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Cute but flawed mechanics
A lot of the features don't work reliably. For instance, some bears are able to "summon" word endings like "ED", "ER", etc. but even when you have more than adequate space for the letters to appears, sometimes only one of them will pop up. There's no way to guess which orientation they'll drop in, so you often end up wasting them. But you still have to upgrade those bears because not having the right "type" will keep you out of earning for special events.
I already have the paid version, and I can tell this is all meant to squeeze more out of me. It just won't work. Eventually when it gets frustrating enough, I'll just stop playing.Show lessPersonalGenius
Smart casual game; trying to make progress is very grindy
This is a game I come back to again and again for when I just want a quick word puzzle. After a while, if you want to progress in the map, even if you play a perfect game you’ll need higher bear levels. It does become incredibly grindy and can take weeks to level up bears enough to move forward. I also dislike the tournament event, which seems to reward only the same 3-4 players over and over.
But if you play it casually and disregard campaign progress it’s still the best word game I’ve found on mobile.Show lessRabbitsa
Fun game… if you can play it
Each regular game “play” costs you 25 coins. If you’d like to pay to accumulate coins faster, that’s an option. You can watch embarrassingly bad ads for coins… when they have ads available to watch. Otherwise, this game is unplayable for more than 10 minutes every few hours. Don’t even get me started on the whole leveling up your bears thing. Only certain bears can be leveled up during certain days of the week, otherwise you’re stuck where you are, if you can even get a play in. Got a booster finally to help you pass a level? This game will purposely give you letters to that don’t create a word in the middle of the game, creating a wasted booster scenario. The creators of this game truly don’t want to make any money, nor do they want you to play this game. If they had any intelligence, they would create a purchase option for an hour of unlimited plays. Instead, they created any other purchase option, except for more playing time.Show lessShania sprain