Disappointed Longtime Player

Ive been playing this game since you could spend gems to buy totems for the various areas (fields, sepat, etc.). Ive gone through many upgrades & changes to the game that made the game remain fun; however the last few upgrades are clearly meant to make the players spend real money on the game. The game levels are now so hard that players will to have to use bombs, the chariot, or hammers, etc in order to pass a level. If not you are forced to use up all of your energy playing the same level over & over. The game is actually rigged to make you fail a level. I have failed levels with 20 or more turns left because the game was set for me to fail the level. It has made a great game that used to be 5 stars into a 1 star game. I have 617 gems, but there is nothing in the game I want to spend them on. That is how crappy it has gotten. Dont download this game, unless you like monotonous, tedium. Wait for the developers to come to their senses.

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