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Wasteland Life: Survival Idle
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Top complaints - extracted from 58 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"
39 negative reviews mention this · 67% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Money pit. I used to enjoy playing this game but when you get to a certain level, the game is nothing but a money pit all the things get certain products you have to have 200 of 300 instead of how it wasn’t the beginning I wasted too much money on thi…" - Awesomestang
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"money"
14 negative reviews mention this · 24% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Money pit. I used to enjoy playing this game but when you get to a certain level, the game is nothing but a money pit all the things get certain products you have to have 200 of 300 instead of how it wasn’t the beginning I wasted too much money on thi…" - Awesomestang
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"play"
12 negative reviews mention this · 21% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Money pit. I used to enjoy playing this game but when you get to a certain level, the game is nothing but a money pit all the things get certain products you have to have 200 of 300 instead of how it wasn’t the beginning I wasted too much money on thi…" - Awesomestang
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"every"
12 negative reviews mention this · 21% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Money pit. I used to enjoy playing this game but when you get to a certain level, the game is nothing but a money pit all the things get certain products you have to have 200 of 300 instead of how it wasn’t the beginning I wasted too much money on thi…" - Awesomestang
5
"games"
10 negative reviews mention this · 17% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Soft-locked. (UPDATE: I’m deleting it and moving on PERMANENTLY. Don’t even bother replying to this devs, you can’t salvage me, i’m out 🖖🏾 never playing this ever again. So glad I didn’t spend any money. There are plenty games like this that’s DON’T h…" - DemonnPrincess
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"watch"
9 negative reviews mention this · 16% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Way too many adds. I would have to buy the game before I could tell whether it was any good! I have already had to watch 2 adds I less than 2 minutes! I’m not paying for something before I can decide whether it’s worth the money." - doesitmatter2you0631867
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"delete"
8 negative reviews mention this · 14% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Difficult. There a bugs in the game that will not let players progress forward. The developer answer is - too bad, they will get to them eventually. In the mean time you have a game that you can’t play taking up resources. My choice is - delete it. Th…" - TTtered
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"minutes"
8 negative reviews mention this · 14% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Way too many adds. I would have to buy the game before I could tell whether it was any good! I have already had to watch 2 adds I less than 2 minutes! I’m not paying for something before I can decide whether it’s worth the money." - doesitmatter2you0631867
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"seconds"
7 negative reviews mention this · 12% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Here an ad, there an ad, everywhere an ad ad. In case the title was confusing. There’s an ad every 35 seconds. Via con Dios." - Barefoot as Fuq
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"trying"
6 negative reviews mention this · 10% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Bug. I love this game At first spent over a Hundred Dollars on Wasteland now it won’t open up at all and I been trying to open it up for weeks give me my money are credit me want I still got on there and I will be deleting this game" - PhatGyrlScott
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"give"
6 negative reviews mention this · 10% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Bug. I love this game At first spent over a Hundred Dollars on Wasteland now it won’t open up at all and I been trying to open it up for weeks give me my money are credit me want I still got on there and I will be deleting this game" - PhatGyrlScott
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"game play"
6 negative reviews mention this · 10% of all complaints
★★★★★ "The ads are overwhelming. I really enjoyed the game play itself when it was playable, but ultimately the ridiculous volume of ads (and repeats) killed my desire to play before I could justify shelling out for ad free. I felt like I was spending more time with werewo…" - My n@me
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Bug
I love this game At first spent over a Hundred Dollars on Wasteland now it won’t open up at all and I been trying to open it up for weeks give me my money are credit me want I still got on there and I will be deleting this game
Difficult
There a bugs in the game that will not let players progress forward. The developer answer is - too bad, they will get to them eventually. In the mean time you have a game that you can’t play taking up resources. My choice is - delete it. That’s what I did!
Way too many adds
I would have to buy the game before I could tell whether it was any good! I have already had to watch 2 adds I less than 2 minutes! I’m not paying for something before I can decide whether it’s worth the money.
Here an ad, there an ad, everywhere an ad ad
In case the title was confusing. There’s an ad every 35 seconds. Via con Dios.
Needs fixing
I’ve been trying to play this game on my tablet but every time I try to play it closes the game on me
Scammers
Advertisement every 30 seconds
What????
Lack of instructions!
Ad generator
I’m about to delete. At first it’s fun, but after a while the missions start to require more and more time and effort without giving you better tools to complete the missions. You have to spend days to complete the first step of accomplishing the mission, and then you have two more steps. If you want to spend your entire day watching ads over and over again you might be able to complete it in a single day.
Progress lost
I redownloaded the app and lost everything I’ve done before. I’m deleting it again, I’m not going to do all this again.
Soft-locked
(UPDATE: I’m deleting it and moving on PERMANENTLY. Don’t even bother replying to this devs, you can’t salvage me, i’m out 🖖🏾 never playing this ever again. So glad I didn’t spend any money. There are plenty games like this that’s DON’T hard-lock with no way to help) - I cannot progress any further because the recourses I need (rope) is at the expedition/map, but I can’t get there until I “build the kitchen and dorm”, but I can’t do that without rope, which is in the expedition. I am only playing this for money (earn money by playing, like mistplay etc.) so I CAN’T just delete my game and start over. I reached out to devs. If it can’t be fixed I just have no choice but to delete it.
Too many ads
The game is good, but ads every 2 minutes kills it,
Update: thanks for getting back to the review! We totally understand the need for ads, but there are ways you can reward people for watching the ad, you could also have the ads static on the bottom of the game.
Update: thanks for getting back to the review! We totally understand the need for ads, but there are ways you can reward people for watching the ad, you could also have the ads static on the bottom of the game.
TNDeafGuy
This game keep on crashing. Why is that?
Predatory design
This app has a bunch of random ads. I’m not one to complain about not spending money on a game, however I didn’t mind spending 5$ on this to not have anymore ads. It doesn’t let you! I’ve tried multiple times, but whenever I press the button with the price it doesn’t prompt payment. I emailed them about this with no response. I can’t purchase any of the bonuses they offer, not that I want any, but it’s completely false advertising.
Too many LONG ads
The game is great for relaxing and recovering from a stressful day … but … it is an ad nightmare. For every 30 seconds to 2 minutes of gameplay an ad interrupts it mid-action by 1-3 minutes of the same ad that does not have an option to close the ad early. There is usually a minuscular ‘advance’ button that IF you can hit it just right, takes you to the next 30 seconds of the ad. If you miss it, you get either a web page asking you to sign up (and the fact you opened their webpage multiple times puts it on the top of your ‘interested in this product list’ for any other apps that use ads, like Google or your browser.) or the app store opens up and flags your interest in this ad for a product or service that you have no interest in.
No support
Cannot open the game to contact the support team. Total waste of time at this point.
Ads Interrupt Gameplay
Don’t mind ads for rewards but too many interruptions during regular gameplay
The ad app
This app pushes so many ads, they want you to pay for no ads and if you don’t they make you watch an ad every couple of minutes so you can’t enjoy this app I ended up deleting it.
Review
Download this game only if you want to watch an add every 30 seconds. F this game and their greed.
It doesn’t work now and trying to get support is a joke as it freezes
I really liked this game but now it won’t load. I thought maybe I had to free up space but when I deleted a bunch of apps it didn’t help. I guess when you get so far in the game it just stops. I wish that it wouldn’t freeze and quit when I click for support.
Bad ad game
Just ads after ads don’t bother playing unless you enjoy moving a couple task to watch a forced ad while having ads at bottom of screen.
Don't bother...
This game is a lesson in frustration but of course that's what the developers want. The only way around it is to spend increasingly large amounts of money. I'm done!
BAD
Game is way too tedious. They ask too much. Vacuuming gets full so fast . Just another money grabbing hack
Since the last day a week ago, it does not stay open on my tablet
Before last week update I love the game, but I haven’t been able to get on in over a week because it shuts out on my tablet. It doesn’t stay open. I have tried on installing and reinstalling. I have tried all the troubleshooting that support said to do
Like all instagram games
Nothing like what you see in the ad. Every like few minutes you get an unskippable ad. You try to get out of it but it just takes you to install. No time left on the ad. Even when you click the x it pretends you clicked on install. Trash.
Crashing
Downloadr game won’t let me play keeps crashing
Ironic
First ad was for a game bragging about not having ads and telling me to delete games that have ads…
There’s so many ads i didn’t even make it far enough to tell if I wanted to drop the money to remove ads.
There’s so many ads i didn’t even make it far enough to tell if I wanted to drop the money to remove ads.
crashes
can't load pages keep shutting me out i have spent money on this and it's fun but dang spy games
Forced into pay to play
I played for a few days they don’t provide enough materials to mine to advance in the game. Forcing pay to play. No rewards for quests you give up materials to do.
Be careful to never spend money on this game
If for any reason you save file gets messed up all they will offer you is to delete your game and restart all over again. So all time you spend, video ads you watch and if you spent any money to get to where you are is just lost and they don’t care. Just will tell you sorry we can only give you a VIP and some
Gems. NEVER SPEND A DIME ON THIS GAME and only play if you are using it to waste time. I lost over two year of time to this just to be told I need to do it all over again.
Gems. NEVER SPEND A DIME ON THIS GAME and only play if you are using it to waste time. I lost over two year of time to this just to be told I need to do it all over again.
The Ads are constant and tagged to open your web browser, App store, or shopping apps when X is hit
Play this game for a week and I am deleting it. The ads are absolutely atrocious. You can’t even play the game for three minutes without there being an ad popping up. And then on top of it, they have all kinds of little things spread throughout the map that are ad trying to get you to buy some item. And I know that you can pay to get the ads to stop. But in my experience with other games, you either continue to still get ads just maybe not as frequently or you have some type of billing issue. And then you can never get your money back so I’m not even gonna bother. And the worst part about the ads that they play in so many of them are from Temu and Amazon and the candy crush game. And every single one of those try to open up either your Amazon platform, the Temu platform or your App Store platform to force you to by the game or suck you into shopping and frankly it pisses me off when any app tries to open any platform I do or don’t have on my phone. I didn’t give them permission to access Amazon or any of the other ones that open the moment you clicked the X button to cancel the ad and close it out once they allow you to. so they don’t even have the X button coded to actually close the ad they are tagged to redirect you the platform related to the ad.
Too many ads
I’m fine watching adds for games I like. I understand that you pay to play one way or the other but this one is ridiculous. There is more add time than game time. Then you watch an ad to get an upgrade for 3 mins and two of those minutes they are going to make you watch another add.
I wouldn’t recommend even if you pay, because lots of the things you pay for are just temporary.
There are a ton of games in this same genre.. go find something else.
I wouldn’t recommend even if you pay, because lots of the things you pay for are just temporary.
There are a ton of games in this same genre.. go find something else.
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Trash
Ad literally 15 seconds into the game
Ads ruin a good game
Overall game play is good, but ads are a constant. Ads at the bottom of the screen, ads that take over DURING play, ads that pop up when you get a new item. Then you are prompted to pay to remove ads, pay for additional features and so on.
So I bought the No Ads Pack.. And
Turns out it’s only for the FORCED ADS! When I’m skipping time I still get Ads I feel like this should have been stated. On top of purchasing I got bombarded by purchase ads and a VIP Ad for 7 day access to skip 30s and no forced ads.. for an extra $15 now, dev is nothing but greedy cause I’ve purchased no ad packs before in other games and that meant NO ADS
Unplayable
You do not get a permanent ad at the bottom and a forced add within two minutes.
Money Required to Progress
Literally impossible to progress if you aren’t feeding the dev money. Current loop I’m stuck in: cant go into the gas station area because I need level 6 vacuum, can’t upgrade vacuum because I need glue, can’t get glue because I need to go on expedition, cant go on expedition because I need the kitchen, can’t get the kitchen because I can’t get rubber at gas station, and loop.
Suspicious activity reported
Was alerted today by my cable provider that there was a suspicious website trying to access my device for past three days and it was linked to your app. I will be contacting apple store to have this app and any other app you sell removed and your company blocked and if this suspicious website has gotten any information about me I will file a lawsuit against you directly…. Fair warning to all, delete this app before your hacked too
Game sucks
It is just like most of the games out there, get past early levels and maybe spend a little real money and then only real money will get you past next few levels and then your being asked to spend real money all the time for a series of useless and complicated builds that take forever which then only become a part of even more complicated builds requiring more money. Forget farming for items because the game was designed to take your money. Don’t waste your time or money.
Too many ads
Too many ads
Junk!!!
This game only lets me play for 30 seconds and then shuts down. It’s junk🤨🤨😡😡
Adds!!!!!
Death by add.
Glitchy and doesn’t pay
This game is very glitchy and has way too many times it crashes out of nowhere. You also have to watch ads even when you don’t want to. The most biggest problem is the game doesn’t pay for achievements. It’s a shame it’s a good game but these issues just make it not worth the effort.
Adds too many
Good games but way to many adds. With in the first 15 secs you get hit with two adds then got gets better the randomn video , or when you on levels collecting sand the adds freeze and the clock keeps ticking. Just seems like they force way too many adds
Forced ad
Forced ad a minute into the game? Seriously? Great job on displaying your greed. Immediate one star review and a delete from my phone. Would give zero stars if possible.
Money pit
I used to enjoy playing this game but when you get to a certain level, the game is nothing but a money pit all the things get certain products you have to have 200 of 300 instead of how it wasn’t the beginning I wasted too much money on this game until it hit me what’s going on you going to certain towns and collect nails or something and all of a sudden you’re only collecting not even before at one point, the game become no longer becomes entertaining. It becomes a bill. And it sounds like you can go to different buildings to try for items you have to go to one where everything is and it’s so monotonous. But like I said in the beginning, the game was really fun.
To much add
Game is fun but it’s also too much add, I deleted
So many adds
I downloaded this game from a add. I have played it but I have to say there are too many adds . You watch a add to get a powered melee weapon or a vacuum and right before your timer is up for using it , you get an add. So then the add eats up the time and you can’t use the item to its full potential. So if you like adds this game is for you . Otherwise don’t waste your time .
Maybe maybe
The game is ok, kind of repetitive with higher and higher resource target so they are trying to get you to pay $$$. The real kicker that proves it, is that the time taken to build new resources does NOT count down unless your on the app. So it freezes and you come back with the same amount of time left, they just want you to buy$$$.
Game not working right
Can’t get any of the extras can’t use the bike the adds don’t work can’t get the ax or the sand vacuum because the adds don’t work when you try to push on them the add button don’t work I have sent messages through the support tabs and get no response.
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Sentiment summary
85%
Positive (4-5★)
7%
Neutral (3★)
9%
Negative (1-2★)