Bus Out 17+

As many has already stated, this is a fun game but the biggest downside is the gameplay. You’re given four parking spots with no increase of spots after winning other levels. You don’t get any free abilities after levels; you have to use your coins or watch ads to use the abilities (which you have to pass 5 levels to get enough for one). Plus in order for you to get extra parking spots, you have to watch ads and these ads are about a minute long. And if you run out of parking spots, you either have to use your coins (which you will have to pass 8 levels to get enough coins) or watch those minute long ads. It is almost impossible for you to pass any of these levels without some extra assistance and you will watch more than one ad per a level which means that most of your time is spent actually watching the ads than playing the game. There needs to be an easier way to play this game without all these long ads, like give you more chances to win levels, parking spots, or abilities. If not, this game just becomes annoying.

This game is really fun the first few levels. However, the restriction on the number of parking spaces available becomes quickly unmanageable. You can pay in-game currency to unlock more parking spaces, but you do not earn the in-game currency fast enough to keep up with the need so you need to pay real money. There is a random component to each level, so if you get stuck, you can advance without paying real money, but only by playing and failing the level dozens of times until you just luck upon a game board that can be solved without an extra space. And of course every time you fail a level you have to watch an Ad. I get that free games have many more users than paid games. And I am not opposed to micro transactions in games. But when a game is designed to make you frustrated into micropaying, that comes across as manipulative. The game itself has to still be fun and playable without payment, then I will consider supporting the developer by buying an in game item to get me through an unusually hard level or something aesthetic that doesn't affect gameplay. But you basically cannot pass level 5 without paying real money. if that’s how they want to play it, they should just charge money upfront for the game.

I know ads are a game’s revenue if it’s “free”, but when you have a banner ad, ads between rounds, and ads to get parking spaces… it’s overdoing it. And you literally cannot win without watching ads, no matter what you do. I’ve tried, lol. I guess a “positive” is that it has a way to remove ads; some games don’t. And, it seems, it’s a one-time purchase, so that’s better than games trying to get you to pay $ every month for a game you might only play a few times a month. Or the monthly cost is literally the price of a good indie game, when the mobile game isn’t even that good (looking at the mess adventure capitalist has turned into and they want you to pay $15 a month for no ads, I believe, HAHA).
I can, at least, justify paying once for something. We’ll see if I continue playing the game past a few days, though.