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Great but there are downsides
This game is great fun. I love the leagues. It adds a whole new level of competition to the game. They've done a great job cracking down on the teams who were cheating, which I'm very thankful for. I think my biggest gripe is with the special creatures. When you complete puzzles, you have a choice to pick a special creature to help you. They come out with these new special limited time creatures and feature them for a whole month. It's hard enough that I have 3 creatures that have 5/6 cards needed to complete them, but now with the special creatures every month all my new cards go toward that creature. I've been playing this since it came out and I still haven't unlocked all the basic creatures. Who actually thinks I'm going to unlock the special creature in 1 month? It's impossible and a way to get money from us. Cool it down on the special creatures and allow us to get all our other creatures please! I'm tired of saving up all my cards until the end of month and opening them at the same time. I'm not patient enough for thatShow lessThisislexi2
Overall good game but does have some downsides
I love this game, I’ve been playing it for months. But lately I’ve been discouraged to play because I am not able to unlock new magical creatures. When I first started the game I unlocked two pretty quickly, but I am now at level 631 and I have only unlocked 3 animals out of maybe 10. You have to beat 8 levels to get 3 cards, then you reveal the cards and collect them to unlock certain creatures. Each creature requires 5-6 cards to be unlocked. I have received so many duplicates of cards, and if you get 50 duplicates you can redeem them to open one card but even then I get duplicates. I feel that after collecting 50 duplicates you should be guaranteed to get a card that you do not have. I have even spent money trying to pay for the packs and “legendary” card collections, but I still am stuck with the same 3 creatures that I unlocked hundreds of levels ago. I am quite disappointed with this part of the game and I hope they make some improvements soon or else I will most likely delete the game and stop spending money on it. Just my own opinion, but I do believe this to be a fun, entertaining game overall.Show lessTory Forberger
Cheaters
I would love to give this game five stars but due to coming across so many cheaters and zynga not doing crap about them is so upsetting when someone has almost 20,000 trophies in less then 3 days then obviously they are cheating I spend over $100 a week usually more and play many many hours and have not come anywhere near this I can get around 2,000 trophies and I have a 95 win streak and when I see people with a thousand win streak or more and outrageous amount of trophies I report but this person who is making more then any other person and is making the amount of trophies an entire club of 30 makes in a week in just a couple days all by himself and has been making first place every week then somethings up and zynga ain’t doing their job this persons all time record is almost 40,000 trophies it’s so obvious that this person is cheating and zynga does nothing just says they take it seriously and cannot say what actions were or weren’t taken it’s to the point that I won’t be spending my money on this game until zynga bans benny he gets more trophies then others I have reported and were banned and I will keep reporting cheaters I hope everyone else does too mayb then zynga will stop being lazy and actually take us seriously we want a FAIR game zynga and until zynga starts getting actively involved in looking for and banning cheaters then this game will be just that a place where cheaters get away with cheatingShow less9231988
Developer Response
Hi, sorry to hear about the behavior of other players and thank you for bringing this to our attention. Please continue to utilize the in-game reporting feature so we can investigate this properly. We will keep working to provide a good user experience and really appreciate the feedback. Thank you for the support and have a great day.Great game. Could be near perfect with some tweaks.
All in all, this game is very fun and addictive. If you love the match three puzzle genre, this game will definitely satisfy that itch.
The game has some very frustrating quirks, though, that I think need to be addressed:
1. Swipe bugs show up often. You click on a gem and swipe one direction, only to have the gem swipe the opposite direction.
2. Fat finger purchases. You click on the big button to end a puzzle, only to have it spend your purchased or accumulated coin on extending the level by a few turns. (Adding a confirmation prompt to this and all transactions in the game makes way too much sense not to happen)
3. Clearing a block of gems only to have that space stay empty until you make another move.
4. Having gems fall together into a combination that should produce a special item (key/bomb/lightning/bag) but doesn’t.
5. Adding a feedback button in the app so that these issues can be brought up without having to file an app review...
If you play occasionally, these issues may not seem very irksome. If you play as much as I do, though, these things can add up to a very frustrating game session. The purchases issue, in particular, pisses me off the most as it can take days to save up for another pack of cards. Having the game take 1200 coins to extend a Divination class you have no chance of winning even with 50 more turns really cuts the wrong way...Show lessSeattle Rocket Scientist
Great game for the first 300 levels
Game is designed well and really fun for the first 300 or so levels. At around level 400 it becomes intensely frustrating. I’m almost at level 500 but nearly all the boards take over 10 tries to win. So you get stuck in the game and don’t go anywhere without buying special moves. These are too pricey, I’m not spending 1-2 dollars every time I get stuck on a board, especially when practically every board at this level requires you to either spend 20 minutes to beat it or 1-2 dollars. The group leader is over level 1000 so it’s not like I’m about to beat the game.
Also the card collection only gives you duplicates after you win your first two pets, and it’s set up so you have to win 80 boards to get a new card. You need 6 for each pet and there are 7 different pets that are available.
Short of it it’s okay to have a hard board that’s challenging to beat once in awhile but when it’s every single board the game is no longer fun. Also this has nothing to do with skills because I’m good at match 3 games.Show lessMusic player 101
Fun, but don’t expect to earn more creatures
The game is highly addictive. You can do every level without power ups, though it might take several tries. I’m over level 900 without spending money on the game.
That being said there are issues, and you won’t earn creatures after the ones you get on the first day.
Examples of issues include incorrect notifications and puzzle problems. Currently I have 7 notifications on the Events tab and I should have 1. It behaves especially weird when guild puzzles are open. In addition, it’s common for it to take out the wrong color when I do a swap and for puzzles to start with swapping (meaning it doesn’t even start with valid choices). This last thing leads me to believe that while all puzzles are winnable, they are not all winnable every time otherwise there would be no swapping at the beginning.
All cards in the packs (even the packs you spend gold on) are duplicates. When you get one away from getting a new one, all the new cards generated from the duplicates turn in will be for a brand new creature that’s just been announced. I don’t see a way to pay for a new one because all the cards I’ve got with gold gave me duplicates so there isn’t really a reason to go after the gold for me. I’d be tempted to spend money to get more pets, but as the game is now, I don’t see a reason to work for or buy gold. It’s a lost opportunity because collecting creatures is something that would hold my interest.Show lessLibei10
Great Time Killer
Great game with a lot of creativity, but I believe there are some features that could be tweaked for a better experience. My biggest suggestion is the unlimited lives when you log in. I like to play at night and my league has a set time they usually activate our challenge. That is when I want to use my unlimited lives since it’s a timely occurrence. Throughout the day, I am fine with just giving my normal levels a go, and then waiting till my lives refill. If being able to activate our unlimited rewards whenever we want, I think that’d be great even if they expire after 24 hours so you can’t stack them. Also, the price of power ups is a little high with gold being so hard to collect without paying. I know games like this need to make money but I would more willingly make a purchase if I felt like the gold was worth it, but right now you can only buy a few power ups, extra turns for a high cost.
Overall, great game. Just needs some adjustments.Show lesspokbwuslandh
Favorite match-3 I’ve found so far
I love that making a cube is a move you can do. The Potterverse references, clubs, character bonuses, & bonus "classes" are great! I hope more get added as we move through the years. The Gameplay is simple but the levels are challenging.
Suggestions: Need more stars &/or trophies awarded based off points or more ways to earn them. (For Ex: clearing the board should have more benefits as far as points go. I shouldn't have to clear the board 5 times & still lose on a level that requires 6 books to be gathered.) Also, it would be nice if we could save the power ups earned from the clear gems. Maybe set an option to “use now” or “use later” and then set a 3 move save limit before it’s automatically activated or disappears or something? I keep setting up for a specific move just to have a fanged frisbee blow up all my pieces. It’s so frustrating (but not a deal breaker).Show lessNerdyMomtality
Amazing game! But I have some suggestions
This game is super fun! It is absolutely so beautifully done in detail and looks straight out of the movies! I love how the puzzles directly relate to scenes from the movies and how each one is an individual challenge. The amount of creativity poured into this app is insane. If I had to change just a few things, though, it would be that when you are gifted unlimited lives for a certain period of time, I wish that you could choose when to start the timer for it. Sometimes I open the app just to check in with my team or something, but then I’m suddenly gifted unlimited lives for 15 minutes and I have to drop everything I’m doing in order to try and make use of that 15 minutes at a super inconvenient time. Rather, I think it would be better if players could activate it themselves when ready. Also I wish we were awarded more coins because it feels as if they’re kind of hard to come by, especially since repurchasing power ups costs so many coins. Other than those things, I have zero complaints with this amazingly fun and entertaining app! Thank you Zynga for another amazing game!Show lessdaylym3
Great game, get rid of the spiders
Overall, this game is great. I normally get bored of other match 3 type games, seeing as they’re not interesting enough or at some point they’re the same thing over and over, but this game does a great job of keeping it new and interesting. What it doesn’t do a great job of? Oh my god the spiders. When the event hit me this week, I thought I could probably make it through the week, seeing as my arachnophobia is only mild and I’m generally fine with spiders as long as they don’t come near me or touch me. However, I was wrong. The spiders were too much for me, and I think I’ll have to sit this week out if this game legitimately causes me this much stress. According to other friends who play the game, the spiders make a reappearance later in the game, and at that point I don’t know what I’ll do. I also have many friends who are arachnophobic and play the game, and their arachnophobia is much worse than mine.I would like to make a request for the spiders to be eliminated, made less realistic, or at least add an option in the settings to replace them with harmless stand-ins. I would love to keep playing this game, I really would, but a game shouldn’t cause me this much stress.Show lessElisa Reed
Developer Response
Hi Elisa, we are delighted to hear your review concerning the game and really appreciate the feedback. We are always collecting user feedback that we can apply with updates.
