Hexa Away 12+

I paid $9.99 for the “NO ADS” option, the money was deducted from my checking account, yet I continue to be subjected to their annoying ads. When I tried contacting the app developer to explain the problem I found it to be impossible —- the contact form is completely in CHINESE. This is one of the few times I have ever paid for the no ads option and I’m extremely disappointed and frustrated at myself for having done so. I love the game which is why I paid the money. If this isn’t resolved my only option is file a fraud complaint with my bank.

I was really enjoying this game. It’s challenging enough to be interesting, but not something that I have to focus on. So I finally won one of the leagues and continued playing, and I noticed something very interesting. I reached the top slot and took a break to get something to drink and when I came back, there were suddenly two people ahead of me by 120 and 240 points exactly and there was someone behind me with my exact same score. As I continued to play, those three players stayed exactly in the same spots. The two in front were 120 and 240 points ahead and the one behind had my exact same score seconds after I earned it. So I stopped playing for several hours and went back and the same thing happened.

This is now happened three times where I get to the top of the list and I’m 2500 to 3500 points ahead of everybody else on the list and between one game and the next suddenly there’s two players ahead of me and one right behind me with my exact same score. No matter how much I play they stay exactly in the same positions and I’ve got third place.

At this point, it is blatantly obvious that these are not real players, but computer generated players that the system has created to prevent me from winning the league. If you guys are gonna lie to me about what’s going on in the game, the least you can do is not insult my intelligence at the same time!

This game wins the prize for the least amount of time residing on my phone. Between levels 1 and 14, there were four, count ‘em, four ads. Given that most of the levels last ten seconds or less, I spent more time watching ads and waiting for the double arrow and x to appear than I did actually playing the game. Too bad because it’s a great idea, a different take on the Hexa-flip type puzzles which I recently discovered. The top of each stack is labeled with an arrow, which means that stack can only leave the board in that direction when all other obstacles—the other stacks in that row— are removed. Very cool, and I imagine if you want to pay to have ads removed (I don’t), it’s definitely addictive. It’s difficult to get addicted when your attention is diverted every 30 seconds or less.

I’ve played tons of ad-supported games, and still play most of them, because the ads aren’t obnoxious in quantity and are easily and quickly dismissed. I’ve also deleted tons of games for being the opposite, this one among them.