Lily’s Garden: Design & Match for Pc

This game is AMAZING!!! I started this roughly a month and a half ago and I’m at level 704 (Day 20). Some levels are hard, but I find the challenge of finally beating it (after a day or two) rewarding. I literally rejoice when I do and my husband gets a kick out it. He actually plays HomeScapes, but that seemed boring and design choices were less desirable. This game however has a lot of vibrant colors and when completed looks awesome. You’ll love being able to create, design and switch things out as you go along. If I had to give any criticism, it would be that there are some glitches, but the support team is great at correcting and restoring any time lost during the glitch. Secondly, the wait time for lives. Twenty minutes seems a little long to have to wait for one life. I’d like to see it down to 5-10 minutes like some of the other games I play. All in all if you enjoy a challenge and designing, this game is for you. Oh yeah, and the storyline is kinda funny too once you actually read it instead of hitting skip like I used to lol.

I love this story and the gameplay so much. Unlike other unnamed match-3 games, when you get a super power up, all of the boosts go off individually, so you can hit things over and over again with each one, rather than having one big explosion. Also, the upgrades available for purchase are low cost and you get more than what you pay for, like unlimited lives for $1. I’m happy to shell out a buck when I just want to curl up on the couch and unwind. The story is gripping and you really come to love the characters and Lily’s journey of love, loss, and friendship. Most importantly, it makes sense (unlike billionaire butlers). They also have excellent customer service! I contacted them because of a glitch in one of the levels and not only did they fix the glitch, they gave me coins and boosts as an apology. No other game does that in my experience! I really appreciate that they care about their players. My one and only complaint is that the rockets never point the way you want them to. Other games have the rockets rotate with each turn, but in this game they tend to get in the way and waste your moves. Hopefully this is resolved in the future, but even if it isn’t, almost perfect is plenty good enough to keep me around.

This game is very much like every other Match 3 game I’ve played, right down to the strange ads seen elsewhere that have nothing to do with the game. There’s one in which Lily gets excited about a positive pregnancy test, she shares the news with her boyfriend, he speeds away in his car, she sits on the porch crying, and then she picks up her head, smiles, and wipes off the second line on the test that makes it look like a positive result. Tonight, I saw a new one in which Lily has to sit on top of her washing machine in order to keep the lid down. She turns the machine on while up there and after a few seconds of rocking movement, she gets a look of relaxation and pleasure on her face. The scene cuts to Lily and some friends arriving at a laundromat where they light candles, pour wine, and sit on top of washing machines in motion. Sure, it’s just a game and it’s just a bit of fun. But I know that part of the reason people get into games like these is the storyline, trying to get further ahead in order to see how the story ends. I have no interest in the story of a woman who fakes a pregnancy in order to trick her boyfriend into leaving her or takes wine and candles to a laundromat so she can sit on the washing machines. And I have no interest in playing a game promoted by people who believe those story lines are the kind that will tempt me.

I really love this game! The characters have really grown on me and it satisfies this constant craving I always have for home design and puzzle games. And I just feel all the hard work the team puts into the art and the story, this game is really special. But gosh the levels are sooooo harrrrrdd. I really wish there was an easier way to play, or that every little action didnt require so many stars. I understand the strategy is meant to make money, but I wish the options to spend money weren’t for such a core part of the gameplay- like animal crossing pocket camp for example, leaf tickets are hardly necessary, and when I buy them its for further fun. But I’d never pay money for a pay to win game like this out of spite, sorry. Plus I know that even if I paid money to help get out of a level I’m stuck on I know I’m just gunna have to do it again later. I know it would be hard to change the entire structure of the game but I really think the game would benefit from leaving a pay to win structure by keeping more long term players and without making paying for stuff feel like such a commitment.