Cradle of Empires Match-3 Gems App Reviews

Would be happy to purchase game but the nickel and diming is too much. Have bought many of their games and was pleased with the value but while I understand their desire to maximize profit it has gone too far. Game is fun but not in short bursts dictated by refusal to keep buying more time.

By far, the most enjoyable and challenging match-3 game I have ever played!

One of the best match3 games I have ever played...

I like the combination of puzzles and building a village.

Once you get in a ways - there is no way to win without buying stuff. Its addictive and I will probably move on.

Lots of fun & challenging

Adicting

Have played it for years. The higher the levels, the less enjoyable it becomes. Am going to say goodbye soon if nothing changes. Becomes increasingly (which used to be fun) annoying and no longer want to even access the game.

Love this game. Can play it all day. Relaxing.

Update: now they have removed 97 gems, which I had purchased! This is THEFT and fraud. I assume they did this to force me to buy more during their current sale. Do not bother with this manipulative and fraudulent game which I had once enjoyed. You keep removing chargers from completed, but not submitted collections. I have had all the chargers for the Fan collection twice, but while waiting for it to appear in the Quest queue some of the chargers have disappeared. This has also happened with Meturet andVigor collections where the number of chargers is reduced for no apparent reason. This unfairness causes losing interest in the game from a regular customer. A dangerous business model.

I game is fun. I just dont like having to pay to play in the new worlds. The prize at the end doesnt make up for what I lost in supplies to pay to play.

The puzzles in the higher levels are heavily preset to lose. The game will cheat the player to push them to buy more energy, bonuses or whatever spells are needed to get through the puzzles and levels. An Awem representative has stated that specific chargers are indeed rare and have suggested that the game is meant to be played occasionally. I have been playing daily for almost 6 months and I have found only a handful or so of these "rare" chargers. The drop rate on these needed chargers is basically non existent. I havent found a useful charger in over a month. Some chargers I have needed since the start of the game. When I first started playing, the game was fun, entertaining and I thought at the time, challenging. Too many puzzles now have become far too difficult with some puzzles that are impossible to win without the use of multiple bonuses. I just dont find this type of game relaxing. Its sad that the Awem developers have really taken the fun out of this game. I have tired of chasing after specific chargers which are that "rare" and there are too many times where I am given charger/s and collection items over and over that I have already collected far too many of to be of any use in my lifetime. I have lost hope that this game will ever be updated with a more honest play balance and not just programed to only empty my pocket with little progress or even more important, some needed fun, in return.

Earlier today I had about 50 green gems and now I lost them all and I didnt even use them. I saw earlier that I was losing green gems but wasnt sure but after losing my 50 without using any of them, now I am sure. Please fix! Not sure if it happened with the latest update or not. I gain them for a reason! Love game game otherwise but stop taking my green gems away please!

This game, which has great potential, is extremely frustrating. The win/ loss ratio is way too low on all but the beginner levels. Some levels provide little or no bonus items, and unless you spend at least $20.00 a week, youll just sit there and stagnate. All the odds are stacked against the player. The most miserly game Ive encountered, and Ive played lots of them.

I cant watch the video to get free gems. Every time I push play instead of showing the video the screen turns all white. Please fix it. I havent been able to get free gems in days.

This is a good game, moves ok, but I had to reload the app and totally lost my old game. So starting from scratch. It is kinda fun to restart knowing what I know now as compared to when I first started playing. I will not be making in app purchases, if they come up with a fair way to win an event I will play it otherwise I am playing at my speed!!!!!!

I am not really impressed with the Sphinx. After reading all the ads I was expecting more. I do like the cave. I hope that when I reach the pyramid I will like it to.

I think this is the second time the game asks me to leave a review. But thats ok because I really enjoy coming back to it every day and seeing how far I can get before all my energy runs out.

Love this game but after the latest portal ended, I cant open the game any longer. And yes, I have rebooted my phone.

Quite a frustrating game. Ive played several months and it really wants me to spend spend spend. The biggest insult was the latest addition of the guy that pats you on the head if you cant finish a level and offers to let you skip if you want to spend spend spend. About ready to give it up -- too annoying and frustrating rather than fun