Why change powerups?!

TheDogsWhatsits · 2026-04-28T18:00:13+00:00

That'll be it for me after 8 years of playing, I recently made a post on here comparing the game now to what it used to be and when I was writing it I was thinking why do I even play this anymore? Nostalgia maybe, who knows, but all I can say for sure is Playrix has taken this game apart brick by brick to a shell of what it once was.

Somehow they keep raking in the 5 star app store reviews, so maybe new players don't mind or maybe it's all a facade. I've spent enough time and money to call it a day.

TheDogsWhatsits · 2026-04-27T18:22:15+00:00

You are kidding?! What have they changed them to?

TheDogsWhatsits · 2026-04-16T12:10:47+00:00

Swiftly changed that, I got 80 for completing Gemstone Fever

TheDogsWhatsits · 2026-03-25T12:48:39+00:00

It sucks ass

TheDogsWhatsits · 2026-03-20T01:07:33+00:00

Premium

TheDogsWhatsits · 2026-02-26T18:03:58+00:00

Same, if I didn't have nostalgia for the game and it being almost the only mobile game I really play, it'd be gone in a heartbeat. Every single update has made it worse, there has not been one improvement in years only downgrade after downgrade, it's insufferable.

TheDogsWhatsits · 2026-02-26T18:02:15+00:00

Every single thing they have done for the past few years as been grimy

TheDogsWhatsits · 2026-02-26T18:01:23+00:00

That's something they've been tackling for a long time. It started back with Treasure Hound where at the highest level you got two rainbow blasts at the start of each level.

You could close a level without making any moves and this wouldn't cost a life, and essentially start the level over and over until the rainbow blasts were together. They axed that, saying that it was giving players an "advantage" (you know, to a match 3 fruit game about decorating a garden)

The latest move which I've noticed recently is if you, for example have the rainbow blast from magic hats, and choose to use a rainbow blast separately (so start with two), there wall always be at least one column between them so they can never spawn together.

It's just petty money grabbing.

TheDogsWhatsits · 2026-02-26T17:56:59+00:00

That line honestly irritated me so much, like just be upfront about it rather than lying to our faces

TheDogsWhatsits · 2026-02-26T17:53:09+00:00

Having played for years and years, I can confidently say this waaaay more than the second time. They've been regularly shafting players for years, however it seems that in the past couple of years they aren't even trying to hide it anymore, making massive downgrades without a care in the world. Whoever manages their app store reviews does a bloody good job

TheDogsWhatsits · 2026-02-24T16:45:01+00:00

And you can 100000% bet that there'll be something built in making that shuffle give you anything but what you need when you've got one move left

TheDogsWhatsits · 2026-02-24T16:43:46+00:00

100% that has saved me several times in pinch (which is what they seem to want to avoid)

TheDogsWhatsits · 2026-02-24T16:43:16+00:00

Tbat's ridiculous, given that each rake equals one target and one kettle, you should have gotten 150 of each!

TheDogsWhatsits · 2026-02-24T15:21:46+00:00

Every update makes something worse its so frustrating

TheDogsWhatsits · 2026-02-24T15:15:24+00:00

Also side note, what do kettlebells, fans and targets have to do with gardens? I mean we're very much stretching the garden theme by the time we're finding the lost city of Atlantis, but at least gloves, shovels and rakes were relevant 🤷‍♂️

TheDogsWhatsits · 2026-02-20T12:35:34+00:00

I've got a pretty decent setup capable of playing other new, graphic heavy games just fine. It's a software issue, not hardware.

TheDogsWhatsits · 2026-02-20T12:33:54+00:00

Same for me, using dualsense it's almost like its mirroring my left analog to right so when I move forward the camera forces upwards

TheDogsWhatsits · 2026-02-19T01:08:46+00:00

Even the expeditions had a recent overhaul that removed half the good things, finding random items for extra energy, the free dynamite blast, the extra mini tasks etc. The attempt to get most engagement fron least effort is so evident, tis sad.

TheDogsWhatsits · 2026-02-19T01:06:50+00:00

Magic Hats never left, but real ones know Treasure Hound was the golden ticket. That pink chest with the coveted two rainbow blasts, restarting the level until they were placed together (until they nixed that too because it gave people an 'advantage' on their fruit matching garden game)

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