Truly free challenge

I’ve been playing this game a lot for months now. The choice of hidden-object or match-3 is an attractive feature. The art is consistently excellent, as are the stories that advance the game. The in-game economy is quite complex (where you need to earn items in one area to gain access to another). A number of other reviews claim that the player must spend real-world money to buy crystals, and that these are essential to advance. This is absolutely not true. The game gives beginning players lots of crystals, but they become more scarce as the player progresses in skill. The game is VERY challenging at higher levels but is still possible to play for free. I have made only one small in-app purchase of a few dollars and am still progressing, but you can expect to need to develop your skills. I want to praise the developer for its responsiveness. I found one genuine bug, a single hidden object that could not be successfully found, and I reported it. In less than 2 days, the developer responded that they had confirmed the bug and would correct it in the next update, and sent a workaround that would allow me to keep playing until the fix was applied. Exemplary!

Sherlock

The graphics and vocabulary used are great. The game is creative and challenging, but it is truly cost prohibitive once you really get into the game. And what is the use of earning gold coins? You can’t buy rubies with them, and you can only earn rubies very, very sparingly. It’s the rubies that you need to use to buy the devices you need to help you along the way. It is for these reasons that I downgraded the gaming experience, am contemplating deleting the game altogether, and have not mentioned it to friends. I need certain assemblers but can’t earn them even though I win the game. I do spend money on this game but come on be fair. Please consider making it plausible to earn assemblers without having to MOSTLY use crystals. UPDATE. I just recently deleted the game even though I enjoyed it. I simply can’t justify spending that much money on a game. Perhaps you might consider making things more reasonable to buy. Best of luck. Update...The bottom line is to make the game more affordable for a wider range of players especially during this long drawn out pandemic. Actually, I can’t see that you have changed that many things that were in need of it. It is for this reason that I haven’t suggested it to friends. Sorry. Please make it easier to use gold coins to buy crystals as well as our own money. Also, let us use gold coins to buy tools etc. Please think about it. Thank you.

Large regular updates that take hours

I have been playing this game for a while and I mostly like it. But I have a big beef at the moment--it took 2 days to finally get the latest update finished. I have to have the app open and keep the device from sleeping or it doesn't finish updates and will even go back to the beginning and start over. I finally got it done and the next day I got another update to install. Despite what they say, it does not allow you to keep playing while it's updating. Plus, they have tried to add so many new things, that it glitches, it gets things wrong (like the club gaming will start and stop every couple days and it will say the event ended while it had started another one.), it forces you into screens (like Mycroft s office) and you have to decline a zillion offers to buy stuff, constantly asks for reviews. I have so far been able to bear through it, but seriously, the constant updates that take forever is going to be the straw that breaks the camels back. In the time it took to write this long rant, I checked back and it had only gotten to 4%. And while I am at it, I will add that they need to make it easier to kick out players from the club who haven't been on for years. With only 15 people to a club, members need to be able to have more control over that. Thank you for your attention to this matter.

Sherlock

I’m 66 years old and addicted to this game. It helps my memory, my attention to detail, but it does nothing to help my wallet! It wouldn’t let me highlight a star, but it’s a five. Thank you for hours of entertainment! On this second comment of this game after 3 years of playing, I still love it, but maybe an Alzheimer’s button for those of us who can’t remember the boards of every book? 🧐 Also, the commentary on the stories requires knowledge of the books to make sense of what of what is being said. As an adult knowing these books I can make sense of it; although, it is out there. The time between engaging between commentary of where everyone is in the books lacks cohesion for me. I was a teacher and wonder if kids read and follow the discourse for each book? I will continue to play the game. I don’t look to demean the writer of the commentary, but a lean away from trying to create one’s own story using the characters might be better enjoyed and followed if, somehow, after each board played or each event opened were a continuous story. I have no idea how that would be done. Just a thought. Good luck. I’ll still play.

I Really Like This Game

I enjoy playing this game because it gives you plenty of energy to spend a quality amount of time exploring the different books & pages & scenes. I also like that I can choose which type of game I want to play; whether match-3 or hidden objects, which is unique. I guess my favorite thing is that they give a good amount of time to search for the hidden objects. I love to play these kinds of games, but I have memory problems & my brain moves slowly because of it. Not everyone has a super computer for a brain, but that doesn’t mean we should be excluded from enjoying games that can help with our mental processes, too. So, thank you for being a little more inclusive to those with mental disabilities, even if that wasn’t your intention😁. I also like that we’re not constantly bombarded with in-app purchase ads, like some other games. Not everyone can afford to spend real money on games while living on small budgets & it gets tiring to get these ads every few minutes. I like that you don’t pop them up so often as to be annoying. My one negative would be that I wish some of the scenes weren’t quite so challenging (Alice in Wonderland, for example). All around fun & pleasant experience that I enjoy nearly everyday.

Sherlock

Great game. Sherlock is my favorite in G5. I find this game to be entertaining, challenging at times, and addicting (lol). My only struggles are: -It would be nice if we could spend coins earned on energy. -I feel as though there could be more opportunities to earn energy and to also spend coins on jewels, instead of having the option to actually purchase jewels with real currency. -It would be helpful to have an index of all items possible to gain in the game, (Tools, Assemblers, etc.) With a number count of how many of each item the player has already collected and has not. In addition to more explanation on how to use artifacts. -iy would be nice to receive free 30-1hr time at our own convenience because sometimes after winning a competition and I am rewarded with free time, that time is not an appropriate time for me. -it would be nice to have rollovers for after completing a game. Such as, if I don’t use a colored sphere because I have already completed a game, and it is still in the game, it would be helpful if I could hold on to it for another game. -Thant’s all I can think of off the top of my head for now. Overall, this game is very enjoyable!

Entertaining, yet Frustrating

Like the fact that we can do hidden object scenes or M3 boards. Graphics are gorgeous and the brief dialogue exchanges are fun. Early days still, but so far I am enjoying this game. Once the puzzles become far too difficult to complete w/o paid power-ups, I will revisit my review. 😂 EDIT: never thought it possible that a game so promising would end up sucking all the joy out of playing M3 for me. Yes, the levels need powerups to complete, despite the claims of the developers—or be played too many times to be fun—but I expected that w/FTP. What surprised me was the confusion all the various side quests (for lack of better description) would bring and that tapping on a powerup to learn what it does during a round would lock the “use” screen on. Also, I hate, hate, hate those clocks, lol. I am *so* confused by all the bells and whistles—they are gorgeous, though—that I can only play for 10 minutes at a time, if that. So many different stories to explore, but no option to choose less intense levels for a break. I need to find a paid version of a M3 game like I select for the hidden objects games I play too. 3 or 4 storybooks per game in a series might be worth considering, G5 as an additional option to what you’ve got here.

Don’t bother playing

I have been playing this game for a long time. It seems now it’s not worth it to play. Developers just want money. You could always play this game without spending any money. Now you are forced to. They cut my time in the books to 1 minute 25 seconds. It’s impossible to finish a search because they also added more items to find. Support gives the same answers. Sometimes we make changes that not everyone likes. Are you kidding me? I can’t win a book now without purchasing for extra time. Oh and speaking of purchasing, DO NOT DO IT. I had ads waiting for me to watch and a Sherlock offer came on, too good to pass up. So I made the purchase. Boom just like that the ads to watch disappeared. Never had ads since. Support claims not everyone gets ads. Ha. They were just there but gone after purchase. And the lame excuse of sometimes there are no ads why again do some get and some don’t. No ads should be across the board. Anyway since the time cut for me and now not being able to search and finish any books there is no reason to play. They will not get anymore money from me. I’m done. It used to be fun now it stresses me out. Others in my team have left the game too for reasons I stated. Sherlock has still allowed hackers to play . So goodbye to the greedy multimillion g5 developers. Such a shame

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