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Bricks n Balls - Block Breaker
PeopleFun, Inc. · 77,607 ratings · ★ 4.2
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Top complaints - extracted from 88 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"
68 negative reviews mention this · 77% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Unplayable. Why in the world would you put in/allow advertisements to block have my phone screen during game play?? The game is now unplayable" - Dingo1-!
2
"play"
35 negative reviews mention this · 40% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Unplayable. Why in the world would you put in/allow advertisements to block have my phone screen during game play?? The game is now unplayable" - Dingo1-!
3
"middle"
24 negative reviews mention this · 27% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Pop up ads during play. Been playing this for a long time. Some genius decided to start pop up ads during the middle of play, literally blocking the view of your throw. That person should be fired." - jjgonzo64
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"screen"
23 negative reviews mention this · 26% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Unplayable. Why in the world would you put in/allow advertisements to block have my phone screen during game play?? The game is now unplayable" - Dingo1-!
5
"playing"
18 negative reviews mention this · 20% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Pop up ads during play. Been playing this for a long time. Some genius decided to start pop up ads during the middle of play, literally blocking the view of your throw. That person should be fired." - jjgonzo64
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"during"
17 negative reviews mention this · 19% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Unplayable. Why in the world would you put in/allow advertisements to block have my phone screen during game play?? The game is now unplayable" - Dingo1-!
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"game play"
17 negative reviews mention this · 19% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Unplayable. Why in the world would you put in/allow advertisements to block have my phone screen during game play?? The game is now unplayable" - Dingo1-!
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"level"
16 negative reviews mention this · 18% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Broken. I actually really enjoy the game but the “ad” button to continue the level has been broken for awhile. I keep reporting it and it has gotten very annoying. The ads never close so I have to close down the app and restart it to get back to th…" - Rabbit4489
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"been"
15 negative reviews mention this · 17% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Broken. I actually really enjoy the game but the “ad” button to continue the level has been broken for awhile. I keep reporting it and it has gotten very annoying. The ads never close so I have to close down the app and restart it to get back to th…" - Rabbit4489
10
"while"
15 negative reviews mention this · 17% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Broken. I actually really enjoy the game but the “ad” button to continue the level has been broken for awhile. I keep reporting it and it has gotten very annoying. The ads never close so I have to close down the app and restart it to get back to th…" - Rabbit4489
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"ball"
15 negative reviews mention this · 17% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Interrupting ads. I’ve played this app for years and willing to watch ads for boosts and stuff. But the ads literally interrupt the game play now. Sometimes even messing up your ball. Such a bummer. :(" - froggy2009
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"unplayable"
14 negative reviews mention this · 16% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Unplayable. Why in the world would you put in/allow advertisements to block have my phone screen during game play?? The game is now unplayable" - Dingo1-!
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Unplayable
Why in the world would you put in/allow advertisements to block have my phone screen during game play?? The game is now unplayable
Broken
I actually really enjoy the game but the “ad” button to continue the level has been broken for awhile. I keep reporting it and it has gotten very annoying. The ads never close so I have to close down the app and restart it to get back to the game thus losing my progress on my level. Because of this I have been stuck on the same level for MONTHS. It absolutely ridiculous
andrew
There is no WiFi
I checked in settings app but nothing worked
I checked in settings app but nothing worked
Can’t Play Game Because of Ads
Literally, you can’t play the game because the ads overlay the game area with no way to dismiss them.
Pop up ads during play
Been playing this for a long time. Some genius decided to start pop up ads during the middle of play, literally blocking the view of your throw. That person should be fired.
Rediculous amount of ads
The ads sometimes pops up right in the middle of aiming and it throws the whole level off. And sometimes it pops up over and over within seconds of each other.
Internet Requirements
It is absolute BS that I cannot use this app when I’m offline. I was a long time user. This was the only game installed on my phone. I’ll be finding a new one now.
Interrupting ads
I’ve played this app for years and willing to watch ads for boosts and stuff. But the ads literally interrupt the game play now. Sometimes even messing up your ball. Such a bummer. :(
Ads Popping Up Constantly
This used to be a great game where you only had to watch an ad between levels. But now they have ads popping up in the middle of game play multiple times per minute that completely blocks the view of the game. Very sad as this was one of my favorite games I’ve been playing for years.
Ads pop up during game play
Used to be a decent lil game. Now it’s just ad space 🗑️
Used to be a good game.
The adds in this game used to be bearable, but NOW they literally pop in your face mid game. Don’t download this game
Unplayable
The ads. Holy sweet Jesus the ads. There’s ads not only after EVERY SINGLE LEVEL (each level only takes about 30 seconds… and each ad is about 30-45 seconds) they also do ads in the MIDDLE of the game. Literally unenjoyable. I would understand if there was an ad every couple levels, or whenever I opened the app, but it is so much that I can’t enjoy this game. Shame on whoever decided that this many ads was appropriate.
Longtime favorite gone downhill
I have had this game since my first android phone. I was thrilled to find it in the App Store when I switched to Apple.
Unfortunately it has been ruined by ads. Ads at every game end, every pause, every win. I don’t want to quit and reload over and over. So I figured I would pay for the ad-free version. $9.99 is about what I’m used to paying for my favorite games. But this was only for one month!
Customer service was snarky when I asked if it was a mistake. $10 a month is more than some streaming services. And to make it even more ridiculous - the ads from the top banner STILL open up in mid game! Closing the ad releases the ball and your turn. No response from customer service on that rip off. They said I had to contact the App Store.
I hope they fix it and realize they will make a lot more by taking good care of long time fans of their game.
Unfortunately it has been ruined by ads. Ads at every game end, every pause, every win. I don’t want to quit and reload over and over. So I figured I would pay for the ad-free version. $9.99 is about what I’m used to paying for my favorite games. But this was only for one month!
Customer service was snarky when I asked if it was a mistake. $10 a month is more than some streaming services. And to make it even more ridiculous - the ads from the top banner STILL open up in mid game! Closing the ad releases the ball and your turn. No response from customer service on that rip off. They said I had to contact the App Store.
I hope they fix it and realize they will make a lot more by taking good care of long time fans of their game.
Ads are ridiculous
This game used to be fun - now the aim is faulty to drive purchases. The ads are also ridiculous! They used to be 30 seconds-now you have to open the store 50 times before you can close them
Ads pop up mid play
This game could be good. But ads pop up randomly, even mid play. So you aim the ball and an ad pops up. You have to lift your finger or pen to click off the ad and it releases the ball. It wastes your turn. Other times ads just randomly pop on and you close it and it pops back on again. They really need to fix the ads. Or it’s on purpose so you purchase it so there are no ads. Hmm. Frustrating.
TOO Many AD’s
Can’t even play the game without AD’s blaring
Ads
I can’t click anymore without an ad blocking the screen, had to delete
Was good, now garbage
This type of game isn’t anything special, so the only thing that made this one better than the others was being able to play on airplane mode. Now you need to be connected to the internet so they can play ads constantly so just find another version of this same type of game where you can play on airplane mode.
Longer ads
Too many longer ads - even popping up in the middle of the game.
Too many ads at the wrong time!
I enjoyed this app for years, but in the last few weeks, the ads have become ridiculous. They come up just when I am about to aim and shoot, which ruins my move. Sometimes they come up during the move, so I can’t watch the outcome. I understand the need for ads, but they shouldn’t interrupt the game!!
Expensive Pay To Win
At first its great, but once you get into the game, they make it impossible and seemingly sometimes rigged to force you to spend money. I don’t mind spending some money, but it’s ridiculous how expensive even the simplest items are. It cost about $10 to skip ONE level. You can watch adds to get “free” gems but the adds give you essentially nothing. 20 gems at most. It’s 900 gems to skip levels and 200 gems to delete ONE line that is going to destroy you. So you have to watch 45 adds to skip ONE level or 10 adds to get a simple power up. It’s insane and I would just avoid this game.
Unplayable
I used to love this game.
Now, every time I open this app I get ad’s that take up the entire screen, make you miss your shots, and wont go away no matter what you do.
This game had great things going for it, but I’m done. Ad’s are one thing… allowing them to be as invasive as they’ve become is a whole different animal.
Shame.
Now, every time I open this app I get ad’s that take up the entire screen, make you miss your shots, and wont go away no matter what you do.
This game had great things going for it, but I’m done. Ad’s are one thing… allowing them to be as invasive as they’ve become is a whole different animal.
Shame.
DONT DOWNLOAD - full screen ads now make the game unplayable
I’ve played the game for years. The frequency and nature of the ads was fine. The latest update makes the game completely unplayable. Right from the start, new full screen ads obscure the board while game play continues. The player cannot see where the ball is aimed, or what’s happening behind the ad. Sometimes the ad persists for 30s before it briefly disappears only for the same ad to reoccur a few seconds later.
Poor timing for ads
Ads have started appearing literally in the middle of the game causing me to lose the game. When the ads happened between games, totally understand but in the middle actually playing, that sucks!
Ads are disrupting the game
It used to be fun when the ads would play before or after a level but now they will randomly pop up full screen. I could be aiming the ball, it pops up, then I can’t see what I’m doing or it’ll auto shoot the ball out. To remove the ads for 30 days, you’ll have to pay $9.99. Super annoying
Ruined game
Ads popup now every 10-20 seconds. They cover almost the entire screen as you are playing. Makes the game unplayable and not enjoyable anymore. This has been occurring now for the past couple of weeks. Please fix this.
Full page ads
I stopped playing this because of full page ads that popped up while I was playing. I saw there was an update and hoped they fixed it. Nope. Worse and now there are ads that don’t have the option to close out, you need to wait until they time out.
Also, can they delete reviews? I already made a similar review and don’t see it.
Also, can they delete reviews? I already made a similar review and don’t see it.
New update pops adds every other minute during game play
Have owned and played this online and while stuck offline for about 10 years. It’s a great distraction. But the current version now pops a mini-add over the game play about every other minute.
That’s enough to make me uninstall and delete.
Congrats for being the most greedy bunch of developers I’ve seen yet.
That’s enough to make me uninstall and delete.
Congrats for being the most greedy bunch of developers I’ve seen yet.
Ads in the way of gameplay!
I’ve had this app for 6 years and have loved it but lately they’ve been putting giant ads that cover up the center of my screen so I can’t see where my ball is going! They won’t go away and when I click them they just automatically send my balls to that area! Stop being greedy and fix the app guys
Way too many ads
Ads appear even when you are in the middle of playing a level. Levels are nothing like what are demonstrated on the ads.
Pop up ads blocking screen
Randomly during the game now, for the past several weeks, an ad will pop up and block the game screen so you can’t see where you’re aiming and if you let go, the ball goes who-knows-where. Highly frustrating!
You ask for a screen shot but none of the forms in the game or on your support site, nor your chat system allow for attachments. So you’re feigning that you care and just frustrating us more!
You ask for a screen shot but none of the forms in the game or on your support site, nor your chat system allow for attachments. So you’re feigning that you care and just frustrating us more!
Used to be ok
This was a fun game but the ads have completely ruined it. Popup ads while you’re aiming and in the middle of game play is beyond annoying. I used to spend money on tools and things but I’m out. Your greed ruined it for me.
Whats with the ads over gameplay
Ads will pop up mid gameplay and block the game which makes it so annoying to play because you can't see your shot. Seems dumb considering they already have banner ads and the videos before and after gameplay
Pop up ads
I’m giving this a bad review because the ads that pop up while the game is actually playing is terrible. I understand there’s going to be ads in between the games. But it’s doing it constantly now and it’s annoying. If this doesn’t get fixed or resolved, I will be deleting the game immediately.
Ads
I’m all for the need of ad-supported games but your implementation of your ads make the game unplayable.
Video adds
Video ads appear while lining up a shot and makes you release the ball and not be able to see where you are shooting. Done with this game unless this is fixed.
Went downhill
Used to be one of my favs but for awhile now it’s been triggering suspicion sites blocked by my router in the background and the ads are overly intrusive. Had to delete and now the issue is resolved. 🤷🏾♂️
Unplayable due to pop up’s
I’ve played this for a long time but I can no longer. Pop up’s cover much of the playing area DURING PLAY! Impossible to play any longer.
Your ad business model
The developers already know this, of course. The issue is not awareness, it is prioritization. Advertising has overtaken the user experience, and the indifference to that tradeoff is telling. Users are no longer the customer. They are the conduit.
What’s particularly unimpressive is how unoriginal the strategy is. Plenty of platforms have followed this exact arc, trading differentiation for monetization until the product becomes indistinguishable from the very alternatives it once outperformed.
After many years, this is where I step off.
What’s particularly unimpressive is how unoriginal the strategy is. Plenty of platforms have followed this exact arc, trading differentiation for monetization until the product becomes indistinguishable from the very alternatives it once outperformed.
After many years, this is where I step off.
Ads are making the game unplayable
I love bricks n balls and have been playing this game for years. I really didn’t mind the ads after I finish a level and a stagnant banner while playing the level. The new ads that pop up in the middle of the level genuinely make the game unplayable. They pop up very frequently, block half the screen and are super annoying. Please no more mid-level ads!! I will not be playing until this gets resolved
Random popup ads! wtf
Random ads popup while you’re playing and ruin your turn. Started about 2 months ago. Was a solid game before this garbage. Terrible now. Not to mention it’s overtly expensive!
Obnoxious ads
Hands down, most obnoxious. Pop up in the middle of the game and block the screen
Ads
I get ad supported games, but this game has gone off the deep end. Ads are pretty much always onscreen, and pop up periodically throughout gameplay, even when you are in the middle of aiming your shot. The ads overtake the screen BUT the game play doesn’t stop, meaning if you are aiming your shot, and an add pops up, and you take your finger off the screen, the ball is released without you really being able to tell where you are shooting. Instantly made this game unplayable.
Ads interrupt game play
I have enjoyed this game for a long time. But lately ads have started opening over the game play, often locking up the screen and always interrupting right before or mid-shot. I just had an ad pop up every other turn. I get that you are trying to make money but this makes this game unplayable and unbearable. Im gonna need to find another brick game. Very unfortunate
Disrupting Ads
new update has ads coming across the entire screen and blocking gameplay
Terrible Ad Pop Ups!!!
I’ve played this game for years. I have the free version and deal with the ads, which used to only pop up if I restarted a level. Now they pop up DURING games. And I’m talking about every 20-30 seconds. They are very brief but incredibly disruptive and I don’t even get to watch my play all the way through because some ads will last until my balls are all collected. It’s terrible!
Invasive Ads
Advertisement screen will lock up game screen. Game control is lost resulting in game episode reset, ads does not return to the middle of the game - it sets you back in the beginning.
Pop up ads make you lose repeatedly
It's become impossible to play because of the ads. You will be lining up a shot and when the ad pops up, it just releases the ball. It's usually at the end of the levels for me, so the ad finishes up and I've already lost the level. Trying again does not help, the ads have been repeatedly spoiling the game. I haven't really progressed since this change. It's barely a playable demo now.
Daniel
Why the ads popping up in the middle of the game?
I am not crazy about the length of the ads every time you want to play the game or the ads posted on the top of the game but this new one pops up in the middle of playing the game. Granted there is no reason to have to look at the screen once you shoot the ball but it is tremendously annoying to have the ad pop up during the game and it is not just once it happens a few times.
If this continues I will have to stop playing the game.
I am not crazy about the length of the ads every time you want to play the game or the ads posted on the top of the game but this new one pops up in the middle of playing the game. Granted there is no reason to have to look at the screen once you shoot the ball but it is tremendously annoying to have the ad pop up during the game and it is not just once it happens a few times.
If this continues I will have to stop playing the game.
Ads make this unplayable
Game used to have a moderate amount of ads appropriately placed between games. Now, full screen ads show up at any time, including the time when you are aiming. When that happens, you basically lost your shot.
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Sentiment summary
83%
Positive (4-5★)
7%
Neutral (3★)
11%
Negative (1-2★)