I can’t stop playing this game!

I downloaded this game through Tester Buddy, and I love it. I have been playing for a few days, and It’s the cutest game I have seen so far. The train runs along the tracks with saw blades on the side, cutting through the resources. Here and there the whistle blows. Collect the resources, and upgrade the saws, capacity, and speed of the train. I have learned a few things though. The boxes with the perks… eg. Watch the add and get 2x coins for two minutes. I clicked on the box. I don’t know if I actually did get the 2x coins, but what I got, was swarmed with ads for about 15 minutes. I don’t click on them anymore. You will collect TNT on the tracks while riding around, but use them wisely. Anything you blow up, you will loose those resources. Go into the shop every 24 hours to get the FREE chest. It will contain clothes, and a cat. The clothes protect you from the lightning and fireworks, so keep upgrading those items. The cat gives you a little extra resources. As for a lot of ads, I played for over an hour, sometimes longer, and saw two ads.

So simple and so relaxing

I’ll start out by saying that I did pay to get rid of ads, and I do wish they had more variety of islands because they just keep cycling over and over again. BUT! This is one of the most soothing and relaxing games that is still so satisfying to play. I’ve found that it really helps soothe my anxiety at night and can even help me fall asleep just watching the train go around the track constantly. Every time I play this after I’ve gotten comfy on the couch or settled into bed (or while taking a little break at work 😳), after about 5-10 minutes I find myself dozing off while my finger is still on the screen and the train just keeps going. You don’t need to watch ads to advance and enjoy the game, but I do think it is very worth it to pay to remove ads. You will still have to watch ads to get power ups, but it is not impossible to play without the power ups! This might be too simple of a game for people, but if you find yourself needing something to do to just unwind or occupy part of your brain while listening to a podcast or something, this is a great game for that! (I’m giving 4 stars just because I think there could be some more landscapes added, and maybe even a couple that are symmetrical all around for extra satisfaction)

Genuinely helps with my insomnia

This game is simple and repetitive. While at first that might sound negative, it isn’t. I find the simple gameplay and sort of rhythmic movements of the train to be really soothing, which makes it perfect for my adhd-addled insomniac brain that craves stimulation even while trying to fall asleep. The shockingly few ads (and ability to play offline) definitely help too. I’ve downloaded games that are supposedly made for the purpose of being soothing/relaxing/satisfying that wind up having the exact opposite effect when my chill game is suddenly interrupted by a super loud ad that startles me and makes my heart rate spike. Overall I really enjoy the game and think it’s very good at what it does (the only exceptions being the rare crashes that lose me a few minutes of progress at most, ultimately a minor inconvenience imo)

In theory, it’s entertaining.

I saw the ad for this game and though, Eeh, why not? Could be fun. One of my biggest flaws it that I love these kinds of games. I always end up playing some kind of idle game and they always have TOOOOOONS of ads. It’s like that’s all they do, is throw ads every 30-60 seconds. Yea, I did pay for no ads for $10, however, there are still ads for power ups which is understandable I guess but it’s really not worth playing if you don’t pay for “undesired” ads I guess you would call them? I feel like there should be something in the game where you collect maybe some gems or something to use on power ups instead of anytime you want extra speed, extra storage on the train, whatever it may be watch another ad. Even after paying for ad free playing I still end up watching a bunch of ads. It’s also super boring? Like the whole game is LITERALLY just hold one finger on your screen. The whole. Entire. Game. That’s it. Just hold one finger on screen? No story, no reward at the end of a level, nothing. You just watch a train go round and round along the island map. If that’s what you want, get it. If not, I suggest otherwise. I feel like I wasted my money :/ so now I feel obligated to play the game.

Very addicting but…

It’s a great game to pass the time, and very addictive so far, but there’s way too many ads too often and it’s a little frustrating. I understand the need for revenue if people choose to not pay the 9.99 to be ad free right off the bat or at all, but I want to experience the game a little more before I decide to invest in the ad free option. But this is only my opinion, others may not mind the ads or may choose to purchase the ad free. But I personally like to experience the game better without an ad being thrown in my face so often, before I decide to pay $10 to go ad free on a mobile game. I understand it’s to push people to pay for the option, but it’s also annoying that you can’t get a good experience before deciding to spend the money on it. It makes me wanna uninstall it rather than keep playing. Again, only my opinion. But it can go either way, people either play and pay or deal with the plethora of ads, or just delete the game and move on to the next. Again, such a great game, but there’s way too ads are a bit intense for me.

Idea

I absolutely love this game! Its so relaxing and easy to play. I did purchase to remove the adds and i havent been able to stop playing it constantly since. I definitely think there are some things that could be added to make it better thats why i am giving it 4 stars. Some ideas i had are i think that there should definitely be more islands but the thing i think would be most interesting is an auto button or something. My thought is the train could automatically go around the track 1 time and stop. You would have to tap the screen to make it go back around again or just a button to click one time to make it go around without stopping as an option for those who want to keep making progress but need a break from touching the screen for a just a minute. To make the train stop moving by itself you would simply just tap the auto button a second time and it would stop moving on its own. Leaving you the option to hold the screen or a self moving train.

Another scummy game designed to encourage you to spend money

Ads CONSTANTLY. “Free” game but if you want to play for more than 15 seconds consistently then you’re going to have to deal with ad after ad. Spend $10 though (remember when ad free was actually a reasonable price and you got something out of it?) yeah well not any more. Spend $10 and you get ABSOLUTELY NO BENEFIT other than they quit forcing ads on you every 15 seconds. You still need to watch ad after ad for any power up (which is basically required from how terribly slow the upgrade progression is) so you basically just give them $10 so they can continue to shove ads in your face. You get like 1 free gem a day if you play enough but by the time you have any decent amount saved up they intentionally have the “open another chest for 60 gems” button that pops up after you open a FREE chest. Causing you to accidentally click it opening the WORST chest they have available instead of saving up for a better one. The entire game is just entire cash grab and we’re the victims. I strongly urge everyone to play a different rail game than this one.

Getting closer to level 50 makes the app get buggy and suddenly crashes/unexpected closure

I don’t know where to put this info but the game has been bugging out. I’m on the magic valley level like level 40 something and it’s been bugging out as I get closer to destroying resources along the edge of the island. It’s been doing it the last 20 levels but has gotten worse as I get further and further in the levels. I have screen recorded it happening. It’s even suddenly crashed and then I’m suddenly on my Home Screen. Then, when I open the app, it restarts my train where I left off when I last opened the app, not where I was when it crashed, and now I can’t get any further on the level because it keeps crashing over and over. I’m trying to get to level 50 to get $50 on the supreme king app but the app won’t let me continue. I’ve spent money on the app to try and get to level 50 but now I want a refund or something. And trying to go to the developers website to report the problem and upload my screen recording doesn’t work. It never loads. Lame!

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