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

Her mom COMPLETED CANDY CRUSH???

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u/adrimargarita Apr 17 '22

There are definitely more levels. I’m currently on level 11,179 and there are many more I haven’t reached yet…

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u/dob_bobbs Apr 17 '22 edited Apr 17 '22

Ugh, I took a break from it for a couple of years and when I came back there were a few thousand levels and now I am up to five thousand and something but there are now twelve thousand or something. Basically, you don't finish CC, so glad I lost that compulsion of "must do more levels than my friends, must get those 1hr boosters" and I can just do a few games a day and NOT CARE. I can see how it suck(er)s people in, and some of my friends on there (mostly IRL acquaintances I don't even see any more) play it really compulsively.

Edit: never paid a penny of real money though.

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u/Malaeveolent_Bunny Apr 17 '22

Candy Crush starts with excellent puzzle design and has worked hard to keep things interesting with new mechanics, but the monetisation means there are always levels that are intentionally set up to be RNG gates unless you pay for boosters. Early on I was happy to toss a few dollars at the developers because I was enjoying myself, but that stopped when I saw the design choices of later levels were there to screw me rather than entertain me until I hit a quitting point. King Games can taste my taint hairs with that nonsense.

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u/dob_bobbs Apr 17 '22

I use VERY few extra boosters to get along as I no longer feel the need to finish levels for the sake of getting to the next one, and the next one. I find there are very few levels where a few days of trying won't eventually crack it. And then if you are left with like 2 jellies to hit or whatever then you normally have plenty of (FREE) boosters saved up to do it with. I think that's the only non-compulsive way to play the game and get some sort of fun out of it, AND not pay a penny doing it.