Leave a Review The Secret Society
Very enjoyable up until the latest update
This is a good game with beautiful graphics. It’s a good time waster and you can progress without spending too much money.
However, this latest update is about to be a deal breaker for me. After solving each puzzle, instead of the very slight loading pause ( for the home screen to return) I am being shown an advertisement for 1 of the hundreds of other games this company makes. It’s annoying. You can’t bypass, you can’t ignore, you are stuck watching a 10 second ad over and over and over again.......we already are shown an ad to all these games when we first log into the original game. We are also invited to play other games by the “friends” we make in this game. Now I get to watch a loop of 2-3 different gameplay demos for 10 seconds each, every time I finish a puzzle. And did I mention this time waster also does not pause special talisman I’ve activated, or special offers I’m using in my real game,.....the game I actually want to play? So it appears that the makers have found yet another creative way to lessen the rewards of their game. Surely they wouldn’t do that on purpose......?Show lesswalnut Es
Developer Response
Thank you for your feedback. We value your opinion – rest assured it will be discussed with our team. Sorry for any frustration.Glitches
There appear to be some problems with the game. I am playing on an iPad and things in game keep freezing throughout the game. When I click on item, the rewards start then freeze for a few seconds in midair basically freezing it so I can’t play but clock continues.
Another thing is that where you offer crystals for info in settings or adding friends the game does not always acknowledge when this is done and/or can’t be dismissed when you do not want to. They are sometimes in way of game tabs & etc so we should be able to close or dismiss while in game play.
The feeds on all your games are connected & this is problematic as feeds/messages for other G5 games interfere with current game.
Otherwise this game is entertaining & enjoyable but could use more of a splash of bright colors. I enjoy this type game & it is good brain exercise.Show lessPetuniaBlue
Ms.
Cruel, sadistic and anti-gamer! This last special event (I think honoring Mothers' Day) was virtually impossible to finish. While most objects were findable within a few instances of looking in the picture, there were some items which took waaaaaaay too many---more than 10. There was one which I think took more than 15 but I was too frustrated to keep track. It felt like 100 times! I only kept going to see if the item would ever actually appear. And of course it was the last item so l had already invested a lot in completing this. To add insult to injury, the objects needed to combine the collections were hard to get, and the amounts needed increased a lot over the course of the event. Frustratingly, I did not have enough to combine the last 5 items. A gamer works hard enough to get whatever is needed to look in a picture, and then find the items. The requirements to combine items into a collection should not be so punitive. My suggestion is to make combination elements common for all collections, and make only a small amount necessary. I have shared my enjoyment of this game with friends and family in the past, but no longer. It is just too frustrating now, and I want to discourage others from feeling so stressed over what should be, and could have been, fun. Soon my impulse to rage-quit will overcome my addiction and I will be free of this game. In the meantime, heed my warning and do not get sucked in to this sadistic travesty of recreation.Show lessQuilter's daughter
Special items/ crystals deal
I have been playing this game for several years now and I enjoy it. A couple of complaints though. When I first started playing every once in a while a crystal deal would pop up, 100 crystals for $1. That never happens anymore. Also I think it’s way to difficult to earn ladybugs, the arrow for tree of dates room etc and when there’s a new room, the new items to connect the prizes. I’ve been playing for over a week and have gotten very few pink bows and the other new ones. I don’t think that the push to force players to spend a ton of money is fair. I buy things every once in a while but without the $1 crystal deal and long droughts of acquiring ladybugs and other items you need to search a room is very frustrating. Also back a while when the time ran out for the new room goals the special item would turn into ladybugs etc. and it was in the 100’s for each. Like I said I don’t mind buying things but it seems now that it’s far to often and I’m getting very board. I do like the new rooms to get something new to do.
Thank you,
I hope you will consider my feed back and make some minor changes.Show lessCheebs@cheese
Fun but Friends?
I really enjoy this search and find game. I enjoy the scenes, the difficulty isn’t to hard or to easy, and the story line is interesting.
I do have a problem with the Friends aspect, unfortunately. I am currently at a little over 550 friends in the game, my mom has just under 1000. Both of us are unable to invite other players of Secret Society to be friends with us “at this time” to quote the message we both get. That is supremely unfair as one of the achievements is to get 1000 friends, and possibly more than that. I am sick and tired of invites to play other games made by this company by other players, so I imagine that other players who I have in the past sent invites to are probably just as sick and tired of that. So I stopped inviting non-players to play. Please correct this oversight. I’m sick and tired of being stuck on the friends thing just because “at this time” isn’t over yet.Show lessWolfgurl1991
Stingy developers
Updated review: Both this game and their other one (I think it's called Hidden City or something like that) stop being fun bc it is almost impossible to earn the components needed to assemble collections to advance. Also the graphics on this one is not good...it is ridiculously difficult to see some of the objects bc they are so blurry/unclear. MyTona (another developer) does a much better job in their mystery/hidden objects game.
Old review: This game is fun but it is costly (nearly impossible if you don't pay for gems) to complete collections, etc.
Also, none of these type of games seem to be developed for use on the Apple Hi-Res screen since the pictures are often fuzzy, esp when you zoom, which makes it difficult to find some objects. Also, the sensitivity to touching objects is not sensitive enough...I have touched objects that were the correct ones (which I had to use a hint to find) but the game did not recognize my touch. Annoying!Show lesspartyprincess
Recent Changes in Events Too Frustrating
I had recently quit when new event assemblers only became available in Gem Match, a game I really dislike because it’s long and tedious. I came back last month when event assemblers became available in a location as well. However, this location requires items to search it. Luckily I have a huge stockpile but when they’re gone, if future events make assemblers only available in this same location, then for every event, I would have to search and earn required items for the event location AND the assemblers location. Too much extra work for the same reward.
I’ve already spent HOURS of extra time on the current event and am nowhere near having enough assemblers to complete the final collection. I am done.
I am forced to assume the game creators decided to make these changes only to benefit themselves because it certainly isn’t making the game more fun for me. Best of luck to other players who think these changes make the game more fun; I have other things to do with that time.Show lessPKE2040
Don’t force me to write a review
It makes the makers appear cheap to force players to write reviews by making it a quest in the game. In other words you’re buying reviews. Normally I’d give a game 1 star just to encourage you to stop buying reviews but the graphics are good, quests challenging & tutorials helpful (for the most part.) I am disabled so I do not spend money to play, it’s more important to pay my bills so if this game gets so challenging to win that I have to buy anything to advance I will delete it. I do agree it’s difficult to tap some images & images should remain the same within a picture but then again we asked to be challenged. One thing you do need to fix for those of us who are slow readers, leave the comments on the screen after a quest long enough for players to read them. Most clear off before I get to read half of it.Show lessLaura in Texas 2
Friends & Gift changes are awful
Librarian leaving game for real. I got a newer iPad and now I can’t access friends without logging in. I won’t log in or give my location, so deleting after playing for over 3 years.
The new friends function is horrible. I don't want to communicate with others or download other games or link to
Facebook. In order to give someone a gift and also visit them it you have to back to your game page then go back to the Friends screen, which is so cumbersome. I used to give multiple friends gifts daily and now it is a pain and too time consuming. Too many clicks! You can't easily see how many elemental items you have before giving one to a friend. All sorts of messages show up before you can play the game. I don't care about communicating with anyone, I just want to play a game. Unless you are familiar with Japanese items, you have no idea what you are searching for in the newest puzzle. I am a senior and play to exercise my mind.
Edit: I also agree with another reviewer, the changes made to Japanese House, Buddha Square and Throne Room scenes make them look cluttered and dark. It is now impossible to find all the items once you are at a higher level. I have played this game for a number of years, but am ready to delete and go to a hidden object game from another company. I am playing down coins, and gems and then it is bye G5. I really liked the game and played it for years.Show lessNoname12121212
Greedy
If you don't spend money, it is VERY slow going. And it takes a very long time to gather collections. Also, you keep getting the same objects over and over instead of the ones you need. You can explore a location ten, twenty thirty times and still not get the item in the quest, EVEN IF YOU USE A TALISMAN WHICH SUPPOSEDLY INCREASES YOUR CHANCES OF FINDING THE OBJECT. It becomes so boring searching the same locations over and over; frustrating too. It takes WAY TOO LONG to get to a level where you can open a new location and experience some variety. Other hidden object games and companies are more generous and this keeps your interest by moving you forward and giving you rewards. Come on, don’t be greedy! Be generous, and treat others as you’d like to be treated.
P.S. I needed to get to level 55 in order to open a new scene and this took a very long time; having to play the same scenes over and over again to move up the levels. I was at level 54, close to 55 and then the game automatically updated and with the new update the required level to open the same scene jumped to 62! Bullocks!!Show lessKauaiChickee
