming that would apply to all my devices, like every other app on the App Store. When I tried to restore purchases on my iPad, though, it showed a spinner then, nothing. I still had the full ads and it kept prompting me to purchase the No Ads I'd already paid for. Support promised to "release a fix as soon as possible and send you the No Ads." That's been a couple weeks, there have been at least two updates, and still nothing to fix this problem. I can't recommend this game at all as long as they're not giving me what I paid for. Update: December 12, 2022. It's now been almost two months and there have been 8 updates, all with "bug fixes", since I encountered this issue, and there is still no fix. It's not even worth it any more. This was a complete waste of 10 bucks.
What I find so disturbing about these reviews which, I tend to agree with is the fact that the developers aren’t responding to them at least not any of the recent ones. It shows that they don’t care about any of their customers. They just want to be paid for their overpriced subscription for a game that’s poorly edited and seems repetitive at best. While I expect to see ads in between every level, I don’t expect to have to watch 30 seconds or multiple ads. I shouldn’t have to watch an ad when I switch from a game level to home and then another one to switch to a themed puzzle. When does this app become about the customer rather than just considering us the developers’ piggy banks. This game is illogical! Developers, you need to communicate. There are too many other logic games that are edited, fairly priced, and consider their customers first to ignore us.
I play constantly! I am fully addicted. My only one tiny complaint is that I wish there was an “Issue” button of some sort. I’m aware it’s probably a collective group of people creating this game and the new challenges, but there has been a handful that I come across where the wording has many typos or the clues are misleading. I just did one that said “Kevin doesn’t have a dog.” and I was stuck on that puzzle for hours til I figured out Kevin actually does have the dog🥲🤦🏼♀️ Still a lovely game. Makes my brain work harder and I enjoy playing. An error/typo button sure would be handy though so other users don’t have to cross this irritating puzzles. Thank you!
Seriously, developers I know you need to earn a living. But harassment by putting an ad after every puzzle solve?? Oh and the ads have a little countdown timer that when it reaches 0, brings up an app advert, which you decline, and then another timer comes up. When that one reaches 0, you tap it and it brings up a page to install other said app. Hey I said NO. So then YET ANOTHER countdown timer. You know, I’d be inclined to contribute money and get rid of the ads - which I’ve done for some apps, but your “incentive” is like a mobster breaking a debtor’s knees. You don’t make me like you, nor want to contribute. Instead, I delete the app. I don’t see how developers think that alienating potential contributors through irritation will gain revenue, but it’s your app, do as you please. I’ve deleted the app.
I’ve always loved these type of puzzles, and this game is designed well, but it’s disappointing to know that you’ve solved the puzzle correctly, according to the clues, but the app tells you there are errors. I’ve had at least 5 or 6 where the review clearly shows a different result than what the clues indicate. And like others have pointed out, some require you to guess because there were inadequate clues. In other words, it can be solved in more than one way, but you lose points if you guess wrong. I paid for the app so I didn’t contend with ads, but after a good deal of time spent solving the puzzle, only for it to be illogical, is too frustrating for me. Beware.
I enjoyed this game for a while, but now that I have reached beyond level 400 of the hard levels, it seems the amount of errors within the game has increased substantially. The grammar is increasingly worse as the game continues. Things like repeat parenthesis within an already multifactoral clue get exhausting, especially when the puzzle doesn’t give you sufficient information to solve it within all that nonsense. Additionally, it’s entirely too easy to click the wrong box due to the small size, an undo feature would be useful since with so many negative-based hint only puzzles. Proofreading clearly isn’t a thing anymore and rather than call it quits, they just shell out garbage. Disappointing.