Wordscapes 12+

I don’t write many reviews but I just had to let other spelling geeks out there know about this game. I don’t know why anyone would give this less than five stars unless they found it to hard. Me? I search for games that will test me, push me, make me really think. If you love scrabble, words with friends or any of those games out there that require you to have a good knowledge of spelling, this game is for you. It doesn’t matter what age you are you will enjoy it. One of the things I liked best is that you don’t have to spend weeks getting through the easy levels to get to the good stuff. You can join a team (to compete in tournaments where all team members scores are combined, or where individual play is rewarded) you can chat with your team members from all over the world, and there are many games within games as well as progressively harder levels to challenge your brain. I happen to be an English Teacher for advanced students in Elementary school and many of my kids play this game. We can even keep track of each other. I know, geeky right? Geeks rule the world my friend! Not high school or early school maybe but the REAL world. You need this game, download it today!

I have been playing Wordscapes for 5+ years now and it’s been my favorite go-to game to pass time while still using my brain. It’s been great watching this game grow into what it have become, from the pet system, to earning pfps, the mount rush, all of it, I really like it. However, there are certain things that really take away from the motivation to play and enjoyability. One being the incessant number of ads in the game. I purchased the no-ads feature, but the sheer number of ads you get for completing a level or tapping out of the game for a quick second are ridiculous. I get that everyone has their money to make but come on you guys. My other issue with this game is that it seems like it is intentionally keeping you from earning top grade rewards. I do the Wednesday-Thursday challenge of earning profile pictures and the drop rates for certain pictures are way too low. There are two sections I’ve been grinding for over a year now because I am only missing one part for the picture and it won’t drop. I just went through 35 boxes, and it would not drop that one missing picture and that is frustrating. I have the same issue with mount rush, but I won’t get into that. Other than that, the game is fantastic. As a long time player, I hope you guys see this review and really take it into consideration. Thank you!

I’ve been playing Wordscapes for a few years now, so I admit to being slightly addicted! But over time, some flaws do show that lead to some frustration and annoyance.

Some puzzle words can be repeated 2-3 times over a few hours of play, yet others may not be seen/played for weeks at a time. I wish I could remember the exact words, but it’s happened multiple times for different words.

Another issue I have is with the Portrait events that allow you to collect sets of portraits that can be used as your personal portraits if you’d like. The events give you a special portrait if you collect all of the sets in the particular event — my issue is that, after playing some of these events for years, I cannot seem to collect all the portraits — there are always one or two that never see so the collection can’t be completed. And when I say years, I am not kidding! I’ve been unable to complete the Halloween portrait event for the past two years. Working on the Christmas event now and collected approximately 60 ‘gifts’ that revealed no new portraits over the past 24 hours. Looks like I won’t finish this event either unless I find time to play 20 hours a day to maybe collect these elusive portraits.