Would be better, but irritating ad appearances
The ads dont bother me, really. What does bother me is how the ads are displayed; the "up, down; up, down" UI element makes this halfway enjoyable game an exercise in patience - as youre bound to get irritated and frustrated when the screen shifts up or down (usually when it moves up) without warning to display an ad.
The reason this is so frustrating is because without warning, youve no idea (unless you just sit back and wait for the screen to shift before playing further; or you just happen to get the timing down, which I see as unlikely because that would require a goo amount of time playing and I doubt even Job would has as much patience) when the screen will suddenly jump up and screw you over by essentially forcing you into a play you didnt want to make. Nothing is as irritating as having just what you want rolled and attempting to highlight dice to keep them ruined because the precise moment you tapped the screen the entire playing area moved up causing you to hit "roll" instead - thus essentially guaranteeing you wont get anything as favorable without getting extreme lucky.
If the ads were constantly present I would likely rate this at 3 or 4 stars, because the game itself seems well made and isnt hard to use at all (even if "registering" to show your score is a useless feature with 90+ scores locking up the Top 100, and that "local" either doesnt work at all or is another way of saying "Top 100" - "local" never showed anything but the same ludicrously lucky, or insanely lacking a hobby and/or social life persons who populate the Top 100); but the entire play area in such frequent motion, especially in such an annoying manner, makes this game painful to play where it ought to be mildly entertaining and possibly addictive when you have time to kill.
I dont know about the full version but if the free one only differs by the inclusion of ads, it is a real shame this game lacks a multiplayer feature. A "pass along" multiplayer option would be great! After a players 3 rolls for the round, have the next players turn start instead of the same player rolling again to trying to satisfy some other scoring goal. It would add a whole new element of fun to the game. Also, fixing the "local" top scores so it shows only scores achieved by players on the users phone would make sense (perhaps it is supposed to already)...
With those fixes done Id give the game 3 stars, with multiplayer likely 4 pretty easily. But as it a now...
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