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Flambé®: Merge & Cook
Microfun Limited · 41,366 ratings · ★ 4.5
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Top complaints - extracted from 29 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.
1
"game"
19 negative reviews mention this · 66% of all complaints
★★★★★ "I hate games that won't let me play for as long as I choose without paying. It starts out fun, but very quickly you will be limited in how much you can play without buying energy. Don't do it!" - Alison Bartel
2
"play"
8 negative reviews mention this · 28% of all complaints
★★★★★ "I hate games that won't let me play for as long as I choose without paying. It starts out fun, but very quickly you will be limited in how much you can play without buying energy. Don't do it!" - Alison Bartel
3
"energy"
7 negative reviews mention this · 24% of all complaints
★★★★★ "I hate games that won't let me play for as long as I choose without paying. It starts out fun, but very quickly you will be limited in how much you can play without buying energy. Don't do it!" - Alison Bartel
4
"minutes"
5 negative reviews mention this · 17% of all complaints
★★★★★ "The ads for this game that I got didn't show a merge game, or I would never have installed it. Still I tried to play for like 20 minutes and like I expected, I quickly got bored with it." - Dila H
5
"spend"
5 negative reviews mention this · 17% of all complaints
★★★★★ "I love the concept of the game however, there is no way to obtain any free energy. The further you progress the more complicated the dishes become which is great but you are unable to complete even one dish with the energy given. I do not r…" - Brandy
6
"money"
4 negative reviews mention this · 14% of all complaints
★★★★★ "I love the concept of the game however, there is no way to obtain any free energy. The further you progress the more complicated the dishes become which is great but you are unable to complete even one dish with the energy given. I do not r…" - Brandy
7
"play game"
4 negative reviews mention this · 14% of all complaints
8
"playing"
4 negative reviews mention this · 14% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Im absolutely obsessed with this game but im also extremely disappointed. I spend a lot of money on this game, but today 7/1/26, I noticed they are stealing from me!!! I was playing earlier and I had 173 blue icons to use (the blue bolts-en…" - E Ver
9
"quickly"
3 negative reviews mention this · 10% of all complaints
★★★★★ "I hate games that won't let me play for as long as I choose without paying. It starts out fun, but very quickly you will be limited in how much you can play without buying energy. Don't do it!" - Alison Bartel
10
"merge"
3 negative reviews mention this · 10% of all complaints
★★★★★ "The ads for this game that I got didn't show a merge game, or I would never have installed it. Still I tried to play for like 20 minutes and like I expected, I quickly got bored with it." - Dila H
11
"complete"
3 negative reviews mention this · 10% of all complaints
★★★★★ "I love the concept of the game however, there is no way to obtain any free energy. The further you progress the more complicated the dishes become which is great but you are unable to complete even one dish with the energy given. I do not r…" - Brandy
12
"purchase"
3 negative reviews mention this · 10% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Good game at first! It's a lot of fun but there are many issues with it. First, I've spent probably $10 in the past week or so & I quickly realized even when you purchase packs that have energy & diamonds you can only play this game for 20 …" - Taylor Anderson
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heyyy what happened my level from 103 turn to begin from level 1?????
The ads for this game that I got didn't show a merge game, or I would never have installed it. Still I tried to play for like 20 minutes and like I expected, I quickly got bored with it.
I love the concept of the game however, there is no way to obtain any free energy. The further you progress the more complicated the dishes become which is great but you are unable to complete even one dish with the energy given. I do not recommend getting invested in this game unless you plan to spend alot of money.
Game is not as the ad present and I like the ad game
too little energy when the game needs a lot of it to do anything.
Im absolutely obsessed with this game but im also extremely disappointed. I spend a lot of money on this game, but today 7/1/26, I noticed they are stealing from me!!! I was playing earlier and I had 173 blue icons to use (the blue bolts-energy), but when I woke up from a nap, they were gone! I only had 56. What happened to the bolts I had??!! So not fair. Wow. 😔
did not match game
fun game but tries to force micro transactions with a bad energy system. almost impossible to play for more than a few minutes. EDIT: To generate an ingredient costs an energy unit. Energy has a refresh rate of 1 unit per 2 minutes, capping at 100. You are not guaranteed to get the item you need for a merge every click. In early levels, this is fine, but as the game progresses it becomes unsustainable without micro transactions.
I'm not 5 years old! I couldn't get into this game because, even after turning off hints, it kept telling me what to do. Just let me play the game! Oh, and the preview I played that got me interested is nothing like the actual game.
ugh! would you please fix the hint disabler! I have hints turned off and its still giving them and its so irritating. barely gives you time to figure it out for yourself.
I wish I would have read the reviews before playing. The gameplay is great but you cant really play it because everything has a cool down period of minimally an hour? And the purchasing options dont really make sense. I've been struggling with playing for a while and I'm only on day 75. The tasks are taking longer and longer to complete. I wish I would have known before I played bc I like it so much but cant play it 🤦🏾♀️
I used to play this game too until it got so annoying in completing orders and getting enough energy. You literally have to spend money(lots of them) to clear the levels.
Absolute Trash. Was ABSOLUTELY not the game that was advertised. If I could, I'd give it a zero.
Completely Unplayable. Even if you spent money, and they want you to, there's no possibility of playing this game. The game resources are so tightly limited that to play the game at all would cost about $100 per hour, but even then, you wouldn't be able to play for a full hour. This must be a drug and see trafficking money laundering cover story. It isn't a playable game at any amount of money you could spend.
completely different game to the ad
nothing like the ad typical
not a fan at all
boring 😔 it's nothing like the add.. just another puzzle game.. no creativity.. make a game like the add. stop fooling people if you don't want bad ratting.
I LOVE this game, but...most of the generators only give a few items, then you have to wait anywhere from 5 minutes to over an hour and a half for more. Takes me a couple of days just to finish some orders. If they regenerated in half an hour and/or gave more items each time, it would be a solid 5 star from a lot of us.
played for 5 minutes. Item generators needed refreshing for 2hrs! or spend the costly gem to instant refresh. not waiting around that long. probably won't go back.
I hate games that won't let me play for as long as I choose without paying. It starts out fun, but very quickly you will be limited in how much you can play without buying energy. Don't do it!
Good game at first! It's a lot of fun but there are many issues with it. First, I've spent probably $10 in the past week or so & I quickly realized even when you purchase packs that have energy & diamonds you can only play this game for 20 to 30 minutes max! This is because they don't give enough energy & it costs way too much energy to make a lot of the items that are required to fulfill the orders to advance in the game. So I have to exit & wait for energy constantly! Super disappointing!
Really fantastic game but when I update this game it remove from home screen
Not the game in the ad. It's another merge go game.
already in day 13, 1 pending task and already following all the instruction, but ingridient says not match with cutting board and due to this task could not complete, no alternative changes could be apply for next step.
the game is always hanging why.
I can't purchase anything again, problem with country setting but it's correct. Pls help
Good game, bad monetisation. when I first started playing I liked how there were cheap options in the pay to win shop. I didn't mind the odd £1-2 here and there and I'd even stretch to £5ish for some extra gems now and then. Now those options have vanished and the only things with cheaper options are gems. Fishing for whales in this economy is bananas, stop leaving your average customers in the dust :(
always a network issue on purchase and most time, my bank will be debited and i wont receive my purchase
Sentiment summary
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Positive (4-5★)
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Neutral (3★)
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Negative (1-2★)