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Gossip Harbor®: Merge & Story
Microfun Limited · 185,682 ratings · ★ 4.6
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Top complaints - extracted from 35 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"
26 negative reviews mention this · 74% of all complaints
★★★★★ "False ads. Someone else pointed out that the ads are not accurate to the game and it's true. There is no part of the game where you help fix up the house with windows, bricks, fireplace, etc. Not sure why they made the ads like that." - Uncnunke
2
"nothing"
10 negative reviews mention this · 29% of all complaints
★★★★★ "The advertisement.. hahaha.. all lies!. Who the heck wants to click a million times just to pay money to click more and do basically nothing? Not me.. waste of TIME! Also, THEIRS ADDS!" - =awesome
3
"money"
8 negative reviews mention this · 23% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Pay to win. Pay to win game, can’t get great progress without spending money and they constantly shove it in your face to spend money. Then the ads are complete lies of this game. Just false advertisement all together. Would be great if it wasn’t pay t…" - Orngesweaters
4
"energy"
8 negative reviews mention this · 23% of all complaints
★★★★★ "One In-App Purchase Gets Rid Of Free Energy Chest. Love this app until I bought one thing and now it doesn’t give you the free energy chest with ads, it’s now 10 gems only. Tried googling and says a week straight of one-star reviews will get it back so trying it now. If you haven’t made an …" - ylime dnalreb
5
"play"
7 negative reviews mention this · 20% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Get ready to only play for 5 mins or pay. Pay or don’t play would be fun if you could actually play for a bit without paying" - JenniJean11
6
"lies"
7 negative reviews mention this · 20% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Pay to win. Pay to win game, can’t get great progress without spending money and they constantly shove it in your face to spend money. Then the ads are complete lies of this game. Just false advertisement all together. Would be great if it wasn’t pay t…" - Orngesweaters
7
"game nothing"
7 negative reviews mention this · 20% of all complaints
8
"false"
6 negative reviews mention this · 17% of all complaints
★★★★★ "False ads. Someone else pointed out that the ads are not accurate to the game and it's true. There is no part of the game where you help fix up the house with windows, bricks, fireplace, etc. Not sure why they made the ads like that." - Uncnunke
9
"merge"
6 negative reviews mention this · 17% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Money Hungry. Why remove being able to watch a second ad for 15 energy? Why remove being able to watch an ad for an energy box? You guys want money so badly that you don’t realise changes like these make us want to play the game less. This is exactly why…" - cheesymop
10
"games"
6 negative reviews mention this · 17% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Pay to play with “broken” reward counters. This game has consistently taken days off of events and weekly rewards. You will be about to collect the rewards for day 5 of 7 and it goes back to day 1. When reporting the bugs they don’t respond and they never reimburse the lost gems, en…" - Badapples123!
11
"spend"
5 negative reviews mention this · 14% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Pay to win. Pay to win game, can’t get great progress without spending money and they constantly shove it in your face to spend money. Then the ads are complete lies of this game. Just false advertisement all together. Would be great if it wasn’t pay t…" - Orngesweaters
12
"played"
5 negative reviews mention this · 14% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Lies. Not like the demo i played 100% false advertising no American game" - sidekick202056
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False ads
Someone else pointed out that the ads are not accurate to the game and it's true. There is no part of the game where you help fix up the house with windows, bricks, fireplace, etc. Not sure why they made the ads like that.
Get ready to only play for 5 mins or pay
Pay or don’t play would be fun if you could actually play for a bit without paying
Pay to win
Pay to win game, can’t get great progress without spending money and they constantly shove it in your face to spend money. Then the ads are complete lies of this game. Just false advertisement all together. Would be great if it wasn’t pay to win game
The advertisement.. hahaha.. all lies!
Who the heck wants to click a million times just to pay money to click more and do basically nothing? Not me.. waste of TIME! Also, THEIRS ADDS!
SCAM
The game can be fun. Definitely brain rot. Story line is quite boring though. My biggest complaint and the reason for my 1 star is because this game will scam you. Don’t spend money! I unfortunately chose to buy a couple of packs mostly the 0.99c ones only for them to charge over 5$. That math isn’t adding up at all. And it’s the same for any other pack. The money it charges your card is not the cost that it displays. Because of that I will be deleting the game. I don’t enjoy being scammed! Hopefully you’ll take my advice and steer clear. Or just don’t spend A DIME!
One In-App Purchase Gets Rid Of Free Energy Chest
Love this app until I bought one thing and now it doesn’t give you the free energy chest with ads, it’s now 10 gems only. Tried googling and says a week straight of one-star reviews will get it back so trying it now. If you haven’t made an in-app purchase DON’T EVER, don’t bother it punishes their players.
Lies
Not like the demo i played 100% false advertising no American game
The one who developed such a game is just sick!
The one who developed such a game is just sick!
Another game ad that lies
Definitely not the game saving the family. This game is so confusing. The last 3 pictures are the only accurate pictures.
Nothing like the add. Boring
This game is nothing at all like add. It’s so annoying. The game itself is tedious and takes forever to progress or level up. Played for about a month. Just ended up erking my nerve. Still seeing the fake adds everywhere is why I’m even taking the time to review it.
Lies
Game is nothing like what it advertised
Pay to play with “broken” reward counters
This game has consistently taken days off of events and weekly rewards. You will be about to collect the rewards for day 5 of 7 and it goes back to day 1. When reporting the bugs they don’t respond and they never reimburse the lost gems, energy, points or boxes lost because their code is broken. Apple should not allow games like that in the App Store. They rip off the players and honestly, I think it is set up to do so on purpose.
ABSOLUTELY FALSE
What you see is ABSOLUTELY NOT what you’re downloading!!!!!!!
It is a pretty “ok” game but the advertisement is 100% false for what you’re actually downloading!
It is a pretty “ok” game but the advertisement is 100% false for what you’re actually downloading!
Lies
The game is nothing like the ad they cram down your throat!! It a complete lie!!
Nothing like the ads
This game is nothing like the ads for it. I wish it was more like the ads, then maybe it would be more fun to play.
The ads are a lie
The game is nothing like the ads, you do not help a mom and daughter survive, you literally just build a cafe. A boring lie.
Кошмар
Совсем не та игра что в рекламе, не скачивайте, очередная "собери в ряд"
Game is a lie
Game is not what the ads shows and is completely different, not even fun or entertaining.
Purchasing items removes free energy ads
Product not as described
Not what you would expect
Game is nothing like teaser game shown. It’s just a trick to get you to download it. Boring merge game is what you get
Too expensive.
Plain and simple-while cute and relaxing, this game costs way too much time and money and is extremely unrewarding. It’s funny that you spend so much time building “relationships” with characters by gifting them only to very, very rarely be gifted like one coin or low tier mergeable item in return. It’s laughable. There is no payoff for time and effort, and the game does not reward players who invest time or money-especially money. And yes, rewarding games exist. I’ve played them. They’re my basis for this argument.
Not as advertised
Supposed to be as advertised, however just like other games.
Lies
This game lied about ads the type of game is different
Seriously disliking
None of the mini games are winnable unless you pay real money and lots of it. Has anyone ever gotten all the way to the big prize without paying real money? Please respond if so. I’d love to be proven wrong.
Addiction and not true to the ads
Very addicting and it is not true to the ads
Constantly waiting
I recently redownloaded this game after seeing adds. I quickly remembered why I deleted it the first time. Honestly, I do like this game, but when you run out of energy and gems, you literally can’t do anything unless you spend your actual money. There’s no way to earn coins or gems back-you just have to wait, and that’s extremely frustrating because I WANT to play, but can’t. Will probably delete again, but going to try and play a bit longer. Just so tired of waiting.
Money Hungry
Why remove being able to watch a second ad for 15 energy? Why remove being able to watch an ad for an energy box? You guys want money so badly that you don’t realise changes like these make us want to play the game less. This is exactly why I left Merge Mansion. Do better.
The ad is a lie
This game is nothing like what they show in the ads. It’s a merge game but it is not based on saving a mother & her children. It’s serving food at a restaurant.
Booster
The booster is using 4 energy points on items that are below Level 4, which shouldn’t happen. It should only consume 4 energy when it’s applied to Level 4 items. Please fix this, as it’s causing unnecessary energy to be used and affects gameplay.
Mixed
I’ve played this game for a long time and I do like it. I want to love it but I can’t the game is actually nothing like what it shows it’s going to be. It takes so long to complete orders, earn additional rewards, the side games are my favorite but even those take so long to get rewards. I keep playing hoping it’ll get better but I’m losing hope
Photos shown and ads are not in game
Quit using false advertising. The help them stuff is not part of the game. This is basically a merge game. The only decorating or fixing has very little choice. When I watch the ads I’m wondering are there 2 games named the same? This is not the game I’ve played. To make it worse one of their ads even talks about other games that show you stuff that’s not in the game! But that’s what they’re doing!
Translation is messed up
Been playing the game awhile and all the sudden I don’t know what people the characters are talking about. Is it Cole? Starlight? Coconut????
Would Give This Game 5-stars if it wasn’t so scammy.
I would love this game, but you barely get time to play before you run out of energy. You have to spend MONEY if you want to have a decent amount of playing times. The generators scam you because they will spit out everything besides what you need to make a match. So many advertisements to buy more things for the game pop up all throughout your time playing. It’s ridiculous. I would compare it to the same manipulation tactics used in gambling.
False Advertisement
Don’t believe the ads. They are nothing like the actual game. You simply merge items to complete orders while trying to figure out who poisoned the restaurant food..
Prime Freemium
While the game itself is fun, a nice merge game.
The mechanics are quite limited with more energy being where? behind a paywall. Wanna progress the game? a year of progress or $29.99
Also WAY to many pop-ups when I try to open the game 10+ unskippable events I have to play the intro to before I can merge my daily bags of flour
The mechanics are quite limited with more energy being where? behind a paywall. Wanna progress the game? a year of progress or $29.99
Also WAY to many pop-ups when I try to open the game 10+ unskippable events I have to play the intro to before I can merge my daily bags of flour
Sentiment summary
91%
Positive (4-5★)
3%
Neutral (3★)
6%
Negative (1-2★)