User Reviews: Poker Showdown

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  • Great Game but Frustrating

    It’s so much fun I want to play more than it will allow! It takes 40 credits to play a single round of poker, and the only way to get extra credits is by waiting (like 2 minutes per credit) or in game gold. Now I am not opposed to spending gold for more time, but the credits are very expensive compared to how hard it is to accrue gold (in game). I would maybe consider buying some gold, but it costs way too much to add time to the game.
    Very frustrating because like I said, I just want to play more because it’s so much fun. I would be willing to pay $10 for a one time fee to play as much as I want or something.

    Developer Response

    Thanks a bunch for the 4-star rating and the feedback! We are working on new options to get more bullets. Hope this will help earning us that fifth star :)
  • Good mechanics, crazy IAP costs

    The game itself is well made and fun. There’s enough variety in the powerups and upgrade system to be interesting, but not too much to be overwhelming. The art and UI are good. The IAP system though, wow. I haven’t spent any money on the game yet, which means hours of waiting between play sessions, but it really doesn’t seem at all worth it to pay $5 to play a few hands, or to upgrade one single card in your deck, or any of the other things you do with gold. I’ll probably end up playing until it becomes too difficult to win without paying, and then delete it and move on.

    Developer Response

    Thanks for the 4-star rating and for the feedback. We are working on ways to get more bullets and play more. Also, we are working on new premium items that can only be obtained using gold to increase the value offering. Stay tuned!
  • Ads ads and more ads

    Way too many ads. The game is fun and entertaining; however, the ads kill the game. And they make the "x" to close out of the ad so small you are constantly being taken to the app store.
  • good could be great

    good gameplay where card strategy matters. card deck upgrades matter and have a strategy in and of itself. however by the second region it does become major pay to play EVEN w a free roll watching an ad (which doesn't bother me). the game balance should DEF be tweaked to where one can progress without an obvious money grab — there are tons of levels.... a bit more subtlety with the stark difficulty increase would probably, long term, increase player retention rate and in turn continue revenue across the board for the developers. good game but it will burn out many many users way faster than this otherwise fun and challenging game should.

    Developer Response

    Thanks for the feedback. We will look at the difficulty curve of the game. In the meantime, a suggestion is to play more of the sides missions (YELLOW missions) to get enough resources to upgrade your power before tackling the next story mission. We are also working on new mode ideas to allow players to play at different paces. Hope this helps and have fun in the game.
  • Need more content

    So the game overall is good. Keeps me entertained for a min. But they really need to find a way to keep people in the game after you run out of bullets and have to wait for refill. Maybe change PvP to free so you can keep playing against other people while you wait to play the story. Or make the side missions free and lower their rewards. Something to keep me in the game longer because even if I bought a refill it would t be worth it because I couldn’t play for a long time.

    Developer Response

    Thanks for the review. We are working on new solutions to get more bullets and hopefully allow players more options to play longer. Stay tuned!
  • I like it but...

    Tried finding a way to get rid of the ads but to no avail. What gives? Do I have to sign in just to buy the game?
  • Ads you can’t close?

    What’s with making the “x” to close the ad so tiny that you force us to select the ad instead?!? It’s almost deceptive.. you should be happy with the monetization model you chose-if it works, you won’t have to trick us into clicking the ads. If I want to close an ad, I should be able to-I don’t like the fact that it’s a mini-game to be able to finish an ad and get back to the game, then you have to go to your default browser and close out all the tabs this game just opened.

    Developer Response

    Sorry to hear you are having issues with ADs that can't be closed. We are working on improving the quality of the ADs served and filter all the bad behaving ADs in an upcoming version. Alternatively, we've added a paid option to remove the ADs that are automatically displayed at the end of the battles. Hopefully this will get you back in the game.
  • Polished, entertaining paywalled greedbag

    Great game for about an hour.
    Then the progressive timer greed sets in forcing you to pay $$$ or hold your game hostage for an hour.
    Why not let a customer thank you to pay once - id pay $10-20 for a great game like this ONE-TIME... but instead gotta buy a bag of gold for one day. No thanks.
  • Game is a scam

    Use “bullets” to play missions. Once you are out of bullets you either wait an hour or pay money to keep playing, even though the game has ads. Uninstall.
  • The ads

    I’m really enjoying the game but god the “x” to close the ads is ridiculous not only are they located in the corner they are tiny! I open like 10 tabs on safari just tryin to close them🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️other than the game is I would give it a 5 but that ad problem is annoying

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