Drop Drop‪!‬ 4+

Fun game but pay for no ads does not remove them all

Updated review: The developer responded and explained that purchasing the app only removes banner and full screen ads. The video ads for the “remove blocks” feature are not removed. While this may be a common practice (as stated by the developer), it detracts from the game play. It is still a decent little puzzle game to play.
Paid for no ads. Ad crawl is gone from bottom of screen, but why should I have to watch an ad mid game to access a game feature? Paying $2 for such a basic game should be straight forward NO ads. Also, music is nice but monotonous. Cycle through some different music or add feature to turn it off but keep sound effects.

Developer Response ,

Hi, could you try “restore purchases” button and then try again. You can also mail us. info@flatgames.co

Why would you add a restart button

I loved this game for a long time. I loved the concept. I have way more coins than I’d ever need even after buying all the themes, I’ve completed all of the achievements except for the use trash/undo, revive, play x amount of games achievements. My score was over 60k so it’s safe to say it was a well loved game (to be fair, the algorithm changed at some point to make it way easier).

Then someone decided it would be a good idea to add a restart button. I was trying to press the settings button but I wasn’t paying attention and I accidentally restarted the game, the one I’ve had going for months. I’m not sure who put that button there and I don’t know who decided that it shouldn’t even ask you if you’re sure you want to restart the game, but it was not a good idea.

The two stars are for the concept and decent graphics. A star and a half deducted for the new algorithm that made the game way too easy and for adding the things on the screen that allow you to watch an ad to clear the board or all of a certain color. Half a star deducted for the boring themes, you could have customizable themes or at least add some every once in a while. The last star is deducted for the stupid restart button that doesn’t even ask you if you’re sure, it just deletes all your progress immediately and kills all of your desire to play the game.

Deceitful use of color

I’ve read a couple of reviews that complained about the difference in contrast of the pastel colors on the game. What’s frustrating and most likely the primary task of the game is you have to realize that the colors are set so that they grey and green blocks when ghosted look identical. Same with blue and purple. Red and yellow. This is literally 90% of the game. But this game like almost all the games in Apple’s catalog is designed primarily to show you ads. So they are literally disincentivized to permit you to play for too long. No matter how well you do, they can figure out how to give you pieces you can’t work with. It’s in their best interest to make you watch ads instead of playing the game and it’s so obvious in this game that it makes it unbearable. Quit being so greedy and quit making games that give the illusion that you can do well if you practice only to screw is so you get more ad revenue. It’s really disheartening how bad the App Store is not. Apples walled garden is thick with snakes and thistle. Could’ve been a great game.