Road Trip: Merge travel island 4+

WAS a great game

I absolutely loved this game! Had made it to the fourth section, checked frequently, etc. When I opened it this morning post-update, my progress was gone and I was back at the beginning. I tried the fix they mentioned of updating it again, but mine is just simply updated, i can’t update again. If there was an actual way to contact the company, maybe I could have resolved it on my own, but I had to use the Support AI for assistance. It still just told me to update again, and I can’t, so my game is lost, and I will likely not start over since I had put a lot of time into it already.

Edit: I got a response back via the in game support chat and they got my game progress restored! Happily rated five stars now⭐️

Developer Response ,

Don't worry, we'll restore your game progress. Just send us a message via the game settings!

They make it impossible to play

I’m in an expedition and like most other comments, the energy costs get so high you can clear 3 or 4 obstacles and are stuck. Either spend money or wait… which makes me inclined to NEVER spend a dime here. Really fun games that give just the right amount of challenge are worth throwing some money at every once in a while, or buying the inexpensive “monthly pass” to enhance game play, but any game that is so blatantly making it difficult to play just to make players spend money is ridiculous and I refuse. I’ll delete the game before I give you one red cent!
Now it’s more difficult than ever to progress because they have initiated a Generator Amplifier- completely stalling out progress for items that are base level. I am in an expedition and I’m getting 2nd or 3rd tier items from the generators- never a base level item- EVER. So I’m stuck because to progress I need base items and can’t get them. This expedition will end before the generator turns off. And scissors to reduce an items level are not available. Maybe if I could progress one would show up down the line, but I can’t progress because I can’t get the scissors! And I can’t even spend in-game money to purchase them….
I’ll probably give it a day or two more (which will equal about 10 minutes play time) and then delete it. Cute game, but way too frustrating to play.

Developer Response ,

Hello! Thank you for your detailed review! We're constantly working on improving the energy balance with help from players like you.

To turn off the generator amplifier, simply tap the x2 button in the top right corner. This will provide you with level 1 items.

Love the game, BUT…

If there were a few changes, this game would be 5 stars. I love playing it. I love the combination of adventure and merge. I could easily play it for hours, but that would be impossible without spending a bunch of money. First, you have to expend a lot of energy on the adventure tasks - it looks like you have a lot, then suddenly after removing a few obstacles, you have very little. Then, you either spend money for more energy, or wait until you have accrued more. Second, and possibly the most frustrating, when you use the time boosters, it really doesn’t help much at all lol. Same if you are paying to speed up the use of something that is regenerating. For example - you go into the game and the toolbox has like 100 uses before it has to regenerate. You’d think using the time booster or paying for it to regenerate would get you another 100 uses, be a that’s only fair. But no - it’s like 20 lol. And then it wants you to boost it again. I don’t think so, dude. That’s a blatant money grab right there, and if I didn’t love the game so much, I would have quit already. Be a decent human and fix that, please - make it fair. And maybe tone down the energy use just a tad? I have no problem spending money on games, but not that way.