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Gold and Goblins - Idle Games
AppQuantum Publishing Ltd · 41,479 ratings · ★ 4.4
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Top complaints - extracted from 76 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"
56 negative reviews mention this · 74% of all complaints
★★★★★ "DON’T PLAY. This game is nothing like the adds and is a horrible game" - Bob6775
2
"nothing"
29 negative reviews mention this · 38% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Waste of time. No fun, no variety. Nothing like the ads or previews. No challenge. Find something better to entertain yourself!" - katocubbo
3
"play"
23 negative reviews mention this · 30% of all complaints
★★★★★ "DON’T PLAY. This game is nothing like the adds and is a horrible game" - Bob6775
4
"false"
13 negative reviews mention this · 17% of all complaints
★★★★★ "False advertising. Just another horrible cash grab idle game. Advertised on YouTube as a completely different game. Do not play this doo doo if you’re expecting something fun." - Qualers
5
"advertised"
13 negative reviews mention this · 17% of all complaints
★★★★★ "False advertising. Just another horrible cash grab idle game. Advertised on YouTube as a completely different game. Do not play this doo doo if you’re expecting something fun." - Qualers
6
"boring"
13 negative reviews mention this · 17% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Nothing like the add!. Repetitive , lame , nothing like the add. Boring after 2 days ." - used to play it
7
"game nothing"
12 negative reviews mention this · 16% of all complaints
8
"money"
12 negative reviews mention this · 16% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Pay to play. This game was decent a couple years back. Now, it’s strictly pay to play/win. It’s also extremely regressive…the higher you go the less resources you get and the weaker the miners become. Its not worth playing anymore since I have to pay to…" - Rate my app-chive
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"advertising"
12 negative reviews mention this · 16% of all complaints
★★★★★ "False advertising. Just another horrible cash grab idle game. Advertised on YouTube as a completely different game. Do not play this doo doo if you’re expecting something fun." - Qualers
10
"anything"
11 negative reviews mention this · 14% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Pay to play. This game was decent a couple years back. Now, it’s strictly pay to play/win. It’s also extremely regressive…the higher you go the less resources you get and the weaker the miners become. Its not worth playing anymore since I have to pay to…" - Rate my app-chive
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"false advertising"
10 negative reviews mention this · 13% of all complaints
★★★★★ "False advertising. Just another horrible cash grab idle game. Advertised on YouTube as a completely different game. Do not play this doo doo if you’re expecting something fun." - Qualers
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"fake"
10 negative reviews mention this · 13% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Good. I like idle games but this isn’t the one for me I don’t want to buy goblins just so I can sit and wait for them to mine stone the ads are fake so this deserves a 1 star sorry.if you added the ad game mode so many more people would be playin…" - marvel men 64782
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Waste of time
No fun, no variety. Nothing like the ads or previews. No challenge. Find something better to entertain yourself!
DON’T PLAY
This game is nothing like the adds and is a horrible game
Hard to distinguish between mines!
Before the mine is automated you can click on the mine to upgrade but once you automate the mine you have to look at the little picture and hope you select the correct one.
Pay to play
This game was decent a couple years back. Now, it’s strictly pay to play/win. It’s also extremely regressive…the higher you go the less resources you get and the weaker the miners become. Its not worth playing anymore since I have to pay to power the miners up. 10/10 would not recommend downloading unless you don’t mind paying to get anything worthwhile.
Update from the next day. Only 90 second ads and when I got the first 30 second ad, the game crashed after the ad finished. Watching 90 second ads for the bare minimum resource makes me happy
New update: the game continues to get worse. If you don’t pay to win, you will not get any real achievements. I know the devs will give a robotic response, which will not help anything. Luckily I’ve never spent any money, so it won’t hurt me to delete the app after so many years of play.
Update from the next day. Only 90 second ads and when I got the first 30 second ad, the game crashed after the ad finished. Watching 90 second ads for the bare minimum resource makes me happy
New update: the game continues to get worse. If you don’t pay to win, you will not get any real achievements. I know the devs will give a robotic response, which will not help anything. Luckily I’ve never spent any money, so it won’t hurt me to delete the app after so many years of play.
A malware
When I downloaded the app my phone started to lag for no reason. I knew it was probably a spy tracker. Also when you click on the discord link server it sends you to their websites NOT discord. It is a malware as I know it
Installed through tap joy but didn’t get the reward
Other games granted it, not this one.
False advertising
Just another horrible cash grab idle game. Advertised on YouTube as a completely different game. Do not play this doo doo if you’re expecting something fun.
False ads
Would be amazing if devs made the game like the ads. That is too much to ask. Money grab.
Missing diamonds
Paid to upgrade chess board. $12.99. Was suppose to get 500 diamonds but received none except for what was unlocked on the board.
*Edit*
To the person that responded that I can play for free. I already know this. My complaint was spending money and not getting what I paid for. I already contacted support through the game and have yet received a resolution.
*Edit*
To the person that responded that I can play for free. I already know this. My complaint was spending money and not getting what I paid for. I already contacted support through the game and have yet received a resolution.
Nothing like the apps
STOP MAKING THESE ADS THAT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THIS APP!! WE WANT YOU TO MAKE THIS APP LIKE THESE ADD YOU MAKE!! WE WANT AN APP TO PLAY LIKE YOUR ADS DO!!!
No.
not the advertised game.
An absolute farce
The development team of this game teams you away from being able to actually compete. They have bots that will not let you progress to actually win. I have seen it and I am actually working right now to have this happen. You cannot without buying spending money to have anything going forward. This is not a game to play for enjoyment. They absolutely rape you of your money only to be exhausted later on they keep on pumping the numbers later on so you have to spend more and more just to try. And complete the next journey in their encountersAgain, I have been in the top rank three several times without spending a dime, but seeing that somehow the numbers don’t exist that the increase sequentially nothing actually makes sense. These people are crooks and this entire game is the show is the absolute scam
Good
I like idle games but this isn’t the one for me I don’t want to buy goblins just so I can sit and wait for them to mine stone the ads are fake so this deserves a 1 star sorry.if you added the ad game mode so many more people would be playing this game better fix devs.
“Idle” but its not
It takes 30 minutes to get through one layer. You have to break rocks with leveling up goblins, but you get enough money for a single goblin after 10 minutes, but the goblins cant do anything until they are fully leveled up. You would think being on the 10th mine it would be a slightly faster process but its slow and the time waster starts to feel like im actually wasting time and not enjoying my time. 3-10 minutes per rock no matter how much you level up your goblins. You can tell it’s a bad game because all the 5 star reviews are bots with paragraphs made from AI.
It’s Not The Same
What you see in the preview isn’t the game at all. Why? It makes no sense. Very let down.
Nothing like the ads
If you've got ads showing a bulldozer shoveling gems into a grinder, that's what I expect the first level to be. I don't care if you unlock the functionality eventually. I don't have time to waste waiting to unlock the thing you led with.
False advertising
Nothing like the ads
Money grabber
Game doesn’t allow you get anywhere without spending extreme amounts of money.
Gameplay nothing like the ads
Repetitive and boring
false advertisment bs
the ads you see make it look more polished and fun than what it is. it doesnt have the satisfying gold grinding stuff and it is more of a simulator. very dissapointing and uninstalled immediately.
Nothing like advertised
They let you play a small piece in an ad and it’s nothing like it.
Update: it shouldn’t be advertised as something it might possible be one day. I had an expectation of what the game was supposed to be and it was nothing like what was shown. Devs that do this shouldn’t have their games allowed in the App Store.
Update: it shouldn’t be advertised as something it might possible be one day. I had an expectation of what the game was supposed to be and it was nothing like what was shown. Devs that do this shouldn’t have their games allowed in the App Store.
Not the game advertised
The promo was fun to play so I downloaded it. It was bait and switch. Game is boring and not enjoyable. Where’s the game that I played in the promo, that game was interesting?
Devs can’t keep up with new levels
Nothings worse than getting to a max level and then having to wait weeks to play again. Events are money grabbing and repeat over and over
Levels
No matter how may levels you get through. You never have a chance to use bulldozers or heavy equipment. Totally false advertising by the developers…
Fake af
The game isn’t at all like the ad. Low key disappointed. The ad actually looked nice. The game isn’t boring af. I just wanna drive the damn bull dozers like you can in the ad but nooooooo. Now I gotta deal with a dumb ahh goblin ahh and bs. -.-
Fake
Not like the game advertise. Fake
Clickbait
As usual, a game with so many ads elsewhere is clickbait. Skip.
Nothing like the ads.
Just deleted app after searching for gameplay for 5 hours.
Not like the ad- click bait
The first three screen shots do not exist in this game. It is not even the same concept. I don’t understand why they would do that.
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Fake Advertising
This game is nothing like the ads they show, or even the preview of the game in the App Store. To upgrade your goblins require you to play this game, if not, all day to level up at a decent pace
Not anything like the ads smh
Bro this is so dumb. They have one little area for 30 seconds every floor where you actually driving around like the ads show. The rest is completely different L game smh
WOST GAME EVER
TERRIBLE like what is the point of this game the adds were nothing like the game when I looked at what the game was it didn’t match the game either BAD GAME DONT GET
Only 159 levels
Play another game; save your time and money on this very expensive game. They only have 159 levels and limited cards. Zero help from support. Super expensive. Repetitive weekly events that are EXTREMELY expensive. Never give enough gems. No way to exchange anything
Fake gameplay in ads
The game is nothing like what they show in the ads. It’s much more stationary and boring. There really should be a way to get the games that show your fake game footage kicked off the marketplace
The response is meaningless. The game play in the adds doesn’t exist in the game. It’s not just a developing feature. The game does not function as you are advertising it does. The ads don’t even partially portray the game play.
Unless you update the game so it’s the same as the ads you post. Or update the ads so that they give a clear view of what actual gameplay is like, everything else you’re saying in your responses is meaningless. There are way too many developers who feel it’s acceptable to not show actual gameplay. It’s ridiculous.
The response is meaningless. The game play in the adds doesn’t exist in the game. It’s not just a developing feature. The game does not function as you are advertising it does. The ads don’t even partially portray the game play.
Unless you update the game so it’s the same as the ads you post. Or update the ads so that they give a clear view of what actual gameplay is like, everything else you’re saying in your responses is meaningless. There are way too many developers who feel it’s acceptable to not show actual gameplay. It’s ridiculous.
Fake game
Fake it doesnt show the one like in the ads in video what is claims to be! Very misleading and disappointing
False advertising
It might be an interesting game if it were anything like the ad/demo. It’s really annoying to see an ad, and then you get the game and there’s nothing remotely like the demo.
False Advertising
Nothing like what you see in the ads. Totally unrelated and irrelevant game. Would give zero stars if I could.
Re: developer response - Not sure how feature development has anything to do with the wildly unrelated videos in your ads. It’s not the same gameplay, you can just admit it instead of pretending it’s scope creep.
Re: developer response - Not sure how feature development has anything to do with the wildly unrelated videos in your ads. It’s not the same gameplay, you can just admit it instead of pretending it’s scope creep.
False advertising!
Game is nothing like the add. Developer says game play evolve one day. I would not hold your breath. False advertising.
Nothing like the ad
All of the ads i had seen were completely different than the actual gameplay. Whats the point of that? More downloads? Its a joke that devs need to make the gameplay look like it may actually be good and have a terrible game. Just make a good game or make it how you portray it to be in ads.
Nothing like the ad
Game is nothing like the advertisement.
Nothing like the add
GAME IS NOTHING LIKE THE ADD,S
Fake ads
Wanted it to play like the mini game in the ad I downloaded it from. Not even close
The game is nothing like the ads or what the pictures on the app
The ads is different from the game
Gay
Nothing like the ads. Trash game
Not what advertised
I downloaded this game thinking I would be playing what the ad I saw was showing, it wasn’t anything like it. Just click on goblins that pick ax rocks. That’s it.
False Advertising - How is this allowed?
This game isn’t even remotely similar to the advertised game play. If the developers don’t have the “new features” available yet, then don’t show them. Don’t waste your time.
Not as advertised
I downloaded this a long time ago and have been playing and still haven’t seen where you doze stuff like the advertisement shows… just hitting rocks is all that happens until the end of the mine and then it’s a crusher for like 30 seconds…
Not as advertised
Boring.
Lies
shows one game in the ad, but that isn’t the game once you download. All click bait false advertising.
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Sentiment summary
83%
Positive (4-5★)
6%
Neutral (3★)
10%
Negative (1-2★)