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Merchant RPG
Retora Game Studios · 272 ratings · ★ 4.6
4.6
★★★★★
272 ratings
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Top complaints - extracted from 19 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"
12 negative reviews mention this · 63% of all complaints
★★★★★ "FIX ASPECT RATIO. Love the game but the aspect ratio has been screwed up on ios for a while now and it looks terrible. Add black bars so at least it doesn't look so stretched." - dkdvj
2
"error"
11 negative reviews mention this · 58% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Fix the error. When I send my first hero on a quest I get a runtime error FIX IT I WANT TO PLAY THIS GAME there's tons of comments about it and nothing's been done!" - pandaboss21
3
"runtime"
9 negative reviews mention this · 47% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Fix the error. When I send my first hero on a quest I get a runtime error FIX IT I WANT TO PLAY THIS GAME there's tons of comments about it and nothing's been done!" - pandaboss21
4
"runtime error"
9 negative reviews mention this · 47% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Fix the error. When I send my first hero on a quest I get a runtime error FIX IT I WANT TO PLAY THIS GAME there's tons of comments about it and nothing's been done!" - pandaboss21
5
"doesn"
4 negative reviews mention this · 21% of all complaints
★★★★★ "FIX ASPECT RATIO. Love the game but the aspect ratio has been screwed up on ios for a while now and it looks terrible. Add black bars so at least it doesn't look so stretched." - dkdvj
6
"quest"
4 negative reviews mention this · 21% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Fix the error. When I send my first hero on a quest I get a runtime error FIX IT I WANT TO PLAY THIS GAME there's tons of comments about it and nothing's been done!" - pandaboss21
7
"tutorial"
4 negative reviews mention this · 21% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Crashing Ruins. The game looks promising from the initial boot up, however you cannot pass the tutorial with an IPhone 6 because it has a runtime error. Download this game once it has an update and it will increase tenfold in fun. Rather than looking at 3 …" - Popcap77
8
"expected"
4 negative reviews mention this · 21% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Runtime Error. The game doesn't work, it crashes after I try to pick the quest, I get an error that says "Runtime Error Bad Argument #1 to 'pairs' (Table expected, got nil)"" - Proe34
9
"iphone"
3 negative reviews mention this · 16% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Privacy concerns. I played this game on an Android and liked it, but after installing on an iPhone I get messages that ‘Merchant copied from messages’. This and lack of a privacy statement = uninstall. Hopefully the developer will clarify and remedy this." - NinjaMike07
10
"play"
3 negative reviews mention this · 16% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Privacy concerns. I played this game on an Android and liked it, but after installing on an iPhone I get messages that ‘Merchant copied from messages’. This and lack of a privacy statement = uninstall. Hopefully the developer will clarify and remedy this." - NinjaMike07
11
"download"
3 negative reviews mention this · 16% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Why. It’s a great game I remember playing it forever but something was wrong with the lobby so I decided to delete the game and download the game again to see if it fixed itself but instead it didn’t fix itself and deleted all my progress so if …" - CloudsRule
12
"download game"
3 negative reviews mention this · 16% of all complaints
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Annoying issue please fix
Good game, but I cannot recommend it in good consciousness until the devs make it so that the game doesn’t pause your audio when you open it.
Developer inaction
Got to be honest this looks like a great game. But for 2 YEARS people have left reviews asking for the ability to play their own music/podcast while using the app. And it still doesn’t work. Sorry but that’s a deal breaker for me. I hope the devs see this and fix it, but I’m not holding my breath
Why
It’s a great game I remember playing it forever but something was wrong with the lobby so I decided to delete the game and download the game again to see if it fixed itself but instead it didn’t fix itself and deleted all my progress so if you plan to ever switch phones or delete the app and download it again later don’t bother because all your progress will get deleted.
Fix the error
When I send my first hero on a quest I get a runtime error FIX IT I WANT TO PLAY THIS GAME there's tons of comments about it and nothing's been done!
Error. Do not download.
This game seems amazing. It is apparently very deep with lots of options to progress. But I can't experience ANY of that because the game gives an error three screens in to the tutorial. Hoping they put out a fix soon.
Can't play
I get a run time error when I try to complete the first gathering quest, looks fun but in playable
Error
Same runtime error as others
Fatal bug
Bad argument to pair, expected nill.
Happens during the tutorial when trying to fight the bush.
Happens during the tutorial when trying to fight the bush.
Error
I decided to restart my game after the update but now I get a runtime error. My old save was working just fine after the update but after I reinstalled the game it became unplayable
Runtime error
Pairs, expected table got nil.
Error?
Runtime error in opening tutorial makes it unplayable.
Constant Crashes
I just downloaded this game, but it crashes with a runtime error dialogue every time I try to send my first hero on a quest, starting the game back at the beginning. The full text of the runtime error is "bad argument #1 to 'pairs' (table expected, got nil)". Downloading this game is a waste of time and space.
Keeps crashing
Says runtime error after the first bush. Tried to delete and reinstall
FIX ASPECT RATIO
Love the game but the aspect ratio has been screwed up on ios for a while now and it looks terrible. Add black bars so at least it doesn't look so stretched.
Still get ads after buying full game
Thought I’d be able to get the gold after a mission without watching ads. Unreal that you have to watch a 45 second ad to get 15-30 gold, especially after paying for “unlock all”. Def won’t be buying anything recommended by this dev in the future. The “unlock all” was probably intentionally vague as to deceive people into thinking the same.
Good game overall, but I feel deceived by the IAP so I’m rating it low.
Good game overall, but I feel deceived by the IAP so I’m rating it low.
Privacy concerns
I played this game on an Android and liked it, but after installing on an iPhone I get messages that ‘Merchant copied from messages’. This and lack of a privacy statement = uninstall. Hopefully the developer will clarify and remedy this.
Crashing Ruins
The game looks promising from the initial boot up, however you cannot pass the tutorial with an IPhone 6 because it has a runtime error. Download this game once it has an update and it will increase tenfold in fun. Rather than looking at 3 characters and going to fight a bush promptly to crash, download a different game and come back later.
Runtime Error
The game doesn't work, it crashes after I try to pick the quest, I get an error that says "Runtime Error
Bad Argument #1 to 'pairs' (Table expected, got nil)"
Bad Argument #1 to 'pairs' (Table expected, got nil)"
Major crash!!!
App crashes on my iPhone 6 Plus and my IPad- PLEASE fix!!!!!!
Sentiment summary
90%
Positive (4-5★)
3%
Neutral (3★)
6%
Negative (1-2★)