Dice Merge: Matchingdom Puzzle

 

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Time to roll the dice with: Dice Merge: Matchingdom Puzzle

Today I is a very quick game called Dice Merge. It is a very simple game that is harder than it looks. You get a random combination of either a single die or a dual set like a domino. You will have to rotate the dice around to fit into any free spots.

The main playfield only has 25 spots. A die will only increase if it matching numbers are placed together. This allows you to make combos that can trigger all the way up. Once you combined 2 six dot dice they disappear from the board. There are a few powerups that you can use along the way 

In this game, there is nothing to unlock. There are 3 sets of themes you can choose from the very beginning of the game. It is nice to have everything available to choose from at the start for a change.

You unlock some bonuses for completing different achievements. The only thing you really get here is just some of the powerups that you can use in the main game.

Once a day you can spin a wheel that gives you free power-ups. I do not remember if you can watch ads that allow you to spin more.

There is a lot of microtransactions for the powerups. This doesn't feel like any tangible value at all in this game. 

Lastly there are daily challenges. I did not get a chance to try out any of these apparent mini-games. Sadly this is something you must find and experiment for yourselves when you get bored of the main dice merge.

Overall:

3 of 5 cogs.

This game doesn't have too much going for it. The concept of merging dice is nice and all but there is nothing else to it. I've featured a couple of dice merging games that offer a lot to do or some unique mechanic, where as this game is just lackluster. 

Story:

 0 of 5 cogs.

Sorry, roll again.

Amount of ads:

 

Many

You get a lot of ads. You have a constant bar at the bottom of the screen and you get a forced video ad between rounds.

Accurate Advertising?:

50%

Graphics:

 5 of 5 cogs.

The graphics are clean and fancy. They add to the game a little but is not really enough to hold interest for very long.

Gameplay:

 3 of 5 cogs.

Easy but very repetitive. This game seems to be fairly bug free but the concept is very limited and does not offer much variety to it. This game just falls short of something I feel I would want to continue to play.

Free play:

💯%

This game is very much easy to play without paying for it. There are no paywalls despite the very silly microtransactions in this game. I feel this game really goes for the low hanging fruit.

Fun factor:

😐 Mediocre.

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