I am updating my review from a 3 star to a 5 star. The reason of that is that the games are pretty easy to go through and i do enjoy decorating the rooms. Some game apps make it hard to continue to the next level unless you pay. This decorating game app does not do that. It helps you get through the games and if you fail, it allows you to watch ad then keep going. I am now ok with all the ads especially when the games are easy to get through. I love that this game is not always trying to sell to you or get you to pay. Thank you for that.

Overall I enjoy playing this game compared to a majority of the design and match 3 games. The levels become more challenging further along but never difficult enough to where I’m stuck on a specific level for days at a time. In the past I’ve played games that some levels are so hard I would be stuck on them for weeks, usually until I collected enough rewards and boosters to “scam” my way through the game. How ever I wish some of the design categories had better options. Some of the items are boring and dull or there will only be one good match and it’s usually for a color scheme or theme I didn’t choose. While I understand some items are there to display a color match idea, there should be more items with neutral color schemes so that I have more variety when choosing what item for my design. Also I think they should add a daily challenge or “spin” (something) to help you collect the purple jewels. Even if you only have to opportunity to collect 1-5 a day it still would benefit the player so much!!!!!

I’ve played a few home design games, and this one has been the best so far. The games are easy to pass at first, and then become progressively harder as you go along so that there is a challenge. An issue I have found with other games is that the levels become impossible to pass and that there is too much to design. Modern City hit that sweet spot with enough to design and levels being passable. For example, I am currently at level 97 in the games and I’m on my fourth client. Sometimes it takes me a couple tries to pass the harder levels, but it’s not impossible. The rooms are fun to design and you get three options to choose from, so Mixing and matching is a blast. It becomes progressively more expensive to buy furniture as your progress in the games, which means you have to pass more levels in the games to get more money. I can find it annoying sometimes, however I like the challenge it presents. There are lots of ads that pop up, one after each level in fact. However, the further you go along, you can earn three moves for watching one ad, and earn ten gems for one ad. This way you don’t have to spend money if you are willing to put up with the ads, something I personally don’t have a problem with. I don’t like ads myself, but if I can avoid spending money on a game I will watch the ads and just live with it. Overall, it’s a great game and I recommend it! I don’t mind the ads, I can pass the levels, and the designing is fun. I hope you enjoy it!

Developers - when designing a game like this, these ads a few common rules that should always apply:1. ALWAYS ALWAYS ALWAYS design vertical. Why? Because when you play a game like this horizontally, it is not a natural way we hold our phones/tablets and it creates issues where if you’re trying to swipe (as in to make a match) at the bottom, your phone thinks you’re swiping to close the app. Vertical would give you more room to move the march board AWAY from the bottom of the phone.2. Skip the conversations. Limit them to the start and end of the room design only. This game in particular has conversations after *every single design update* which is ridiculous when a room may have 30 updates (sofa, chair, lights, etc). I spent most of my time clicking “skip” instead of actually playing the game.3. Do not make players move the design symbol into a circle slot. WTH?! It should be clickable. Instead you make extra work for the player by making us drag every update into place. 4. In the match games - copy from the best. Other better games allow you to double tap a power up instead of requiring a color match for example.