Can’t even play the game without a long ad
Too many ads
WHY AM I WATCHING MORE ADS THAN ACTUALLY PLAYING THE GAME??? 💀 I open the app to shoot some hoops, not to enroll in a mandatory 30-minute advertising internship. I’m trying to enjoy a basketball game, not get a master’s degree in mobile game marketing. At this point, the actual gameplay feels like the loading screen between advertisements.
AND DON’T EVEN GET ME STARTED ON THE WI-FI SITUATION. 😭 Why does a simple mobile basketball game suddenly need an internet connection to function? WHAT ONLINE SERVER IS CALCULATING MY LITTLE CARTOON BASKETBALL SHOTS??? I’m not playing in the NBA Finals. I’m not competing in an international tournament. I’m literally throwing a ball into a hoop on my phone. The game does not need to communicate with the International Space Station just to let me play a round.
And the funniest part is that when I turn off my Wi-Fi to avoid getting bombarded with advertisements, suddenly the game acts like I’ve committed a federal crime. NOW IT DOESN’T WANT TO WORK??? Oh, so the game can function perfectly fine when it comes to shoving ads down my throat, but the SECOND I try to play without an internet connection, suddenly we have technical difficulties? Interesting. VERY interesting. 💀
I understand needing to make money. Developers deserve to get paid for their work, and advertisements are a legitimate way to support a free game. BUT THERE IS A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN MONETIZING YOUR GAME AND HOLDING THE PLAYER’S ENJOYMENT HOSTAGE. There’s a difference between showing an occasional ad and interrupting the actual experience so frequently that playing the game becomes a chore.
Imagine playing basketball in real life and, right before you take a free throw, somebody runs onto the court, grabs the ball, and forces you to watch a commercial for a mobile game. Then, after the commercial ends, they give you the ball back, let you shoot once, and immediately make you watch another advertisement. YOU WOULD THINK THAT PERSON HAD LOST THEIR ENTIRE MIND. 😭😭 THAT IS LITERALLY WHAT THIS FEELS LIKE.
And don’t try to convince me that every single interruption is necessary. Plenty of mobile games manage to offer optional ads for extra rewards without making the entire experience miserable. Give me an option to watch an ad if I WANT a bonus. Let me choose. Let me actually enjoy the game I downloaded. I shouldn’t have to fight the developers harder than the opponents in the game just to get five minutes of uninterrupted gameplay.
The real irony is that the more aggressively you shove advertisements in people’s faces, the less they want to support you. I might have been perfectly happy to keep playing your game, recommend it to other people, or even consider paying to remove the ads. But when you turn every spare second into another opportunity to show me a commercial, you make me want to uninstall the entire application and never look back.
At this point, I’m not even playing basketball anymore. I’m fighting for my freedom. 💀 My opponent isn’t the other player. It isn’t the difficulty. It isn’t even the damn hoop. MY BIGGEST OPPONENT IS THE ADVERTISEMENT SYSTEM.
Congratulations, developers. You have somehow turned a simple, casual basketball game into a full-time job where my salary is three seconds of gameplay and my employer pays me in unskippable commercials.
I came here to shoot some hoops, not get psychologically conditioned to recognize every mobile game advertisement on the internet.
PLEASE. LET. ME. PLAY. THE. DAMN. GAME. 😭🏀
