Do developers actually play the game?!
The first thing I want to say is that the game is a con. Max lives is five and when you get down to one they have a prompt screen to buy more. If you select yes you only get four lives but if you wait until you’ve run out you get five lives for the same price. I don’t know how many times I’ve done this before realising I was being ripped off. Also worth noting it can take five hours for your lives to refill. Anyone would think they don’t want you to play. When you’re playing the levels, it’s really difficult to move the gems and they often do the wrong thing. Very unlike similar games where moving the gems is quick and easy to do and doesn’t have a mind of its own. Once you pass level 100 the games are ridiculously hard and you get stuck on them for days, even when spending money on lives. It’s boring. Then when you’re playing the map, there isn’t a decent enough zoom out function. The further on you get in the game the harder it is to navigate. The dragons drop furniture off at the start of the map and the rooms you’re working on are on the other side of the map. You can really only see one room at a time and it’s boring and long to constantly be dragging furniture across the map. The furniture is hard to drag and it often doesn’t work. There isn’t a feature which shows your furniture inventory to instantly merge from a menu like in other merge games. One of the daily tasks is to collect the treasury bonus but you go there and it’s red and you can’t select it. The tasks have reset so why not the treasury? There’s no timer to let you know when you to return so you end up constantly checking until you’re able to collect it. I am willing to spend a lot of money on these games. This game has lots of potential but it’s very expensive, doesn’t work very well and lives run out quickly and are too expensive to keep buying so it ends up being pretty boring. I can’t see me sticking with it.
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No Progress
LOVED this game until progression stopped. Needing 50 wins to open a new area is way too difficult - got 20 after two weeks and now totally stumped and zero success. I’m ready to try a different game where success keeps me interested, but really would keep playing if opening new areas was fun. Any changes ahead? FB and Instagram are not an option for me.
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What support
I have spent over $100 on this game and since the update all I get is clouds on the main screen and anywhere you touch i get “ locked “ except on the settings screen it takes you to the privacy policy page and password screen. I have tried to contact the company support page 3weeks ago still waiting for a response. So frustrating. HELP
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Resting takes too long!
I think creatures should rest faster. It takes them two and a half HOURS to fully recover! That’s not fast enough, especially during the “week of” events where you have to merge the presents to make better ones. And pls give the creatures more than 3 energy to do things! Give them like 4 energy or something pls!
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Terrible
Only fun thing about this is the creatures and merging furniture. The match 3 is terrible. Pieces move the wrong way screwing up your matches. When did it change? 4 merge used to be a bomb and 5 match removed all pieces of same color
Fun at first
Takes too long for your creatures to awake. Only way to pass higher levels is to make a purchase. Then you can’t open any more doors. When in a level to bring down the bottles, why can’t they be moved when there are jewels around it in the same color?
To slow.Gem prices are ridiculous.
Would play it more often,I purchased a gem pack and find that you can’t really Progress with this game.you are constantly making the same buildings and going no where.The elves deliver the same objects time after time .Could be a great game if you didn’t have to purchase power ups,Gems are way to expensive.
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Merlin
Great fun
Ok, but
I like the concept but I don’t understand why boosters cannot be combined like they are in similar games. Also, some levels are near impossible to win without the power ups buttons at the bottom of the screen. It needs some work.
Could be better
The amount of time it takes for the creatures to rest/sleep is incredibly way too long. Having to wait over 11 hours for them to “wake up” is outrageous.
Frustrating at times
Fun game. Enjoy playing it. Gets frustrating when you are unable to get past puzzle levels. I have found the only way to solve and get to next level is to make in game purchases for boosters. In game purchases are fine, but when they are constantly needed to continue to advance it gets a frustrating.
The game is glitchy at times. My timer for collecting for treasury said 9 minutes, left the screen and came back, the timer said 21 minutes. I have found glitches like that throughout the game
From time to time.
The game is glitchy at times. My timer for collecting for treasury said 9 minutes, left the screen and came back, the timer said 21 minutes. I have found glitches like that throughout the game
From time to time.
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Love this game
I love playing this game but please fix the timers on everything it keeps changing.
Response from developer
Thank you for your feedback. Timer in the Lighthouse changes with every creature falling asleep as it adds to the total time. For other timers - we're looking into it.
Could be better
Make it where we can shut off the hints. They are annoying. Plus fix the match 3 part. You try to move a piece one way and it goes somewhere else
Response from developer
Thank you for your feedback. The hints will stop showing up after you progress in the game. I've forwarded the match 3 issue that you mentioned to the developers.
Fun but difficult
I LOVED this game when I first started playing, however, levels quickly become incredibly difficult (I have been stuck on 134 for a week) unless you spend money to buy power-ups. Because the doors cost so many keys, I have been unable to progress in the game for quite some time.
Response from developer
Hi, sorry to hear about this issue. We're preparing an update that will simplify levels. We also give out gems and bonuses on Facebook and Instagram, you can use them to complete levels.
Like the game but needs improvement
Some suggestions for better game play. Make levels have the option of being timed OR limited moves (number 96 is not possible to pass) . The wait for dragons to wake up is way too long. Makes me bored after using my 5 lives to try to pass 96 in limited moves, then a 6 hour wait till I get more furniture to merge. The timing is glitchy on my 100 gems a day purchase, time left seems to increase with dragons nap times lol. In levels, you need to allow matches that involve the purple goblet being slid out of the way. With it being still, on limited moves, with 3 double chains under it, and only one mergable object beside it, it’s impossible. I spent money a few times in the week or 2 I’ve been playing, but if there’s not an update coming very soon, I’ll be deleting it.
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Good game but
Started off good but then got to level 100 then the game started from the beginning, now I’ve got to level 109 been on the same level for over a week can’t get past it getting very boring now as I can’t do all the daily tasks, can’t build the snowmen can’t progress in the game! Ridiculous! My lives are also taking 3 hours each life to replenish, 3 hours for 1 life stupid!
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Merlin and the Merge
This is a fun game!
Wonderful but flawed- disappointed
This is absolutely a wonderful game combining merge and match 3. However, when you get to level 111, it is the stopper. I don’t think it is possible to pass this level due to the gems dropped. Up until this level I had only used a couple of cheats/enhancers. With this level I used every single one that I had, plus all my pink diamonds and still can not pass this level because of the color of the gems dropped. Either there is a glitch in the game or this is the level where they expect you to buy lots stuff and use it all just to pass this one level.
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Response from developer
Hi, thank you for your feedback, we plan to simplify level 111.
Different from other merge games, but buggy.
I downloaded this assuming it would be another Merge Dragons clone and was pleasantly surprised when it was quite different. It takes the merge 3/5 concept and does an interesting new spin on it. However, it’s got some... issues.
Instead of merge puzzle levels, you have bejeweled-clone levels. This is fine, but the touch sensitivity is weird on them—sometimes it will read your swipes the wrong way (swiping to the side reading as swiping up or down and so on). As the puzzles get harder they get less fun and become more of a chore to do.
Also, there seems to be no way to turn off auto-merging, which is a HUGE pain. I’ve played half a dozen of these games—I know to merge 5 rather than 3. But it’s very hard when you can’t turn off auto-merging, and the limited visibility due to furniture height doesn’t make things easier.
Graphics are odd—nothing seems unified. The art style of the main characters doesn’t match the style of the creatures which doesn’t match the style of the furniture which don’t match the style of the bejeweled clone levels. The whole thing feels very disjointed.
Also, the countdown timer for the sleeping creatures keeps getting longer for no discernible reason, and frequently resets for no discernible reason. Seriously, sometimes I will check the timer, go merge a couple items, then check again, and suddenly the timer will have 20 minutes added to it. What the heck?
The game does have some interesting elements and I’d like to play more to see where it goes, but as it stands, it’s got issues that hinder my enjoyment of the game.
EDIT: Multiple times now I have encountered a glitch where I’ll be about to merge 5, but then one of the items will “bounce” away and I’ll merge 3 instead. After the fourth or fifth time this happened I had to quit and deleted the app. Maybe this game might be fun with some tweaking but right now it feels like it’s actively working against me.
Instead of merge puzzle levels, you have bejeweled-clone levels. This is fine, but the touch sensitivity is weird on them—sometimes it will read your swipes the wrong way (swiping to the side reading as swiping up or down and so on). As the puzzles get harder they get less fun and become more of a chore to do.
Also, there seems to be no way to turn off auto-merging, which is a HUGE pain. I’ve played half a dozen of these games—I know to merge 5 rather than 3. But it’s very hard when you can’t turn off auto-merging, and the limited visibility due to furniture height doesn’t make things easier.
Graphics are odd—nothing seems unified. The art style of the main characters doesn’t match the style of the creatures which doesn’t match the style of the furniture which don’t match the style of the bejeweled clone levels. The whole thing feels very disjointed.
Also, the countdown timer for the sleeping creatures keeps getting longer for no discernible reason, and frequently resets for no discernible reason. Seriously, sometimes I will check the timer, go merge a couple items, then check again, and suddenly the timer will have 20 minutes added to it. What the heck?
The game does have some interesting elements and I’d like to play more to see where it goes, but as it stands, it’s got issues that hinder my enjoyment of the game.
EDIT: Multiple times now I have encountered a glitch where I’ll be about to merge 5, but then one of the items will “bounce” away and I’ll merge 3 instead. After the fourth or fifth time this happened I had to quit and deleted the app. Maybe this game might be fun with some tweaking but right now it feels like it’s actively working against me.
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Response from developer
Thank you for your feedback. We discussed it with the dev team and definitely plan to address some of these suggestions in one of the next updates.
Level 52
I have been working on level 52 for a few days now, went through what boosters I had & it still ends with the game trying to arrange tiles continuously. This level is very aggravating, is there a glitch? I have used all my gems along with my boosters. I will give the game a better rating if/ when this level is repaired.
It’s a fun game.
It’s a fun game.
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Response from developer
Thank you for your feedback, we'll look into level 52 and will try to simplify it.
