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Townsmen Premium
HandyGames · 40,926 ratings · ★ 4.4
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Top complaints - extracted from 25 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"
14 negative reviews mention this · 56% of all complaints
★★★★★ "It's a premium game that also has microtransactions and ads? I only paid $. 10 for it from a sale but I'm confused about the business model. Happy to buy premium games, even at full price to support devs trying to make premium work but this…" - Casey Dickinson
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"premium"
8 negative reviews mention this · 32% of all complaints
★★★★★ "It is not premium, you cannot progress at all without watching ads. I want a refund." - Cata
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"paid"
4 negative reviews mention this · 16% of all complaints
★★★★★ "It's a premium game that also has microtransactions and ads? I only paid $. 10 for it from a sale but I'm confused about the business model. Happy to buy premium games, even at full price to support devs trying to make premium work but this…" - Casey Dickinson
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"premium game"
4 negative reviews mention this · 16% of all complaints
★★★★★ "It's a premium game that also has microtransactions and ads? I only paid $. 10 for it from a sale but I'm confused about the business model. Happy to buy premium games, even at full price to support devs trying to make premium work but this…" - Casey Dickinson
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"devs"
3 negative reviews mention this · 12% of all complaints
★★★★★ "It's a premium game that also has microtransactions and ads? I only paid $. 10 for it from a sale but I'm confused about the business model. Happy to buy premium games, even at full price to support devs trying to make premium work but this…" - Casey Dickinson
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"watch"
3 negative reviews mention this · 12% of all complaints
★★★★★ "It is not premium, you cannot progress at all without watching ads. I want a refund." - Cata
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"fast"
3 negative reviews mention this · 12% of all complaints
★★★★★ "I buy this game and it's still need pay for fast forward feature? . The game saved also problematic, my data progress lost." - kikouken
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"forward"
3 negative reviews mention this · 12% of all complaints
★★★★★ "I buy this game and it's still need pay for fast forward feature? . The game saved also problematic, my data progress lost." - kikouken
9
"fast forward"
3 negative reviews mention this · 12% of all complaints
★★★★★ "I buy this game and it's still need pay for fast forward feature? . The game saved also problematic, my data progress lost." - kikouken
10
"slow"
3 negative reviews mention this · 12% of all complaints
★★★★★ "mindnumbingly slow. start a task, take a nap, wake up, it's halfway through." - Z
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"played"
3 negative reviews mention this · 12% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Never ending fun. Stuck at 97% for the achievement now as I can't achieve "You shall not pass". I tried many scenarios, and also played the Curse while not even letting a single bandit entering a building, nevermind robbing or burning, and …" - Murat Islam
12
"unless"
3 negative reviews mention this · 12% of all complaints
★★★★★ "this is not how premium game should work u buy the game and upgrade fair enough but to try and force u spend more because the game becomes unplayable unless u do come on now developers there's greed and there's greed" - daz dean
📋 All 25 negative reviews
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It is not premium, you cannot progress at all without watching ads. I want a refund.
"premium" but is still pay2win. Oh, wait, you can watch ads to gsin some advantage...
I buy this game and it's still need pay for fast forward feature? . The game saved also problematic, my data progress lost.
- premium game - but it has in-game purchases and "watch ads to get double reward" as the first thing to see when you open the game
mindnumbingly slow. start a task, take a nap, wake up, it's halfway through.
ads in a paid game is devious
buy the game and not getting full game.
Ofrezcan el juego completo en la compra, no una versión sin anuncios, y para el colmo no hay devolución, se nota el rugido de tripas. Hagan las cosas bien y no engañen a las personas por unos míseros dolares.
this is not how premium game should work u buy the game and upgrade fair enough but to try and force u spend more because the game becomes unplayable unless u do come on now developers there's greed and there's greed
10 years ago I played it. there is literally no update. the devs are one of the most complacent bunch I have ever seen in the industry.
great game but... i purchased the unlimited fast forward. 3 days later i no longer have it! can this be fixed?
Make some improvement if you need 5 stars from me, 1. When a building is demolished why the Thrail does not go to account, who has seen coins on the ground, the workers pick them at last and that too 20 coins at a time. 2 . I hate your bandits, they give me mental pressure. 3 . Can you make the tutorial area bigger?. As that is the only one I like, I play for hours but I want peace of mind and loads of area , I enjoy decorating 😆
You are not losing much by purchasing premium but it is impossible to play. After the purchase you no longer have ads but you still have to pay for crowns if you want to continue to play or you can wait just the same as if you are playing the free version.
Another scummy bait game, you pay for premium and are still locked out of basic ease of life features, the game is incredibly slow unless you have them, don't support companies like this, let them rot.
painful slow, pay to make payable, pay $1 for app, buy $10 in pay walls to make it bearable, tutorials teach you to pay money... dont bother
AVOID. No refund available. This is a shadow of the superior version Townsmen a Kingdom Rebuilt, which was taken off the play store. Extremely disappointing. This paid version is still play-to-win. What a rip off!
shutup
The game keeps force closing for several times
not a good game.
I played this game before. it had no ads and increasing time was free and part of the system. although i bought this game for .99¢ its not even worth that. ads for things on any premium game is downright robbery! and you want people to still make purchases hahaha no way im uninstalling and refunding. this game isn't good because of your obvious money grabbing ruining a decent game.
It's a premium game that also has microtransactions and ads? I only paid $. 10 for it from a sale but I'm confused about the business model. Happy to buy premium games, even at full price to support devs trying to make premium work but this is just not that. Kind of freemium but not really?
Never ending fun. Stuck at 97% for the achievement now as I can't achieve "You shall not pass". I tried many scenarios, and also played the Curse while not even letting a single bandit entering a building, nevermind robbing or burning, and completed it. The achievement bugs need to be fixed.
It's boring to watch how your town lives. Town doesn't feels alive, no lights in houses, no night, citizens don't use decorations. Game doesn't give you immersion when you watch your town.
The game is pretty good but I find the constant repairs and smoldering fires to be a little irritating, if the devs adjust that, then it is perfect. Also, please stop harassing me for a rating on the app store, it's also irritating and why I've given you 2 stars.
I accidentally baught a game with microtransactions and ads when I was looking for paid games specifically to avoid those things. the game is... okay. But It takes hours to get anywhere unless you pay real money. There's a fast forward button, but you have to pay for it. Nah, I already paid money. I'm not paying more to unlock features of the game I paid for. I tried having it run in the background like an idle game but it keeps stopping the game to advertise the fastforward button.
Sentiment summary
87%
Positive (4-5★)
4%
Neutral (3★)
10%
Negative (1-2★)