Hidden City: Object Seekers Game Reviews

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Good game. I’ve been playing this game for a while and have enjoyed it even though it’s frustrating not being able to find some of the items. Let’s face it if it was to easy it would be boring. I’ve also been buying gems which I stopped doing a long time ago because it’s money out of my pocket for the developers. It’s not like I’m getting gems in the mail but when you want to win levels and have nothing to help you it’s either buy or lose. I would’ve given them the fifth star but I have 2 problems with this game that prevents that. I collected on one of my collections and received 150 energy for it which is great but the problem is when you level up you don’t get to keep that extra 150 because it just goes back to regular energy. My energy level at full is 380. I had over 200 after collecting that 150. So when I level up it should’ve given me 380 plus the amount I had before leveling up. I should’ve had at least close to 625 in energy. I play 2 other games from this company and they do the same thing. I’m spending real money to play your game so you should be fair and properly credit the energy at level up. I can’t remember the other problem but I’ll ad it in later

Super addictive but a HUGE bug for me. I haven’t seen this problem in any of the other reviews I’ve read. I send lots of gifts to friends every day; the issue is is that most of the gifts i receive aren’t available!! It says “no item” although there is clearly something being sent!! Or it’ll say “send item” which I will. All the others I must just delete cuz I can’t get them. On most days, I’ll have more “no item” gifts than one I can actually receive!! I’ve repeatedly sent in a fix request, only to get a form letter; asking for screen shots of issues etc-but I get NO FIX!!! Some of these items are collection items I need. Not only that, but at times 20+ gifts per day I’m unable to receive. HUGE ISSUE FOR ME. I’ve played this game for years to keep my mind sharp, and also agree with all the reviews stating the game can get almost impossible-finding items in the time limit on higher levels. The game can also be very $$$$$$$. Graphics & design are beautiful for sure. Someone needs to address my (and I’m sure other people’s) issue regarding gifts.......QUICKLY. Thinking about deleting this game just for these reasons.

Hidden city. I love this game but why is ur new events so close together n it don’t us older people time to get over last one n it’s hard on our pockets to n I wish that ur prices were cheaper than they r bc some us r on a fixed income n it makes it hard for us to enjoy the game without having to buy something to enjoy the game just saying but I will play as long as I can until it expensive to play then I will have to quit playing this game n I don’t want to but might happen but I do love this n I have another account with u n I’m almost at level 190 on it thanks n I wish that I could play this game on Wi-Fi n regular internet connections to bc sometimes I think it would work better on regular internet connections than Wi-Fi connection especially when u have dead zones but I still love the game except for this event n oh I have another question for u to why can’t I use my nickname for this level to like I use it for my other level I should’ve to change it for any reason bc that’s my nickname for both levels n they will not let me use it in the Game Center n that’s why I haven’t setup that bc I’m not changing it n rosebud is my nickname n it will never change n when I setup this account that’s what I put in n that’s what I put in on my other account to n that’s what everyone calls me to thanks

Getting Greedy?. I’ve played this game pretty much every day for a couple years now, and I do purchase rubies about once a month, so I think it’s very unfair and somewhat greedy of this company to change the gameplay so that you can’t use the stopwatch tool to add time during the special event where you look for highlighted items in rooms for event quests or putting the stones and bubbles in the match 3 games from the very first level. Also, if I’m spending real money to buy rubies which I then use to buy tools like the stopwatch or things to banish anomalies, it should be my choice when I can use them, not the developers. I have tons of tools for banishing the stones and ice from the match 3 games but can’t use them. Why can’t I use them? Because the developers have decided I can’t. Too many glitches, too many changes to restricting my tools and ability to play. They say you can play and advance without making purchases but then make it almost impossible to do that even for those of us who do make purchases. If gameplay does not return back to what it was even a week ago, I will take my money and my game somewhere else. You just don’t treat loyal players this way. Well, when I use up the last of my rubies this time, I’m gone and I’m taking my monthly $100 spent on this game and using it on another game like Seeker’s Notes or June’s Journey or even Bingo.

Please make add free version. I don't mind the welcome screen pop up, but the constant pop ups are frustrating. I would happily pay 2.99 to play without pop ups. This game is a lot of fun and you can play for awhile and there are different things to do, and that's fun. However- I also play paranormal society. That game I can only play for 15 mins and I am out of energy and only have 2 goals, where this one there are so m any goals I don't bother to look at them much. I can't keep the threads for each set straight so I often don't even read them. The friends area seems off somehow and I think it could be more friendly. I don't think I need to know every trivial achievement my lvl 85 friend makes, but I would like to be able to actually send gifts and can't seem to figure that out. I get error messages that say I've already sent them when I haven't. I would also buy gems if there were more fun/ reasonably priced packages. Especially since I can get duplicate sets/collections long before I can get the "assembly materials" needed to combine them.

Fun game but hidden key quests disappear.. Good game, just have to take breaks because of difficulty seeing hidden items strains eyesight that is already limited. But curious thing on major quests I noticed. After you find the 500 key chest you are offered a 1000 key chest that is stated to remain active and open for another 30 days at least. But every time a new location is opened with a storyline to complete that has keys to find the last hidden key option disappears. It has been less than a week since the last big quest ended and a new one has begun. The ballet one just started today. But the summer theatre key chest for 1000 has disappeared just like previous chests. I get that having two locations for keys might be confusing, but then you shouldn’t offer the option of continuing to collect keys with the supposed 30 days of time. Just tell the truth that as soon as the next quest starts you won’t be able to finish collecting keys so don’ waste tools and energy to have over 400 or 500 keys disappear with no explanation. We could have saved those tools and energy for the new quest if you were up front about not really giving the 30 days to collect those 1000 keys after the main quest has expired. Learned my lesson after 3rd time and will not be suckered into wasting supplies or my efforts on trying to get the special 1000 key chest on a story quest again. Still like the game but don’t appreciate being lied to just so you can get more $ for tools and energy boosters.

STAY AWAY FROM THIS GAME. Not spending more money on it! I have being playing the game for a while now! On the moment theme Halloween I was almost 5 starts got all stickers (THAT I HAD TO BUY), I wanted to download the game to my laptop as well ( BIG MISTAKE) not only on the computer none of the progress was loaded, but also all of my progress on my iPhone was gone!! It says that I have 0 stickers, 0 stars! Only one totem! Which is ridiculous because I’m level 72! It looks like they don’t care neither.! I contacted support, followed they instructions to not use the app ( until further notice) 2 days later they emailed me and said it was fix. When I logged in, surprise NOTHING WAS FIX! Everything was the same as I left it! They only about taking your money! Some of totem gets updated by using certain items ( THAT YOU HAVE TO BUY) well I lost all progress will need to buy 3,000 more to update ( good joke) is a shame that companies still take advantage of customer and deceive them in those way!

Gorgeous game. I really do enjoy this game, it’s so beautiful that I always have to give kudos to the artists & developers! 😁👍I’m also STILL not in love with having all the objects at the bottom instead of on the side, but, oh well. One bigger beef that I have with this game (along with Secret Society) is how much importance is attached to these Match 3 side games. I don’t play a hidden object game so I can play a Match 3 game. Far from it! I mean, they’re okay once in a while, but I sincerely wish that I didn’t have to play the Match 3 games to actually win one of the major prizes in Every. Single. Event. 😡 I guess I dislike that more than anything. So when one of the side earning tasks depends upon my playing the Crystal game (which I absolutely HATE) I end up skipping it. Same with the prizes on Secret Society; one of the main prizes always depends upon playing the Match 3 game & it takes forever. So, I’ll never get those prizes, I guess. ☹️

Enjoyable but also frustrating. Beautiful graphics, especially for someone with eye issues: clear, sharp, not overly busy. However, with the new additional stars which can be earned during events, it seems at least one is deliberately designed to either not be able to be completed or require a monetary expenditure. Examples: meet 300 friends but, no matter how many friends visit, a maximum of 5 would show up on the city map; latest one is play 20 scenes with the illusions anomaly, but suddenly, even though it was the most frequent anomaly before the event (and really annoying), now it might show up once every five or six days unless you buy enough of the tools to summon it. Really disappointing that the game is rigged in such a way. Update to review: with the most recent change to one of the mini events, specifically the Customer Base client card event, the number of client cards which can be earned per location is ridiculously low, 2-4 each location. Even worse is that the really costly locations are the ones that give 2 cards maximum. The previous version was much better.

Hidden city. I have played this game for a long time, I agree it is way to expensive but the graphics are beautiful! Now comes the but I love a challenge in finding the objects but in several of your graphics on the newer ones they are so cluttered that in the time length you can not find very many items and much use your gems to buy the items that find multiple objects to clear the board, and if you do not clear it you get nothing. Maybe younger eyes and fingers can do better, I don't know, I just wish there was an old person version, that gave us more time or fewer objects. I also think in the pairs board you should say 10 matching pairs and let us pick out the pairs instead of you giving us a list. Also I find it very unfair that in one board the umbrella is a closed umbrella, on another board it is a open miniature umbrella and on another board it is a drawing of an umbrella on the wall, for older people this becomes very confusing. And lastly I agree that you do not listen to what people write in these reviews and you delete the least favorite ones after a very short time because I wrote one about a week ago and I can not find it.

Ads Ruin the Game Experience. I've been a playing HC for almost 3 years because the hidden object scenes are great, along with the well-designed graphics and events. HOWEVER, the pop-up ads after EVERY play or battle with monsters is ridiculous, not to mention the number of unsolicited invites from friends who unknowingly download a game and trigger an invite to all their friends (I know, because I foolishly tried this once and got blasted by friends for sending them invites, which I didn't do knowingly). This is SPAM and is totally unethical to falsely send unsolicited advertisements from other players without permission! Worse, in order to delete those unwanted invites, you have to click on the invite, wait for it to load...click the "x" and then repeat the same process before you get the delete button. By the time you clear all the invites each day, you've wasted a ridiculous amount of time. Writing to G5 makes no difference, because they must get enough hits to make it worth the complaints. Really too bad, because this is ruining the game experience and guaranteed to make me never try another G5 game again.

Beautiful graphics, Burke save your money.. Like most other online games, they give you just enough to pique your interest and then cha-ching, pay us. In this game, there is no clear path forward, so you have no clue what you need to do next. There’s way too many concurrent challenges, and you can get only so far in the game where if you’re not prepared to fork over a lot of cash, you’re dead in the water. It isn’t humanly possible to make this many hidden finds in the short amount of time allotted; many of the hidden objects are additionally hidden again, so you are constantly clicking around on “wrong” spots and penalized time. Some of the mini challenges require extra cash. Too bad because the storyline is interesting; like in New Orleans somewhere, and the graphics are very well done, but the greed is way too overwhelming. Updating review: This month challenge required one to find 4000 event object to complete the challenge (this is just one of the legs of the entire challenge). I play a lot, but am barely over 2000 objects with only 2 days to go. A challenge is one thing, but without buying cheats, it is impossible to do this. People work. They can’t play a game 24/7. So, another game I’m disconnecting because it is rigged to rich folks only. I understand they have to make money, but ridiculous and obscene amounts of money toward a video game is absurd. Do not recommend this game at all. Wish I could give negative stars.

Way too expensive. I've read a lot of the reviews and see what they're talking about. Why is everything in"download queue"???? The game is great but soooo expensive I finally had to delete it then tonight I reinstalled and I get this download queue message and all things floating are covered in a black devil so you can't see what it is. I was addicted and spent a small fortune in a VERY short time but saw my bill and got a reality check resulting in getting rid of it. If you need those silly rubies for every other thing in order to progress to the next level then G5 needs to occasionally give them as a reward for completing something in half the time given or for not using the magnifying glass to help--something! This is just outrageously expensive to play. Too bad, too, because it is one of the best I've seen for a long while. Sorry G5, you lost a good customer with your greed. No more lining your coffers. Enough is enough!! Have deleted twice and go back. Spent TONS of money and it still doesn't give credit when collections are completed plus now it wants you fo visit or help friends in daily quests...I DONT want friends. Stupid requirement and the ads at the end of each task is so annoying as others have pointed out

Disappointed. UPDATE - thank you for fixing that flaw!! It was a lovely surprise to find it back on the side last night. I’ve updated my rating to 5 stars I have been playing this game for a few years now, and have seen a number of good updates and challenging quests. That is not the case with the latest update, though. The latest update made some key visual changes that are, quite frankly, an impediment to the game. The object list has been moved from the right side - where it was out of the way and not impeding the game sight - to the bottom of the screen overlaying the game. Sometimes the hidden objects are hidden UNDER the list! While the list itself is somewhat opaque, it is still a problem seeing the objects. I have had a few occasions where the hidden object is under a “tool”, or at the very right of it nearly off the screen. When the object is there and you tap to claim it, you end up (needlessly) tapping a tool as well. These are huge flaws that need to be addressed sooner rather than later. IMHO, that layout absolutely needs to be changed back to the old one.

Constant pop ups/adds. The adds are insane. There are 5 adds to close on startup, and god forbid you miss that X to close it. Between mini-games is a constant G5 screech of “please please play our other games!” No, guys, your other games are garbage, I tried them, stop nagging. I mean, really, invitations from other players that can’t be deleted? I don’t want to stare at the notification that tells me I have “gifts” when it’s actually 5 invitations to play another one of your games that I have ALREADY TRIED AND DID NOT LIKE. Not to mention those sneaky adds that appear as you hit the OK button after a level. Did you think I would go ‘oh okay I guess I will download it since you just forced me to sit through the App Store loading screen.’ No, I just close the game in frustration. I made an in app purchase in hopes the ads would stop, worst 99¢ I ever spent. I would spend more if there wasn’t so much stress involved with just opening the game. If you can get past the constant popup stream, it’s a great game. Lots of mini games. Love the goal setting. Play it at home because they’ll decimate your data with surprise streaming video.

You listened ... well ... kinda. UPDATE: Hoooraayyy! Thank you G5 for listening and changing the format back so the Godzilla sized word bubbles and tools are no longer in the search area. Plus giving us the list of 5 items to search for instead of 4! In return, I’ve restored my 5 star rating! Keep up the great work! PREVIOUS REVIEW: This is a searching game and the latest update with HUGE word bubbles blocks large parts of the search area! What genius thought this is a good idea? From looking at comments & reviews left since this update came out, its pretty obvious your players hate this and limiting it to 4 items on the list is a terrible idea too. Please make it so the search area is clear for searching. Seems so obvious! Otherwise, the graphics are stunning, stories interesting and games are fun. Just please do away with the stupid screen-hiding monster word bubbles. It’s especially bad on the phone.

Love/hate. I love this game because it’s challenging. But, I hate it because some of the scenes (the plane, holiday school) are so hard, you can almost never win them. Other scenes are fun because you eventually conquer them and then move onto something new. But these two scenes seem to be the keys to the holy grail, and I can only win periodically. The other thing I dislike is that it takes so much to get to play one of them. I can only play seriously about 2x per day due to losing energy and consequently not being able to play the sub-scenes to get enough rings. Listen - if I’m hooked on your game and can actually play, and get somewhere, I’ll play a lot more, and consequently, you will have more opportunities to get me to buy something. If I know I can only play twice a day for 15 minutes, that’s all the time you get from me. I’m willing to support in-game purchases if there’s an exciting thing awaiting me around the corner. This game is just too hard and slow right now. Give us a chance to love it enough to thrown money at you.

Fun, challenging and frustrating. I’ve been playing for 15 months and try to play a strategic game in order to achieve event 5-star goals and mini-events. I love the variety of locations, puzzles and events. Also I’m fine with making occasional purchases to help support game development, but this is not necessary so it is also a game you can play entirely for free. Occasionally changes are made to the game fundamentals (e.g., moving the list of items to search for from the side to the bottom) that some players object to but others don’t mind. It would really make me happy if an explanation for the reason for the change is provided..a specific rationale, not something generic like to improve the game. Overall the game is fun to play, has great graphics (and I especially love the subtle changes made to the map with each event and I really hope the snow comes back this winter), and I’m always looking forward to the next event. Kudos to the designers, artists, developers and programmers!

Greed is too much. The graphics are beautiful but G5 is much too greedy. Rubies are necessary unless, perhaps, you are incredibly good at finding objects that are nearly totally blended into the scene. The only significant way to get them is to buy them. They are used to buy tools that help find objects in scenes. A major attraction to me of this game is it gives tasks that have you visit scenes to collect certain objects. Everything in the game generates objects needed for a collection and objects needed to combine the collection. After getting the 5 objects for a collection you need 2 to 10 of each of 4 objects needed to combine. A new task won’t start until you combine the collection. BUT some items that are needed to combine different collections are really rare in the game. You really need to spend rubies to get the ones you don’t have! I currently have 6 or 7 collections that I need about $40 to buy what I need. I might have 90 instances of objects where I need 2 for 2 of the collection objects. And I might have 2 of another one that I need 10 for one collection, and 5 each to complete two more collections. I will never look at another game by this company.

Fun but getting expensive. I was intrigued when I saw the game and quickly got addicted. I was dropping money almost weekly because I just had to have more. The graphic were great, the story lines were great and I just loved the challenges of the different games. Some were easy but the pay out were lesser than the hardier ones. It was how I loved to relax and keep my mind sharp. My wife told me I needed to get ahold of my addiction so I started sticking with just a few minutes here and there versus hours in one setting. I miss it but I can’t keep dropping coins like that. I still love it. Now I hate the push to reward and connect folks to Facebook or other social media. Not everything needs to be a competition with others. Competition with ones on ability is far better and more therapeutic especially as you get older. Give more or better rewards for returning players. I would think if people got more than would keep coming and tell others. We don’t want it super easy but we sure don’t want a money pit.

Addicting.. When playable. I'm truly addicted. The locations are artistic and the additional gameplay features like monsters and mini games have made this my favorite hidden object game. However, the gems come too slowly for a free player to enjoy it much at all, and the prices are too high to get any amount that would make a worthy difference in the game. Both the real $$cost of gem and coin packages and the game-currency cost of chests, treasuries, tools, boosts etc.. are too high to allow any satisfaction after dropping real dollars on pretend moneys that disappear so fast. Like I said though, I'm addicted and have three accounts. I only make purchases on two accounts and the truth is that the fifty dollars I've dropped so far on each of them hasn't brought me any farther in the game than my free account. Also, the game is a HUGE data hog upon opening new locations and especially when beginning new events. Lastly, I'm tired of seeing friends in my news feed starting the new events hours or even days before my game decides to let me in. It would be a great relief if the app store updates ACTUALLY updated the game or at least prompted the download of event content upon opening the game. The only way to get event content, it seems, is to uninstall and reinstall the game entirely and unless you have several gigs to spare or enjoy those nifty overage charges, it's just not worth it.

Great game, beautiful graphics but.... As with any game there are things I love about this game and things I can’t stand but the loves are much more than the hates. I look at this game as entertainment so I don’t mind spending a little each month on it and so far I have been able to play without paying a large amount. Sure, if you are impatient then you may have to pay more but you can play without paying it will just take longer. Love- The graphics are beautiful and very well done and the challenges are challenging but as in the last event- the Greenhouse- some are somewhat ridiculous. There is no way to find all the items in time without using a “tool” and if I had not had a large amount saved up I would have given up on it right away. There is a difference between challenging and mind boggling developers! My only other major dislike is the repetition of having to search in the same area over and over on quests...it’s a huge town developers, why do we have to stay in the same place quest after quest?? Lastly would be the monster quests....you must have EXTREME patience to survive those and I must admit to absolutely hating the monster quests. In the last one I had to save up over 100 “guns” to beat that quest...that was almost a weeks work for a very small pay out. Keep it fun developers, nobody likes to play something that makes them want to pull their hair out. Other than that I have made some great friends and spent many an hour happily playing.

Tech Support. During the last game update around Dec 5th, I lost a lot of Rubies I just purchased as well as snowflakes needed to play various sections of the game in order to advance. I contacted tech support and was helped by “Karina” who after numerous emails clearly has no clue what the problem was or how to resolve it! I sent screen shots as well as numerous copies of receipts validating the purchases of the rubies and snowflakes. Karina finally said we see you made purchases and used these items to play the game! Seriously??? Yes...since Dec 5th I have indeed purchased more rubies and snowflakes several times, so I COULD continue to play multiple times daily. What Karina failed to mention in her several emails was how to resolve the items that mysteriously disappeared during the actual updating of the game!! Am I suppose to accept the loss and move on? Or how about reimbursing me for the loss of those items? That would seem to be a novel and fair idea! Or why not employ knowledgeable tech support people who can actually converse intelligently? Another novel idea! I will not give a good review if issues of a game cannot be reported and easily resolved. If issues hinder game play, why bother playing? If your tech’s are inept and can only cite excuses and cannot resolve issues in a timely and satisfactory manner, why bother to play? Susanmariepell

Possible improvements…. Wondering about the possibilities: 1. Make it possible to return to lower levels once reaching a level that’s too hard. For example, being able to start back at level one or two once I reach level six because I just can’t find everything fast enough once the level gets that high. It would make the game much more fun to play and would allow me to finish investigations. 2. Make it possible for previously found items to count towards their investigation even if I wasn’t playing that investigation when I found it. For example, I am trying to finish investigation number two and I have all the items but I didn’t find them while playing the investigation so they don’t seem to count. And now the scenes I need to play to find the items again are too hard for me to complete in time. 3. Don’t make me have to play a scene ten times before getting the item I need. Because then the scene gets too hard before I complete the investigation.

Really fun game, but too expensive.. This game is a lot of fun and addictive. The story lines are interesting and the graphics are really good. I would love to give this game a 5, but I can’t for a couple of reasons. It’s too expensive to play consistently and the ads are annoying. Since I play this game for entertainment, I don’t mind paying a little to play each month, but you do not get enough rubies for the amount you have to pay to make it worth it. When you level up, you only get 1 ruby... things cost multiple rubies. They almost make it impossible to play without spending money. A suggestion would be, if you’re going to make people spend to play, give them more for their money (especially when it comes to rubies). Or make things cost less. A great option that a lot of other games have is being able to buy unlimited supplies of things. An unlimited ruby supply option, would be great! With the ads, there is no amount of money you can spend to make them go away. I do spend money on this game and I still get long pop up ads that interrupt my game and make me miss some stuff. If people spend the money on your games, please stop the ads from interrupting them! These are also the reasons why I won’t look at any other G5 games... I can’t afford to.

Beautiful frustrating Game. The first thing that I have to say about this game is that the graphics are absolutely beautiful and the collections are really fun. I really love the Victorian-Gothic aspect of it and all of the beautiful is symbolism and that’s used throughout the game. There’s lots of areas to explore and lots of little mini games that are nice too. I like the cards if fate mini game that has your memory and the Crystal’s game that is a lot like bejeweled. There’s also a minesweeper type game as well. That being said the game is extremely challenging as you level up in a location. While I like the challenge it is almost impossible to beat some of the puzzles unless you use a tool or a cheat. Also the pay off is very small for collecting all of the keys to the chests that are related to the main quest that’s usually happening. One thing that I think is terrible is that as you get near the end of a collection for a quest you have to summon an “anomaly” to get the item that you need in order to complete the collection. That usually cost money in someway. It’s frustrating to have come that far and then have to spend money to go further in the game.

Highly addictive. Been playing for over a year and have liked the frequent updates. Removed one star due to changes in the last couple updates. First, the stupid “task” bar that pops up before the start of the gem drop game is just annoying. This last update you made all the buttons so darn big and moved them so they cover the bottom of the screen making it nearly impossible to find anything in that area. Too much tinkering with the controls. Come on G5, what were you thinking? Ok, they fixed the oversized buttons. Thanks. Now, get rid of the task bar. OK, I have to add something which caused me to remove 2 stars. These last updates have my game crashing, not crediting completions and NOT returning tools used to complete. The last “fix” did NOTHING to solve the problem. In fairness, fix number 3 finally resolved the crashing problem. I think G5 was very responsive however it would be nice if they credited back the coins used to buy tools I’ve used completing a location to just have it crash the game.

A cash grab now, no longer user friendly. I have been playing this game daily for five years, level 406 on iPad. Lately, I've noticed several unfair discrepancies between platforms. Apparently there's an option to watch ads for rubies (game currency) for players on Windows. I have never been afforded that option. With the recent update, it appears mobile devices have the search items listed on the bottom of the screen now, where they're still on right hand side for non-mobile devices. This is a huge disadvantage since the notification of all secret items being found hides the search item names for several seconds, and with saving seconds being an event goal, a terrible and unnecessary time killer. This used to be an enjoyable game, but little by little it has become less user friendly and an obvious money grab by the developers. I spend real money monthly on this game and the more "changes" that occur in the game play, the less I feel motivated to continue at the rate I do. The changes never seem to benefit the player, and I haven't seen changes/updates that make the game more interesting or fun and more of a chore. As with other games I've played in the past, once the chore aspect outweighs the enjoyment, it's time to move on. I'm not alone, either.

Plus and minus. On the plus side, this game is addictive. It’s fun to play! The graphics are gorgeous. There are a variety of variations and puzzles within the game And to make the game more interesting, there are new “events” and goals about once a month. The more “friends” you connect with in the game, the faster you progress. I’ve had the chance to talk to people from all around the world as I play. The downside. This game is addictive. It’s deliberately set up using psychological principals that are designed to get you to play (and buy) more. It is possible to play for free but progress will be much slower. There is very little in the way of FAQs. Mostly you will have to learn by playing or join one of the Facebook or “hidden” groups to learn how to play and get your questions answered. Also the game software is incredibly buggy!!!!! Constant glitches and problems playing and storing your info. Unless you have a lot of patience, this becomes very frustrating!! There is a link to report the problems but all you’ll get back is a form “letter” telling you they’ll look into it. If you don’t mind all the software problems, and have enough self-control not to spend too much money, the game is lots of fun.

Losing Interest. Ya hi! Can we lose the Illusions Anomaly already? I get that it’s new and you’re all excited about it, but I’m starting to lose interest after 2 years of playing this game because of it. 30 of my 40 locations are currently that dumb anomaly, and I have several times watched a location that I did NOT just play turn from a normal status over to the dumb new anomaly! And they never change!! I’m obviously not playing that anomaly frequently... because it’s not that great and I can only imagine it takes over my entire board because you force us to buy the anomaly fixer with gems! So ok, you want money... do the dozens of pop up adds not suffice? I have completed multiple seasonal challenges and won their avatars without having to pay a dime, which is fantastic, but I’m hardly started on the 5th level of this current Autumn challenge because I’m becoming so upset by my location options all being the same boring anomaly. Mix it up. Recognize when your players really hate certain anomalies or don’t do well at certain ones. Reward your players with the fix to the anomaly and don’t all of a sudden require money for this kind of thing.

Hidden city. Hidden city is a game or you can explore and take your time at take your time because there is a time limit I don’t know how much time there is but although it’s a great game and short for a good game or a great game is GG it is so good I can spend the day playing this this is the most beautiful game because you can I give this game a five-star it is just awesome I love the game because it’s so beautiful you can explore different places but although there is a couple problems number one: The time limit I can’t beat Number two: I wish you could make the game not so cloudy anyways the game is still experiencing you can unlock so many many many many places to explore so many goals so many everything this game is the best I’ve played this 10 hours a day I will I will I will I will I love the game so experiencing I love The way you made this game so many avatars just so many awesome things to explore and unlock just one more problem I’m stuck on one of the problems take your time because there is a time limit at the end I’ve lost two times already but it’s actually a GG it’s it’s a game are Game you can explore you can explore tons and tons of places to unlock you just have to unlock a Knouff money to get those apps have fun and we experience The game as a peaceful casual game.!

Diappointed. I have played this game and have downloaded to several of my devices. In the last couple of years the bug fixes or lack there of have gotten worse. This is the second time this year that I have had to completely start this games over due to the time stops working, won’t upgrade my totems, can’t collect coins, takes my coins, cannot enter all locations, and can’t receive rewards. This has been an ongoing issue and after all this time it still isn’t fixed. I have tried saving it to my cloud, and it hasn’t saved my game yet. The aesthetics for the games were fixed, but not the major issues for me were addressed. I loved this game and really enjoyed playing on all the levels that the game allowed me too, but now I have to move on and delete and not turn back. I’ve seen the maintenance, and the updates, but they are just not working properly after a certain amount of time or when you reach a certain level. The reason I gave it one star is because I’ve had to start all the way over three times, and this last time was less then a month ago. Farewell hidden objects

Great game, but it’s starting to drive me crazy.... Let me first say that I love this game. The graphics are incredibly beautiful and colorful. The plot lines are unique and keep you entertained without being too much to pay attention to if you just want a game to play. It’s fun to play and gets progressively harder so you don’t get bored. I love the new anomalies available that have added more challenge to some levels. What I DON’T like is that it seems to be taking LONGER to get the required items necessary for completing a collection. Where it used to take a few rounds (maybe four or so) of a level to get one item, it now seems to take many more (ten, at least). This is not exciting, but frustrating and annoying. To use my energy in this way seems like a ploy to get me to spend more money, which I won’t do. Is there any way to fix that? You know, to change it back? Completing the levels and finishing collections should be fun, not frustrating.

Game used to be fun. Update: The more I play this game the more I am considering removing it from all of my devices. It is so completely riddled with nag screens that is very irritating to even play. Also, each time they do an update the game becomes more unstable and crashes a lot. Not to mention they put so many obstacles into completing each mini game, that it sometimes nearly impossible. About the only way to win some of the many games is to spend money, which I refused to do. It is no longer fun and I will be seriously consider getting rid of it. Original post: Love the game, but REALLY hate the push to get you into social media. Also I would much rather be given the option to buy the game and not have the constant having to close nag screens trying to get you to buy coin‘s jams etc. The constant nag screens really become a Major irritation. As far as gameplay it’s very fun and well laid out. It’s worth hours and hours of fun but could be so much more if it wasn’t for a constant nag screens and trying to push you into social media. Just put a price on it of about $30 and many ppl would be happy to buy. I have never, and never will buy the in app purchases. When it gets to the point where I can’t play anymore because of needing to purchase things in the game, then I just quit playing and find a different game

I have a couple of questions???. I have a question,!?How can I update a version of Homescape which is supposed to be a free game with the option if you so choose to spend money to get more lives & or more of the little doohickey thingys that help you get through each level, however some thing popped up that said I must install the new version but fir some reason it’s not letting me because I don’t want to put more money in my account than I actually have that I know that I can spend. But it’s a free game that I already have installed on my phone so why can’t I just update the friggin thing without having to have some debit card? And or how can I go about updating it without having to have money in that account? I know I didn’t use a credit card because I don’t have any credit cards. And I also know that my debit card is valid because it’s a debit card however I just only keep the minimum balance in that account unless I have more money that I know that I can afford to spend. And I also know that I didn’t use some friggin Apple Pay Card so it shouldn’t be telling me that the card number I gave them is invalid because they said they would only charge me for purchases that I make. Thus if I’m not trying to purchase something that costs money then why is it that they are trying to charge my debit card by way of that particular game especially since all I’m trying to do is do what it said I had to do which is update the app.!?

You finally went too far. I’ve been playing this game for a long time and love the beautiful graphics. Glad you changed the music, too. My beef is that you have finally made many of the “hidden” items smaller than a grain of rice and partially hidden behind a railing. (Latest update) your “Halloween” rooms have always been the most difficult but this last one is ridiculous. I’ve given up trying to finish this quest and will wait for the next update. Addendum: I’m still playing this game but I have to say your addition of “mystical rounds” is horrible. It’s almost bad enough to make me delete this game. Not only is it terrible but it comes in play way more often than the other ones - sometimes twice in a row, then some other one, then it’s back again! Shame on you for trying to get us to use more of our resources on this one particular challenge. Addendum: I absolutely hate the poltergeist. Wish it was gone for good.

Fun but Greedy little app. So, I’ve been playing this game for about six months but am now super annoyed by it. I know apps need to make money and I have made some purchases but, come on, this game is so difficult to play now unless you spend tons of money on those dang rubies. Anomalies, everywhere, all the time and they never reward you with the tools to banish them. I’ve got monsters everywhere but he** if they reward you with the tools to fight them. Then the ads, omg the ads! You win and they pop up and block you from seeing your rewards. This game has gotten so frustrating now. Sometimes I just log on for days to collect the daily rewards so I can actually get something done when I sit down and play. I am not going bankrupt over your little game. I feel sorry for those that do. Needless to say the game is beautiful. It would be nice to purchase it once and get all the tools you ever need. At least give us a break, you have so many ads obviously you’re also making money there. I don’t think I’ll ever download another G5 game.

Long Time Player. I have been playing this game for over 6 years and have always loved the game. But this company has made so many changes to the game that it is getting more and more difficult for me to want to continue to play. They have shortened the time on the games, they give less rewards on all the games as well as the events. I have completed a lot of the challenges and have many accomplishments for the length of time played, but I’m really disappointed in all the changes (they do add up). I play with a wonderful team of 15 and a lot of us feel the same. It’s a-shame that the company will loose long term players for a few tokens and rewards that kept people interested in the different events. I am saddened by the changes and feel like this company has become greedy instead of wanting to attract new players as well as keep their long time players. ☹️

Information Overload. WOW!! Information overload is an understatement. I know this is an online game but the storyline, graphics, plots, promos, tools... etc, etc are so much to take in I almost have an anxiety attack when the clock is counting down because I’m afraid I didn’t read something I should’ve or utilize a tool that would’ve yielded greater rewards.... HOWEVER.... THIS IS BY FAR MY NEW FAVORITE ONLINE GAME... the graphics are brilliant, I say specific because they’re historically and/or century specific combined with Enchanted Fantasy. I wish I could go to gameplay and by a first edition players handbook... lol. It’s almost like if D&D, Wizard of Oz, and Sherlock Holmes had a ménage a’trois this would be the lovechild. I’ll probably ruin my vision playing too long at a time, but I’ll love every minute while doing so, I started 2 days ago and I’m almost at level 9... I’m still so ignorant idk if that’s good or bad progress but I will continue to find out.... thanks to developers who obviously loved Highlights mags when they were growing up... as did I... Kudos!!!!

Fun Game But Forced to play impossible mini games. The Game overall is great, you don’t have to pay but if you want to, the game is very reasonable with what your money can buy. However, they inside mini games, such as the Crystals mini game. The mini game is no fun once you get to further stages, it is impossible to win without using tools. I’m not here to play Candy Crush, I will go there and play, yet the developers connect daily contests that force me to play the Candy Crush mini games like 50 times if I want to accomplish the daily contests. Come on, make it easier at least. At first I was ok with this, but as I climb in rankings I’m seriously thinking of Quitting because of this. It’s not fun, it’s becoming a job and getting me angry and that is not why I play games. This is one of the only ones I play, but may not be for much longer. Please don’t lose players for stupid mini games that have become impossible to win. They do give a nice break but the Crystal mini game has lost you players, and I spend pretty good money with this developer and I don’t want to leave but I’m sick of having to play a game that makes me frustrated and angry. Make is easier to play without have to do the game 50 times because it’s impossible.

I get the ads but.... Why must the video ads take so long to just load - even when I'm on a high speed wifi network ? Then I have to wait for the delete X to appear. THEN an image ad for the same game I just deleted appears I just selected delete because I am not interested in that game. An image ad of the same game will not change a player' mind and I seriously doubt the player hit the delete X by mistake. And once you get past both ads, the rewards you've just won are already off the screen and into their respective locations. As players, we want to see those rewards added, that's part of the satisfaction of playing any game. IF YOU INSIST ON RUNNING A SLOW LOADING VIDEO AD FOLLOWED BY AN IMSGE AD, WHY NOT DELAY THE REWARDS BEING DISTRIBUTED UNTIL AFTER THE ADS HAVE EITHER RUN THEIR COURSE OR BEEN DELETED BY THE PLAYER ? Both Sides Win !!! I get you want you generate more revenue by getting players to play more of your games, but there's the soft sell approach and the sledgehammer approach. Judging by other reviews, the latter approach may not be working.

Mixed reviews. I have mixed reviews on this game. The graphics, some games and storyline are great, but the difficulty level is too hard once you get to the upper levels. I’m at level 68, but some of the quests are so hard that you cannot get past them without buying diamonds to get items to help you. (i.e. The station). The only way I’ve found to get free diamonds is to level up. You have to search for items, but as you progress, the number of items you need to find increases or the time decreases, I’m not sure which one, but it’s sure harder than when I started. You can add “unknown G5 friends” and request items from them to help you, but they don’t always send you what your requesting. There are also special “events” for a limited time that they promote, but even at level 68, I have yet to be able to complete any of them due to the difficulty of the games as you progress through it. So, if you’re able to spend money on the game (which I’m not) or you’re a lot better than me at finding things quickly, you’d probably really enjoy it. For those of us who can’t afford it, you can progress and enjoy some of the games, but it’s somewhat frustrating working toward a goal you can’t reach.

Really Enjoying!. So much I like about this game...the guided beginning steps, the daily treasures, the quests, various ways of searching the same place so it's never boring, the increasing difficulty where I sometimes lose all the items I'd gained because I ran out of time, etc. My favorite is comparing the scene side-by-side to find what's different. I also enjoy finding two of the same. Some items to note: - It would be great if you'd stop making certain items in the station white...it's impossible to see (literally). - Could we either zoom in more to the city on our iPads or make it so we don't have to scroll? One of the things I love about using my iPad is the not having to scroll so much...it should all be on one screen. - Monsters often hide treasures and you can't get to it until they move. - Many treasures require you to go someplace that isn't unlocked for another 50+ levels...can it start recognizing what level we're at and allowing us to only go to places we've either already unlocked or are 1 level away? - Items don't match even when doing the shadow find or two of the same. You could get used to even finding something in words then it doesn't look the same the first time an anomaly of some sort appears. For example, a heart could be a carved heart into a wooden object or what looks like a piece of a necklace.

Attempts to bypass iPhone tracking. I loved Hidden Objects and played the game for many months. When Apples’ newest update came out with the option of eliminating tracking I followed all of Apples’ procedures to enact the new protocols. But unlike the rest of the apps I use, when it came to this game and its developers I was more than annoyed. After opting out of tracking on the first screen, every time I would go in to play the game there would be an attempt to get me to agree to tracking. Such was sneakily stuck in-between the regular pop-ups that are part of the game so that one can easily mistakenly hit it. As such it would force me to delete the app and reload it (which after months of playing took hours to complete). Realizing the company was trying its best to by-pass Apples’ new protocols, I notified Apples’ security team and after 5 days of this repeating (sudden notice while playing hit by mistake, reload..) I have had enough and purged the game for good. While I understand the need to make money, the developers should be above board and state you can not participate without tracking and/or offer a fee membership without tracking option. Instead, because of method they have chosen, I will not be using any game from this developer in the future.

This game has gotten better!. Ok, I have been playing this game for a few months. It is so fun and challenging. If you think it’s not, just keep going. Honestly, I have kept waiting for a downside, but there hasn’t been one. There are various side games to keep your interest peeked and the story line is incredibly engaging. I have not joined a guild yet, so even playing on my own is addicting. There are sooo many different things to do within the game that you don’t have to spend money to enjoy it. I do pay because there are certain directions I choose to go, but I could still have fun without dropping cash. I haven’t had to contact support at this point, but they seem to respond to reviews regularly and promptly. I had played another game (different developer so I will not mention) for almost a year but because I travel for work to multiple time zones I was restricted in the game. I have not had that issue with this or any other G5 game. I play several, but this is my fave. If you like variety, gorgeous graphics and do not want to have to pay to play, download today!!!

Fun game but several glaring usability bugs & errors. I’d rate this 3.5 if I could. I enjoy this game and don’t mind spending some money on it but there are some extremely annoying issues. 1) in order to get your daily quest list you have to open, close, and re-open the game. All of the other daily bonuses are there when you open it the first time, but for some reason you have to do this weird dance to get the daily quest list every day unless you happen to have the game open at midnight. 2) Often times things will be in the way of what you need to click on. Like monsters will be standing in front of buildings you need to enter or chests that you need to click on, or a message on the bottom of the screen will be covering up something that you need to click on like a cell of the expedition game. 3) The new plea for you to connect to your contact list or Facebook friends in order to add to game friends is very obnoxious and in the way every time you go to your friends list to try and help out your in-game friends. If these were cleaned up I could easily rate this four stars. Or even higher if it was made for the new iPhone so that I don’t lose things behind the left edge of the screen when I play because of the iPhone screen cut out.

G5: Would get much higher rating but..... I love the game aspects of the only G5 game I've installed from them on my iPhone: Hidden Cities. What keeps this a three star rating is that the game has a tendency to kick you out or freeze on you while loading the ads that pop up frequently as you play. I would get more G5 games like it but don't because I'm assuming the problem is persistent across their games, and this would happen no matter which you download. It's not uncommon for me to have to restart the game several times a day, and if I want to play for an extended period of time, several times an hour. I don't know if this is a server issue or if the ads have something programmed into them that does this, but either way there are days I really contemplate whether the game is worth the trouble. So come on, G5--fix this issue or it may cost you this player, and likely future ones as well, because I can't recommend a G5 game with a clear conscience unless I add a warning about these issues.

Developers are skewing the game to bilk players!. The crystals mini game is skewed to only let you get to the third level then it is impassable without having multiple “power tools” of every type to win every single game. They skew the statistics as well to inflate the success rate of that mini game with those of their expedition one to make the crystals game stats seem easy. This is not the usual gem or candy game that is passable on other sites. These developers are underhanded in their tracking of the game and in the game setup to force players (as much as they can) into spending money and apply even more pressure to do so by making special game events nearly solely dependent on playing and passing hundreds of crystals mini games to participate in the majority of the special event deals. They deliberately do this but make it seem like everyone has a fair chance which in such a rigged game only the wealthy can succeed. The developers are deceitful and practice the ultimate in poor gamesmanship or else they would revamp crystals for the masses by making it winnable like it’s contemporaries on other sites or offering a feature for a player to opt to level down.

Getting Too Greedy, No Longer Fun. I am sadly changing my 5 star review to one star. I’ve played this game for years and love it, and have spent a decent amount of money on in-app purchases. It takes a lot of work to make a game like this and I don’t mind spending some money and supporting the makers of the game. However, over the years, it’s become more and more difficult to play without making in-app purchases. One issue that’s currently frustrating me is that you have to find certain objects to enter the event location. Right now I need 25 objects to enter the event room. It takes me at least 15 minutes to earn 25 objects, then when I do, it doesn’t give me a collection item. Today I explored the event location FOUR times with no collection item! That’s ridiculous and I’m no longer having fun. Also I find the timer incredibly annoying and wish there was an option where you could turn off the timer and explore the game in peace. I would love to actually admire the artwork and graphics of a new room, but I can’t because I’m too busy racing against the stupid timer. And the cost of buying tools to extend the time is insanely high! This game only causes me frustration and anxiety from the loudly ticking timer, it makes people work way too hard to complete a collection (like the event issue I described) and gives unfair disadvantages, and the greed with in-app purchases has spiraled out of control. I’m done. Sad to lose a favorite game, but it’s no longer fun.

Hidden City Review. I have been playing this game for quite awhile now. I enjoy some parts of it, but I am thinking about quitting it. It has grown very expensive for a game. I get focused on completing the challenges, which requires a lot of time and money. The graphics are beautiful, although the stories are a little strange. I get frustrated when it takes too many tries to get an object. Also sometimes something you are trying to find on the screen is obscured by monsters or the banners with the location names or some general feature like a shrub. I find I often need just a little more time to complete the game, but when I can’t I have to use some alternative that costs money in one way or another. Occasionally there are technical screw-ups like an object you are looking for that does not appear in the location until you use one of the aids for finding objects or you hit an object for matching with another, but it won’t disappear, causing you to lose the energy you used to play. There is nothing you can do yourself to fix or compensate for those situations.

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Great game. This game is highly addictive. thankfully it takes a long time to get up energy points to play again, this stops me from playing all day! The graphics are excellent and a lot of work has gone into the story. The good thing is, so far you don't HAVE to spend money if you don't want to. I have bought a small amount of gems because I feel like the makers deserve it as its obvious a lot of work has gone into this game. The only reason this game has not been given 5 stars is because sometimes the mini games are so difficult, there is no way I'm going to finish in time. And I think you don't really get enough energy points but other thank that this game is completely brilliant. It's be best game I've downloaded this year.

A great game!. Decided to do this review after reading a few that were not so good and felt the need to say what my experience has been. I have an iPad - so if you are using something else, you may have issues but I do not. There is rarely any kind of glitch or drop out. Can’t actually remember the last time. I have never lost items I’ve found or bought. As to the comments regarding having to spend money to progress, really? It’s a game you are playing against yourself. Spending money is not going to give you any advantage over anyone else. In my experience, some perseverance is required but you can find everything you need in game. You can buy tools using the coins you find. Use the boosters you find to increase everything. The game is visually amazing. Each new scene blows me away with its attention to detail. Just check out the details in the clothes. Amazing. It is a story based game. If you don’t like to read then it may not be the game for you. Game play is varied in that there is hidden object, match three, memory cards, etc. There are events regularly. Choose to play or not play. Remember there is not one winner, everyone receives the rewards for the level they achieve. I enjoy this game because elements of it work my brain and make me concentrate. Sometimes in a new scene I get sidetracked checking it out and forget about the clock. In short, I love this game.

Disappointed when visiting friends. Quite often when visiting friends after being able to visit a few, the game freezes and I can no longer continue playing. This is very annoying. There are quite a few things that are not enjoyable with this game and I wish the programmers would check things before launching an update.

Great game. I love hidden object games so this is great there are so many places to unlock! Something I would change is that the objects are in the same place when you go back there so maybe change that. Also it’s pretty easy I would like a challenge! Also plz make it so there are a lot more things to look for because there is like 7 things in each game. Other than that I love the game.

Hidden City. I have been playing this game now for about a month,a friend of mine put me on to it. I am enjoying the game but just wish it renewed the energy much quicker to keep me playing longer. Maybe more energy rewards for the wins you have would b great. At first I wasn’t really sure on how the game worked but now I think I have the hang of it. I am not spending money on this game, I find it is addictive. To keep me interested they need to give more energy.

Keep your mind busy. Been playing for years now and I haven’t had to spend a ridiculous amount of money. Keeps your mind active and is suitable for the whole family. Great game.

2023. It is almost impossible with the time given to find all hidden object, especially since the objects only appear after one has looked in that area. I have played for a number of years, but will stop playing if in daily tasks I get ask to break the stone or chains in crystals and event 3 games but when you go to play those items are actually not there to break. Someone please explain that to me, as I don’t want to play 4 or more times crystals just for stones to appear in the game.

Annoying and money sucker. It’s firstly extremely frustrating that it takes forever to load.. everytime I open it, I may as well go make coffee by the time it takes to open.. Secondly.. OMG the pop up windows.. Geezus! STOP WITH THAT ALREADY… Extremely annoying. Thirdly.. Paying for diamonds is ludicrous.. what items cost in diamonds is also ludicrous.. Too expensive, no value for money.

Poor response from G5 team. Have been facing issue of crashing of game very frequently and thus resulting in loosing rewards and progress made in game. Have been reporting this since more than 2 months but no resolution, rather G5 team just keeps on merging emails into one ticket and no action at all. Highly unprofessional team and absolutely unable to do their job. Its pure harassment. I use to love this game but not anymore as this is not a stress buster anymore rather has become stress giver due to inefficiency and unprofessionalism of G5 game.

Good game. I really like this game but find that the objects you accumulate should be alphabetical, in order to find a particular one quickly. The game encourages friends and trying to determine whether you wish to gift or not can become tedious. Other than that I find the game interesting enough though once up in levels the rooms can become extremely difficult and require money to buy enough buffs to see a level through. I don’t mind the occasional buying of a buff, but it seems it’s becoming more and more necessary to do the level in the time frame allowed. Because of this I see a definite end game to this. I just refuse to spend multiple dollars on an IPad game.

Hidden City. Have been playing this for a while now. Finding the adds for other G5 games thrown in all the time VERY annoying. I get you want to advertise your other games, but every time you finish playing one go, is just ridiculous. Also getting very frustrated with how once you get to a certain level it’s pretty much impossible to complete a search unless you pay for it. Seriously thinking it’s time to delete this game as it’s getting too hard. Even with the “Special Event” levels that are put in now it’s nigh impossible to complete them too. Last chance before I delete especially as it’s taking up so much gbs on my iPad Such a shame as the game has excellent graphics. So now my rating when I first rated has dropped from a 5 to a lowly 2 Come on stop being so money hungry for heavens sake. Would much rather pay outright for game rather than keep having to pay over and over, but then I suppose that’s what you want...

Good game, but some flaws. I like this game most of the time. There are some things thar really bug me, e.g. the crystals game. The special events are very difficult to reach master in the time available to get the avatar, unless you buy extra of whatever item you need to play that location. I don't like it that the investigations get locked if you don't finish them in time.

Doesn’t pay bonuses. They ask you to watch advertising and in return they off stones….you watch them but they don’t pay out. They give nothing away but encourage you to watch their advertising. Ripped off Have advised support….nothing!! Make them pay what your promising. NOW…..watch an advertisement for extended time…..NOTHING, plus you loose your progress. This needs to fixed or I’m out. And again…..you need to fix it !! …….ripped off again. Response always the same…..contact developer!! I’ve done everything they ask yet still no resolve. They ask you to view advertising to get reward…..then doesn’t payout. DONT WATCH THE ADVERTISING

Latest upgrade. Hate the new upgrade. The reason I started playing this game is because it was different to all the others. The way the items are coming up are horrible

New update not great. I have been playing this game a while now and have really enjoyed it but I have to say that the latest update with the list of items and tools now covering the bottom of the screen obscuring the items you are searching for is really annoying. I would recommend going back to your previous neater format with everything on the tool bar to the side. The new format is clunky and I can’t say I am enjoying the game as much in this format

Frustrating!. Would you please get rid of the starter pack ! I don’t want it - but it won’t let me get past it ! It is so annoying and frustrating ! Other than this I enjoy the game when it lets me play! I am still waiting for you to remove the starter pack! It will not let me get past ! I keep trying and no luck- please get rid of it!! How many times do I have to ask you to remove the starter pack from my game!!! Maybe third time lucky!!! I’m still waiting! Fourth time I’ve asked you to remove it!!!! What is it going to take! You want people to play your game but you don’t acknowledge a complaint! Maybe this time!! Fifth time I’ve asked you to get rid of the starter pack!!!!! I used to tell people to play this game but not anymore! You Completely ignore my request ! This is the sixth time I’ve asked you to remove STARTER PACK !!! Can you understand what I’m saying ?... I can’t play the game with it on there!! It won’t let me get past The Starter Pack is still blocking me from playing the game! Is anyone listening! Can you please remove it !!! Maybe eighth time lucky!!! Am I not explaining it properly ? It keeps blocking me! Please get rid of it!!!!

Frozen. I am at level 163 went in and visited my friends when I got back out the screen has been stuck on success collect your rare rewards now for about an hour and there is no way of clearing it very frustrating

Wow... I loved this game... but this newest release is enough for me... I’m finished.. I’m so sick of anomalies and having to pay so much to expel them... I’m sick of how my new Halloween area is constantly in night mode and I have used all my lighters just trying to stay up with things... I’m sick of how I can’t have time to get keys and I run out of time often without finishing the jewels mini game... you really stuffed it up as far as I’m concerned... and I’m deleting it as soon as I have finished here... I’m also sorry for all the money I have wasted playing it...

It’s All About Spending Your Money! 😡. Keeps you very entertained! Love it! This was my original rating. As I have now been playing this game for a while, it has become more frustration than fun. The special events are just too hard now and there is never enough time to find everything. You work so hard to get enough tokens to play the game and then there isn’t enough time to find anything. They force you to spend money. Example; I need a certain kind of mode to complete a collection. I have played the city hall more than twenty times hoping that the mode would change. Still nothing. It’s so annoying. I wouldn’t recommend this game.

Invitations and crashes. Glad that invitations are easier to get rid of but would prefer to be able to have a setting that doesn’t allow them. Gets frustrating when you finish a search and then crashes and you are left to do it all again. I think you should lower your prices or offer more for your purchases. Enjoy the game thoroughly, keeps my mind focussed.

Is it all about the money?. Welcome to the games eighth birthday. I’ve played for several years, but doubt I will be here for the ninth. In fact I’m beginning to wonder if g5 are trying to eliminate the game? Constantly adding more competitions and more sparkly graphics won’t compensate for the unfriendly user changes. New mini games which become impossible to complete without tools or spending as you go up levels. Endless energy collections and energy rewards, with tool collections few and far between. Daily tasks that can now take hours to complete. Event tasks that take a very long time to complete, but for increasingly inferior rewards. And the piece de résistance- instead of fixed tokens for completing a location (more as you increase your experience levels in a location) now there is a range of token values. For which one almost never receives the higher amounts. The images on the latest event are so tiny, obscured and pale on the iPad mini as to be near impossible to play. Given up on the phone altogether. Stop messing with the cartoon style graphics, the tool bars and all the other faffing that add nothing to the game. Focus on a seamless user experience instead. Forget about constantly adding new locations and play some new stories in lightly altered locations, so the game doesn’t eat device memory but is still playable. Really pretty annoyed that something so delightful has become progressively so ho-hum.

Good way to pass time :). I’ve been playing for 18 months now and I have no intention of stopping any time soon. Despite what people have said you do not have to spend any real money to get anywhere you just need time. I now have so much energy that I only have enough time on the weekends to use it. There are sometimes annoying bugs and the developers are often tweeking things unnecessarily that just annoy players. The new events are a great way to keep things interesting. Overall a good game with fantastic graphics and its free so I can’t complain :)

So sick of game crashing!. I really like this game but the fact that it crashes so frequently when those stupid advertisements pop up is frustrating. They take way to long to load and most of the time completely crash the game loosing what ever progress I had just made! Besides why do I need to be advertised to as soon as the game starts!! I just saw a whole page of games I can download I don't need another one to pop up and crash the game I just got into! Wish I could rate the game higher as everything else is great, the gameplay, the graphics and the story line all inspire me to want to play, but the bugs ruin the experience. I don't think I'll be downloading any other G5 games if this is the standard.

Use to be a good game. This use to be a good game and enjoyable to play. The reasons I don’t like it any more is: 1 Some screens are too dark to find the hidden objects. The objects are too obscure and too small. Even using the magnifying tool they blend in with the background. 2 While some events are challenging, making them so difficult and extremely hard to get , for example the daffodils, is frustrating and makes the game pointless. Why play if you can’t achieve the goal? I played the scene to level7 and 30% and received 52 of 75 to achieve the award. Both of these complaints are based on the fact to get ahead, a player needed to spend money to achieve their goal. I play for enjoyment not frustration and anger.

Game is worse than before. This game is now so frustrating because it is just constantly being tweaked to drag as much money out of the players as possible. I’ve just played one of the event levels for the eighth time and still haven’t got the item for the collection. Would probably stop playing the game because of this and I want others to just not bother downloading it because it’s a total rip-off.

One very disappointed fan. Hello Hidden city creators. Why have you not fixed up the problems yet? I do enjoy the game very much-it’s one of my favourites as I’ve always loved detective books and movies since I was a child. I’m very patient and regard myself as a very good customer of yours. I don’t hesitate to buy coins and gems to complete my goals but why does that picture of that beautiful girl keep on popping up at the start of every game-staying there is an error! Fix it please, it’s just getting tiring now. And why can’t I access my gifts at the city centre, at the fountain-which will not work when I tap it and had been frozen for three days now? Please don’t show such incompetence, you will lose customers, it’s not looking good. Hurry up and fix the problem so I can get back to playing my favorite game please. These games are a way of relofir me and losing myself in their world, I’m sure they are for other people to-don’t ruin it for us, get to work people! 😩😁

It’s okay I guess. I’ve only been playing for like an hour or so now but it keeps asking me to rate it, even in my quest list (grr) so I though I’ll just get it out of the way. Pretty sure they asked me to rate 5 stars to get some bonus stuff but I don’t care for it. Haven’t read any of the drivel they call a story line. Just want to find stuff. In saying that, I have to click so many times due to so much reading content and ‘oks’ you’re forced to go through that there is very little finding objects compared. It’s about 95% reading boring stuff and 5% gameplay. Especially in these early stages where all 11 objects can be found in 15 seconds or so. I do like that the objects are changed around when you have to redo each level so many times, keeps it interesting. I can imagine later on in the game it’ll make it next to impossible to play unless I spend actual money as every app demands these days (how annoying is this? I swear apps have destroyed gaming in so many ways). Also some objects are named things I wouldn’t normally call them but that could just be me not being an intellect lol.

Not loving the update. I used to love this game. The graphics and ideas were great but the new update although a great concept seems to have many bugs and is harder to obtain items. My carnival square daily reward timer just stopped so I'm not getting my rewards. Sometimes I don't get my gifts that are sent to me. I don't know where they go but when you get out of the friends section they are not rewarded to you and they've made it harder to get assembler items for the new location which means you can't put items together without playing more of the same location over and over again before you can assemble them which of course uses up your energy and then expects you to pay out more money. Not sure how much longer I'll keep playing this which really disappoints me as I was really enjoying the challenges.

Bad update. Was thoroughly enjoying the game until today. This update puts your tools & the list over the scene you’re searching making it too hard to find things hidden around the edges, please put them back in a panel to the side. Very frustrating when items are hidden behind tools or even list of what you’re looking for. Really unimpressed that it now takes over 100 energy to go into past event locations!

Still early days. Still early days as I have only been playing for a few days but I find that it takes a while to load the game on my iPad. I can also see that down the road purchasing things will be necessary if you expect to advance. I do are with another review about the substantial amount of reading vs finding the hidden objects. I am enjoying the game at the moment due to its challenges but only time will tell whether I will still be addicted and challenged after playing the game for a lot longer. We will see.

Hidden city. I love this version of hidden city so much more fun than the other one ,especially being close to Christmas my 4 yr old granddaughter loves helping me play l haven’t had to spend any money yet , haven’t frozen yet like the other version did love it so much fun

Variety within the games great. Like so many others - it just get a little hard to justify bing almost forced to fork out substantial amounts of real money to progress. In my opinion that's like wasting money on gambling - little return over time and eventual waste of money. In comparison other games still give you opportunity to continue to great levels without forking out. On the good side I love the constant opportunities to progress in new adventures and this gives incentive to continue playing. Graphics are awesome too. Well done on the story lines they keep it interesting as well. I've been playing this for several months now but will refuse to pay much more to buy assemblers. There seem to be several hitches (bugs I suppose) that will often halt the game at the point where you are about to collect special items and then - crash and your set back to pre challenge and you've lost that item - this has happened several times .... very frustrating. I also get a bit fed up with the constant request that comes up each time you've finished a round to join other G5 games .... wastes my time and spoils the enjoyment somewhat. Sorry for the ramble - but you did ask for honest feedback 🙃

Fun, Straightforward Game. The game's pretty fun and easily addictive if you like puzzle-type games, but it is quite repetitive and often prompts you to make in-app purchases to play longer. If you're good at picture-hunt games, as well as minesweeper, bejewelled and memory games, you'll probably be able to get a lot out of it through succeeding at completing games, otherwise it's a lot of money to play it frequently (if you like this game as anything more than a way to pass time on occasion).

Fun but standard. Enjoyable if you like hidden object games, the objects move and change so it stays relatively challenging. There are many, many aspects and tasks which tends to be a little bit of an overkill and can be a little unwieldy. You often don’t feel like you are getting anywhere, but this is common in these types of games. Can be played and enjoyed without paying extra also.

August 2019 update makes it difficult to play. While I liked the update on the whole, I am struggling to play any scene now and, especially a scene with an anomaly. The lettering is huge and obscures the bottom of the scene screen completely, and the tools on the corner sides interfere with the clicking on the objects. Too many times I have wasted my tools by accidentally clicking on them instead on a located subject. Please, give us back the scenes layout we had before the update!

Pretty good fun. Lots of things to do but unless you’re willing to gamble (and let’s face it, these games are all about addiction and spending money), it’s too easy to run out of ‘energy’ to explore. Good graphics, no glitches (unlike Twin Moons which I had to give up). Would probably like more warning an ‘event’ is about to end so I can use up whatever leftover goods I have to buy things. (I lost hundreds not realizing I had only one chance to spend!). I’ll still happily play until I get bored trying to find pieces to complete collections.

Yeah. I like the game, and have been playing a while. However I find some of the scenes become too repetitive and it takes a ridiculous amount of goes to find 1 artefact. I think the highest was between 15-20 goes of one scene…. Like why? I also find the older scenes a bit meh and difficult to like the more artefacts are added to find. It’s good they’re updating scenes, but they need to update the oldest scenes as well…

Give more diamonds as rewards!. The gameplay is quite challenging and you need a lot of patience to get all parts required, some simply never show up as rewards, which is frustrating. I really enjoy this game but am very disappointed at the quantity of diamonds that get given for rewards. One measly diamond when you go up a level, that’s really pathetic. If you don’t spend money on this game you have zero hope of progressing. I think the developers should reward regular players more. I will play this game for a while but in the end I’ll lose interest if it’s not changed. Give back to people who support you, there’s hundreds of other apps so look after your players.

Its great but just a few changes needed. I love this game! Just a note after the recent update the app thumbnail has'nt changed also there was some problems with the sound for me anyway. And the events are great but I can never seem to finish them in time and collect all the items perhaps make it so theres less things to collect and if less keys can open the chests and less stars to open the gifts. Hope that helps 😃

Not worth the effort. Used to be a great game where you could spend a bit of money if you wanted to help yourself along, but now they have made it unbeatable without spending heaps or playing for hours on end with not much in game reward. They insist on forcing you to play the hardest rooms in the mini games so you need to buy tools. After a few long years of playing, it's time to bow out from this money grabbing game, it's no longer fun.

Big fan. Love the game and so relaxing for me. They do tend to overdo the story line pop ups but thats okay if you love storylines. They also tend to change a few things that are working to try to get you to buy (or lose) but it is a business so, understandable. But they have a good product here, hope they try to keep it good as well :)

Where’s the new downloads??????!!!!!. Ok this is my 2nd time uploading this game onto my iPad, I like these games, LOVE the GRAPHICS. One big issue I’m having it’s not downloading new content ie: mini games which I’d like to play. I can on Sherlock Holmes! I’ve been waiting for about 2 weeks or more & nothing?!?!?!? What’s up G5 ppl? Sort it out I’m sure it’s not me as I’ve looked everywhere clicked on everything even left it over night and it’s only got to 6% serious and now that’s gone NOT HAPPY JAN!!!!!

Awful upgrade. I have played this game for a very long time and have really enjoyed it......that is, until the new upgrade. With boxes all over the game you are in, takes up space you can’t click on the item. I feel as though I’m back in kindergarten. Please get rid of it and go back to the way it was. I’m a big kid now and can do it on my own!

Impossible without spending money. This last challenge was the closest I have come to finish without purchasing. If you make it that hard to finish anything without making you rich forget it. I want to challenge myself in a game not have to purchase energy, rubies just so I can finish. I want to win a challenge based on my efforts.

Best game. I love this game, however the monthly events have turned me off playing them as the developers have hidden the keys so well it’s too hard to find them unless you’re prepared to pay for tools to find them. Very disappointed.

Gorgeous graphics. Beautiful game which is fun to play but the in-game prompts to purchase are boring and way too plentiful. I’m disappointed that I can’t get very far because I refuse to pay for things to help me and there are few opportunities to win these items. The gold coins which you accrue in the game don’t buy very much. You need rubies which you have to pay for if you want quantity.

Crash. After the app updates, I kept getting kicked out from the game for unknown reason. Right after I completed my location and received all the bonuses, my app crashed and I got kicked out. When I logged back into the game, my prizes/bonuses didn’t get added to my profile but my energy got deducted! That’s so unfair! Very disappointed and want this problem fixed as I feel like I’m being scammed.

Crashes every time I play. I've been playing this game on my iPad for a very long time and love it but over the last few months, every time I play one challenge, the app completely crashes and I lose anything I have collected. In the last couple of weeks, I can't even play any level or collect any items as it crashes immediately. I've contemplated deleting the game altogether as I'm fed up with it crashing and freezing as I can't even play the game. Please fix it so I can enjoy playing it again

Addictive. I play this game every night and have for about two years now. Lovely graphics and I look forward to the updates with the new rooms. However, it would be nice if it weren’t so rigged ie you end up with a tonne of some objects but never manage to find the crucial ones, no matter how many times you play.

Designed to be impossible to progress without paying - don't bother. Game was great fun and highly addictive to begin with - sure there were some bugs that were (and still are) really annoying, ie two rooms won't open depending on the device you're using and older iPads crash repeatedly. After a while as you progress it gets harder and harder, which is totally expected of course, but you quickly progress to a point where you can't finish games within the time limit without paying money to buy aids. And of course you don't find many aids in the games... It's sneaky how it's designed to entice you into rating early on when everything is still easy and fun and refreshes quickly. Take the advice of the increasing number of lesser star reviews and find something more reasonable.

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Good. Good

One of a kind. It’s the only game that has kept my interest for years.

Hidden city. Great game one of the best

Hidden City. Hi, the last update makes this feel more like a kids game. I really enjoyed that it wasn’t geared towards kids. Also for two of the stickers, you need to complete Stats and get fire perils. I have completed quest and no way near getting this, it’s way to hard. I liked it when it was a sticker for completing 150 games. Everyone could do that with not much effort.

Addictive!. I've been playing this app for many years, and it's so addictive. I love how the puzzles get more challenging once you level up. Excellent!

Fun game. Takes up a lot of time if you want to get all 5 stars, but can be played at a lower intensity just occasionally and still enjoyable.

Poor playing experince. System keep shut down and get kick off very often. Lost all the result

Do not send any other game requests. Please do not send me any other game requests

Updates. I have enjoyed this game until now. It has become excessively difficult to progress through a challenge. The joy for me with this game has been new areas opening up and being able to complete searches with minimal frustration. When I get to level V in any scene, I am not able to progress and am losing interest due to frustration levels rising. This last part has been very frustrating!

Awesome. Love, love, love this game 👍👍

Game. Love this game

Lists. I find it very frustrating to be given a task such as location with invisible ink and you need to complete it 5 times and throughout the day it gives it to you once. Keeps saying not available in any location keep playing or charge with a booster which are extremely hard to get. Very frustrating!

Intriguing, Entertaining and Surprisingly Social. Originally when I downloaded this I expected your standard seeking game, of which I often am not a fan of. I really really dislike these kind of games because they lack social features and challenge. If you are the same as me... this game is amazing, and honestly it is a refreshing take on the series, with an interesting method of storytelling, questing, levelling and surprisingly combat. It’s free, give it a shot, and if you like it support the devs. Have fun guys!

Alex R.. The game is so busy on the home screen, it's difficult to navigate. Too many things floating around and distracting. A real $$ pit as buy buy buy is the way to play. Too many advertising screens popping up. Every second screen to play to has an advert. There are other same type games that don't advertise at all. Deleting the app. Lots of bugs as the collection is ready to collect, but there are still 7 outstanding items left to get or their way and buy! Deleting and moving on. Seems strange that I'm the first one star rating and most are from long numbered people and 5 stars.

Hidden City. Great game.

Incident at the Zoo. I like this game, it’s challenging, fun and makes you think. I also like the rewards and how you changed the way of getting them. Thank you.

Fun for a free game. Updates keep it interesting. Great free game.

Great game. Super cool

Inspector Who!!!. Very interresting and captive game😉

Keeps crashing”ALL FIXED”. First time this has ever happened with this app. ALL FIXED!! LIFE BEGINS ANEW!

Hidden City -Hidden Row. I love this game but it’s the first time that I won’t be able to complete an investigation . I’m short 5 puzzle locks and there in no way I can get them other than buying before the time runs out. Rarely I can win one and don’t have the option to get them using any of the items I have. This is the first time I see this happening and I don’t appreciate the rule. What is the motivation to play if the items you need can’t be obtained by playing a lot and using what you have in the inventory ?

Crash Crash Crash. Love this game, so excited to see the update this morning but….can’t even open the game now after update. All it does is crash. So frustrated!!

Love this game!. Awesome game and customer service and support is top notch!

The golden free gifts tower in upper level. I had attained that tower a long long time ago and then after one of the upgrades it disappeared. That happened a long time ago as well but I couldn’t find a way to report it to have it restored. Teresa July 10, This matter was rectified. Thanks

Great game!. I’ve been a player for 3 years…. Keep up the good work!

Hidden City. Très bon jeu!

Hidden treasures. So much fun!

Hidden City. Love this game!

Addictive. Once you start playing you can’t stop. Wish the time limit was at five minutes for all sites. Also wished energy would be replenished quicker. Also wish that the sites where lighter. It’s hard to find items in dark sites especially if you play on a small device

Excellent game!!. Very enjoyable.

Love it, but why does it crash so often lately?. This game is great. The art work in designing the scene and all the collection items is so beautiful. I feel like I am playing it just for the sake for collecting the beautiful pieces. The city treasures that gets dropped every night around mid night is another lovely reason that keeps me at the game. I have played for 4 years. Update June 1, 2020 … why does the game crash so often now?

Très intéressant. Beau visuel, jeu facilement addictif.

Hidden City. Love this game.

Love it!. I’ve been playing for over a year now. I look forward to each new adventure.

Love it. It’s easy to navigate and expands your brain thinking with the puzzles

Hidden city. Fun game with lots of different challenges

New format. Not enjoying the new format. Eliminated all mini games from city dungeon and put in wedding salon only. Also ice anomaly is a bit much, the odds of finding things is next to impossible. I think a player should be able to purchase rubies from accumulated coins as it takes sometime to earn enough rubies to make it worth while. Kathy Bolton

Addictive. I admit that I’m hooked on this game but not a fan of the Easter update. Things have moved on the map and now I can’t get rid of the scrolls with scene names. Why not just expand the map outwards and be able to zoom in and out?

Hidden City. Love the game. I’ve been playing for years. Hate to miss a day of it!

Review. Amazing Game

Hidden City. Lots of adventures , great graphics

Cool. J'adore chercher😄

Great game!. I love playing Hidden City, but I wish there were other ways to get tools to help you in the game other than having to buy them.

Rubies. You can only earn 1 ruby..after completing a long series of energy steps..I don’t see why the rubies cannot be increased to at least 10, also why they cannot be awarded in other quests! This would make the game more rewarding! And worthwhile!

Fun and addictive!. Really enjoy this hidden object game! Fun mini games too.

Hidden City. Good

Fave Game!. Best game with lots of good game play!!

Love it!!. Great game, love the story line changes.

Hidden city. I enjoy this game very much. The graphics are amazing and the storylines creative. It is easy to navigate and I like the variety there is in the game. Thank you Lola

Hidden city. Entertainment is great

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Can it get any better!. NO says it all, congrats on new early unlock locations. Thank you for nit boring me to death. Last game of my busy day,up to 25+ now, only time for 3 or 4 each, until I get to my jewels, Sherlock, seekers and last now, Hidden City. Scared me first day, how willI ever live long enough at 68 , to get anywhere? At level 49 now over a year and it’s moving slow, friends gifts in gifts out, mini games dream kaleidoscope, excavation, fortune,crystals, gemstone vault. Always directed to last three, do very very well at all those. Good work, never excessive ads, though intense, wrong time, concentration, keep gems specials coming, always one, them another, combos of what you need, not crap you don’t know why someone put it together that way. Kudos!

Robbing a newbie. I love the game except for two major issues for me... When you’re new to the game the hints are helpful, but not nice when you’re FORCED to use a tool that’s highlighted. I read the instructions and I get it—however, you cannot simply play without using your tool if that’s the case give it back and let me use it when I choose. The same with using quest tokens during an event. It forced me to spend the tokens on something I didn’t want just to teach me. I kept exiting the game to get out of spending my tokens, but oh no 75 tokens down the drain. The other issue is that there are a ton of white and other races in the avatar choices. The one black chick & dude look odd as well as unattractive. I know the artists are capable of doing better. The current challenge proves that. Help a sister out! Don’t be so short sighted there are lots of people of African descent playing your games.

Way too many ads. The game itself is fun and engaging but they just put too many ads for other games in your face while playing. Just starting the game presents you with three ads requiring action: 1) A splash screen telling you about all the most popular G5 games (apparently every single one of their games is the most popular) with a Continue to Game button, 2) A video ad for one of G5’s many games that must load over the internet before allowing you to close it with one click of an X in the top right corner then a second click of an X in the splash screen for the game, and 3) An ad disguised as a friend activity, telling you about a friend’s level or other accomplishment in yet another G5 game and offering to let you download that game too, again requiring an X to be clicked. Then there are the regular video ads as in #2 above after every 3 or 4 puzzles you complete. Cut back on the ads and this game could be a 4 or 5 Star.

Enjoyable, yet very aggravating. This is the first hidden stuff game I’ve stuck with for more than a couple days, even though it angers me daily. The special gift you’re supposed to get daily that’s a collection of something, anyway, every time I come in and try to collect it, it says you haven’t been here in three days, either give us your rubies or start from the beginning. But then you go visit your friends village, it tells me I was there 11 hours ago. I would love to play longer, it’s a very well done, good looking, enjoyable game that keeps you wanting to search and gather and beat up werewolves! I was just in the middle of a frantic search for keys and some golden bowl looking thing, and tah duh! Out of energy, give us money or you can’t play with us... Aggravating. Enjoyable, yet aggravating. Pretty much sums it up.

No update. This game is just okay. It’s a good way to pass a little time unless you spend real money. It seems to take forever to replenish energy and the higher you get the more energy it takes to play a scene. As for updates, they’re really slow. Most of the time, shutting down my ipad and restarting will allow the game to start an update. However, the latest update for Christmas won’t load at all. I still have options left over from Thanksgiving, but no way to complete them since I can no longer earn the special tokens to enter the site for searching. Since I’ve completed all the regular scenes, I wait for the event updates in order to play. But, if I can’t update, then I start way behind and don’t have enough time to complete an event. I’m a casual player and not willing to spend more than a dollar or two on a game at any time. I do hope I can get the Christmas update before I get too frustrated and just delete this game.

Totally addictive and free!. Once I started this game, I was hooked. I’ve turned other people on to it, and they got hooked as well. You can do quite a lot without spending any real money, although that’s a tempting option. Five dollars in the App Store gets you a lot of those all-important rubies! But I went for a long time before I succumbed to that temptation. The graphics and sounds are great. At the beginning I ran out of energy frequently, which was frustrating, but that happens less now that I’ve gone up in levels, so my advice is stick with it. The locations are a lot of fun to explore, and I’ve become fond of each one. If you have trouble seeing up close, like I do, I recommend playing on a larger screen or investing in a powerful pair of reading glasses.

Just ok & doesn’t have to be so hard. The graphics are nice, the variety in the type of searches (nighttime, past/ present, etc) is fine. The hidden items change position each attempt to complete, AND they sometimes change appearance also within the same level, the addition of x number of stars or keys to collect for bonuses within the searches of some locations is ok, but can be just distracting, if you are not careful. But it’s really harder than it needs to be to get “assembler” items for quests and to find the hidden items in each search, it can be challenging without being so frustrating & I agree with another reviewer about the eye strain that results. Several areas of most if not all scenes contains so much content, the details are are muddled up (maybe not as much if you are playing on a huge computer screen idk) It’s just ok, albeit frustrating more so than pleasant, and just one of several hidden item games I have downloaded, but this would be the first to get deleted if I needed to make space.

Generous. Now that in app purchases are the norm for “free games” coupled by the creators making it near impossible to advance without making a purchase I have to say that the creators/developers are super generous with the distribution of energy/items needed to advance. If you really are looking for a quicker way to accumulate items you can always add friends. I love being able to add friends that are actively playing rather than bothering my FB friend/family. The community is great at fulfilling wishlist items. The developers keep it interesting with different seasonal themed events. I have experienced zero glitches, crashes and the ads aren’t as annoying as other games. Only appearing when launching the app. I have purchased rubies because sometimes the levels can be hard and personally I hate not completing levels ☺️

It's Okay........ The game is fun at first, but I dislike having to pay in order get rubies or coins or whatever so that I can advance instead of doing it virtually. I have paid a couple of times, but have decided to not do so anymore. If I get to the point where I cannot advance or get anywhere, I will delete it and move on to another game....there are plenty of other 'fish' in the sea etc etc Also, the new update has all these banners which obscure everything, why would they do that? The only way to get rid of them is to have your finger on the screen perenially as you look around, but lift you finger and all the banners come up obscuring the game layout. Really stupid. Also, I dislike being requested to “join” other G5 Friends so many times. I don’t want to. But they make it difficult to get out of the request. Hitting the X does nothing. Very irritating.

Addicting but Buggy Recently. I am addicted to this game, but lately I have been noticing a decline in performance. For example, right now the Daily task doesn’t register if I play the Crystals puzzle so I can’t finish any daily tasks that require it. Recently, the Bonus Ghosts and Gargoyle from the last event got stuck on instead of the regular ones so I couldn’t fight them because there was no way to earn the weapons once the bonus event ended. Several times the daily treasure has been inaccessible (even the show me button is greyed out) so I couldn’t get the treasure or complete the task. Minor things that I can disregard once in awhile, but they are happening too much lately. I hope the coders will actually play the game more often so they catch the bugs sooner! I agree there boatload of ads, too, but I accept that as part of a free game.

Addicting, but could be better. I've been playing just about two weeks I think, and I find it quite an addicting game. However, it is very difficult to complete collections due to low drop rate of chargers. Not enough experience gained from expelling monsters around the city, especially considering the amount of time it can take to acquire the weapons necessary to do so. Also, you are only given short bursts of play because of the amount of time to restore energy vs. energy needed to complete rooms/quests. You can play a lot faster if you spend money, which I'm sure is the developers main goal. After all, they have to make money. I just wish I could play longer at a time, and make better progress. Overall, I enjoy the game, it's a decent premise, and I wish there were more games that were just like it. The other hidden object games aren't similar enough for me to enjoy. Worth it for a free game, in my opinion!

Fun game but Frustrating Issues. This is a fun game but currently it has a lot of issues that came w/the new event. First there was a delay in releasing the new event & now when you finish searching a room the game will just close. Which is extremely frustrating because not only do you lose what items you found but you also lose energy & what ever tools you used & it’s not limited to just the event room it is every room. For those wanting to play I would wait until they get this issue resolved before playing because you cannot start the game over or delete it & reinstall it. Like I said it is a fun game but right now it is extremely frustrating. I’m to the point where I’m about ready to find a different game to play. EXTREMELY FRUSTRATED....

Long Time Player. I have been playing this game for over 6 years and have always loved the game. But this company has made so many changes to the game that it is getting more and more difficult for me to want to continue to play. They have shortened the time on the games, they give less rewards on all the games as well as the events. I have completed a lot of the challenges and have many accomplishments for the length of time played, but I’m really disappointed in all the changes (they do add up). I play with a wonderful team of 15 and a lot of us feel the same. It’s a-shame that the company will loose long term players for a few tokens and rewards that kept people interested in the different events. I am saddened by the changes and feel like this company has become greedy instead of wanting to attract new players as well as keep their long time players. ☹️

Fun game. Hidden City is an entertaining game with beautiful graphics and interesting story lines each month. The side games are challenging once you get to a certain level. The extra stuff is expensive, but if you truly enjoy something enough, then you’ll spend the money. Personally, I’d rather buy a book or a coffee maybe, or just leave it in the bank, cause when it’s all said and done...IT’S JUST A GAME. That being said, you don’t have to spend a dime to enjoy the game as long as you aren’t trying to play it all day long. That will cost you some $$$$. So, take it for what it is; a diversion from real life. Play until you run out of energy, then move on. Go on a hike, read a book, or spend some time with family.

Fraudulent. I have submitted feedback before only to receive a generic response. You want specifics, here goes. I was a level 173 but the game never updated, the game continued to demand gems to progress even though I completed every single requirement. I own a subsidiary of a company and while we are small our corporate has over 184k employees. Effective Tuesday (after the holiday) I am no longer allowing payroll advancing for staff to buy items in your game. I am also sending a company and corporate wide memo that this game is no longer supported by our office. We pay staff to play and test these games. You send a generic response asking for specifics so here they are…. G5 will no longer receive our business, your staff cannot answer anyone. The total amount of my team (locally) is $14,578 this year and corporate wide I cannot provide those numbers. I will not state who we are but I can promise that G5 will most certainly feel the sting from the loss of our business. Thanks for never contacting us.

Addictive but not rewarding. I’ve been playing this game for years and don’t feel like I’ve made much progress at all. It’s just one goose chase after another. The storylines drive me crazy - I’d rather just play and achieve challenges that actually get me some kind of worthwhile reward that provides some sense of accomplishment. I really only play the mini-games now…at least that way I can feel like I’ve completed a task without playing the same scene 100 times. There has to be a better model. And on the most recent challenge, I had more than 100 items than the “winner” but was told I came in 6th place. Glitch or not, discouraging. I wish I could pluck the mini games out of this and just go to a game that features them. No silly storylines; no goose chases; no constant in game sales promos…just challenges.

Ruined. After two years and hundreds of levels achieved, I’m quitting Hidden Cities. Lousy software development has ruined the game beyond any hope of a fix. This game had a learning curve, complexity, and first-class graphics, plus it was in active development with new content and new features. And then, G5 lost track of the gamer and made it more and more about the software developers. In Early 2019, they began putting so much twinkle and obstruction on the screen that it obscured the board. Each month more. In July, they added what I call the “roll-up, roll-down task bar. It rolls up blocking the expedition games to tell you how many bombs there are. But, you already knew that, so the info was taskbar was irrelevant, yet it seized the screen just as you were reaching to make your first move. In August, the developers repeated a glitch that caused users to be unable to load the update. Then they took several days to fix their error. And when you finally got to load it, the gameboard was totally screwed up with status boards and game items boards THAT OVERLAID AND BLOCKED the board making it all about the developers controlling the screen and who gives a rat’s pittoutie if the player can even see the board or find the game pieces. Now that’s an ego trip. So you developers play by yourselves and do whatever pleases you. You can have the whole board now. Because I’m not using it anymore. Goodbye.

Fun to play, very addicting. The hidden object side of it is lots of fun, even with repetition, because scenes can always get harder. Additional fluff is a bit annoying, I hate that I run out of "energy" so easily - do you want me to play the game or not? if so, don't make me run out of "energy" so easily! The ads for other games are a bit annoying too, but can be avoided in airplane mode. I'm especially enjoying a feature of their 'events' lately - 'secret items' to search for, which are an actual challenge because none of the cheat tools you can use will show you where the 'secret items' are, only the ones necessary for completing the scene. So I actually feel challenged to look, not tempted to be lazy. Overall, I've really enjoyed this game, though it has sucked quite a lot of my time.

Mildly expensive. If I were better at finding hidden objects, I wouldn’t have to spend so much money buying rubies to buy tools and collection items. I have a lot of coins, but they’re not much use for anything. The parts of collections appear very erratically because some sets I have 15 of one-fifth, but only one of two-fifths of it, and I don’t get help from my “neighbors”. The graphics are very pretty, but there’s no time to admire anything since there’s such a short time limit on each scene you’re forced to focus on the details and not the whole. And some of those details require so much good eyesight too. Definitely a game for the youthful. The latest update where the building labels keep popping up is pretty annoying. It’s not that complicated a town layout. Once you’ve picked out the five landmark buildings you like, the rest should lie low unless you specifically ask to look at them.

Do not get suckered in!!! Don’t start!. I like playing this game but these guys try to FORCE you to spend money constantly. Some of the games are super hard with not enough time or hint options (of course without buying more) & they only give you a certain amount of energy to be able to play to begin with without buying more. You win prizes from monsters but when there’s a choice - every time, the one I choose has nothing I need but the other 2 ALWAYS do & of course you have to purchase those! And then there’s a little ghost game and as soon as I get seven away from winning a prize they only allow the ghosts to be at a location that requires 127 things of energy. Again they only give you like 200 every 12 hours so really you’re going to force me to buy more or use up all of mine which won’t even take me to the final prize?!! & this game ends in an hour where I won’t have time to build more energy so would have to buy more. That is just rude and ridiculous. I actually hate this game or I should say I like the game but not the money-hungry people behind it.

Frustration. The game itself was fun to play in the beginning but it became apparent that if you want to move to the higher levels you’ll have to spend money. In addition, advertising another game while I’m trying to see my rewards after finishing a task is thoughtless as we can’t see the results. We miss key information because of this thoughtless. The game continues to play while we’re stuck watching a game advertisement. When this happens, it’s so frustrating that I stop playing the game. Please remove it. We become accustom to the appearance of objects while playing the initial levels. Then we’re suddenly greeted with a complete change in appearance and size of said objects when starting the higher levels. New objects are introduced using names that we’ve never seen. When storylines expire, we lose days of sign in bonuses because of delays in starting the next one. We told we’re rewarded with two avatars but only get one. The scenes are cluttered with needless junk making it difficult to find what we’re suppose to.

Raising my rating. I’m raising my rating up to a 4 after I gave a pretty low rating after the most recent update. I still prefer the item list on the side rather than the bottom. And even though I am still having the problem of having to reach over it and cover it to click on the scene, I am raising it for 2 reasons: - I do like the changes you made to scene loading where the scene image loads, then they tell you how many objects to find in the item box and then show the list. This is better than the flashing text that used to pop up on top of the scene image and is a much nicer transition into the timed start - I got a lovely response from the developer team which I wasn’t expecting from this type of app, so good job guys!

Creative but. After playing for more than 3 years I removed the game completely. Beautifully designed, super creative, kudos to the design team, lots of freebies. Didn’t mind paying for rubies and such. So my frustration was/is it takes quiet a lot to move forward on levels. Especially the crystal/ 3 match game( which was my favorite) I shouldn’t have to play 85 times just to move 1%. Then you added the anomaly. I felt cheated. The last quest/event that I enjoyed was the Pier and Angela’s Park. Every quest after that was just to difficult, dark and creepy and weird music. I also loved the cad game but such little time to play it. I didn’t care to play all the quests, just became too repetitive and have to search for the needed keys or whatever to play the event. Too long for quest, too long to move forward, too little time to finish each quest/game. Felt cheated/rigged when playing the crystal game. I was on level Vl forever. So I quit the game.

Annoyed. Love the game it has awesome graphics:: but it is very irritating to have to play one scene around 20 times to get to the mode you need lie past/present mode win that game and still not get the item your needing. If would be different if it happened just once but I played the same scene to many times to count reached the past/ present mode with the booster for a 90% chance of getting the item in play 4 times and still did not get the item. Makes one want to dump the game and find another. If I had not spent money many times on rubies I would. I spoke to other players and they are having the same problem. It’s one thing to make the game challenge but another to seems to just want our money with no result. I don’t mind spending sometimes but when it seems you force people to spend just to get through winning one item it’s ridiculous....

New changes. Friends and I totally hate your new quests page. To hard to read. Just to make sure we are talking about hidden city. And how do you find out how many monsters that you have beaten? And what is with the sticker that shows up on the right hand side? And after gifting you think that you could have told us how to get back to our own screen! I’m sure that you are going to get a lot of these! And not to many people are going to be happy about running out of energy so fast either. I play some of your other games too. Doesn’t mean that I am going to spend more of my money on your changes, no way! What is the point of winning the quests on the side for extra items to help you out if that’s all you keep getting is try again. Then you are out of energy and the items to get into the room? Kind of sounds like someone over there needs more money. But my friends and I have found something that may all of quit the game. Maybe you just haven’t thought about it yet. Happy hunting.

Hidden City. This has to be, hands down the best game to play. Whether you follow the storyline, which is great, or not you’ll love the game. There are several different games all in this one game. The graphics in the hidden search rooms are amazingly drawn. Objects are well hidden. There’s also a memory card game, similar to concentration. There’s also several types of match three games. I mean I don’t know if I mentioned everything that makes this game the best. In fact you, just trying the game, is better than me explaining it. I do know if you like to play a variety of games in one, to relax at home, or pass time during a bus, or train ride, just whenever, G5 Hidden City is the one, the best, in my humble opinion. Thanks for reading, try it, really!!

Fun but costly. It's a challenging, fun game to play. It's addictive. My main complaints are that the time regenerates so slowly, and even if you collect everything necessary for a collection, it's almost impossible to get the last item that will give you the rewards you deserve, unless you want to spend real money! I also find it annoying that there are too many times when I just can't find the last item on my list when I'm at a location. It makes me believe that the item really isn't there. One way to remove my doubt would be to highlight the missing item so I know it's really there, and that the developer isn't just trying to get me to spend money for a tool that would find items automatically. The developer has no problem telling you that if you just had more tools (spend some money), you would have a faster, easier time finding what you're looking for.

Fun but has issues. I too, like others have mentioned, have become addicted to this game. Even my dog hates my iPad now because I spend so much of my free time playing Hidden City. I’ve also spend tons of money to purchase rubies to buy items within the game, but I just have to learn to control that somehow (it is so easy to push that button and spend, spend, spend). Lately, the game has had a lot of issues with freezing and shutting down unexpectedly. If I’m gonna to invest my money in a game, I would at least appreciate a smoother experience. It would be nice to receive more than a 5 energy increase when achieving a new level as well since each new site acquired requires so much more energy. UPDATE: The bugs seem to get worse. All of the words do not show up on the list and this has been happening for about one and a half weeks now. It looks as though you have found all of the words on your end but the timer continues to tick down as though there are still items hidden. Then you are either forced to use a magnifying glass because you have no way of knowing what it is or losing everything you accomplished. So frustrating!!! I’ve really had it with this game and when I use up all of these rubies I’ve bought I am moving on to another game. If you don’t mind bugs, this is the game for you...but get your can of Raid ready! It’s crawling with them.

Enjoy the game but.... I really enjoy the game, but it is frustrating when as you advance or finish a new series, the amount of energy required to enter that area jumps from 30 to 70. That is ridiculous. There is no reason for the energy amount to go so high. It's bad enough that to complete something requiring special items to get in, that they jump by 5 each time you gain a level. The other issue is not being able to find the items needed to complete a collection. When you click search to find it, and it points at an areas that isn't even available to you yet, that's annoying. I will not enter an site that requires 70 or 100 energy points to play, that is a waste of energy, especially when you make an object impossible to find. Fix the game, and people will enjoy it more. And no, I'm not buying anything. I'll wait for the energy to restore if I have too. That is absurd!

Better one among G5 games. I started to play hidden city just this month. It was very easy to play until about stage 45. Then the search items became unnecessarily too small or faded. Of course this becomes more complex when the “invisible ink” mode is on. I would propose a suggestion to the developer; if one is using a compound word or a very long word in the “invisible ink” mode, the timer should also be calculated to allow at least 3 seconds after revealing the last word. Despite all the developers’ tricks, the searches are much more interesting than the other games from the same developers. I also like the ability to visit all the G5 friends without getting in and out of that activity. I like the brightness of the graphics and screens. Less clostrophobic than the other games. I don’t necessarily like the difficulty in completing an event. Suddenly, at the last leg of the event’s quest, the collection items take multiple (more than 2-3 times) successful plays before collected. The assemblers are harder to find because of the exchage items and energy points run out faster. Maybe, this is a way to drive the player to purchase jewels towards completing a quest. Anyhow, I prefer playing this game over the others so far.

New update is impossible. I’ve been playing for awhile now and thought several times about leaving a review complaining about your greediness. Obnoxious ads pop up that have to be exited out of twice and will crash my iPad causing me to lose all of the rewards from whatever scene I just searched. You make it impossible to earn rubies which are the only things you can use to buy objects, meanwhile I have almost 600,000 coins that I’ve earned that I can’t do anything with because I’ve unlocked all of the scenes. The new update, however, it what finally inspired me to leave a review. The scene is impossible with the flowers and tiny details. Not only are the incredibly minuscule keys impossible to find, but the regular objects are difficult as well. I’ve tried the same silhouettes mode 5 times now and still am losing every single time because I can’t figure out what some of the silhouettes are or where they are located. I have not had nearly this much trouble with any other location. You guys really messed this one up. Hope you figure it out for next month’s scene.

Addicting and Aggravating. One of the best games when it comes to the graphics and challenges. I can play this game hours on end due to the complexity of the game. It keeps bringing me back, however, each challenge brings little to no rewards to keep playing. You may run out of energy after playing a few scenes or you don’t have enough ‘items’ required to play the scenes. There is a lot that goes into this game and I can see why people may start and last only a few days due to the overall complexity of it. However, I like a good challenge. When I have to start paying money to continue, I will probably then delete the game. I am on my 4th day playing and each scene is already using too much energy. The Italian Patio is the hardest scenes so far and it is killing me that I am having such a hard time finding half of the items....especially in the dark!

Momof3. I will say, for an iOS game, it really is a fun game with excellent colors and graphics. The story line is a bit much for as many as there are at one time but still a great game. The only issue I’m having is that with work/kids/life, there is no way to collect all the keys needed to open chests unless I sit and play this game furiously and that’s not gonna happen. The idea of the little snowmen was perfect. In the beginning, you could find & tap them to collect keys/rings, which is more realistic, but after a while, they stop. No good..to the one who created it, you need to fix this for us busy ppl so we can continue to enjoy the game, otherwise, I will quit my in-app purchasing. What’s the point of playing if the busy folks like myself will never receive a new prize, totem or amulet? There’s no fun in that. It needs to be fair. Until it’s fixed, I will not recommend this game. Too much to collect & not enough time to win anything.. ~Disappointed Mom

Love Game But.. Love this game. I have it on my iPhone and iPad. I spend hours playing it. It does get very costly especially since my games are not in sync. There are a couple of improvements I would like to see. 1). Hate the pop ups to view other games when playing. Very annoying. 2). For events- to open the gifts you need 12 stars just to open one gift. Many times you can only open one gift because the event doesn’t give enough stars to open more. That’s a lot of work finding items to only be able to open one gift. I realize some of this is to make us spend more money but it seems like this is getting to greedy especially if you want us to play more G5 games. As a whole I really enjoy this game but I will be deleting one of my versions since it is extremely costly to play two versions.

AmarettoOne. I really enjoy this game. The graphics are well done, the searches are challenging and the quests give you varying goals. I also like how the full energy goes up with the levels. What isn’t fun is that the energy required also goes up, at a higher rate. Some locations are simply off the charts on draining your energy. I hope developers consider that spending some money is alright for fun but spending a lot means changing games. The time allotted in a search is usually sufficient but sometimes it isn’t anywhere near. A harder challenge should have more time. I don’t mind having tools to use but I don’t feel it’s fun to be forced to have them every time you go to certain locations. I play this game on my phone and on my computer. I do enjoy it. The adds on the computer are a little frustrating though. I also wish that on the cell phone I could scroll the screen back to see the very edges. I really like being able to scroll in and make it so much larger. That helps even if it does take a bit more time. It gives you another option when you just can’t find the last item or two. Overall, a very well done game. The seasonal additions add a nice new look and fun. It also tells me that the developers stay involved.

Game request overload. I wish there was a way to block game requests for other games. For each one received, I must click on the request, wait for it to load, X out, click on the request AGAIN, wait for it to load, and then delete the request. If each request takes almost a full minute to delete, and you received 10-15 requests a day, it makes playing the game very cumbersome. Also, the app crashes every time I go to the werewolf lair which makes completing my task list impossible. Every time I send feedback within the game, I get an error message. The game is still fun and I don't know why everyone is complaining about spending money. Im at level 97 and have never spent a penny nor have I encountered a task that was impossible to complete for free. Also, it would be great if you could filter the newsfeed to show item requests only. Gotta help out those friends!!

Used to be good—edited. The changes you made in this update have ruined the fun. I spent over 120 energy on one location for a sliding scale of jury badges and got the least amount, six. You took away Excavations and replaced it with a game that becomes impossible after the third level. Why? Are you trying to run off players? You’ve increased the amount of resources needed to complete a task and reduced the level, making it pointless to play. I’ve played every season for years. These changes have ruined the game to the point I don’t want to play it anymore. You respond with wanting me to contact you to give the details. Did you even read the original post??? There are your details. Get rid of the sliding scale of badges because all you did was cause more energy to have to be used for players to receive fewer badges and have to spend more energy than ever before. Get rid of the fortune teller game and bring back Excavation. The fortune teller game becomes virtually impossible after the fourth level, again forcing players to use inordinate resources. You’re just trying to get people to spend money. I’ve enjoyed the game for years because I could play without spending money. You bragged it’s free. Now you’re trying to force money to be spent to complete an investigation. It backfired on you with me because I’ve found another actually free game to play.

Too difficult. I love these types of games, but when it gets so difficult to find items as your levels increase it is no longer any fun. Either make it more difficult to find items, but with the same time limit as in the early levels or shorten the time limit and keep the ability to find items a little easier-not both. I’m at the stage when I usually have 3-4 items remaining when time runs out. If I use a tool to find items now (which I don’t like to do) I wait for the highlight to disappear just to see if I could have found the item. Seriously!!! Sometimes a mere tip of the item or it is so deep in a shadow it is barely discernible. I play this on an iPad and I have to wear readers and expand the scene just to see items sometimes. I am probably going to end up deleting this. There is another game from a different developer that makes the items difficult to find, but not too difficult. I run out of energy faster, but worth it as it is more fun- not frustrating-to play.

I completely agree with Sherrie!. Sherrie’s O-Pin-Un is dead on. While I love the graphics having to play the same scenes so many times is very annoying. I do not mind spending a bit of money, no one wants to work for free but if I spend a lot it seems like I have to spend that much more to get where I am going. And is it so unreasonable to expect you guys to give out enough items to actually allow us to get collections without a thousand hoops. I enjoy the game but quit playing at one point because it just was not worth the headache. You’ve made some good changes but there is still room & opportunity for improvement. Oh & if you expect us to get something from a monster, making said monster & the items you need to defeat him available within say a couple of days instead of a week would be appreciated.

Confused. I wish someone could tell me why I will play this game and then be told I have 5 hours for energy to be restored. Last night, each scene had a different time for the energy to be restored, the longest being 2 hours. I went to your game this morning, 10 hours later, and now the restoration time is 5 hours! It is frustrating because your game is one that I have played since I had a traumatic brain injury a couple of years ago and it helps me focus on what is before me. It’s a great game but only getting to view three, maybe 4 scenes before the crazy restoration times kick in is making me not want to play. Once, in a blue moon I can play longer but that is the exception, not the rule. 🥴 With the exception of the restoration weirdness, this has been one of my favorite games. Thank you!

Back to being my fav. This was a 5 star, but since the latest change with the bubble words and less screen space I have to reduce the stars. It is a shame because the graphics are beautiful and the latest events have been better with the easier to find secret items and hidden scenes. I haven’t had to use my precious tools as much. I have spent money on this game; they had deserved it. It might be time for me to move on if this latest change stays indefinitely. Edit: I put the score to 5 stars because G5 must have listened to all the latest negative responses about the bubble words and put it back to the way it was. Thank goodness no more distracting bubble words. I was struggling before and used many tools. Now it has gotten easier again. Thank you G5.

Graphics - 100; satisfaction level 3. I agree with others who say how amazing the graphics are. It's truly a work of art with the lifelike human characters, the backgrounds, and the objects to be found. My frustration comes, as others have said, with the need to spend real cash money to advance beyond the first three levels of any quest. And another big turn-off, at Level Five on a quest, is the need to find the special item in an Illusions anomaly. But, this anomaly hasn’t been available for the last 15 games I’ve played. It keeps coming up with other anomalies which means I have to keep pumping thru other areas to get enough special items to go back to play in the special room. I get that the developer is in the game to make money but don’t turn people off so close to the end. I'll drop the game before I shell out real money to play thru the special room to finally get to the anomaly that has the special item.

Disappointed with this game. I have played HOS games for years and have tried many different developers…purchased the majority of the games I have played and have subscriptions to a couple of the game sites. In the 7 years of playing Midnight Castle (and multitudinous other BF games) I have never used a hint but it seems to play Hidden City you are forced to use hints/tools unless you are young with phenomenal eyesight and memory. I will play a scene until it gets to dark mode then I’ll never touch it again. I do not have the eyesight or fine motor coordination it takes to explore in that mode. You might want to consider a second version of the game for people who just want to relax and have fun that allows you more/unlimited time and the ability to turn off dark mode. I have no social media accounts nor do I know anyone who plays this type of entertainment so I have no friends to whom I can gift the stuff I have accumulated before I delete HC from my iPad. Thanks for listening/reading.

So far, so good!. I’m only writing this review right now to finish a quest and get the free gems. Haha. I will update my review once I’ve been playing for longer than 24 hours; and, I’ve actually had enough time to experience the game long enough to give a fair review. So far, however, I am pleased with the gameplay, graphics, etc. I’ve tried MANY of the hidden objects games, and I ALWAYS end up deleting them after a couple days, other than one other game that I’ve been playing for a month, now. All of the other games end up being too cheesy, boring, impossible to play without spending real money (which I REFUSE to do), or just downright terrible. However, so far—this game seems like it might be my second “keeper”. Haha. Like I said, I’ll update my review after I’ve had enough time to actually play the game long enough to be able to give a fair and accurate review. So far, so good, though! 😊

Game. I like the game very much. However I would like to make a few suggestions. I play this on my iPad Air II. Because of that sometimes it is harder for me to find objects. I play 3 other similar game (same company) and I don't have as much of a problem. I think this might be cube cause there is clock time. At this leave I'm not able to let my friends know what I need them to gift me and vise versa. I hope that will be in the next upgrade. Also it is harder to get jewels for purchasing what you need and you only receive 10-20 coins per winning hand so it's harder to purchase the next game sit when you level up. I hope the upgrade will address some of these issues.

Would be 5 star if the updates actually happened evenly. I really like this game HOWEVER, there is a massive problem with their ability to roll out updates evenly. For the second day in a row, I don’t have an update available even though it’s clear other players have a new event. There’s even a video of the new event on the game’s listing in my App Store, but it won’t give me a new update. This seems to be a problem about half the time & I started playing over 4 years ago with only a single 9-monthish break in that time. Usually it’s fixed within 24 hours, but we’re getting closer to 48 now. What really confuses me about this is I play other games from the same developer & this is the only game where there’s a problem. It’s clear from other reviews that I’m not the only player who has a problem, either.

Missing item or hidden behind never to be found. This recent update now suddenly crashes and you can't open the game. I guess I'll lose all the progress that was made until the developers provide a fix. Items are hidden behind or extremely close to others items which makes it nearly impossible to click on. Hasn't changed in years. Not to mention everyone trying to friend you for pieces they need. Can't you just let us play the gave without interruptions. There are many missing items or hidden behind others never to be found. Items cannot be touched and received. You lose time, spend your cheats and get nothing out of it. They want you to spend money all the time. Everything is about buying stuff to help you win game. You can't beat this game without spending more and more money on goods. Just try beating the crystals game. Nearly impossible without added time or bombs blowing up half the board. Time to move on to another game.

Fun, but pretty sure the game cheats. The game is fun, but either it has a lot of glitches, or it’s coded to cheat, so you’ll pay more money to buy the items you need to progress. I’ve had several instances where I’ve used tools and power ups that didn’t work, required monstera or anomalies are not available, etc. the game encourages you to “keep playing, but even after 3 straight hours of play, they’re still only available if I purchase another package. Of course, it seems to conveniently happen most when I’m on a winning streak. The game also likes to require mini games in order to get needed items and the mini games are super easy in the beginning, but impossible to win as you progress through the quests. Lastly, the challenges include a store, where you purchase stickers and avatars, but don’t include anything that is actually beneficial to game play.

Great, but could be better.. First off I love this game and have been playing it on and off for about four years. The graphics and scenes are beautiful and engaging. The stories, characters, and various quests are interesting and I love learning about the lore of the City. However, I’ve had some problems. Lately especially, the game keeps crashing near the end of my search in a scene and sometimes still takes away my energy or tools I’ve used. Almost always happens in the last 10 seconds of play. With the latest update the descriptions of what anomalies do (such as night mode + abracadabra, etc) have been removed so now I don’t know what an anomaly is and if it’s something I should expel or not. It’s also incredibly frustrating that there are no boosts (I found exactly one) that help to find assemblers, which is often what I need (though I suspect that the lack of assemblers is more so due to making the user buy gems with real money to get them). Something not about gameplay though that I miss is that in the last update the descriptions about the locations have been removed and I miss reading them. Overall, if you’re very patient you can get very far without having to buy anything. If you like hidden item games I highly recommend this one.

No thanks.. It's pretty okay at first. Relatively easy to find objects, some challenge, relaxing as hidden object games should be, etc. Weeell you see, until you get to about level 15 (that's about when this started happening). I swear to you, most objects are so hidden that it's stress inducing. More often than not, you won't be able to find the LAST item, and if you do, it's so tiny or blended in as to be ridiculous. Who can find that? Likely nobody. Thus it's a waste of 'energy', which most locations cost a LOT to enter. I've found myself, over the course of several days, unable to complete a single level because of one missing item or two. And you know how to solve that? Money. Money money money. And what you get for it isn't worth crap. So no thanks, not worth my time. Was looking for a stress relieving game that helped me as I start college. This game is not what you're looking for unless you plan to waste money and time.