Has potential but nosedives instead of falling short
The mechanics are cool in the game but the fact that it has a story that expects you to care instead of just wanting to play the game and tinker with various items. The game forces you to swipe through a drawn out interaction in this woman’s life you have no interest in caring about. Just to hit you at the very end of the game (which is five levels, the last of which being the most in depth you get to play through. Containing a total of 5 screws and a rotary phone) it asks you to buy the full game to earn more levels. Maybe if you didn’t spend 90% of your budget on a story about someone’s journey in life that is the most useless thing this game could ever need, we wouldn’t have to play it to continue. I can’t imagine this ever being a worthwhile purchase in anyone’s eyes, and most of all I’m disappointed I even felt the need to write all of this.
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HELL NAH
I’m not paying $4.99 to play the full game! That’s absurd! Total ripoff of storage.
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It pretends it’s free but after you play like 3 levels it makes you pay to keep playing….. hate it
Absolutely worth more than a latte
A sweet little story with an engaging mechanism my daughter enjoyed that made me feel SO OLD.
more levels please!
Really enjoyed this game. so cozy and cute! more levels and places would be even better
Beautiful, but too short
I want to love this game, but it’s hard to justify the price for such a small gameplay experience.
Out of the 14 chapters, only 11 are dedicated to repairs (2 packing/unpacking, 1 cooking). And there really is no replayability. Once the story is complete, you can go back and replay the levels if you want, but the repairs are the same every time, so it gets old very quickly.
It’s just disappointing to have spent so much on a mobile game with such limited gameplay. The story, art style, and sound design are all top tier, but it’s still so hard to stomach that $5.99 price.
Out of the 14 chapters, only 11 are dedicated to repairs (2 packing/unpacking, 1 cooking). And there really is no replayability. Once the story is complete, you can go back and replay the levels if you want, but the repairs are the same every time, so it gets old very quickly.
It’s just disappointing to have spent so much on a mobile game with such limited gameplay. The story, art style, and sound design are all top tier, but it’s still so hard to stomach that $5.99 price.
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Beautiful Game
This is such a beautiful game: from the art to the voice actors to the mechanics, it was such a relaxing time going through it! I instantly fell in love with all of the characters (Carmen is my absolute favorite). It’s so nice to see all of their relationships flow; it almost seems like I’m actually they’re seeing them and seeing Bellariva in between fixing little gadgets. I also like that the puzzles aren’t super difficult or too easy.
The only negative is that it’s too short. I hope that there’s plans for another few chapters to come. Maybe of Maria going back to visit her parents, visiting any childhood friends on the way, or just another trip!
I think the current game right now is worth the price. I’m excited for more :)
The only negative is that it’s too short. I hope that there’s plans for another few chapters to come. Maybe of Maria going back to visit her parents, visiting any childhood friends on the way, or just another trip!
I think the current game right now is worth the price. I’m excited for more :)
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First time I actually read the storyline
As an avid phone gamer, I downloaded a whole slew of games to find a new favorite- weeding out the good from the sea of trash. This one initially caught my eye and I haven’t been able to put it down since. I actually turned my TV off and gave it my full attention. Unheard of.
Great gameplay, immersive graphics and such a beautiful storyline, it might have actually made me tear up a bit. I usually don’t like this style of game but these guys did it right. Fantastic UX/UI and incredibly intelligent engineering. You can tell that real effort and time was put into the creation of this game.
Great gameplay, immersive graphics and such a beautiful storyline, it might have actually made me tear up a bit. I usually don’t like this style of game but these guys did it right. Fantastic UX/UI and incredibly intelligent engineering. You can tell that real effort and time was put into the creation of this game.
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Great Game!!
i absolutely love this game!! i've played it three times now and i love each story every time. it is quite short after you figure out how to do it, but overall it's a great game and it's very relaxing and fun. i was disappointed when i saw that there wasn't a sequel to this game, and i wanted to recommend making one. new stories, different town, different things to fix. maybe Maria could go to her parents town and fix up some things there. anyway, i would absolutely love it if you made a sequel to this game. thank you for even making the first one!! i love it so much!! thank you for taking time to read this, and i hope you'll consider my suggestion!!
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great storytelling!
so I love the storytelling of the game and the characters and the way the game is laid out! however, there are a few issues.
1. sometimes at the end of a restoring project a character starts speaking/thinking but it's interrupted by the end screen (such as in the music box level where at the end words start to appear "as the music plays" but then the end screen comes up and cuts it off sour can't be read)
2. characters reading the screens too slowly, like it takes ages
3. sometimes it's hard to know what to do in levels when restoring or how to find a part (in the watch level I spent ages trying to reput the pieces back into the case when it wouldn't let me or I wasn't doing it right. it was hard to figure out)
4. price. £5.99 for like 13 more levels? it should have been £2.99-£3.99 for that amount honestly. I still paid because I love the game but it's expensive
otherwise a great game!
1. sometimes at the end of a restoring project a character starts speaking/thinking but it's interrupted by the end screen (such as in the music box level where at the end words start to appear "as the music plays" but then the end screen comes up and cuts it off sour can't be read)
2. characters reading the screens too slowly, like it takes ages
3. sometimes it's hard to know what to do in levels when restoring or how to find a part (in the watch level I spent ages trying to reput the pieces back into the case when it wouldn't let me or I wasn't doing it right. it was hard to figure out)
4. price. £5.99 for like 13 more levels? it should have been £2.99-£3.99 for that amount honestly. I still paid because I love the game but it's expensive
otherwise a great game!
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