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Brick Out - Shoot the ball
Puzzle1Studio,inc. · 37,678 ratings · ★ 4.7
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Top complaints - extracted from 52 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"
34 negative reviews mention this · 65% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Advertised game. Advertised game isn’t the same." - Yosemity Sam
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"level"
12 negative reviews mention this · 23% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Too much. Junk between getting to a level" - Nonenone11112222
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"levels"
12 negative reviews mention this · 23% of all complaints
★★★★★ "More pay to win bs. Fun for a few levels, and then $$$ to continue. Now worth bothering with. Yawn." - Oberkampf Creative
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"play"
10 negative reviews mention this · 19% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Level 685 and Im done. Have played for years but now internet connectivity is required so Im done playing." - Philipbgardner
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"money"
9 negative reviews mention this · 17% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Can’t win later levels. Have to pay to win. Vegas type game.. This game is a rip off. Don’t play it unless you want to pay. Some levels you can’t win unless you pay money for more power. It’s fixed to make money. Go to Vegas instead. Do better there." - buttermaker2022
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"every"
8 negative reviews mention this · 15% of all complaints
★★★★★ "update:(. This has been my go to game for years. It had a ton of ads but I over looked that because I enjoyed the game so much. I played it almost everyday for years. It was tricky, entertaining, fun, and made you think. I just recently updated the a…" - doglover0905
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"getting"
6 negative reviews mention this · 12% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Too much. Junk between getting to a level" - Nonenone11112222
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"spend"
6 negative reviews mention this · 12% of all complaints
★★★★★ "update:(. This has been my go to game for years. It had a ton of ads but I over looked that because I enjoyed the game so much. I played it almost everyday for years. It was tricky, entertaining, fun, and made you think. I just recently updated the a…" - doglover0905
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"balls"
6 negative reviews mention this · 12% of all complaints
★★★★★ "update:(. This has been my go to game for years. It had a ton of ads but I over looked that because I enjoyed the game so much. I played it almost everyday for years. It was tricky, entertaining, fun, and made you think. I just recently updated the a…" - doglover0905
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"into"
6 negative reviews mention this · 12% of all complaints
★★★★★ "update:(. This has been my go to game for years. It had a ton of ads but I over looked that because I enjoyed the game so much. I played it almost everyday for years. It was tricky, entertaining, fun, and made you think. I just recently updated the a…" - doglover0905
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"impossible"
6 negative reviews mention this · 12% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Faulty ads. I had to delete and lose a lot of diamonds 20000+ and a long long way into the game because of ads that were freezing up making it impossible to continue. I do not recommend this game for anyone." - Add rape
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"games"
6 negative reviews mention this · 12% of all complaints
★★★★★ "so-so. like so many other games this one has way too many adds" - non-golfer17
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Advertised game
Advertised game isn’t the same.
Level 685 and Im done
Have played for years but now internet connectivity is required so Im done playing.
More pay to win bs
Fun for a few levels, and then $$$ to continue. Now worth bothering with. Yawn.
PULL THIS GAME OFF THE APPS
This app is a scam, ads won’t stop and forces you to purchase when you didn’t want to. This should be pulled off the apps list
Faulty ads
I had to delete and lose a lot of diamonds 20000+ and a long long way into the game because of ads that were freezing up making it impossible to continue. I do not recommend this game for anyone.
Where’s my lasers and 3 videos.
Have played this game for years and enjoy it. But the recent decision to change how to continue to play has to go. I want the ‘watch 3 ads’ and lasers back. Not spending the 120 every time. Please change it back.
Holy Ads!!!
You’ll be battling all the ads more than you actually play the game. I’m constantly pressing the X on ads.
Their “No Ads Bundle” Is A Scam
I’ve been putting up with their way-too-many ads for years, so I finally decided to spend the $9.99 for their “No Ads Bundle”. Unfortunately, despite several interactions with their Customer Service people, they never delivered ‘no ads’ as promised. So for the first time in my life I had to submit for a refund. Very disappointing.
Can’t win later levels. Have to pay to win. Vegas type game.
This game is a rip off. Don’t play it unless you want to pay. Some levels you can’t win unless you pay money for more power. It’s fixed to make money. Go to Vegas instead. Do better there.
Too easy
No challenge
Bugged
Level 1063 is bugged where the brown box doesn’t ever go away after clearing the level rendering the game stuck. I can no longer progress forward.
Super Live Porn Ads????
kids play this game! How can you allow these ads showing women in their underwear bouncing around???
Wrong
You always go the wrong way.
It’s a stupid game
It’s a stupid game
Stupid
Lame
Piggy bank
You force us to spend $2.99 to open a piggy bank that NO ONE WANTS!!!! This game is a waste of time, money and energy!!!!!
Waste of money
When I spend real money and it freezes causing me to lose progress, that’s a problem! I’m done!! Contacted the creators and no response. Has happened multiple times! Deleting now! I hope you enjoyed my money!
Another game with two goals
Force the user to spend money or watch advertising.
Game is designed so you can’t win. Shots bounce back at angles impossible in physics, because they’re designed to make you fail. Arrows show the direction your shots are supposed to go, but when you release, the shot goes in a different direction entirely.
It’s not a fair game. It’s designed to make you buy stuff and watch ads, and it’s not terribly picky about how it accomplishes that goal.
Game is designed so you can’t win. Shots bounce back at angles impossible in physics, because they’re designed to make you fail. Arrows show the direction your shots are supposed to go, but when you release, the shot goes in a different direction entirely.
It’s not a fair game. It’s designed to make you buy stuff and watch ads, and it’s not terribly picky about how it accomplishes that goal.
Terrible
I have never experienced worse telemetry when lining up my shots then I have with this game. I only played it this long so I could give this review.
Whacked physics
The physics in this game don’t make any sense. There are far better alternatives.
Not as advertised
The game is exactly like bricks n balls. It does not match the advertised maze like levels.
can I just play the game
I open the app and after 10 clicks of trying to exit ads and special whatever's
I quit. I couldn't actually get to the game. Every time I went to press start the screen would change to ask me to buy or play something.....except the game I downloaded
what a waste of time
I quit. I couldn't actually get to the game. Every time I went to press start the screen would change to ask me to buy or play something.....except the game I downloaded
what a waste of time
Horrible same levels
Can you seriously create more new levels there’s no creativity at all with this game. Every other level is the same. I’m already at a level 100 and I have not seen nothing new. That’s one of the worst games I’ve ever seen.
Need to purchase to pass
At some point, you need to buy stuff in order to pass certain levels, otherwise it would be impossible to keep going. Great game but eventually a piece of trash.
Inaccurate aiming and physics
The game is severely hampered by an inaccurate aiming line. This is not a matter of obstacles getting in the way, the shot simply does not go where the lines indicate much of the time and when precision is necessary, this is a game ruiner.
Also, hit boxes don’t seem accurate. Balls sometimes get snagged by blocks they shouldn’t touch or deflect off at angles that are not geometrically accurate, particularly on corners, even when two corners meet, which should form a straight wall.
Between these issues, it makes a game which ought to be about skill, as it’s supposed to be a puzzle game, into one that’s about luck and almost unplayable at times.
Also, hit boxes don’t seem accurate. Balls sometimes get snagged by blocks they shouldn’t touch or deflect off at angles that are not geometrically accurate, particularly on corners, even when two corners meet, which should form a straight wall.
Between these issues, it makes a game which ought to be about skill, as it’s supposed to be a puzzle game, into one that’s about luck and almost unplayable at times.
Lots of Broken Ads
Game requires watching many ads to pass levels. Unfortunately, many ads are sketchy and break so you have to restart the app. Happy gaming!
I used to love this game
Way too many ads now.
Had it, deleted it.
Went many levels with nothing as advertised.
Game controller
There’s no game controller Support
Booring
Really tired of the lies these games tell. I only downloaded this game to be able to shoot the balls to rescue people from different situations. The trailer you show in your advertisement is not what this game delivered. BYE! LIAR ADVERTISING
Broken
Can’t even get into the game. You click on the app and it never loads. Before this started, the game was decent, but it was loaded with adds. Couldn’t do anything without watching an add. Deleting.
Locks up
I started from the beginning enjoying this game, but now I am frustrated enough that I am about to delete this game. I get about to the point that I will win and the game freezes up or locks me out. I have to reboot which means I lose my accomplishment.
Bugs
So many bugs it seem like they are doing it on purpose, ether that or they are just plain stupid!
Locks up
Game keeps locking up when I try and watch an ad and I lose my progress and booster
Too much
Junk between getting to a level
update:(
This has been my go to game for years. It had a ton of ads but I over looked that because I enjoyed the game so much. I played it almost everyday for years. It was tricky, entertaining, fun, and made you think. I just recently updated the app and it is safe to say i am completely unhappy with it. The level lengths, difficulty, and new look and feel for the game are all wrong. This game used to be challenging and I would sometimes spend days on the same level. Now, I don’t even have to think twice about if I’m going to get it on the first try. After three turns I am already at the end of the level??? Where is the fun in that? No one wants to play a game of this kind just for it to be a shoo-in for winning. We want a challenge. The look and feel for the game is completely off aswell. The classic and basic look is x10 better than whatever the look is now. The balls move too fast. EVERYTHING moves too fast. It’s just not good. I would hate to turn from this game but I really don’t feel like I have a choice. It turned into a comfort thing for me. I would play it when I was stressed and now that’s gone. No one wants to play a game that’s so easy that it’s kind of irritating. Everyone would prefer if the original version of the game came back. It is not challenging anymore. It is not calming. It is nothing how it used to be. It is just not fun anymore. Please take this review into consideration, and bring back the original version of the game. It is SO much better than this new update in every aspect. Thank you for your time!
so-so
like so many other games this one has way too many adds
Mediocre at best
If you are looking for a brick shooting game that feels different every time you play, even if on the same level, you are in luck! This is one of the most inconsistent and poorly tuned games I’ve played in a very long time. The programming around the aiming, how shots bounce, the way things move with power-ups, just everything in general feels so clunky all you can do is fire and hope for the best. Nothing is consistent and seems to change every attempt to the point of making you start to wonder if it isn’t on purpose.
Fine for killing time and your phone battery, but easily forgettable and may be worth just looking for something else.
Fine for killing time and your phone battery, but easily forgettable and may be worth just looking for something else.
Delete @ Level 200
If you don't plan on spending any money, then plan on deleting this app when you reach Level 200. That's as far as you'll ever get for free. At that point, it's impossible to go any further.
To many micro transactions
The game is constantly demanding that I buy packs or bundles and I can’t go two levels without seeing one and I just want to have a fun experience which is interrupted by them
Fun but they won’t let you progress without purchases
The game is fun but you absolutely cannot get past certain levels without making purchases. Therefore I am uninstalling the game from all my devices. I am not spending money on the game
Sound effects
Sound effects keep cutting out
Gems
I win gems but they are put in a piggy back that in order to access them I have to buy the bank.
NO THANKS
NO THANKS
To many ads
There are way too many ads.
It's getting ridiculous
Puzzles are fun, but at some point it seems like they would let you get past certain levels you go on one level and you're stuck and it's getting to where I'm about ready to delete it. I know they're trying to make money, but you can't save up enough to get past the level if you're having trouble.
Waste
Waste of time and money if you get sucked into it enough to spend. Even using the bullseye perk that maps out the direction the brick breaker is supposed to follow is garbage and often misses.
Good For A Bit
The game wasn’t too bad at first, but around level 50 or so of the main mode the levels started getting pretty frustrating. Not too bad, but considering you lose items for the events (of which there are way too many) it gets pretty aggravating. Especially when I realized it was likely to make me try and use the powerups and boosters that cost gems, and shocker, that’s where the money comes into play. Then starting around level 100, ads after every level. Usually games at least give you the option to double your winnings, but in this game, it just occasionally offers you 3 more gems? Unless I misread and it was 3x, which I doubt. Regardless, I tried to see if maybe it was just in the main mode that the ad spam had started, but nope. Classic, gravity, ads after every round. This game wasn’t bad for an hour or two, but once the ad onslaught started, I deleted it.
Downhill
The game was fun at first. But lately, the level design has been getting ridiculous (currently level 405 for reference). It takes an unreasonable amount of tries to complete a level. You are forced to use powerups because the number of balls you are given is NEVER enough. And Hard/Super Hard levels are not spaced out enough. LITERALLY Every 2/3 games is a Hard/Super Hard level for no reason other than to stress you out and keep you from getting the “Medal Rush” perks.
WAY to many ads
The game is really fun, challenging & keeps you wanting to play. The amount of ads is just too much, they are just constant. I’m not going to play to pay.
too many ads
ada everywhere and in-app pop ups like crazy. addicting game, but almost impossible to get passed a level without watching at least one minute long ad. plus when you open the app, you’re bombarded with ads and pop ups immediately. there’s no consideration for user experience
Ads after every level!
This game was cool until they added ads after every level!
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Sentiment summary
92%
Positive (4-5★)
4%
Neutral (3★)
3%
Negative (1-2★)