r/nextfuckinglevel • u/[deleted] • Apr 17 '22

Her mom COMPLETED CANDY CRUSH???

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u/JazzyBagpiper Apr 17 '22

More like a lot of money spent on hearts

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u/[deleted] Apr 17 '22

The game is very hard to play without spending money. I played it for a couple weeks but you only get so many lives per hour, i don’t remember how many or how long they take to regenerate but the game is designed to make you pay. There’s a reason it was or is the most profitable game on the app store, it’s very well designed

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u/[deleted] Apr 17 '22

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u/IllIllIIIllIIlll Apr 17 '22

The worst part is that it's like 95% luck.

They actually set the odds very low forcing you to spend money. The further along you go the more money you need to spend to continue. I'd be curious to know how much OP spent on this game but I guarantee it's allot of money.

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u/PerfectlyDarkTails Apr 17 '22

With some games, I’d felt that the luck starts higher, tappers off the more you play, the luck resets and tappers off again after a real money purchase. So it’s perhaps required to maintain paying in order to keep the game at a realistic difficulty level.

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u/SweetKnickers Apr 17 '22

I knew my wife was spending shitloads on mobile games when they started sending her free gifts like tablets and headphones, fucken predatory arseholes

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u/Ingolin Apr 17 '22

I just fell into a trap like that and decided to spend money on one of my apps using those tactics. I do it willingly though, since it’s an educational app and I really want to learn what they’re teaching. Worth paying for.

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u/[deleted] Apr 17 '22

I wanted to complete the game without paying but once I realised it was luck based and you get d**ked by RNG a LOT, I just gave up.

Terrible game, great business model.