Tasty Travels: Merge Game

Paid loot boxes

You pay without knowing what you get. The good stuff is rare, so you pay again and again.

Evidence: 5 reseñas con contenido lo explican: «Not like the ads. The merging is not like the ads at all. Which is a pity cause I would have kept it if it was. It’s like candy crush but with alcohol.»

Energy system

You run out of lives and must wait hours, or pay to keep playing now.

Evidence: 5 reseñas con contenido lo explican: «Falta energía. Es desesperante. Para jugar unos minutos está bien, pero siempre te quedas sin energía antes de poder hacer cualquier objeto que necesites. Es desesperante tener que»

Pay to win

Whoever pays wins more easily. If you do not pay, you lose to those who do.

Evidence: 3 reseñas con contenido lo explican: «Misleading ads, paywalls. I liked the ad I saw for this in another app, but the gameplay is completely different. As expected, there is a pretty quick paywall you hit with expensiv»

Premium currency

You do not pay in euros, you pay in gems, so you lose track of the real cost.

Evidence: 3 reseñas con contenido lo explican: «Muy entretenido pero…. Muy caro. Te engancha al principio. Es la primera vez que compro para un juego pero te sale mas a cuentas comparte una play 5.Combinar objetos es frustrante.»

Open chat with strangers

Any adult can message your child inside the game. It is where those looking for minors go looking.

Evidence: 4 reseñas con contenido lo explican: «Predatory app. Can’t play without the app begging for money whenever you run out of a repeatable resource or even when you boot up the game. Function otherwise is good» · 4 hablan del chat y 7 de menores

Aimed at children

Uses these techniques in a game made for kids.

Evidence: 7 reseñas hablan de menores y 3 de gasto en la moneda del juego

Rewarded ads

To get things you have to sit through ads.

Evidence: 4 reseñas con contenido lo explican: «Annoying ads. I love this game but having to stop and watch ads for other games is annoying. Also , game play takes too many tokens and doesn’t last long enough.»

Sold in parts

The full game costs more than the price on the box: there is separate paid content. Not a dirty trick, but worth knowing before buying.

Evidence: vende contenido aparte, p. ej. «Offer 13» por 15,99 €