Vineyard Valley: My Renovation
- August 5, 2019
- Jam City, Inc.
- 9h median play time
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Get on Apple Store"Vineyard Valley: My Renovation" is a puzzle game that combines match-three puzzles with resort design and a compelling story. Players blast puzzles to earn resources, decorate their resort, and uncover a mysterious family legacy. While the game boasts beautiful visuals and funny dialogue, it can be very grinding and contains annoying ads. Unfortunately, it is also very buggy, which can detract from the overall experience.
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Reviews
- Great graphics and storyline that keeps players engaged.
- Fun gameplay with a good balance of challenge and rewards.
- The game allows for decorating and customization, making it enjoyable.
- The game frequently crashes and freezes, causing frustration.
- Levels become increasingly difficult, often requiring in-app purchases to progress.
- There are too many ads, with some players required to watch an ad before every level.
- story1,056 mentions
- 56 % positive mentions
- 42 % neutral mentions
- 2 % negative mentions
The game's storyline receives mixed reviews from players; while many find it engaging and well-integrated with gameplay, others feel it is overly lengthy and tedious, often wishing for a skip option. Some players appreciate the graphics and character development, noting that the story adds depth to the puzzle-solving experience, but frustrations arise from technical issues and slow progression in the narrative. Overall, the story is seen as a significant aspect of the game, with potential for improvement in pacing and interactivity.
“The story and characters are interesting, and the levels are challenging enough to make it engaging without being frustrating.”
“The graphics, gameplay, and storyline are brilliant!”
“I love the story, written dialogue, graphics, and decorations.”
“The story is just annoying and predictable, and the cut scenes and the dialog bits are endless... and there is no option to skip.”
“Way too long of story takes forever to get to the game and then back to long ass story ugh!!”
“The game is interesting however, the long story lines are annoying, time consuming, and uninteresting.”
- graphics553 mentions
- 72 % positive mentions
- 26 % neutral mentions
- 2 % negative mentions
The graphics in the game receive mixed reviews, with many players praising their beauty, detail, and overall quality, often comparing them favorably to other games like The Sims. However, numerous users report issues such as lag, glitches, and missing elements that detract from the experience, leading to frustration during gameplay. While the artistic design is generally appreciated, technical problems related to graphics can significantly impact enjoyment.
“The graphics, story, and decorating in this game are fantastic.”
“The graphics are amazing and it seems to be the only game of its kind that actually assists you with the difficult levels.”
“The graphics are exceptional.”
“Like, ditch all the unnecessary graphics since it slows the transition, bogs down the game, and causes the game to crash.”
“It would be a great game, but for it being very slow loading, glitchy graphics, but worst of all, constantly crashing!”
“Horrible graphics - the colors are a weird oversaturated dark shade.”
- stability551 mentions
- 1 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 99 % negative mentions
The game's stability is a significant concern among users, with frequent reports of freezing, crashing, and lagging, particularly at higher levels. Many players express frustration over losing progress and lives due to these glitches, which often require restarting the app. While some users find the game enjoyable despite these issues, the overwhelming consensus is that the stability problems detract from the overall experience, leading to a desire for urgent fixes from the developers.
“There are no glitches, so that's good too.”
“No glitches, no ads.”
“Good game, it doesn't freeze and is good to play.”
“The game freezes, the gameplay lags, and it force closes a lot... usually when I'm about to win a level.”
“I enjoy the game, much better than Garden or Homescapes, but too many glitches make it unplayable!”
“The game constantly freezes, requiring you to close and restart it.”
- monetization154 mentions
- 12 % positive mentions
- 8 % neutral mentions
- 79 % negative mentions
The monetization strategy of the game has drawn mixed reviews, with many players expressing frustration over the recent increase in mandatory ads before each level or the requirement to pay to remove them. While some users appreciate the option to play without constant interruptions, others feel that the excessive ads detract from the overall enjoyment and gameplay experience, leading to a significant number of uninstalls. Additionally, issues with in-app purchases not being credited properly have further soured the experience for some players.
“It has a great story, and there aren't ads which is nice.”
“The first home design game that you don't need in-app purchases to play.”
“No ads so far, beautiful graphics, the talking is cool and I can get a lot of boosters for free.”
“Was kind of into it, until it started asking me to watch ads to play levels at all or purchase bundles to continue playing.”
“You so called updated your game and now we have to watch an ad before every level to play or we have to buy something to not watch ads so we can play levels.”
“This was a great game until they started making you watch an ad for every level, or make you pay to skip the ads.”
- gameplay74 mentions
- 57 % positive mentions
- 39 % neutral mentions
- 4 % negative mentions
The gameplay of the game has received mixed reviews, with many players praising its fun mechanics, engaging story, and appealing graphics. However, significant issues such as lag, freezing, and glitches have been reported, which detract from the overall experience. While some users find the gameplay enjoyable and addictive, others express frustration over technical problems and a lack of challenging content as they progress.
“The gameplay is fun and the story is really cute.”
“Beautiful art style, quick, snappy gameplay, and a difficulty curve that you don't have to pay to overcome.”
“Great gameplay; but you absolutely must fix those hideous sounds that occur at the end of a successful game!”
“The game freezes, the gameplay lags, and it force closes a lot... usually when I'm about to win a level.”
“The gameplay is blotchy, it constantly pauses and then goes again, and I feel like it's trying to run too much at once.”
“Game keeps crashing and freezing, spoils gameplay.”
- humor30 mentions
- 100 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 0 % negative mentions
The humor in the game is widely appreciated, with players highlighting its engaging storylines, quirky characters, and amusing moments, such as a cat gliding on its backside. While some users noted repetitive elements that detracted from the humor, the overall consensus is that the game offers a delightful mix of comedy and charm, making it a fun experience. Many reviews emphasize the game's ability to evoke laughter and provide a lighthearted escape.
“I absolutely love this game; the storyline is perfect between humor, love, conspiracies, and so on.”
“The characters are funny and the puzzles are challenging but not frustrating.”
“The cat is hilarious!!!”
- music16 mentions
- 38 % positive mentions
- 44 % neutral mentions
- 19 % negative mentions
The music in the game is generally well-received, with many players finding it charming, relaxing, and a pleasant complement to the storyline and visuals. However, some users have reported technical issues, such as glitches and interruptions that detract from the overall experience. While the music enhances enjoyment for many, there are suggestions for improvement, indicating that it could be more engaging.
“The story, characters, music, art, everything--it's all so charming!”
“Graphics are crystal clear, the music very pleasant, design options are wonderful.”
“The background music is also relaxing!”
“The sound of every game interferes with my music, and I can't turn off the sound right away because they force you into a tutorial.”
“It's impossible to play, especially when I have the music app open in the background; then it just glitches horribly.”
“The music and visuals go and stop like a scratched CD; please fix it.”
- grinding12 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 100 % negative mentions
Players generally find the grinding aspect of the game to be tedious and repetitive, with many tasks requiring excessive effort or resources to complete. While some enjoy the gameplay and storyline, the overall sentiment leans towards frustration due to the need for multiple challenges to progress and the perceived emphasis on monetization. This has led to a decline in enjoyment as the game becomes more of a chore than a fun experience.
“As I said, it's fun but some tasks are tedious like the fish tank and bar build, split into 3 tasks needing 3 coins, meaning a total of 9 just to complete.”
“However, after a while it becomes tedious. I wasn't able to make choices without paying, and the storyline is pedestrian.”
“I've lowered your rating because it has become apparent that this game is geared for just the money you spend. It starts off fun but then becomes tedious to play.”
- optimization8 mentions
- 38 % positive mentions
- 25 % neutral mentions
- 38 % negative mentions
The game's optimization is a significant concern among users, with many reporting performance bugs and crashes, particularly on tablets. While some players have managed to improve performance through manual adjustments, the overall consensus is that the game requires better optimization for a smoother experience across various devices.
“I cleared the cache, deleted junk files, moved some items off my phone, and then optimized.”
“I fixed the issue, and now it runs smoothly.”
“Runs smoothly, has fun characters, and decorating is so satisfying.”
“The game really needs to be optimized for more efficient running and less crashes.”
“Not optimized at all.”
“I am giving one star because on my tablet the update says it's not optimized for it anymore.”
- emotional3 mentions
- 100 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 0 % negative mentions
While players find the game enjoyable, they express frustration with the emotional impact of the lag and delay when interacting with the cubes, which detracts from the overall experience.
- replayability1 mentions
- 100 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 0 % negative mentions
Users feel that the game's replayability is lacking, suggesting that it would greatly benefit from enhancements to make it more engaging for multiple playthroughs.
