Doodle Alchemy

A Google user

5 years ago

Too many deafening ads roaring in my ears when I am playing while listening to music. I don't mind ads, but I mind having my ears fried. The game itself is rather beautiful, bit not the best fir for the phone - vertical orientation would be more convenient.

A Google user

5 years ago

It was cool but I wasn't a huge fan of how the hints worked. They weren't so much hints as they were answers. There were a lot of times I used a hint just to find out it was a combo I already did but didn't work. I do like the fact you can't repeat combos that way you don't go in circles. It would be helpful to have a record of combos that way you can see what you've done and get an idea of what to do next. Some combos didn't make sense at all and ones that would make sense don't work.

Rosemary “Rosey” Hall

2 months ago

I just started playing, and I have already had to sit through an ad for each discovered item. I'll uninstall it if it persists, because it's very aggravating.

Rebecca Carrigan

1 year ago

I enjoyed this game so much back in 2016 that I downloaded it again today. I got hit with an ad before I even got a chance to make a combination. It's been less than 5 minutes of play and I've been hit with two more. I really don't mind watching ads but there is a limit. The only thing that keeps me from rating it 1-star is that the game is good...when I get a chance to play it.

Raq Miller

4 months ago

I've played almost all the alchemy games out there and this is one of my favourites! The only little thing I don't like is the animations are a bit long and you have to wait for the combinations to process or fail. Otherwise, really enjoy it!

Koko Shaw

3 years ago

The ads are ridiculous! You make 3 successful matches and are forced to watch minimum of 5 seconds of an ad, and that's if your lucky to get one that has a large enough close button, otherwise you'll be redirected to the play store to download whatever the ad was about if you miss the outrageously small close or skip button.

A Google user

5 years ago

It could use a lot of improvement. You have no way to see what has created the elements. How can you learn anything or use anything you have learned. The hints suck. They solve...not hint. A hint does not equal the answer. It has good graphics, but makes me mad that I cant see or know how I reached an answer. A game of this nature is suppose to encourage discovery. If you cant reason over discoveries made (ie see how you got there) how can you reason anything.

Dan Smith

4 years ago

It's actually a decent game, but every new creation results in getting blasted with another full-screen, 5 second ad countdown. Completely pulls you out of the game. This type of game promotes deep thought and concentration, but this one's so overblown with ads, you can't really do either. Kinda bummed.

YYKz Sage

4 years ago

I remember when I tried this game years ago, it was great...now it's 80% ads, damn, you can't even enjoy it, really. if it was a small add at the bottom it or the top, I could easily ignore it, but this sucks, really, it makes me hate whatever the ads are offering.

Shaomi Moreau

11 months ago

The fact that I saw an ad before I could even press play is absolutely ridiculous and outrageous! After that I barely make a few matches and in like 3 minutes I've had 3 ads. When I don't even have time to see if I like the game or not. And there's even a banner ad. Would put 0 stars if I could, it's supposed to be a game not a 95% ads garbage! There's not even any advantage to those ads, you don't earn anything in-game.

Teh Fuge

9 months ago

So many really obvious combinations are wrong. Super annoying and frustrating. I'm also not a fan of constantly having to go through the book to find stuff, and I wish the animations could be turned off so it doesn't waste my time. One of the least satisfying alchemy games I've tried...

A Google user

5 years ago

I literally just started the game... I made 4 things so far. I'm only doing this 3 star (which is the most average score I can give it) at the moment because it will give 3 hints if I do. For future refrence, many people don't like having to leave a rating after the first few minutes of gameplay, when most people are still figuring out if they like the game to keep going, or just after the tutorial wjere they aren't being railroaded and the game truely begins

Illusory Singer

4 years ago

Same old element combining game. Except that the elements get reorganized if you exit and re-enter the game (they appear in the order you discover them while you play, then get reshuffled into the game's preferred order if you exit; it makes methodical play very difficult unless you do it all at once). And the ads are over-the-top intrusive. Way too obnoxious and aggressive. It's a dollar to remove them, but the game isn't worth a dollar to me, so bye.

A Google user

5 years ago

The game was set up in a way I liked, but often the combinations to make different elements made little sense or had far better alternatives. Ex: Grapes instead of being vine+fruit or vine+berries was wood+earth. Sure it works vaguely, but that sort of counterintuitive way of getting the answers made the game unenjoyable. You really had to use hints to find some. Also, some of the elements were too specific/referential when basic ones were missing. Ex: catdog-yes like the cartoon- but no lion???

Carmen Tracey

1 year ago

I've been playing for less than 5 minutes, and I've already seen 3 ads and been hit with a pop-up to rate (how would I know yet if I like the game?), plus banner ads. One ad hit me before I even got to the first game screen; it was the first thing I saw after clicking play in the top menu. I thought the ad was the tutorial for a moment. It's a bad look. From what I can tell, the game is a pretty basic combination alchemy game otherwise.

Michael Maughan

4 months ago

Too many adds! Add as a pop up on game during play screen all the time and adds every turn or two. I have been playing for a total of three minutes and watched four adds. I get adds, but come on! Not worth it. Deleted after seven minutes. The constant adds are just too much! Wish I could give zero stars.

Jaycee Concar

2 weeks ago

An add as soon as you go into level 1... seriously? That's an absolute joke. If there's an add thar soon then I'm ABSOLUTELY not going to bother with this game. I thought, huh, maybe it's a fluke, I'll close it and reopen it, nope, an add as soon as you load the level. I get it's a free game, but seeing an add that soon to a game you've just installed and never played before DOES NOT give the right message to the player. I guarantee you'll spend more time watching ads than playing the game.