Majong Games 4+

I’d never played Four Rivers before but that’s my absolute favorite game on this app. It’s the perfect challenge for my logic-loving brain. From reading other reviews, it seems most people don’t realize the tiles aren’t set at random. These puzzles aren’t impossible; they are totally solvable if you’re patient enough. I completed 199 of the 200 Four Rivers levels, each at the highest score, on my own, employing only logic. (Level 197, I’d like a word with you. 🤨)

Instead of using cheats, if I get stuck on a level, I simply restart and think it through more carefully. I appreciate being able to see (on most levels) all of the tiles at once. They’re in a predetermined placement, but the images on the tiles get switched up each time you restart the level. I really like that feature because it feels satisfying to continue to work out a specific logic puzzle, and the tile image switch keeps it challenging and interesting, so you’re not just trying to visually memorize the order on the board.

This is the only app I’ve ever taken the time to review. Well done!

These are some of the best Mahjong games I’ve tried. Having a variety of different types of puzzles makes it even better. My biggest complaint is with the developer’s lack of communication for making purchases in their app. Don’t get me wrong, I don’t mind paying for good apps. This app earns it’s money by having you purchase hints. Each games has options for a help function like undo or reshuffle. They start you out with some free ones but when you run out, you have to buy more. I have no problem with that. I went into the Home area and purchased coins and went back to the Towers game to purchase more reshuffles. Guess what? They wanted MONEY $ for the purchase, not coins. I had been in one of the other games that let me buy with coins. There is NOWHERE in their app that tells which games require coins and which require a cash purchase. ** This is extremely deceptive. ** I just spent money buying coins that I can’t use for the game I need it in. Developer - please take note and fix this! Would hurt you to add a page that explains your purchase system? Or better yet, use a consistent ‘currency’ in all your games that are in this one app? If it weren’t for this, I’d give this app 5 stars.

It’s like the person/people who created this app made it and then never actually played it.
Don’t get me wrong, it’s fun. But there are a lot of simple options that were left out. Being able to reset a puzzle so you can try the same one again, actually having the puzzles to be solvable... etc. I made it to level 38 of 4 Rivers. I finally got frustrated because I continuously got to 2 pieces left and was unable to win. At one point, I gave up and decided to reshuffle. There were 6 pieces left, the puzzle reshuffled, and only one move was available. I reshuffled again, just to see what would happen with 4 pieces left, it rearranged the pieces and again, I was only able to make one move before running out if options. Mahjong puzzles are supposed to be solvable; difficult but solvable.
Just a lot of stupid things that are missing; in Klondike, there’s no undo option... just a bunch of little things missing that make the game frustrating.
I’m not going to pay for extra options when those extra options still aren’t going to allow the puzzle to be solvable. Think, developers, think!
Hopefully they pull their heads out of their butts. I’ll never know. After playing level 38 for the hundredth time(barely exaggerating), I’m just going to find another app and delete this one.