Frustrating objective system – Plicplic Review

The developer has come up with a fantastic mechanic, which feels great and is very original, but the game is only ok. The best content is in the lite version of the game -- your dollar just buys you an opportunity to grind, grind, grind! One sore spot is the objective system. Past about level five, the objectives become repeats of previous ones, and feel pretty tedious. Some are ambiguous -- "do x five times", where it's unclear what exactly "x" is, and there's no on-screen feedback to tell you when you've done it. In particular, the I'm pretty sure that "fly outside the screen" doesn't actually mean "fly outside the screen" -- either that, or there's a bug with the 10x version of the objective. Some other objectives are such a grind, they boil down to "give me $5", and feel like an abuse of IAP. All of this would be fine, if the objectives weren't the only thing to play for. They govern a multiplier, which means that leaderboards are meaningless before you've finished all the objectives.
Review by Ross02 on Plicplic.