Royal Match 4+

I have been debating about whether to review the game, but many of the things I would say have already been covered. Then I saw a new ad for the game that’s really over the top. The celebrity claims to “fact-check” the game’s ads, but he completely avoids the question of whether the ads are representative of game play. They absolutely are not. What’s shown are the Kings Nightmares, which you encounter about every 10 levels or so. They also totally misrepresent the difficulty of those levels, making it seem like the animated finger is just stupid. However, they often have two screens worth of crap to be cleared or don’t give you enough turns to clear it all, with hard-to-break things covering other things that need to be cleared. Several ads show “select your next level”, which if that ever happens, I did not get to at level 175+.

I gave it three stars because it could be a good game - it’s very cute and it’s got lots of different types of puzzles, competitions and “home renovation”. However, remember that while they don’t charge for it, and they don’t have ads, they are being supported by it somehow! I believe is by convincing you that you can win, and then cranking things up to the level where you cannot win without purchasing aids.

Update: I still play to kill some time. However I woke up to a $6 charge from this game that supposedly happened at 4am while I was sleeping. No I don’t have kids. Watch for fraudulent charges from the game !!!

It’s just a typical match-three type game as the main focus. There are cool tiles and power-ups you can use — when you get them. It does do a few things nicer than other similar games in the way of the occasional mini game or special weekday and weekend things to get you bonus coins or powerups, etc. I’ve been playing for several months and have unfortunately purchased a few of the cheap packs in that time… mostly out of sheer frustration. Once you reach a certain level, it becomes less and less fun and more of a chore and an exercise in frustration…… unless you want to spend gobs of coin to get beyond a level. And the “regular” levels vs. “hard” and “super hard” levels means nothing after a few hundred levels. It’s fun for the first little while, and then it’s a time sink for when you’re waiting around and have nothing better to do. Now once I *finally* beat a level, the next level is just as frustrating. There’s no chance of beating 99% of higher levels in one try now, and I refuse to spend another penny on this game.

My adventures in Royal match! You will be treated like royalty! No?Why? Read on for my ONE BIG REASON TO QUIT BEFORE YOU START. I’d rather watch five 60 second adds than wait 20 minutes to play again after every lost round. I downloaded this, lost after ten minutes or so, first it told me to come back in a few minutes, so I waited, played, then waited and waited…….still waiting…….oh yeah okay, I’ll just put this in the background three or four screens over, one month later, I stumble on the game, play ten minutes, admire the graphics, Oooooops! Time’s up! Come back….ONE MONTH LATER…..Play 15 minutes. Ooooops, life got in the way….LEAVE TO PLAY A FUN GAME THAT IS INDEED WORKING! Royal is on the back burner AGAIN, THREE WEEKS LATER…..play ten minutes…..now it’s getting deleted for lack of use….I’m laughing my way to the bank, look at all I’ve saved not playing this! You gotta love it! I’m one who pays to play, but you lost my income, because of this huge game play flaw. Great graphics, great playing, all around fun. But you LOSE me. No play. No pay. Simple fact. I think I owe you an explanation. I simply will move on to something that is actually playable. I love watching adds if the reward is a great game as a afterward. But I don’t have the time or the patience to wait upwards of half an hour every ten minutes for a game, ANY game, no matter how fun it is. Such a shame. Great game…..not worth waiting for. Or paying for.