Country Factory Tycoon 1.0.6

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2 ★, on 2020-11-13
(Edit after Dev reply, is at bottom of review) Nice graphics, cute idle music, but dear God man, so many ads! Ads for overall production speed increase, ads for upgrading every single time you level, ads for unlocking new production lines, ads for prestige for EACH line, ads for adding "free" +10 production upgrades to a single production line, 2x ads to unlock a production line early, and even banner ads in the top of the screen. Sorry mate, in the first half an hour I spent more time watching ads than playing the actual game. After that, I tried to play without watching any ads at all, and even with constantly clicking to upgrade every production line, the game's base levelling mechanic crawled to a complete halt. Given that all new content is locked behind this levelling mechanic, it means that you have to watch an epic ton of ads in order to progress at a snail's pace. TL/DR: too many ads, game is too slow without watching ads constantly, and gets boring fast. ***Edit after dev reply: If you want to retain customers beyond the crucial "First impression honeymoon", ie. the first day or two of playing the game, you need to introduce the core game mechanics to allow players to progress early play without any ads whatsoever. MVP (Minimum Viable Product) testing should have shown that players loved your game mechanics and would have been willing to watch ads in order to progress further, faster. At this point in time, the economics of your game are too tight for meaningful progression after playtime of about one hour. From start to finish, there are too many visually-enticing / suggestive opportunities (ie. popups, bright shiny buttons) for players to do something to progress the game using an ad. The game still needs to be playable after a couple of days, with no ads whatsoever. This is MVP.