Merge Mansion: Mystery & Story 12+

very nice merging game

I really enjoy this game. So far the tasks with their rewards have perfectly timed up together so that I level sufficiently when finishing an area to unlock the next one (I systematically merge the XP star to max before cashing them out, sane with brown and blue chests).
Well this is true up to now: I have finished all the tasks up to the completion of the fortress, this corresponded to levelling up to 31. I was expecting an area to unlock at that level but no the next area will unlock at level 33. This is a bit of a disappointment as everything timed up perfectly before.
I still have to complete the stone can and the Casey sign. I completed the car sign, the challenge to get it was nicely done and nice to play. I tried the Casey event challenge, this one is horrible, too much based on luck on what the mixer requires and lacks the accelerators. I read somewhere that you need to complete that challenges many many times to have the items that will let you get the Casey sign and from there it is still a long way… This needs to be seriously reviewed as it is clearly not properly balanced. This is what is costing a star to my rating

I enjoy it but…

I play this game quite a lot and tbh i really enjoyed it but there’s a couple of things. First of all the events, you only get two days to do it and it takes so long the highest i’ve been able to achieve on these events is level 3 and that was me checking into the app every 10mins i dont have that kind of time to waste.

Secondly, they have just recently updated and as someone who’s played this game a lot i got used to where all the buttons where and when you get an item in a little bubble i tap of it and click remove so i get the money quicker…because of the new update they’ve moved where this button usually is and swapped it around so cheers for that all my gems that i’ve saved up accidentally got used because these lot moved the friggin button im beyond annoyed

along side these it takes so long to merge things, i understand that, it’s literally the game and i do enjoy it but we don’t have enough energy to keep up, we should get extra energy the higher up you level up - so it starts at 100 then goes to 150 etc. 100 energy gets used so quickly especially when i’m trying to do 3 things at once. Idk, this game is good when you first start it but then it just gets harder and harder to play, and trust me i want to play this game it releases my stress but it doesn’t last very long if i can only play the game for 5 mins until my energy runs out.

Developer Response ,

We're glad to hear you enjoy the game, but we're sorry to learn about the frustrations you're experiencing. We're looking into improving event durations and button placements to enhance your experience. We're continuously working on the balancing to make the game more enjoyable. Please contact our support through the app for further assistance if needed.

From bad to worst

The game itself is fun. Its quite enjoyable to play when you can actually dedicate time as for the pay-to-play nature of the game you cannot play it while on public transport where you have no connection as it requires a constant connection to the server.
But the devs literally killed it for me with the latest update adjusting the new generator drop rate. When the red chest was introduced it was a bit frustrating as the only way to get it after a couple earned ones was to actually buy them for hard cash to be able to upgrade the new generator which had well balanced drop rates. With blue and brown chests players were able to actually earn them through xp and naturally upgrade them. With red chests it literally proved its a pay-to-play game without trying to hide it anymore. And now they tweaked the drop rates to a point where emptying fully charged (a day) you get one or two of he maintenance supplies. And you need a lot of them.
And on top of that they just keep adding new events where eventually you either have to skip them or delete your generators. Or, of course, buy more stash space.
XP is beyond being redundant at higher levels. Yet you get those stars. And at the rewards you get after a month of playing and getting xp to get a blue and brown chest? One coin, lvl1 energy bubble and a few upgrades for the generators.
But yeah, after the recent update I don’t think its worth playing it anymore. Quite sad really