energy + rollback
Sun Oct 30 2022 Jayna KI really like that the game doesn’t force ads and lets people opt in or out of them. But I’ve had the same complaints about energy as everyone else. Together, I’ve tried to use the feature of watching an ad and getting 10 energy. I think that’s a great idea. But if I watch an ad, there’s an about 50% chance that a “discrepancy” will be found and “a rollback [will be] issued” which deletes the energy received from watching the ad. At that point the options are to purchase energy, rewatch the ad, or close the game. I sometimes rewatch the ad but this bug really kills the enjoyment of the game and discourages me from trying the ad exchange or a regular purchase in the future. When another nordcurrent game, Happy Clinic, has an issue fulfilling an ad-related reward, it puts up a notice that the reward will be delivered later, and then it actually is. This would help and be a good middle ground from where the game is now and actually improving the energy system. I will say that if I could complete more than two tasks per day, whether that be from decreased energy cost or increased regeneration, I really doubt i’d encounter this issue as much or be as frustrated by it. Thanks for enticing games, have a nice day
UPDATE: I left the game fully closed for more than 24 hours and came back to 160 energy. That was enough to finish the task I’d started before I set it down and do one other thing.
A great game BUT!
Sat Dec 17 2022 Nade2000I’ve played a lot of games from the App Store and as we all know these in-app-games are set up for you to spend money to advance in it. Some games are actually fairly reasonable in their requirements of when they want you to spend money. This murder by choice is a really engaging and enjoyable game to play, until you “need” to buy energy to advance. Out of all the games I’ve played this game is about the greediest game to play. I’ve said it before and will say it again here. I don’t care how good a game is. If I have to spend a fortune to be able to play it I’ll just delete it. And this game falls right into that category. I earned 50 energy points to add to the 14 I had but don’t think I got 10 minutes of play time out of that much energy. So tell me, how much play time am I going to receive if I start dishing out money? I’m not going to find out. I gave this game two stars because it’s a great game. Otherwise it would’ve only gotten one star.
An update, since my first review I tried watching a video to obtain 10 energy points. After the video ended, the download indicator spun in circles endlessly, never receiving the 10 energy points. This game is worthless and not worth the thought of even open it. In all my years of playing cyber games I’ve never seen such greedy developers. I am noting this games maker (s) and will not download anything else from them. Do NOT waist your time with this game aside from how good it might be it is a total waist of time!
Great game, greedy developers
Tue Dec 20 2022 Louisiana Soldier 111Love the game. The storyline, graphics, and characters are fantastic. HOWEVER, the energy bar is unfair to players. Every single action costs an unreasonably large amount of energy and there’s nothing we can do to gain energy except wait (1 point every 7 minutes). The energy bar depletes very quickly, and refills very slowly (I had 155 energy points when I started playing. It was gone in about 5 minutes!). Every object found, every choice made, every puzzle, costs energy, I even lost a lot of energy for leaving the game on a hidden objects scene! Some of these actions cost 10 energy points, but you earn 1 point every 7 minutes?? That means that 1 second of gameplay can take up to over an hour to earn—which is unheard of in any game. This is clearly a ploy to make money off of the players and entice them to spend money on energy. I’d like to give the developers 5 stars for developing an intriguing mystery game, but conning players into spend a ridiculous amount of money in order to play longer than 5 minutes at a time is greedy and tasteless.
SUGGESTION to developers: Either make actions cost less energy (ex. 1 object=1 energy), OR give us opportunities to gain energy for actions during gameplay.
SUGGESTION to other players: Look for other games (Choices is a good one) before spending a crap ton of money on this one. Remember that you have options.
Fun game, but…
Fri Apr 28 2023 SarcasimThe games is fun, it gives you options to choose from while you play. You can find collectibles, there are search for items games, and some puzzles to solve throughout the story. Yes, the energy does get used up quickly, really quick if it’s a small scene. That doesn’t bother me, I have other games I play. You can watch an ad to get energy, but it does not always give you the energy for watching the ad. That is very frustrating to me. It’s happened several times. As soon as that happens, I quit playing and move on to a different game. I hate that I wasted my time watching an ad, just so they can get some kickback, but I can’t get rewarded for it. I make sure I watch until it says reward granted, but nothing. Don’t start to search for items if you’re low on energy. I’ve made that mistake and when I got on again the next day, some of the items I had found were back in the search boxes. When I tapped them, it cost me energy again.
You spend little time playing due to how quickly the energy is used up. You might not get energy when you watch an ad.
If you start searching for items without enough energy to complete it, you might end up using energy to re-find them when you play again.
Fun game, but can be frustrating!!
Awesome Game | Horrible Energy Design
Mon Feb 13 2023 163792This game is awesome, and so much fun. I love the narration and the storyline, the searching, everything about it is awesome…. The reason for my three star review is that the energy “reserve” and amount of energy to do an action/task is horribly off balanced… aka tasks take a lot of energy, and the amount that saves up (after hours of waiting) is minimal in comparison… Day one of gameplay, I was able to play through multiple scenes, conversations, interactions, hidden object searches, etc… it was awesome, but also clearly how they get you hooked. After my initial starter energy was drained… I had to wait hours for the 175 energy bank to return, so that I could continue playing the game… the 175 energy lasted me about 3-5 minutes of gameplay before I was completely out of energy again… I think it took about 75 energy points just to have a conversation with someone and brew a tea… I’ve played a ton of games from the App Store, and think this game would be amongst my top few favorites, IF it wasn’t for this awful energy imbalance… If 2-3 simple actions/convos use ~75 energy points… the energy reserve should be much higher, like 500 energy instead… or there should be options to earn more energy faster. Love the game. Hate the energy…. As a side note… I’m always happy to spend money on great games, but it costs a minimum of $3 to buy more energy… 250 energy… which lasts 5-10 minutes, if you’re lucky…
Fun, but not worth it
Tue Dec 20 2022 alyssa hardingI’ve grown increasingly frustrated with this game. I’ve thoroughly enjoyed the gameplay and don’t mind paying occasionally to continue, but it’s excessive. There’s been multiple occasions in which I’ve opened the game after HOURS and still haven’t had enough energy to do a single thing. I’ve paid money, found hidden objects, and completed achievements and still can’t play for more than a few minutes before I have to wait for my energy to restore. I’ve also tried to download the developers other games to get 100 energy as promised, but that has never worked either. It’s ridiculous that it takes 7 minutes for a single energy, while the least any action requires is 5. That means we have to wait 35 minutes to find a single object in a hidden object game, out of probably ~15 objects. I’ve even tried watching the ad videos, but after nearly every other video I get an error saying “discrepancy in game progress” that sends me back a few minutes and takes back all of the energy I’d earned from videos. This has happened countless times and makes the game all the more frustrating. Either the time to get energy needs to decrease or the energy required for tasks needs to decrease. This game is fun, but it’s not worth it anymore.
Great Storyline, Expensive Energy Cost
Sun Feb 19 2023 egrace_1908I really like the storyline of this game. It’s really cool! I also like how you don’t constantly get ads. I actually have never had an ad in the game. On the other hand though, I can barely do a few tasks without running out of energy. And the achievements do help a little but not too much. The cost affects regular gameplay, but it also affects the usage of achievement energy. How am I supposed to use the energy for extra things ON TOP of what I already have to do if the cost of tasks is so expensive? The tasks drain the energy. The “cost” to perform simple tasks such as finding a hidden item (5 energy) is incredibly expensive. I’m also disappointed in the response to the amount of people who are reporting about this. The developer’s are replying the same to anyone who says anything about this.
If you’re looking for a game that has a really good storyline and cool concept (but you’re patient enough to wait two days to perform three tasks), then this is a great option for you! But if you’re like me and want to rip your hair out because you can barely get anything done without something popping up saying “You don’t have enough energy to perform this action!”, then this game is definitely not the one for you. :)
fun BUT….
Tue Jan 03 2023 pineapplelover0511i was really excited to play this game. the storyline is great, i enjoy being able to make choices, and the mystery part is awesome. However i have many problems with the game. like everyone else on here i have MAJOR problems with the energy development on this game. 24 hours after playing you don’t even have full energy. just forcing people to spend money if they want to play. the amount of energy you get does not equal the amount you need to complete the missions. even to be able to talk to people you need energy, something that is not intertwining in the least. i’m really disappointed in the development of this game and i was very excited.
the responses to all the reviews are exactly the same and they have not changed a thing, don’t expect that they have. the bonus energy you get is 15 MAX which is not enough to make a a single decision, much less play the searching games. they also don’t tell you how much energy you lose when you randomly click on the pictures
all together i was very excited but very disappointed by this game, all that is needed to fix it is refill the energy faster, otherwise it’s definitely not worth playing or wasting your money on. $5 gives you 200 energy which maybe lets you play for 5 minutes. stupid game
Deleting the Game
Tue Apr 25 2023 Ashley0714I never leave harsh reviews but this time is an exception because I am so frustrated and disappointed in this game. I love murder mystery games in general so I was excited to play when I downloaded it. The storyline in the beginning was very intriguing and when I first started the game it was fun…until I ran out of energy. I have played many games where you can watch ads or complete side tasks to earn more energy which is understandable; however it is ridiculous how much energy you have to use for the simplest of tasks. Every action in the game uses up at least 5 energy points. I can’t play the game for literally more than 5 minutes.
I specifically came to the reviews to see if other people had the same complaints as me and it looks like everyone feels the same way. Also the developers have had the same response to every comment, so I don’t think they really care about the complaints as long as they’re making money. It’s actually really sad because I would genuinely like to see the story through and finish the game but it’s really not worth it. I’ll find a better murder mystery game 🤷🏽♀️
If I could give less than one star I would. I’m not wasting my money to purchase energy that will be depleted in 5 minutes. This game is being deleted off my phone and I’m not downloading another game by these developers. Sorry not sorry.
Energy bar
Tue Feb 28 2023 RealXorvisI was playing this and saw that I started with over 1000 energy, but after like 10 minutes of playing it said that I ran out of energy. I then waited for the timer that was underneath it because it only had a few seconds left, then I saw that it only gives you one every 10 minutes. The energy consumption is way too high as well, I got stuck at the part where you have to give a character an inhaler, because I kept having to come back every few hours, find like 3 items in the search, then I would run out of energy again. I know there is an option to watch an ad for 10 energy, but I don’t want to watch an ad for every single choice, and from other reviews, it doesn’t even work very well.
The devs even have an auto reply bot replying the same message about “being sorry that you are disappointed about the games energy bar”. And the fact that they have an automated message for it shows that they don’t really care. If you take a few seconds to look at the other reviews, you will see this message in almost every review, it will probably be under mine too.
Otherwise, the story is pretty good so far but the energy bar makes it so hard to keep playing, if you want people to play your game, make it where they can.
