Unique, challenging game with too many bugs – Shade Spotter Review

Unique game that capitalizes on the use of white lines separating colored tiles, which is used in many optical illusions. In this game, the user's focus is in the center of the map; and thus, the middle tiles appear much darker than the outer (and corner) tiles, so you have to work with that knowledge because you have a very short timer to work with. So, first of all, the ads. This game is definitely not exciting enough to feature a lot of ads. Yet, the creator of this app makes them appear EVERY TIME you finish a game. Since games have a 30 second timer (that never has time added to it) AND choosing a wrong tile will end the game early, you are watching ads at least once every 30 seconds. Also, some of these are video ads, so you're stuck for 5+ seconds waiting for the close button to appear. Gameplay: There are definitely some colors that are MUCH more difficult than others. You can easily be stumped on one stage for 10 seconds, find the right tile and proceed to the next level where you breeze through the next 5 levels easily, only to hit another difficult color and have time run out. Additionally, if you can't find the right tile, the game will end and it will quickly flash the tile repeatedly to show you which one it was, but it gives you no time to examine the board and the different tile because the screen clears out to an ad in about half a second after the tile finishes flashing. Finally, there are ads that show up in the middle of gameplay, so not only does it completely destroy your game, but now this will make for 3 ads (possibly all video) you have seen in 30 seconds or less.
Review by BiggestTroll on Shade Spotter.