Decent Game Although Flawed – Scroodles Review

Lots of potential here that's squashed by the Freemium model. About half of the time a level is impossible to win due to not getting appropriate letters. Pair that with three measly 20 minute lives and you'll have this app sitting unused far longer than you play it. Most Freemium games I'll drop five or so bucks on to keep trucking but the prices here are absurd. Almost beat that level? 80 coins ($1.00) for a 50% health bonus when some levels have taken over 20 tries would make me go broke! When you do actually get to play the game it's fantastic. Sure the enemy plays take some time but it makes it all the sweeter to erase those buggers. The variety of Scroodle characters is very impressive as well as all the different kinds of power-ups. A few changes I would make: get rid of the letter 'Q' as the chances of getting a matching 'U' are low let alone being able to make a decent word with them, give players five lives, increase the advantages of purchased erasers for more incentive to pay cash for coins, allow at least one free shuffle per level, add a button to skip enemy animations, replace the wonky dictionary with something more proper, and create more opportunities to earn coins. Will any improvements be made so that players get to play this game for longer than a few minutes at a time? One can wish. Unfortunately, Scroodles at this point is just another flawed game only a few tweaks away from 5 stars collecting dust in your games folder.
Review by AppleUnderpants on Scroodles.