Hey there! I wanted to leave a review really quick and ask for a small change. I really enjoy this app, frankly can’t remember why I initially downloaded it but I’ve played it almost every day since. Only a few months and I’m on level 1850 or something, so I play pretty frequently. It’s entertaining, colorful, and challenges me more than most games I’ve ever had! To be noted specifically, the ads are there if you don’t pay for the subscription, but they’re not too much of a pain, which is hard to find with a game these days. Unfortunately, I do get a notification from the app in the middle of play that says “ You have no piece that can be removed!” In these instances I have many remaining moves left and in fact there are moves I can make that will remove a piece or allow me to, such as using a move to eliminate a “falling out” piece. It’s quite frustrating when I can complete the level, per the game “rules”. If this glitch could be fixed I would be thrilled!

I was really enjoying this game. It’s challenging enough to be interesting, but not something that I have to focus on. So I finally won one of the leagues and continued playing, and I noticed something very interesting. I reached the top slot and took a break to get something to drink and when I came back, there were suddenly two people ahead of me by 120 and 240 points exactly and there was someone behind me with my exact same score. As I continued to play, those three players stayed exactly in the same spots. The two in front were 120 and 240 points ahead and the one behind had my exact same score seconds after I earned it. So I stopped playing for several hours and went back and the same thing happened. This is now happened three times where I get to the top of the list and I’m 2500 to 3500 points ahead of everybody else on the list and between one game and the next suddenly there’s two players ahead of me and one right behind me with my exact same score. No matter how much I play they stay exactly in the same positions and I’ve got third place.At this point, it is blatantly obvious that these are not real players, but computer generated players that the system has created to prevent me from winning the league. If you guys are gonna lie to me about what’s going on in the game, the least you can do is not insult my intelligence at the same time!

I paid for an ad-free experience, but in order to get anywhere in the game, you still have to watch ads for “rewards.” These ads can be 90 seconds long and often require you to close something and then wait another 13 seconds to close something else, then another 5 seconds for the X, which has to be hit precisely at the correct pixel or it will send you to a website outside the game to download something else. I dealt with that for long enough, but lately (even after a “bug fix” update), it doesn’t register that you watched the ad at all and prompts you to watch another ad for the reward you should have already earned.In addition, some of the levels are unbeatable without either watching an ad or using coins/bombs/hammers. They often repeat levels and try to make it seem different by orienting the level upside down and/or flipping it. Unfortunately they don’t account for any of the spinners’ directions and often you waste extra moves because the spinner doesn’t change its direction to match the orientation of the level.I won first place in the last 4 “legend leagues,” but have now deleted the game because I’m tired of all the issues.

HexaAway has so much going for it! I enjoy figuring out my strategy, looking for the moves and trying to make no mistakes. Strange as it sounds, I love the sound effects and I particularly love the puzzles with the arrows that exit the hexes in directions sometimes all over the board. HOWEVER, the “love” side is balanced by my dislike of the over abundance of ads. Even if I should choose to pay the exorbitant “no ads” fee, I’m sure ads would still have to be endured if you needed more moves to win your game. Sometimes even if you play the game perfectly there aren’t enough moves given to win and you HAVE to watch a lengthy ad. Not fair in my opinion! But, I’m not quite to the point of deleting the app because of ads; but the day may come. 4 stars for when I’m just having fun “hexing away!”UPDATE: The number of ads required to obtain sufficient moves to complete some upper level games got to be too much! Game deleted. They ruined a darn good game with all the ads.