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Reviews for "Gem Frenzy"
Nice.
Hmm, this is a pretty decent and fun little job simulator! The presentation is a bit lackluster and inelegant, but I found myself getting quite addicted to the loop of making sales and upgrading the business, and I liked the complexity of having to find time to stop tending the front and go mine up some resources. Not too shabby!
While it was ok, I did think the game was rather rough:
*As said, initial impression from the rather lackluster graphics was pretty bad, but it goes deeper than that: the initial load time was so damn long too, and in my opinion, I wouldn't blame a lot of people for not even getting the game a shot because of that.
*The game has a distinct lack of pizazz, particularly in that pulling off actions like completing an order for a customer doesn't feel satisfying, and when that's the main driving force of the game, well...that's bad.
*Starting out the first day without any initial resources caught me off guard and led to me failing the first few customers as I scrambled to get my bearings. I know there was a tutorial and everything but still, throw me a bone here and slow down the pace when just you've just started!
*While I got used to it eventually and even enjoyed it, the way the movement mechanics for mining works is very odd. I don't know why you can't just use a more intuitive setup of allowing the user to move directly how they want to.
*I had an ok time but I started to get bored pretty easily as the game seems to lack depth (pardon the pun). All it was doing was adding more and more gems, but the core process of the game remained the same: would've enjoyed more complexities being added, like maybe different forges. It didn't help either that going up and down the stairs felt more like an annoyance than a challenge.
*I found it absolutely bizarre that you can get orders and collect ores that are beyond your storage capabilities. I started to get some orders that wanted the bright green ore, and I felt so bad that despite collecting them, I couldn't actually construct the gem because I didn't have the chest for sorting that ore yet. All I could do was let the clock run down and watch the customer leave in a huff!
pabten responds:
Hi! thank you for your feedback, we fixed the loading screen
I'm sorry the game is not fun. The mining movement is so awkward and there's no upgrades. You can't mine during the night, so you have to choose between resources and selling. All the resources have the same shape and the first two are similarly coloured, making quick selection impossible, Having to go up stairs to get resources was the final straw.
I really like the cutesy style and the arcade gameplay feel is really nice!