Best Fiends - Match 3 Puzzles 4+

As the title describes it, Best Fiends is an app where fun and relaxing connect with each other, making it a good game to have in case of boredom or stress. It says that you don’t need lives, but instead, it gives you little lightning bolts and when they’re all gone, you have to wait about 30 minutes to continue playing. It has little pets that you can upgrade and use to defeat slugs and even if you don’t defeat any slugs, you get great rewards for trying. It does get a little hard after a while so have in mind that this game is strategic and not super easy and realizing for children under 8. It asks you for your age because there are two versions for the game. One of them is for adults which is a little harder but still pretty similar, and it has a kid version which has easier levels and a better experience for children. There are also different maps with different levels. For example, Green Glades has the easiest levels and is basically just a tutorial area, while Endless desert has hard levels that don’t have as many tutorials. Still, Best Fiends is the best game that my you can play on a random day, especially if it’s a boring day and you are feeling a certain amount of stress.

I love best fiends and will go through waves of playing for hours to forgetting I even have the app installed. I have spent a lot of money on this app and don’t mind doing so. However, if the cost of items were lower, I feel as though more people would enjoy the game. It is becoming a “pay-to-win” rather than using skill and strategy to beat levels.

Two major frustrations I have are the price of gold, items, packs, etc… and the mega boost function. Paying $30 should get you a LOT of content, not just one fiend that isn’t even leveled up. If I am spending money, it should be worth while. Mega boost is so fun and allows players to boost through levels extremely quickly. Occasionally, the game gives you free handouts of mega boost time. During these periods, feel free to waste my time. Open your daily gift? Sure. Collect 30 different prizes and level up on 4 challenges? Go crazy, I don’t care. When I am spending MY OWN MONEY, I should NOT have my mega boost time WASTED moving around a fictional game board or collecting watering cans. The amount of mega boost time that has been taken from me is annoying, especially considering the time and money I put into this game.

I know it is a dumb thing to complain about but please, pause the time allotted for upgrades or boosts that the player pays for. It is not fair to watch my power up time tick away :(

I’ve enjoyed this game for the most part. Over time it’s become abundantly clear that there is some programming in the game that prevents you from winning at certain times. Once you get past level 1,000 it’ll take dozens of tries on a level to beat it. Then out of nowhere everything will line up perfectly and you’ll breeze through. This isn’t just random because each new level will then again take hours to beat and then magically you’ll get it to all line up perfectly. I get the app has to make money but you kind of feel cheated because you realize that there is no possible way to beat that level other than playing it over and over until you get the “easier” layout. It is a fun game and definitely worth playing for a bit but I am frustrated that it’s not skill or strategy that gets you past levels in this game, it’s money and time.

I have a also noticed on many, many occasions that you will be extremely close to beating the level with 5+ moves left. All of a sudden the board goes dry. There are no colors or matches you need. Then you use your last turn and all of a sudden that play you were trying to attain for several turns magically shows up but now you have to pay 10 gold to continue. This isn’t random. It happens too frequently to be random. I think the game is programmed to do this and it’s sad that they use this to try to trick people into spending more money.