Ever since Candy Crush Soda Saga's speed was changed to lightening speed (which is extremely annoying and not even fun to play anymore), I noticed that another change was made as well. It takes a long time for the game to actually load up when you first start playing. Then, if you want to play an old level that you previously beat or if you go to overview and choose a previous level, it takes forever for that level to load. There is a progress bar at the bottom that tells you how far along you are in loading, but after it hits the end, it still doesn't load the game. It will take several minutes after that for that level to actually come up.
So, the speed was increased on one end and decreased on another end. I have tried playing the game with the increased speed to see if its just something that needs to be gotten used to, but I find that I really don't care for it at all. I feel like I'm being rushed to play and I don't get to see the actual move that I'm making because its done before I can even blink.
The game's speed is set way to fast and doesn't make for an enjoyable time to play the game, which is what I do when my work stresses me out. I hope the developers are reading all the many posts from other players on how they do not like the change as well. This could potentially be a deal breaker in terms of people opting to find another game to play instead of this one.