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Doodle God™
JoyBits Ltd. · 19,522 ratings · ★ 4.7
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Top complaints - extracted from 42 negative reviews
Recurring phrases mined from 1-2★ reviews. The bigger the percentage, the more users have the same problem. Fix the top 2-3 in your version and you have product-market fit on day one.
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"game"
23 negative reviews mention this · 55% of all complaints
★★★★★ "why was this ever considered a game?" - Clifford Summers
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"play"
11 negative reviews mention this · 26% of all complaints
★★★★★ "adding to the hoardes of people saying they used to love this game, but the fact that options that used to be in settings now cost money to apply (for 24 hours at a time) is insane. even as someone with a play pass, it's annoying how much t…" - Kat Davies
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"every"
6 negative reviews mention this · 14% of all complaints
★★★★★ "take you out of the creation menu after every creation" - Jesse Church
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"element"
5 negative reviews mention this · 12% of all complaints
★★★★★ "was hoping it was a drawing game. its just a little alchemy clone. edit to add: to respond to devs, i wanted a scribblenaut-like mobile game. not a little alchemy clone. i can just play that if i want a merge element game 🙄" - tereyna ancira
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"elements"
5 negative reviews mention this · 12% of all complaints
★★★★★ "The game has a nice premise, but it is poorly executed. The elements of the interface are so small that it makes it impossible to play the game without a magnifier on a 6.8'' screen. Also, many combinations are impossible to guess." - Eduard Sraer
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"animations"
5 negative reviews mention this · 12% of all complaints
★★★★★ "still has the bones of a very good game from years ago, has unfortunately been ruined since then. Constant animations and pop ups and confusing menus, just let me play the damn game. so disappointing." - John Eddy
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why was this ever considered a game?
was hoping it was a drawing game. its just a little alchemy clone. edit to add: to respond to devs, i wanted a scribblenaut-like mobile game. not a little alchemy clone. i can just play that if i want a merge element game 🙄
ADS NOT THE SAME AS GAMEPLAY. FALSE ADVERTISING. DELETED & REPORTED!!!!!!!!
take you out of the creation menu after every creation
I bought this game years ago and loved it. I can back to play it and it's atrocious now. It's a terrible idea to interrupt game play to be taken back to a different screen. 👎
used to play years ago and loved it. couldn't play more than a few minutes with annoying cut scenes after every combination
Why is this rated "E" for everyone when it has sex included?
we were charged $105.99 for this app. this is crazy.
Like many, I have fond memories of playing this game over a decade ago. unfortunately, whatever clowns took over from the original devs have absolutely ruined this game. No one, and I do mean NO ONE, wants to have gameplay interrupted every 5 seconds by an unskippable cutscenes that dumps you onto a different screen, forcing you to navigate back into the core gameplay screen. Literally just add an option to turn off quests and cutscenes, that's all we want.
could probably function as a toddler's game.... was expecting to doodle or have some level of control but seems like the bulk of the game is just guessing and mixing 2 elements
too many manus.
.... no words
where is the doodles?
I played a normal version of Doodle God a long time ago and loved it. This version is just infuriating to play for a few minutes. from constantly getting yanked to the earth scene and the needless cut scenes this is just not worth it to even try to play. I uninstalled after about three minutes. (downloaded from play pass. I can't imagine suffering through ad's as well.)
game says "download from play pass" then closes itself
play store says my Google pixel 3a xl is not compatible with app
No way to recover account and previous data. no point starting again..
Horrible UI and monetization of a game with *several* cheap or free versions. I played for all of an hour before I got sick of the god awful combination UI.
Absolutely no warning about the flashing between page turning, cutscenes, and literally everything. I got through the intro text, combined maybe 5 things, and then I had a headache from all the flashing.
I would say this is a decent game, but I'm not going to do that. Getting a little frustrated by some religious countermeasure BS and almost everything doesn't really combine and guessing is equally as annoying because you have some dumbass voice coming up with "come on creator, create something". What the hell do you think I'm trying to do? Not my fault everything doesn't connect. I have two different apps that I haven't been on for months that are better than this, and easier to combine things.
I stopped playing when glass+water=ice. The game is ridiculous. Not based in any kind of reality.
Cutscenes take you out of the elements and close the element groups you had open, which is SO annoying to reopen over and over again. And it's mostly guesswork with no point. There should be missions in each episode that at least suggest what you should try to make instead of forcing you to try EVERY possible combination aimlessly.
a fun way to waist time but that's about it.
How is my phone not compatible? I have a brand new 2024 Motorola 5g phone.
used to be a great game now, full of unecessary animations
Why would you ruin this game?! Clunky animations after every discovery now? Like bro, just let me play the game.
Dumb! It's completely nonsensical and the same combinations unlock different things. You can also unlock the same thing multiple times. It's absolutely ridiculous and not even worth it when it's free.
This game is just too goshdarned simple! I hate that there are less than 12 steps involved in advancing the game by just one step. They took a step in the right direction when they sucked all the charm out of this simple, effortless game and obstructed all parts with popups and dailies and spins and menus, but they just didn't go far enough! Nobody plays mobile games for a couple minutes waiting for the bus stop or killing time. EVERYBODY wants MORE games that are full-day affairs. Trust me!
adding to the hoardes of people saying they used to love this game, but the fact that options that used to be in settings now cost money to apply (for 24 hours at a time) is insane. even as someone with a play pass, it's annoying how much this exists just to extract money from people.
The game has a nice premise, but it is poorly executed. The elements of the interface are so small that it makes it impossible to play the game without a magnifier on a 6.8'' screen. Also, many combinations are impossible to guess.
still has the bones of a very good game from years ago, has unfortunately been ruined since then. Constant animations and pop ups and confusing menus, just let me play the damn game. so disappointing.
Too much stuff popping up all the time. I used to play a version of this game a long time ago that was simple. Now every time you make an element it cuts to the earth, waste of time. How about this quest? Spin the wheel! Like the game, leave a review! Please just let me go back to combining elements. No setting to make the game simple like it used to be. Hard to play the game when a million other things are always getting in the way.
forget logic. alas no way to set text size
100 dollars to have unlimited mana is way steep, who in their right mid would spend 100 dollars on a mobile game???
I spent 20 minutes randomly combining elements to try and create a new element. that seems to be 90% of the game. Not great.
water + glass = ice. seriously? I think they were going for the "Complete Opposite of Intuitive" game award. I get some stuff for fun, water and dirt or something is a golem, but really.....water and glass? water + glass = uninstalled
Certainly not the same game I remember playing growing up. Added a bunch of paid gimmicks and animations that make the game feel super slow.
Honestly, this game has failed to keep up with its genre. It's functional, but I wouldn't recommend purchasing it for actual money.
Extremely frustrating being taken out of the game everytime a new element is discovered.
Mid app i never used but saw videos so refunded
Endless animations and pop-ups and side quests and rewards made it impossible to enjoy the actual game or get any sort of rhythm going.
Full of micro transactions. Predatory progression. Could be fun.
Sentiment summary
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