Forced Ads
I’ll click on an optional ad for a bonus of some kind but I’m not wasting time with a game that forces ads zero stars
AFApril Fresh
Finally a game for relaxation that doesn’t annoy me
You’re used to downloading so-called “relaxing games” and getting an ad-filled, low-quality cash-grab. Gallery is not that. I played it several years ago, and things were very different—I couldn’t make it further than the first room without getting annoyed at the energy system taking forever to refill. But it seems, since I last played, things have become way more balanced. And you don’t need to pay for the subscription to have a good time. Energy refills slowly, but reasonably, and with the seasonal quests you can color in more pictures to get rewards, which includes energy. It costs energy to unlock a picture, but you can unlock as many as you have energy for and store them in your gallery to paint later, giving your energy bar enough time to refill while you paint your newly unlocked pictures. The energy price of the pictures and the amount of stars needed to progress becomes higher the further you get in the game, but it’s never unreasonable, in my opinion. You can also choose to watch an ad every few minutes to gain 20 energy, which has been really useful in a pinch. The pictures themselves are gorgeous; clearly a lot of love has been put into each picture and defining the art style of the game. The color choices and composition is beautiful and satisfying every time. The only grievance I have is the amount of ads that play in the corners when you start coloring in the picture, as they can be distracting rather than relaxing. But I understand the need to get ads into the game some way. Really, it’s not a huge deal to me. I do think that the dialogue can be rather tacky and stilted; I can tell this game was written by a team that doesn’t speak English natively. Not that that’s a bad thing. The decor selections are fun, simple, and easily interchangeable. If you choose a piece of furniture and end up not liking it, you can always pay with gold to replace it. I just unlocked the garden and I still have so much to do. I have noticed a few glitches, (i.e., after knocking down the fence in the front yard, the visual effect of the fence falling kept playing every time I logged in for a while, and sometimes the models clip into the floor or into each other). But the quality of the graphics bothers me far less after seeing how generous this game is to its players. This game has been really fun to play in the background while I listen to podcasts. I always need something to do with my hands while I listen to something, and this game is just engaging enough to be perfect. This game is intuitive, kind to its players, and genuinely fun.
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Ccalvertpm
No support
Game is decent until you need to reach out to support for anything anymore. Over 2 months of the same issue with no response not even an acknowledgment of the issue. Going to have to delete from my phone due to this.
PPhxJewelEby
Decent
Ads: I started this game and then stopped because the energy is just crazy. You could only paint like 2-3 pictures depending on the energy cost. I just recently started playing again because I enjoy the extra power up’s. However, there are ads practically taking up the entire screen. One at the top that is a blank rectangle and one that randomly starts playing sound during gameplay. Not everyone has money to constantly spend on going ad-free. But with EVERYTHING requiring a subscription fee now, not everyone wants to pay to just play a game.
Gameplay: it seems pretty seamless and the pictures/quality are great. The variety is good too.
Again, it sucks that energy is required to play but I guess I get it. At least maybe give us more energy to start with so we can play more than 2-3 at once. Or make the paintings cost somewhat less. It’s so easy to burn through the coins and energy, it almost makes it not worth playing. But I came back, so I guess this game has something over the others.
Gameplay: it seems pretty seamless and the pictures/quality are great. The variety is good too.
Again, it sucks that energy is required to play but I guess I get it. At least maybe give us more energy to start with so we can play more than 2-3 at once. Or make the paintings cost somewhat less. It’s so easy to burn through the coins and energy, it almost makes it not worth playing. But I came back, so I guess this game has something over the others.
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LLilyBee12
Loved this game
I used to love this game have spent tons of money on this game over the years but the ads are out of hand! I was playing and got three ads in less than a minute. I have been out of new levels for months so been buying packages of pictures to paint and I gatta sit thru an ad taking my screen completely over for the same thing three times in less than a minute that's wild.! I'm out!
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