Dark City: London (F2P)

Played it for a few days and then came up against a puzzle that was unsolvable without spending real money. Total waste of time

I did enjoy the game a lot, especially with how I enjoy playing these games. I lucked up with finding this after finishing a couple series from another developer, and glad I did. But I don’t like how everything cost so many diamonds. First, a hint is worth 3 and to skip puzzles is over 10/15 diamonds. And if we’re only going to start off with not merely enough diamonds, then I don’t think things should cost much diamonds. I only used diamonds once to skip a puzzle that just wasn’t letting me complete it (the lock to get get into the clock shop, I think?) and after that, that was it. And in the end, I didn’t even have enough diamonds to complete the bonus chapter. Which also isn’t fair, because why should we fork over diamonds just to play the content already in the game? I do not like that, especially when there’s no way to earn free diamonds. Not even an ad, you just have to spend your money and that’s not fair. Even with having the $1.99, I don’t want to spend my money just to play something that should be a free part of the game anyway. And this kind of puts me off to play any other game made by this developer

Production quality is decent. Voice acting is ok. Why is there only one song the whole game? Puzzles are either too easy or frustrating. The final microscope puzzle was beyond unreasonable. It’s hard to see and there’s almost no way to keep track of what you’re doing. I ended up brute forcing it by button mashing.

This game is fun to play. The HOPs aren’t too dark and the mini-games are mostly achievable. Storyline is engaging too. Just wish there was an option to pay upfront to get it. It’s hard to know how many “rubies” you will need and now I’m almost at the end with a whole bunch of unused rubies. Bummer.

It’s fun, like any normal HO game. But the map is awful and not the least bit helpful. Honestly, I don’t know why they bothered. But the WORST part is that if you need a hint or need to skip a game (there’s a ridiculously difficult to understand game with rearranging dots), you need diamonds. They give you a small amount to start… but to skip a game requires more diamonds than are “given”. And you have to pay to get them. So, you buy the game for $6.99, then they sneak in the extra charges. They should let you know upfront. I won’t buy another HO game from these guys. Ridiculous to have to pay for hints. And, to add insult to injury, you have to pay for the bonus game.

The puzzle for the sleeping drug from the mayor was awful. Could barley see small bubbles at the end of the red and purple circles on phone. Can’t skip. So I’m stuck. What a waist. All that time playing and not enough gems to skip. No more from the developer.

I uninstalled the app, but it’s still there and can be launched from the App Store.

I have played all 5 of the Dark City series and am obsessed. Great graphics, puzzles etc. I hope they make more of these because think of the possibilities! Rome, Amsterdam, Paris, Zurich, Stockholm etc. KEEP THIS GOING!!!

Loved this game. Just finished. It definitely kept me wanting to keeping going until the end. It did give me more hints then other games like this. But it made you pay more for certain puzzles. Wished the bonus was FREE! I’m not paying to play something that is so short. I did pay for hints around the middle of it.

Very enjoyable, recommend. No bait and switch. :)