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Tick Tock: A Tale for Two
Other Tales Interactive ApS · 288 ratings · ★ 4.2
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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.
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"game"
10 negative reviews mention this · 53% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Disappointed. Like a lot of others I’ve noticed in the reviews I got this game to play with my significant other. We were really enjoying it at first but the game ends so suddenly and leaves you with this feeling that you didn’t actually do anything. And…" - Cowboy_Anubis
2
"play"
6 negative reviews mention this · 32% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Disappointed. Like a lot of others I’ve noticed in the reviews I got this game to play with my significant other. We were really enjoying it at first but the game ends so suddenly and leaves you with this feeling that you didn’t actually do anything. And…" - Cowboy_Anubis
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"didn"
5 negative reviews mention this · 26% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Disappointed. Like a lot of others I’ve noticed in the reviews I got this game to play with my significant other. We were really enjoying it at first but the game ends so suddenly and leaves you with this feeling that you didn’t actually do anything. And…" - Cowboy_Anubis
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"puzzles"
5 negative reviews mention this · 26% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Too slow/complex for teens. I got this game to play with my 13 yr old son, since I'd seen positive reviews for older kids. He enjoys puzzles and solving mysteries, but this game is much too slow and complex for young teens. There's no characters that you see, you just…" - PointandClickFan
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"puzzle"
4 negative reviews mention this · 21% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Too slow/complex for teens. I got this game to play with my 13 yr old son, since I'd seen positive reviews for older kids. He enjoys puzzles and solving mysteries, but this game is much too slow and complex for young teens. There's no characters that you see, you just…" - PointandClickFan
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"story"
4 negative reviews mention this · 21% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Too slow/complex for teens. I got this game to play with my 13 yr old son, since I'd seen positive reviews for older kids. He enjoys puzzles and solving mysteries, but this game is much too slow and complex for young teens. There's no characters that you see, you just…" - PointandClickFan
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"waste"
4 negative reviews mention this · 21% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Disappointed. Like a lot of others I’ve noticed in the reviews I got this game to play with my significant other. We were really enjoying it at first but the game ends so suddenly and leaves you with this feeling that you didn’t actually do anything. And…" - Cowboy_Anubis
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"chapter"
4 negative reviews mention this · 21% of all complaints
★★★★★ "The game even said we “Wasted our time”. Me and my Girlfriend tried to play this game, and at first it was a good one. Small puzzles and teamwork was a must. But as the game went on it felt like the puzzles were leading nowhere. We took a few days break and came back to it today t…" - The Faceless Bard
9
"little"
3 negative reviews mention this · 16% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Just ok.. It was a little underwhelming with moments of frustration. Cool concept, but a miss overall." - MandiMae5207
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"reviews"
3 negative reviews mention this · 16% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Disappointed. Like a lot of others I’ve noticed in the reviews I got this game to play with my significant other. We were really enjoying it at first but the game ends so suddenly and leaves you with this feeling that you didn’t actually do anything. And…" - Cowboy_Anubis
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"other"
3 negative reviews mention this · 16% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Disappointed. Like a lot of others I’ve noticed in the reviews I got this game to play with my significant other. We were really enjoying it at first but the game ends so suddenly and leaves you with this feeling that you didn’t actually do anything. And…" - Cowboy_Anubis
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"characters"
3 negative reviews mention this · 16% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Too slow/complex for teens. I got this game to play with my 13 yr old son, since I'd seen positive reviews for older kids. He enjoys puzzles and solving mysteries, but this game is much too slow and complex for young teens. There's no characters that you see, you just…" - PointandClickFan
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Disappointed
Like a lot of others I’ve noticed in the reviews I got this game to play with my significant other. We were really enjoying it at first but the game ends so suddenly and leaves you with this feeling that you didn’t actually do anything. And to top it off at the end it throws much time you wasted in your face. I’m not so disappointed that the game wasn’t that great but if your gonna make something that makes a point to tell you how much time you “wasted” on the game it feels wrong to me that people had to pay to have their time wasted.
别玩，不然你生命中的时间就会被偷走
真正的受害者是玩这个游戏的人，简直就是浪费生命，浪费时间，这个游戏的提示做得太差了
No Thanks
Frustrating and unenjoyable. Didn’t give two turds about the characters.
Play experience and content
The game puzzle-solving gameplay is rich and the game experience with friends is very good, but the content is too little and not enough to play. It is suggested that the author increase the content, so it gives room for improvement to the bad reviews.
boring
low iq, waste of time, shame on it for $2.99，都是推广，别信。
Torture. Wish I didn’t play it.
Terrible. Made no sense. Other escape room puzzle games are so much better
Waste of money and time
Puzzles are straightforward but tedious. The ending is like feeding players rotten soup, and the developer or script-writer might think they were humorous but no, 5th grade kid’s joke is better than this.
Boring! It only about the arthur’s preaching. Not even a story
Boring. I wish there will be a wonderful story hind behind but there wasn’t. There’s only human made boring questions. You also have to stand the author who tries to preach you.
Too annoying
If you are trying to have fun with your partner, stay the f away from this game. The first two chapters are okay and pretty fun, the third chapter is there to destroy your relationship.
Extremely boring without structured logic
Don’t waste your time on this trash! There is no any critical logic to support the whole game. It is more about low-cost communication and time-consuming tricks.
Terrible, don't download. Ruin your relationship with your girlfriend.
Terrible experience, wanna crash my phone when I played this stupid game talking with my girlfriend through phone. Just spent so much time explaing what's going on my phone. Stuipd, and come on your stupid game company. Don't make game anymore for God sake.
Just ok.
It was a little underwhelming with moments of frustration. Cool concept, but a miss overall.
Too slow/complex for teens
I got this game to play with my 13 yr old son, since I'd seen positive reviews for older kids. He enjoys puzzles and solving mysteries, but this game is much too slow and complex for young teens. There's no characters that you see, you just read brief statements about them that don't give them personality. This is mainly a puzzle game about things like dates and numbers, there's little to press or interact with. I can see it being enjoyable for two adults who are just looking for puzzles, but definitely not teens or anyone who needs a story to stay engaged.
Prematurely ends, 2 hours at most of gameplay
It was fun while it lasted, but it ends abruptly in the middle of the story with no explanation. We were playing for about 2 hours when we reached the end and it said something about how it is designed to waste time (story line was supposed to be about clock makers or something and people disappearing into the clock). My guess is the developers didn’t feel like working on it anymore and decided to go with the whole “wasting time” theme at the end as a cop out.
Also the puzzles start to just be a bit random over time, but that is a minor flaw compared to it randomly ending with no explanation.
Also the puzzles start to just be a bit random over time, but that is a minor flaw compared to it randomly ending with no explanation.
Worth the hype?
Overall the puzzles were fun but as you go, the puzzles are… interesting. Some of them - I just genuinely don’t know how you are to solve them without a walkthrough. Maybe my fiancé and I are not great puzzle solvers but we do enjoy these kinds of games and play them regularly and this game left us feeling “meh.”
The game even said we “Wasted our time”
Me and my Girlfriend tried to play this game, and at first it was a good one. Small puzzles and teamwork was a must. But as the game went on it felt like the puzzles were leading nowhere. We took a few days break and came back to it today to meet Chapter 3. We find ourselves so lost within the games puzzles that even though the solution felt simple, it took way too long to achieve the final goal.
Now onto the point of the title. We reached the end of the game and were met with a message that we “wasted 174 minutes of your life.” I feel that message was hurtful and somewhat demeaning. I played your game to have a great time with the woman I love and you went back and told us that we wasted our time. Not a very good message to add into a game as frustrating as this. This games story also has no meaning because we felt no connection to the characters and no true bond with each other as players. I have been gaming the past 10 years of my life and I have to say that this is the least thoughtful game I have encountered. Great visuals, no good game.
Now onto the point of the title. We reached the end of the game and were met with a message that we “wasted 174 minutes of your life.” I feel that message was hurtful and somewhat demeaning. I played your game to have a great time with the woman I love and you went back and told us that we wasted our time. Not a very good message to add into a game as frustrating as this. This games story also has no meaning because we felt no connection to the characters and no true bond with each other as players. I have been gaming the past 10 years of my life and I have to say that this is the least thoughtful game I have encountered. Great visuals, no good game.
Frustrating
The first 2 chapters were fun. The third chapter is not intuitive and frustrating. I don’t think chapter 3 was developed well.
Greats game design, terrible instructions
kinda wish instructions were clearer some how on chapter 2 we didn’t even find the map to continue.
Not that fun
Had to cheat and look up how to finish the game. No hints. It was missing a lot of spunk
Sentiment summary
79%
Positive (4-5★)
5%
Neutral (3★)
16%
Negative (1-2★)