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Has Candy Crush Become Too Focused on In-App Purchases?

TinTedMak

Dear Candy Crush Community,

I am curious to hear from players who started playing Candy Crush in the 2000s and feel that the game has changed significantly over the years. Does anyone else feel that it has shifted from being a fun source of entertainment to becoming increasingly focused on encouraging in-app purchases?

Recently, I have noticed a few things that have been frustrating. For example, I purchased a Party Booster, which has traditionally been enough to help complete a level with the remaining moves. Lately, however, it feels as though the game is designed so that a single booster is often not enough, leaving you needing to make another purchase to finish the level. I started noticing this after I became a regular purchaser of in-game items.

I have also had the impression that when you accumulate and save boosters, they seem to disappear more quickly than expected, making it difficult to build up a reserve.

I am interested in hearing whether others have had similar experiences or if I am interpreting these changes incorrectly. How are you managing this? I feel like I am losing sight of what made the game enjoyable in the first place.

Could these changes be related to the competitive events and millionaire-style competitions? Whatever the reason, I hope the developers remember that many of us play Candy Crush to relax and have fun. It would be great to see the game remain enjoyable without players feeling pressured to make repeated purchases.

I would love to hear your thoughts.

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TinTedMak

Hie @christinewupp

Thanks for your reply.

It does reassure me that I am not the only long-term player who feels the game has changed. I have also noticed that progression seems to become much more difficult at certain points, and it often feels as though one booster is no longer enough to complete a level. Whether that is intentional or simply how the game has evolved, it has definitely made the experience feel less enjoyable for me than it used to.

christinewupp

Hello @TinTedMak

This is actually a long-standing issue in the game, which has been complained about here for many years. This app lets players win initially so that you will enjoy the game and get addicted to playing. But of course it's a business, so King do want all players to spend some money on in app purchases eventually. Many players notice that the levels get harder when they hit what I call a "blocking wall", which King deliberately place into our games at certain level ranges. Often this is near the end of the map, but can be at any level ranges. I think at the moment the 19,000s are harder as I've read a few complaints about those. These walls get moved about and changed, according to how players respond to them, so it's possible that with luck you manage to avoid these blocking walls until you get near the end of the map. If too many players get stuck at the same levels and quit, then the app will make those levels easier again, after a few weeks usually.

At the same time you are right that a lot has changed in the game over the past two years, and it has become harder to pass skull levels and end of episode event levels in particular, like Volcanic Panic. I have found that often those do need additional boosters as well as a party popper. This tends to be the case for players in the upper ten thousands of levels. It has been like this for some time, so I think that maybe you only now have reached the place in the game where this becomes apparent. Here is a thread I wrote about it, and some tips. As you can see I wrote it two years ago, but it still applies:

https://community.king.com/en/candy-crush-saga/discussion/463701/hit-a-wall-of-impossible-levels-and-used-up-all-your-gold-and-boosters-what-to-do

TinTedMak

@stephanie2024 well said! Looking forward for a positive change.

stephanie2024

I have only been playing this game for one year. It started off being fun, and I had built up a good amount of gold bars. Then when some players experienced that glitch a few weeks ago, not only did I lose all my levels, but all my bars too.

I won't talk about the current problem with the game, as you mentioned you would rather not talk about it. I don't blame you. I would like to play the game, but the past few weeks is making it hard for me to have interest to continue playing.

Hopefully, we all see a positive change, and by that, don't make the game all about paying in order to move further. Time will tell, but I only believe a change when I actually see it!

TinTedMak

If it’s the Extra Move Wheel , I will not comment. I used to believe in

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