Match Tile 3D 12+

I downloaded this game a week ago. And I am addicted. Very fun game. I am on Level 350. Up until this point you were providing plenty of time to complete the levels. 15 and 20 minutes. This made the game very enjoyable and relaxing. I am elderly and don’t usually play timed games - too stressful. But there was no pressure and plenty of time to complete a level. Now all of a sudden - out of the blue - you cut the time down to 4 or 5 minutes. Almost impossible to complete. If you had gradually decreased the time in increments of 5 minutes, it might be a a little better. But I am not a fan of this stressful time limit. If you want to drop the time like this, why not have a “Challenge Mode” for those who like to race to the finish. Wish I could go back and start over with the higher times and less stress. 😕

As you get higher levels, they shorten your time, so you have to use earned time enhancements, for longer play and pay with perks to have a magnet to remove some toys. When you have plenty of coins, and play perks, you can move your finger over the massive toy dump, and toys and items move quite freely. When you’re low on coins and perks for games and you run your finger over the dump, the items won’t move. So you spent all your limited time, trying to dig to get to the matching item and it won’t lock on to it, it’ll throw out a random toy and you’ll lose and have to buy coins and perks in order to continue to play. The other thing is the “you’ll lose all your progress” towards the bigger goal which is to continue having the “stir”, the “find it” and the magnet. When in fact, you have to complete 3 games with no “perks” in order to get back the bonuses of the magnet, the UFO, and extra time. It’s impossible to do it without perks and being able to move the items to dig. So, when you’re out of perk, and are on higher levels, time is shortened, so you have to pay for perks to have more time, or stir the pot, or to have the magnet delete some toys at the beginning. ITS IMPOSSIBLE TO PLAY TOTALLY FREE! It’s addicting but just knowing they make it impossible rather than just harder…… .

I just started play this game. There are 2 things I don’t understand about how it’s set up:
1. The space where the “goals” are is semi transparent. So items you need to find are under that area and it’s hard to tell what is the “goal” list and what is the goal item you have to tap on, especially when it’s often only a partial picture of the item. If the bar at the bottom that shows the items you picked was actually at the bottom of the screen, then you wouldn’t have to have part of the playing field under where the goals are listed. I play on an iPad and you can only play in portrait mode and that bar is an inch above the bottom of the screen. I don’t know if this same issue also happens on an iPhone.
2. Goal items are listed like 5 or 6, when that’s the number of 3 item matches you have to find. Why doesn’t it just say the actual total number of items like 15 or 18 like every other match-type? game I’ve ever played?
It’s a fun game and the graphics are nice and clear, but those 2 issues annoy me.