Leave a Review Cryptogram Tale
Addictive
I love cryptograms, so to do entire stories is a lot of fun.
Unfortunately, lots of the “classic” stories are becoming more disturbing/offensive as I move from one to the next, and I feel that I’m usually pretty gracious with others’ taste. I do believe that good literature should make people think, but after so many of these stories, I’m really starting to wonder who selects them. There are so many stories, which is super cool, but I’m starting to lose interest due to the selection. I wish there was more variety.Show lessHzubgfod
Favorite Game but Those Crashes!!
Only game I play that first freezes, then crashes my iPhone 15 Pro, impervious to repeated manual attempts to reboot. The whole freeze, lock, crash, restart process takes 10-15 minutes to complete, and happens at minimum twice a day. Bad enough that it’s so annoying, but killing my time and my phone is wearing me out. To reiterate, I have had no other game in the years I’ve used mobile apps, cause this issue. Please address, help, fix so I can go back to the 5 Star Joy this game has given me.Show lessSammL310
Many hours of entertainment
I am not that into cryptograms, but gradually revealing a story as you decode is really entertaining. My spouse and I spent all evening on the first dystopian story, deciding to buy the full version after 15 minutes, and it boggles my mind how much content is included with this. This is right up there with GeoGuessr for repeat entertainment value.Show lessStewart Design
Has some issues
It’s a cool idea and worth checking out, but it’s not as well made as I’d like. The keyboard should open when you select a letter. The default font is poorly rendered – I suggest switching fonts if that bothers you. There is no “undo” button, which would be very useful. The fact that capitalized words are revealed, but only after you enter the first letter, is a bit weird.
Worst though – the stories aren’t consistently well-suited to be cryptograms. I’ve run into several problems already playing the first story on the hardest mode:
There was a name with a middle initial that didn’t appear elsewhere in the segment, so there’s no way to figure that out other than guessing letters one by one.
Long conversations make the segments too easy because of the repeated phrases like “said the orderly.”
The story has a long list of made-up slang terms, which made several segments near impossible, because they had no common words and few real words.Show lessDuncan M McKee
Great Way to learn As You Solve
I really enjoy this. The level of difficulty is not to bad. The only thing that I would maybe consider is that the space between the letters gets confusing. This may be part of the puzzle though. If that’s the case then it makes sense why it can be confusing at first. I really enjoy the story and how it keeps going as you finish each puzzle. I love science and space. I don’t want to give away spoilers. The story is very good and is based on non fiction. It’s not some stupid 3 in a row junk. That’s all any of the other puzzles or games have lost value. Even for the younger kids this is a great way to learn how to solve , read, write, and figure out how sentences are written or the correct way to use English, punctuation, spelling. I would definitely recommend this to anyone who wants to do any of the above things I mentioned for any of the reasons. Also a great way to brush up on some basic and strategic thinking.Show lesstwistedchic
Started out great…
The app started out great. It was a fun way to pass the time. The tales are interesting. They aren’t impossibly hard to solve. Earning hints was easy (just watch an ad or two). But the last couple of days I’ve not been able to earn any hints because of the placement of the close button on the ads. I play on my phone and the close button is in the upper right hand corner. It’s happened quite a few times before. I would simply close the app, reopen it, and watch a different video. But like I said, for the last couple of days, the only videos I get are ones with the close button where I can’t click it. It’s been at least a year since the last update, so I’m not hopeful about getting another one soon enough to solve this issue. I’d rate this higher if I could properly utilize all of the featuresShow lessPhoenix1080
Reading and solving together!
It’s like reading and solving a puzzle at the same time! The stories are enjoyable to read, the gameplay is fun, the interface is user-friendly. My new favorite game!DaveTDaveT
SCW crypto Tales
This harder than most one liners and you want to read the hole thing. It keeps you going. It also does not show wrong letters so you have to work it over to figure it out.SuzzzQT
Super long and frequent ads
Great game but it’s constantly running super long ads. Some of the ads are over 30 seconds long and they appear after every passage is solved and when asking for hints. It seems when you watch an ad for a hint, those ads are annoyingly long. Going to finish the story I’m working on and then deleting this app, the ads just make it unbearable.
Also, this app tracks your location (I don’t remember agreeing to it but that’s on me) as it runs super long ads targeted to your area.Show lessreyninnie
Awesome
I never take the time to review games, but this one is so good, I want to give my thanks to the developers with a review. The ad free version is worth paying for, since there’s so much content you can literally play this game for years before solving every story. There are tons of stories and poems available, and you can see how long each one is before you choose to start it. I’ve been playing for months and I’ve solved around 5 classic stories so far. If you need a hint, you don’t have to pay anything, just watch an ad, and I’ve only used 8 hints in the past few months, so ad watching is a rare thing. This game is a lot more fun than regular cryptogram games because you get rewarded with a whole story to read as you solve, rather than just a little saying or quote. I love this game!Show lessLisa25843784
