Starbrew Cafe: Mystical Merge +4

off jump: If you come to download this game because of the ads including the lesbian pairing, they are in the game and clearly a romantic couple. no subtext overall: this is a fun game. I haven’t run into any major glitches. Although, I wish there was a way to re-center on the main character automatically. I’ve gotten quite far in the story and enjoy looking at all the areas Ive fixed and often lose the character. I’m currently at the Arcane Library and the story’s last update is quite behind in comparison (as of Jun 10, 2024). I’m looking forward to more updates 👍

update: Ive run into an issue. I find the promotions of in-app purchases pop up too frequently. I finally completed the Arcane Library and right when the game zoomed out to show the last improvement, 2 different pop-ups appeared and blocked the screen and then when the game jumped to the next area of improvement the pop-ups refused to get off the screen. Had to open and close the app to make them go away so I could continue playing.

I have fallen in love with this game, while I do agree the amount of times popups come up can be slightly annoying but that’s probably my biggest issue although there’s a couple of glitches occasionally but you can fix it by clearing out the app and reopening it.

I really love that you can progress in this game without needing too many gems and therefore having to spend real money. Of course the machine cool down/ energy refill times can be a little frustrating if I wanna play, but it’s easy to set it down while your working or going to bed then come back to it when everything's full and even so there’s plenty of opportunities to win gems or energy or ads you can watch for a little boost.

That’s another thing I love about this game is that you only really get ads when you want to refill something or get an item. They aren’t in your face like many games tend to be.

Overall this is the game that currently has me hooked and will have me hooked as updates continue to come out. The art style and characters are adorable, and the storyline as far as it’s come is pretty interesting but you also don’t need to read through it to play the game if that’s not your thing.

I love this game and if you like merge games, because it’s honestly the only one that’s held my attention past the first couple of stages.
✨☕️💚🧙‍♀️✨

I have a lot of the same complaints as many other reviewers with this game - the story cuts off and feels half baked after a certain point, the amount of coins needed to complete tasks increase exponentially and make it very hard to keep up on gameplay, sometimes you’ll stop getting new orders or orders you’re capable of fulfilling - but I like the art style and merge games are good mindless fun for me so I’ve kept playing regardless. But the latest update has been the nail in the coffin for me. They added a couple new events where you earn different types of points for fulfilling orders, which would be fine, but these new points seem to have entirely replaced coins in payment for orders. The only way to get coins through gameplay is now to collect them from bubbles while merging which is in incredibly slow stream of income. What’s the point of fulfilling orders if they no longer give me the coins that allow me to progress through the game? I don’t understand what led to this decision but I hope it’s fixed soon. I really want to like this game but it feels that very frequently there’s a bug or new feature that renders it temporarily unplayable.