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MeChat - Interactive Stories
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Top complaints - extracted from 36 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 · 39% of all complaints
★★★★★ "long time fan. i’ve been playing this game for years. i get this game is being inclusive by using gender neutral pronouns but wish i can be addressed by my preferred pronouns (she/her) so that it feels more immersive. also why can’t i time skip with gems …" - ahaqty
2
"every"
12 negative reviews mention this · 33% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Keeps on freezing. It keeps on freezing every 10 minutes making it impossible to even play and when it freezes it freezes the whole phone to the point I can’t turn it off" - Bsjsnajiangsuznsjns373836
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"stories"
10 negative reviews mention this · 28% of all complaints
★★★★★ "long time fan. i’ve been playing this game for years. i get this game is being inclusive by using gender neutral pronouns but wish i can be addressed by my preferred pronouns (she/her) so that it feels more immersive. also why can’t i time skip with gems …" - ahaqty
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"story"
8 negative reviews mention this · 22% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Dropping quality. This game was fun, I like the first characters and the stories although it took a long time to have any update. Some characters have a coming end to the story but it seems to being dragged for long so the user keeps spending. The new chara…" - Caritoleivac
5
"gems"
7 negative reviews mention this · 19% of all complaints
★★★★★ "long time fan. i’ve been playing this game for years. i get this game is being inclusive by using gender neutral pronouns but wish i can be addressed by my preferred pronouns (she/her) so that it feels more immersive. also why can’t i time skip with gems …" - ahaqty
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"characters"
7 negative reviews mention this · 19% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Dropping quality. This game was fun, I like the first characters and the stories although it took a long time to have any update. Some characters have a coming end to the story but it seems to being dragged for long so the user keeps spending. The new chara…" - Caritoleivac
7
"money"
7 negative reviews mention this · 19% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Dropping quality. This game was fun, I like the first characters and the stories although it took a long time to have any update. Some characters have a coming end to the story but it seems to being dragged for long so the user keeps spending. The new chara…" - Caritoleivac
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"character"
7 negative reviews mention this · 19% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Dropping quality. This game was fun, I like the first characters and the stories although it took a long time to have any update. Some characters have a coming end to the story but it seems to being dragged for long so the user keeps spending. The new chara…" - Caritoleivac
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"date"
6 negative reviews mention this · 17% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Dropping quality. This game was fun, I like the first characters and the stories although it took a long time to have any update. Some characters have a coming end to the story but it seems to being dragged for long so the user keeps spending. The new chara…" - Caritoleivac
10
"being"
5 negative reviews mention this · 14% of all complaints
★★★★★ "long time fan. i’ve been playing this game for years. i get this game is being inclusive by using gender neutral pronouns but wish i can be addressed by my preferred pronouns (she/her) so that it feels more immersive. also why can’t i time skip with gems …" - ahaqty
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"watch"
5 negative reviews mention this · 14% of all complaints
★★★★★ "long time fan. i’ve been playing this game for years. i get this game is being inclusive by using gender neutral pronouns but wish i can be addressed by my preferred pronouns (she/her) so that it feels more immersive. also why can’t i time skip with gems …" - ahaqty
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"quality"
5 negative reviews mention this · 14% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Game was interesting now slop. Game was mildly entertaining but then it looked like AI was being used and the quality became slop. The ads are tacky and the images suck" - Lyzabeth074
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Unnecessary Music
The app plays unnecessary music now and I can’t turn it off. I can’t even hear the audio when I pay for it with diamonds. Please fix. Your app doesn’t need it. And it’s really loud and annoying
Keeps on freezing
It keeps on freezing every 10 minutes making it impossible to even play and when it freezes it freezes the whole phone to the point I can’t turn it off
Game was interesting now slop
Game was mildly entertaining but then it looked like AI was being used and the quality became slop. The ads are tacky and the images suck
Unfortunate
I usually love this game but today I had purchased diamonds multiple times and the sacred items but never received them
Dropping quality
This game was fun, I like the first characters and the stories although it took a long time to have any update. Some characters have a coming end to the story but it seems to being dragged for long so the user keeps spending.
The new characters are great, that’s the only thing that remains but it’s now all very heavily written by AI and it shows. Things like “with one hand holds your arm, with the others cups the back of your head and with his thumb touches your lips”, how many arms does this guy has? Lol… there are many syntax errors, characters don’t move, just stay stagnant so the story doesn’t move fast and you can milk more money from users, scenarios are also done with AI… there’s a lot… but the worst thing is the quality of writing evidently not human
The new characters are great, that’s the only thing that remains but it’s now all very heavily written by AI and it shows. Things like “with one hand holds your arm, with the others cups the back of your head and with his thumb touches your lips”, how many arms does this guy has? Lol… there are many syntax errors, characters don’t move, just stay stagnant so the story doesn’t move fast and you can milk more money from users, scenarios are also done with AI… there’s a lot… but the worst thing is the quality of writing evidently not human
AI slop.
It’s “written” by AI, the backgrounds are AI, and the voice lines are AI. It’s just low quality generated slop. Just pay real artists and voice actors instead of destroying the environment and letting robots steal jobs.
Used to be good
I used to like this because it used to start off with messages before deciding to go on dates so you could actually see if you liked a character enough to go out. It also gave you customizable options for your character. Well I redownloaded it and it glitches so bad that I couldn’t get through the customization before I had to close the app. Then it didn’t let me go back to fix it and just gave me a base character model. No way to fix it or start over. And now every character you match with is an immediate date. No “getting to know them before swiping” no build up no nothing. Not worth it anymore especially since I have to close the app every 2 minutes and restart. I have a 16 pro for goodness sake
Game review
Graphics is soooo poor, the ladies has men statue, the story is boring. U guys should upgrade or end the game. I’m deleting now, felt annoyed with what I saw after downloading. Episode still remains the best
Too expensive
Y’all would probably have a lot more users if you made it easier to get through stories. There’s hundred on there, but I’ve been working on one for a week and it’s so frustrating that I will be deleting the app.
Why
I used to love this game but deleted it because I got bored but it now I see you putting the art through ai? That’s highly unethical and I’m incredibly disappointed especially since you had talented artists but are ruining the environment just to animate cheaper
can’t enjoy a story without spending money or waiting hours on end
TL;DR do not download this game, if you have uninstall it. You have to pay $$$ to even slightly enjoy a game that values $ over their players. With update!
Mini key: Gems = the games currency Dates/stories = an illustrated interaction you have with your character of choice level up = once you spend a certain amount of gems you level up your character of choice and get some gems back (up to 30 gems max)
I’ve been playing this game for years. In the beginning it was a little hard to play without spending money but it was tolerable. You could watch and ad to bring characters back online faster, you could increase your bond with characters to get gems, etc. Now it’s nearly impossible, even with the $15 membership. The perks are barely worth it anymore.
It’s now super hard to level up/increase your bond with players. They increased the amount of gem options during stories to the point where you have to spend several hundred gems per chapter. For reference it cost $19.99 to get the 400 gem package, the membership perk barely gets you 200 gems (that’s if you log in daily), you can try watching 1 minute ads for gems (you only get five gems per ad, and you can only watch 3 ads every hour), they’ll give you 10 complementary gems (every 6 hours).
They’ve shortened stories immensely as well. They’ll cut 1 story(date) into 2 parts to entice you to spend 15 gems instead of waiting 4 hours to maybe finish the second half of the story. If you’ve never played the game there’s dialogue between stories sometimes, and they’ve conveniently increased the dialogue between dates/stories while shorting the stories. Making you wait sometimes over 8 hours to finish the part 2 to a story that they used to allow you to finish all at once.
They also have an issue with constantly creating new characters but not finishing/updating the ones they’ve already introduced. Sometimes it’ll take them over 6 months to update a character’s story.
They’ve also ruined the holiday themed events. For holidays like Christmas, Halloween, Valentines Day, etc, they would have these fun little events. Where you would have to complete different chapters for a select amount of characters and then you’d get some gems, accessories for your avatar, and sometimes new clothes/hair. You didn’t have to use gems at all before, but of course they’ve now made it so you need to spend gems in order to complete the events. Not to mention that the events will take twice as long to complete since they’ve gotten rid of the option to watch an ad to bring characters back online sooner. It’s awful, truly.
I appreciate the work put into these stories by the authors but I also wouldn’t be surprised if they’ve started to include AI generated writing into some of these stories because sometimes the dialogue is just off.
There’s also no transparency as to where all this money we are expected to pay to enjoy this game is going. It can’t be for a “better playing experience” because it’s only gotten worse.
It also seems as though they don’t actually look into the critiques they receive from players, you can tell by their responses to these reviews. It’s the same rendition of “thanks, I’ll let the team know but we’re not going to do anything about it.”
Do not download this game it’s just another extreme pay to win story game that is rapidly decreasing in quality. I will be uninstalling and encouraging my friends to do the same.
So the developers responded and it seems as though they’ve only read the title, hence my earlier mention of them not taking critiques seriously. They responded on 02/23/25 saying “
Every player can download MeChat for free. Also, we added many ways to get free gems as possible so our players aren’t forced to pay anything.” But they failed to recognize that I mentioned said ways, and they didn’t talk about how many ways they’ve limited or completely gotten rid of. So my review of 1 star as of right now stands.
Mini key: Gems = the games currency Dates/stories = an illustrated interaction you have with your character of choice level up = once you spend a certain amount of gems you level up your character of choice and get some gems back (up to 30 gems max)
I’ve been playing this game for years. In the beginning it was a little hard to play without spending money but it was tolerable. You could watch and ad to bring characters back online faster, you could increase your bond with characters to get gems, etc. Now it’s nearly impossible, even with the $15 membership. The perks are barely worth it anymore.
It’s now super hard to level up/increase your bond with players. They increased the amount of gem options during stories to the point where you have to spend several hundred gems per chapter. For reference it cost $19.99 to get the 400 gem package, the membership perk barely gets you 200 gems (that’s if you log in daily), you can try watching 1 minute ads for gems (you only get five gems per ad, and you can only watch 3 ads every hour), they’ll give you 10 complementary gems (every 6 hours).
They’ve shortened stories immensely as well. They’ll cut 1 story(date) into 2 parts to entice you to spend 15 gems instead of waiting 4 hours to maybe finish the second half of the story. If you’ve never played the game there’s dialogue between stories sometimes, and they’ve conveniently increased the dialogue between dates/stories while shorting the stories. Making you wait sometimes over 8 hours to finish the part 2 to a story that they used to allow you to finish all at once.
They also have an issue with constantly creating new characters but not finishing/updating the ones they’ve already introduced. Sometimes it’ll take them over 6 months to update a character’s story.
They’ve also ruined the holiday themed events. For holidays like Christmas, Halloween, Valentines Day, etc, they would have these fun little events. Where you would have to complete different chapters for a select amount of characters and then you’d get some gems, accessories for your avatar, and sometimes new clothes/hair. You didn’t have to use gems at all before, but of course they’ve now made it so you need to spend gems in order to complete the events. Not to mention that the events will take twice as long to complete since they’ve gotten rid of the option to watch an ad to bring characters back online sooner. It’s awful, truly.
I appreciate the work put into these stories by the authors but I also wouldn’t be surprised if they’ve started to include AI generated writing into some of these stories because sometimes the dialogue is just off.
There’s also no transparency as to where all this money we are expected to pay to enjoy this game is going. It can’t be for a “better playing experience” because it’s only gotten worse.
It also seems as though they don’t actually look into the critiques they receive from players, you can tell by their responses to these reviews. It’s the same rendition of “thanks, I’ll let the team know but we’re not going to do anything about it.”
Do not download this game it’s just another extreme pay to win story game that is rapidly decreasing in quality. I will be uninstalling and encouraging my friends to do the same.
So the developers responded and it seems as though they’ve only read the title, hence my earlier mention of them not taking critiques seriously. They responded on 02/23/25 saying “
Every player can download MeChat for free. Also, we added many ways to get free gems as possible so our players aren’t forced to pay anything.” But they failed to recognize that I mentioned said ways, and they didn’t talk about how many ways they’ve limited or completely gotten rid of. So my review of 1 star as of right now stands.
Lackluster AI Slop Game
I saw this game in an ad for another game I was playing. I thought this would be more like Episodes where you can actually see your character interact with characters in the stories.
I should’ve known better once I realized the ad itself was AI slop. The animations were off, characters had the wrong number of fingers, or would just completely change characters in the middle of a scene. Just awful.
The game is full of bugs. In the middle of a “date” the game will just freeze and I have to close it out and reopen it, just to lose dialogue and context. The most interactivity you get from this game is changed facial expressions.
Your character remains static and unseen until they speak. The backgrounds are literal melting AI slop. It’s just terrible and unnecessary.
Against my better judgment, I went ahead and got the yearly subscription on discount. Even though it was around 30 bucks, I thoroughly regret my purchase.
The stories are lackluster, the game is not how it was advertised. Save your time, save your money, and if you’re really interested in something… just go with Episodes.
0/10
I should’ve known better once I realized the ad itself was AI slop. The animations were off, characters had the wrong number of fingers, or would just completely change characters in the middle of a scene. Just awful.
The game is full of bugs. In the middle of a “date” the game will just freeze and I have to close it out and reopen it, just to lose dialogue and context. The most interactivity you get from this game is changed facial expressions.
Your character remains static and unseen until they speak. The backgrounds are literal melting AI slop. It’s just terrible and unnecessary.
Against my better judgment, I went ahead and got the yearly subscription on discount. Even though it was around 30 bucks, I thoroughly regret my purchase.
The stories are lackluster, the game is not how it was advertised. Save your time, save your money, and if you’re really interested in something… just go with Episodes.
0/10
They talk to much
Less. Talking more action
Road hard and put away wet
What I can see so far, a lot of characters in these stories look road hard and put away wet. Like people who’ve done too many drugs and do too much Coke.
Does not meet expectations.
I could not find an option to make a story about climbing a mountain.
Too Sex Obsessed
No matter what you say you’re interests are or what you try to filter out, every character lacks substance and always ends up being sex crazed.
limited and cringey ahh dialogue options
like genuinely how does every single dialogue choice somehow manage to be the cringiest most humiliating combination of words i’ve ever read??? it makes this game absolutely unplayable 😭 it’s giving millennials trying to be #savage 😈😏🤪 and #spicy 👀🌶️🤭
idk if it’s the same person writing the dialogue for every single character but it certainly seems like it. please don’t quit your day job friend ❤️
idk if it’s the same person writing the dialogue for every single character but it certainly seems like it. please don’t quit your day job friend ❤️
No money? No fun!
Like most games and apps nowadays the non-paying experience is nonstop grinding to get gems just to progress the stories you like. They set it up so it’s legitimately impossible to pay for the better options and keep a profit of gems.
To just sit back and enjoy you have to pay, lame.
To just sit back and enjoy you have to pay, lame.
wtf
Y'ALL WHEN I DOWNLOADED THIS IT HACKED MY IPAD
A better art style most of the characters all look very defined
P I think the characters need to look less realistic and like round your faces slightly better to look at
Constant glitching
I've never had a problem with this app, but lately all it ever does is completely freeze my phone and this starts actually glitching. I read that 6 days ago there were bug fixes but this is making me just delete the game altogether
this game is gross
it seems like there’s a lot of red flags in this game. There’s a lot of pervert and negative feedback every time you don’t want to say anything gross and it forces you to make out with the character on the first date that’s very dumb and not smart and is not good for teenagers.. you guys are sending a very bad message. This game should be removed.. and I don’t like picking characters who seemed to talk nasty to people.
Love it before…
I changed my rating from a 5 to a one. The new update has basically every story crashing the app.
I’ve been really getting into the stories. I like the variety and am genuinely looking forward to following along. That being said, there are a number of grammar errors in the American language version. I would recommend that they get a native English speaker to review some of the dialogue. I would love to help if they are interested
I’ve been really getting into the stories. I like the variety and am genuinely looking forward to following along. That being said, there are a number of grammar errors in the American language version. I would recommend that they get a native English speaker to review some of the dialogue. I would love to help if they are interested
Scam
For the record, I emailed customer service before I made this review. What I’m sharing is factual and not assumption.
I enjoy otome games (and the like), and I don’t mind spending $ if I’m really enjoying it.
They inflate the cost of gems for premium replies after a few days with, “premium” replies, voice messages, and photos. Keep in mind, you cannot actually participate with the game without engaging in premium pay walls. It’s not worth anyone’s time unless you are paying $. Sure you can watch ads to earn 3-6 gems each. But some “premium” paywalls can be over 40 gems.
How do I know this you ask? Because I made customer service break down each individual gem transaction from the past week, a full 800 gems. Yall, I spent 700 gems in less than 3 hours 🤯
ITS A SCAM. I like to pay for games that put in the work and effort to make a great game. It’s not a great game if you are forced to pay every 3 interactions.
January update:
They sent me a message explaining how people can play for free. It’s not feasible to play for free with the same story quality. If anything, I’d like to give them zero stars at this point. Don’t play this game. It’s a scam.
I enjoy otome games (and the like), and I don’t mind spending $ if I’m really enjoying it.
They inflate the cost of gems for premium replies after a few days with, “premium” replies, voice messages, and photos. Keep in mind, you cannot actually participate with the game without engaging in premium pay walls. It’s not worth anyone’s time unless you are paying $. Sure you can watch ads to earn 3-6 gems each. But some “premium” paywalls can be over 40 gems.
How do I know this you ask? Because I made customer service break down each individual gem transaction from the past week, a full 800 gems. Yall, I spent 700 gems in less than 3 hours 🤯
ITS A SCAM. I like to pay for games that put in the work and effort to make a great game. It’s not a great game if you are forced to pay every 3 interactions.
January update:
They sent me a message explaining how people can play for free. It’s not feasible to play for free with the same story quality. If anything, I’d like to give them zero stars at this point. Don’t play this game. It’s a scam.
I think it has a BUG
This app started great and fun but then it started glitching and I couldn’t touch the screen so I had to get off the app and then get back in every single time so honestly I’m deleting it it’s not worth it I can’t even finish my story THAT I PAYED FOR!! And I was almost done with my story then that happens yeah no thank you worts app ever I’ll stick to Episode. 🤬🤬😤
long time fan
i’ve been playing this game for years. i get this game is being inclusive by using gender neutral pronouns but wish i can be addressed by my preferred pronouns (she/her) so that it feels more immersive. also why can’t i time skip with gems anymore?? i don’t want to watch ads and am willing to use gems to skip it. also very obvious that AI is used to write the stories lol
Choices???
What’s with the stupid pre written responses? And why can’t I make my own muscular female character? I get the choice of two body types and one of the has actual muscles but it’s male type. Female should have muscles.
It’s fun,
You have to pay for every little thing or watch lots and lots of ads
Disappointed w/ use of A.I.
I loved this app for the art and how beautiful it was but I just saw a generative A.I. ad for this which filled me with disappointment. Do better and get real artists not A.I. slop.
Glitching A LOT
The first day it was fine, no issues. But the second day its crashing or glitching out severely bad at least every five minutes. Had to close out the app twice during one text conversation and once in the middle of a date. The app overall is fun and overall interesting, especially when im bored. But it needs an update ASAP to fix these issues..
My rate
It is an excellent game although game although I wish their were more ways to get more free gems and I do wish that they continued David horns story
Lack of diversity
We’ve got bunnies and hybrids and characters galore but not a single one of them pass the paper bag test! Interesting!
overpriced gems
seems like a money grab, having to watch 3 ads for 5 measly gems when conversations cost a ridiculous amount. i paid for the yearly subscription and im not really seeing any upside to that, devs please make gems more attainable omggg
Crashes regularly
The stories seem to have potential to be interesting, but it freezes a LOT and will require a force-quit sometimes multiple times in a date.
Between freezing and the cost of gems it just seems like you won’t be able to get to any of the more interesting storylines without spending a lot of money or frustration.
Between freezing and the cost of gems it just seems like you won’t be able to get to any of the more interesting storylines without spending a lot of money or frustration.
So glitchy!
I’ve enjoyed this game so far. But I’ve had to restart it almost every 5 minutes because it keeps glitching to the point that it’s unusable.
Chasing diamonds
I’ve really loved this app, great stories, well written. It’s just frustrating constantly chasing diamonds. I thought it if I’d pay, I’d get extra diamonds or something. You get some diamonds, but they are gone in an instant. I feel you are paying weekly, there should be less on chasing diamonds. Waste of money, when I can just wait for more free diamonds… 😑
Sentiment summary
89%
Positive (4-5★)
5%
Neutral (3★)
6%
Negative (1-2★)