Way to completely ruin a good game
I guess the dev team is under pressure to make more $ for the game. First there was the super annoying now-removed energy requirement to play a puzzle.
Now it’s running *several* ads per *every* puzzle. It’s no longer just ads between puzzles, which seemed fair for an unpaid version. (I assume this is their point — to pressure players to buy the non-ad version.) It can be 10 or many more for a larger 4-part puzzle! It’s ridiculously frustrating to get into a groove and then be interrupted with an ad after a handful of moves or a minute or two.
There’s also a bug that causes the play screen to start in a super zoomed view that you can’t adjust, making it impossible to complete the level. Before, I’ve been able to restart the game a couple of times to resolve it. Now Stage 114, Level 2 can’t be fixed this way.
Even using power-ups, it’s impossible to finish the level because most of the puzzle is out of view. I wasted a ton of power-ups trying to force this to compete.
**It also seems to get slower to load all the time.
**Not possible to finish Stage 114, Level 2. Other occasional levels exhibit same behavior and require a hard reboot to restart the level to be able to get a normal-sized screen to be able to play and finish.
** Purchases are unreliable (se definitely don’t pay for ad-free version…!)
With the level that can’t be finished, the game is officially moot for me. Even if that were fixed, they’ve so thoroughly sucked out everything that was fun about the game that it’s time to find something else anyway.
Running iOS 26.5.2 and the
most recent game update
Now it’s running *several* ads per *every* puzzle. It’s no longer just ads between puzzles, which seemed fair for an unpaid version. (I assume this is their point — to pressure players to buy the non-ad version.) It can be 10 or many more for a larger 4-part puzzle! It’s ridiculously frustrating to get into a groove and then be interrupted with an ad after a handful of moves or a minute or two.
There’s also a bug that causes the play screen to start in a super zoomed view that you can’t adjust, making it impossible to complete the level. Before, I’ve been able to restart the game a couple of times to resolve it. Now Stage 114, Level 2 can’t be fixed this way.
Even using power-ups, it’s impossible to finish the level because most of the puzzle is out of view. I wasted a ton of power-ups trying to force this to compete.
**It also seems to get slower to load all the time.
**Not possible to finish Stage 114, Level 2. Other occasional levels exhibit same behavior and require a hard reboot to restart the level to be able to get a normal-sized screen to be able to play and finish.
** Purchases are unreliable (se definitely don’t pay for ad-free version…!)
With the level that can’t be finished, the game is officially moot for me. Even if that were fixed, they’ve so thoroughly sucked out everything that was fun about the game that it’s time to find something else anyway.
Running iOS 26.5.2 and the
most recent game update
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Devs are trolling us now
So first the devs cap us with energy per level for a while - I’m assuming they saw the negative feedback and took that away (rightfully so). However, now we have “coffee break” ads that occur so frequently there is no enjoyment left in the game. I think I’m finally going to the towel and find a new diamond art puzzle. Very unfortunate as I have been playing since the beginning, but these sneaky tactics to break us down into P2P players is exhausting.
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Update
I went to update after updating I can now not access the game it pauses at the loading screen. I have ever uninstalled and reinstalled.
Recent Update Fail
It’s still so bad, I needed to change my star to 1. This energy consumption during gameplay is nothing but a greedy cash grab. So disappointing!
Great game made worse
Adding the energy component on top of the timer was a B.S. move. Just a cash grab for us to have to buy coins in order to play the game for more than 20 minutes. I’ll stick with Brilliant Sort.
