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The Secret Society: Mystery App Complaints & User Negative Comments 2024
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✓ G5 stole our sets which we paid to winI have really enjoyed Secret Society, especially the friends you make there, for years. They just did an upgrade and took many sets that gave 5 instruments to me, that I paid to win, and made them worth 1 instrument! I feel that is theft as I have paid to win those sets over the years and saved them to play challenges. I now have lost over 500 great sets. What’s the point? You can’t combine them when you win them because G5 doesn’t let you win enough combiners. What they did was just wrong and a lot of us (i mean a LOT) are looking for a new game that is not G5. We don’t know what they will do next. Stay away, this game is toxic. UPDATE: G5 fixed some of the wishes we had complained about and I greatly appreciate it. I am raising them from 1 star to 3. There are other issues that need to be fixed. New worthless items are thrown into sets making it hard to get the pieces you need. But I do enjoy the game. Thanks G5 for fixing this mistake! Kudos to you!.Version: 1.45.7900
✓ BoringSetting is not working, not multi-language.Version: 1.45.8901
✓ Honey or VinegarMy mother always told me that you can attract more flies with honey than vinegar. In other words, be kind to others and you’ll receive the same. In most times this is true in my experiences with people who work in customer service. But that has not been the case with G5. I’ve written so many, many, many times to their customer service and as of yet, NONE of my requests have been answered or any of the issues I’ve pointed, have been fixed. Just now, the app shut down suddenly. And I lost so many things, but to name a few, I lost: 1- Energy points 2- Experience points 3- Two collection items required to complete a mission (I worked very hard to get them) 4- Progress made in at least six “pictures “ that I wanted to upgrade to the next level 5- My patience and love for the game 6- My respect in G5’s customer service Not to mention, that my Friendship counter has been frozen for more than a year. I have to ask, do their employees play this game? And the only answer I can think of is NO. Because if they did, they would know how much time, effort and even money it takes to play this game (I’m at level 506) and they should appreciate that level of commitment by responding to game issues. This is the first negative review I’ve written in my life. I’ve always believed that if you don’t have something nice to say, than its better to say nothing. But I’ve just about had it with G5. I will never support any of their games again..Version: 1.44.4900
✓ Changes made over time have been uniformly negativeI started playing this game over a year ago. In that time, the game has gone downhill with each new update. It used to be easier to gain rewards after each completed picture; now I can have multiple items active to increase my chances of finding rewards and still get nothing. And playing one room ~10 times in order to find enough of a special item just to be able to play another room once, in hopes of finding a reward that is needed to continue a quest, when the chances of finding such are going down with each update...well, that becomes an interminable grind, not an enjoyable pastime. Add in the fact that the last three rooms added have the unpleasant feature of having multiple versions of each object, and the game becomes an exercise in clicking randomly. “Find this dog that is shaped nothing like the silhouette displayed, and also looks different from the dog shown the last time you played this room.” No thank you. The graphics are still lovely, studying settings is still immersive; if you download it, my advice is, ignore the quests and “storyline” completely, and just enjoy searching for stuff. Since the game is obviously intended to be a money sink, I won’t be buying anything more from the developers..Version: 1.31.3100
✓ GreedyIf you don't spend money, it is VERY slow going. And it takes a very long time to gather collections. Also, you keep getting the same objects over and over instead of the ones you need. You can explore a location ten, twenty thirty times and still not get the item in the quest, EVEN IF YOU USE A TALISMAN WHICH SUPPOSEDLY INCREASES YOUR CHANCES OF FINDING THE OBJECT. It becomes so boring searching the same locations over and over; frustrating too. It takes WAY TOO LONG to get to a level where you can open a new location and experience some variety. Other hidden object games and companies are more generous and this keeps your interest by moving you forward and giving you rewards. Come on, don’t be greedy! Be generous, and treat others as you’d like to be treated. P.S. I needed to get to level 55 in order to open a new scene and this took a very long time; having to play the same scenes over and over again to move up the levels. I was at level 54, close to 55 and then the game automatically updated and with the new update the required level to open the same scene jumped to 62! Bullocks!!.Version: 1.39.3900
✓ Never Achiever GameLates Update: Aug 21, 2017 - App takes 1+ minutes to either load content, send gifts, or visit friends. "Ain't nobody got time for that!" This game is mediocre if you just want to explore/find hidden object games and never win any quests and hardly progress at all. There are quests that require certain modes in pictures in order to complete and also certain pictures require special 'keys' to enter. Whatever G5's program is for you getting the right mode and the right amount of keys to complete a task is set against you. You'll never have enough energy to gather enough keys and play often enough to complete a quest or challenge. I have 10 days left on the current quest and need 2500 keys to play that quest picture. I also need a particular mode for collecting items. I would have to play the quest picture 10x with 250 keys daily to win. But I have to collect the keys first and this uses up all my energy before I can even play the quest room! It has taken me 5 days to collect 125 keys! And when I played and eventually got the mode I didn't get the item! At this rate it is impossible for me to achieve/win the quest. G5 makes their software/games to never benefit the player and forces you to pay to play. You'll never achieve in G5 games unless you pay $$$..Version: 1.26.2605
✓ Friends & Gift changes are awfulLibrarian leaving game for real. I got a newer iPad and now I can’t access friends without logging in. I won’t log in or give my location, so deleting after playing for over 3 years. The new friends function is horrible. I don't want to communicate with others or download other games or link to Facebook. In order to give someone a gift and also visit them it you have to back to your game page then go back to the Friends screen, which is so cumbersome. I used to give multiple friends gifts daily and now it is a pain and too time consuming. Too many clicks! You can't easily see how many elemental items you have before giving one to a friend. All sorts of messages show up before you can play the game. I don't care about communicating with anyone, I just want to play a game. Unless you are familiar with Japanese items, you have no idea what you are searching for in the newest puzzle. I am a senior and play to exercise my mind. Edit: I also agree with another reviewer, the changes made to Japanese House, Buddha Square and Throne Room scenes make them look cluttered and dark. It is now impossible to find all the items once you are at a higher level. I have played this game for a number of years, but am ready to delete and go to a hidden object game from another company. I am playing down coins, and gems and then it is bye G5. I really liked the game and played it for years..Version: 1.39.3905
✓ Hate this partThe part of this game that really makes it no fun is the pictures where you have to find pieces of a whole. They make it so difficult that it just isn’t any fun. It is one of the reasons I don’t play this game as often as I used, I got frustrated. I also try to avoid those puzzles that have the split circle, but sometimes in order to find something you have to do them. I just finally give up. It’s not worth it. Some of the pictures are also too dark.. This game also never lets you earn crystals. I have been playing for at least three years and have never had more than 12 crystals if that. I am down to four my fault did not realize something costs me Crystals. Unless you spend money crystals are pretty much off the table to earn. The last thing is that this game penalizes you if you play at different times during the day they X out your rewards. You lose credit if you play in the morning one day but play later in the day the next day. We all have different schedules. We also have a life. I really dislike the new puzzle it is creepy. I hate listening to people eat. It’s like watching someone with their mouth open and listening to the sound. The laughter is creepy too.I would like to mention I have played this game for several years and only have 6 crystals which is worthless. They need to find a way to award crystals so you can continue doing the picture that is currently at 5he top. Quit being so stingy!.Version: 1.45.8201
✓ Very enjoyable up until the latest updateThis is a good game with beautiful graphics. It’s a good time waster and you can progress without spending too much money. However, this latest update is about to be a deal breaker for me. After solving each puzzle, instead of the very slight loading pause ( for the home screen to return) I am being shown an advertisement for 1 of the hundreds of other games this company makes. It’s annoying. You can’t bypass, you can’t ignore, you are stuck watching a 10 second ad over and over and over again.......we already are shown an ad to all these games when we first log into the original game. We are also invited to play other games by the “friends” we make in this game. Now I get to watch a loop of 2-3 different gameplay demos for 10 seconds each, every time I finish a puzzle. And did I mention this time waster also does not pause special talisman I’ve activated, or special offers I’m using in my real game,.....the game I actually want to play? So it appears that the makers have found yet another creative way to lessen the rewards of their game. Surely they wouldn’t do that on purpose......?.Version: 1.44.4405
✓ Enjoy it when I can actually play itI like the graphics, different games etc but I’m over the constant running out of energy, not having the right objects to banish anomalies, complete collections etc. I’ve spent about £20 in the few days I’ve been playing it and will be deleting it if I can’t play it any more without spending a fortune. I’d happily pay a subscription like Netflix but I think paying more than £5/6 a month for something which doesn’t provide as much unlimited entertainment is too much..Version: 1.45.8301
✓ Stop the drop downs!Please stop the dropdowns when I first log in. They are infuriating!.Version: 1.44.5400
✓ UnhappyI loved the game until the G5 friends and ads got in the way....uninstalling sadly it was my favourite.Version: 1.37.3701
✓ Frustrating!Played this game for several years and always enjoyed the game! However.. They changed a few of the games ( Buddha & Venice ) are now unplayable! My wish list froze and I now currently have over 1600 thousand rabbits waistcoats!! When playing new updated quest items I had found disappeared so was unable to move forward with the game even though I had spent AGES finding them! When you contact support I waited WEEKS for a reply and then they was apologise and say their tech team are still looking into it over a YEAR later!!! Lost patience with the game! Reading the reviews it seems I'm not the only one with the same problems! Frustrating to play and not fun anymore I wouldn't invest anytime on this game..Version: 1.36.3600
✓ Glitch in New GamesNew games have a technical issue. When playing them, they slow down a lot! So takes me 3 times as long to play them. Has been happening the last 5 or more New Games. No problem with others. There’s plenty of room on my iPad. The App itself is not slow just the New Game added. It is slow when playing the game every now and then until a New Game is added..Version: 1.45.8001
✓ Just started....some issues nowI've now been playing for a week or two. Several issues: you don't get enough time on majority of the scenes to find everything. I realise you probably want us to buy crystals (or whatever you call them) and I have brought some but don't think I'm getting value for money so won't buy any again. Secondly: you only get about 1 minute 20 seconds to do the jigsaw puzzles - not enough time as most of the pieces need turning 3 times and you can only turn them in a free section of the puzzle so you can't always turn them, it definitely isn't enough time - I'm trying to get the second part which I need to earn flowers for to get which you can only get playing the jigsaw, which you can't do because there isn't enough time. Also, I accidentally purchased something using gems which I didn't mean to do, please set up your game so that a question asks you if you want to purchase the item so that you can get out of the purchase if it was a mistake. I think that's all for now but please think about the time allowed for play each scene especially the jigsaw or don't have rotating pieces as it just takes too long. I've only been playing two days but so far so good. I think the energy runs out too quickly - perhaps you need to give us more to work with. I'll add to this as I play further into the game (I was offered free crystals to write this now.....).Version: 1.28.2805
✓ Can’t figure out how to NOT share to FacebookIt’s annoying.Version: 1.35.3500
✓ Carebear KerrieI have been playing this game for a while now and I'm finding it extremely expensive why do we need to purchase crystals All the time ? It's starting to cost me a fair amount of money and as much as I do enjoy playing this game I'm going to have to delete it once the crystals that I have now are gone . Maybe you could have some challenges where you can get free crystals it would be nice if you could make it a bit fairer that way more people would be able to afford to continue playing..Version: 1.44.4900
✓ Ok but some issuesGame is fun but most scenes are a bit difficult- I.e I cannot find all items within allowed time limit . Also it’s not easy to play on a phone - screen is too small. I realize you prob want players to buy diamonds but I don’t think it’s great value for money. The energy does not last for very long (as I fail to find all items most times) so most times I only spend like 20min on the game..Version: 1.30.3001
✓ Great GamePlease make gifting and visiting friends a faster process. When visiting a friend you have to go in and tap the all the things you want to charge, after that you have to go completely out of the screen and pick another friend, why can’t you just make it where you can go into a friends screen and then jump to the next friend instead of going back out? This is very time consuming the way it’s set up now. I also would like to see the number of assemblers I have when gifting friends. I don’t ever know if I have an adequate amount before sending items, you show numbers of collection items so why not assemblers also? I also would think that someone like me that’s been playing for years (about 10) would be able to level up faster and earn more items. I am not willing to spend hundreds of dollars to level up, you don’t make this challenging, you cater to those that are willing to spend some serious money to progress through the game and it shows. I’m on level 110ish and I’m not willing to buy my way through this game. Those that spend hundreds are rewarded, it’s obvious when visiting friends and seeing that they have things I’ve never seen before but I am further along in the locations as evidenced by frame color..Version: 1.45.8201
✓ Secret societyI love this game, it's best hidden object game there is. But don't bother to do the quest unless you buy in app purchases. Also G5 cheat you investigate pictures but before you can investigate Adventure City the game randomly closes down and you lose all of your cameras. I've lost 100 cameras already. Listen G5 I'm absolutely fed up with this. Fix this please or your loyal players will delete this game. I've had enough now this the last time I'm investigating Adventure City. I should have progressed to 79%. I should have been on 89%. I have tried the latest quest which is the Christmas bazaar. I have spent three weeks to get to 38%. I have investigated this picture three times in an hour and a half and I only progressed 1 % in all that time.I got the avatar last time. G5 do not like you to achieve the objective. They decrease the number of items that you can get by investigating the other pictures, so you have to expend more energy. And are less likely to achieve the quest. I used to recommend this game to all my friends, I will not now. I'm fed up with this. Also with the new updates you have got rid to the explorers eyes. Venice, throne room Buddhas square are too cluttered to be playable. Fix this please. I will not purchase any crystals or any other in app things, because like one of the other players who purchased crystals and other items but lost due to updates and having to change his iPad. This used to be my favourite game. NOT ANY LONGER..Version: 1.36.3600
✓ Secret societyPlayed the game for a few years love it.Version: 1.33.3300
✓ I love this game, BUT...The concept, graphics, and design of this game are great and can be addicting. At least initially. I've been playing for about two years, and the game does appear to be endless, which is frustrating. More meaningful advancement of the plot and ways to win more crystals without having to spend money would rate more stars. The crystals are extremely expensive and quite a few are needed to purchase needed items. The philosopher's crystal appears occasionally or trunks are offered in the store to offer bargains, but compared to other games, the cost is still high. Overall, if you like this type of game, it's one of the best, but there is room for improvement. The most recent update crashes frequently but probably my biggest disappointment has been my inability to easily transfer my game progress to a new device. I've tried several things, but nothing has worked. Reviewers here have made other worthy pro and con points about the game. It is well worth the time and effort, I just hope the developers are listening to their loyal gaming customers..Version: 1.45.7400
✓ JudyNot happy after the latest update! Some items in the latest pictures are ridiculously small, with some almost totally hidden, and in silhouette mode they change shape! This means I have come to rely on the zoom to find these items. Then in this newest update you change the zoom in feature, so you can only zoom in half as much! I sincerely hope this is NOT a permanent feature but an oversight or glitch that is fixed in the next update. If the latest pictures and changes to the zooming, are an indication of the direction the game will be moving in, it might be time for a change of game. G5 I understand change is inevitable, but it should add to the enjoyment and make a game better, not this latest exercise in frustration, get your act together!.Version: 1.32.3100
✓ Stingy developersUpdated review: Both this game and their other one (I think it's called Hidden City or something like that) stop being fun bc it is almost impossible to earn the components needed to assemble collections to advance. Also the graphics on this one is not good...it is ridiculously difficult to see some of the objects bc they are so blurry/unclear. MyTona (another developer) does a much better job in their mystery/hidden objects game. Old review: This game is fun but it is costly (nearly impossible if you don't pay for gems) to complete collections, etc. Also, none of these type of games seem to be developed for use on the Apple Hi-Res screen since the pictures are often fuzzy, esp when you zoom, which makes it difficult to find some objects. Also, the sensitivity to touching objects is not sensitive enough...I have touched objects that were the correct ones (which I had to use a hint to find) but the game did not recognize my touch. Annoying!.Version: 1.41.4105
✓ Videotron users.Those of you who are having trouble with the game crashing even before opening, is your internet provider Videotron?? That seems to be my problem. I have taken my ipad to a friends house who uses Bell as a provider and my game works, then I come back home ( Videotron) and I can not open it and play. Let us fustrated user know here in answering this post and maybe then we can try to find an answer to this problem by letting the app developer know what might be the problem. Hope to hear from all of the fustrated players out there soon..Version: 1.38.3800
✓ Changing from fun to frustratingThe game is addictive, as another reviewer noted, but with the most recent updates is has become less fun and much more frustrating. It has become very slow to respond at times and can shut down even in the process of playing. Three weeks ago, I had over 700 friends. Then it reduced me to 300 plus, let me work back to over 400, and yesterday and today has me at 0. How did I lose all those people? I visited, sent gifts, and hired regularly. I have also experienced problems with in app purchases (again) with the message "cannot connect to the App Store" popping up. It seems as if these type of bugs come up periodically. The frustration of dealing with these issues takes the fun from the game. I will not be making any purchases for a while and may stop playing altogether, as some others apparently have done..Version: 1.45.6200
✓ What happened guys?I’ve been playing this game for a few years now. So far, I’ve lost all my “pictures in a row without a loss” TWICE! I was pretty mad as you can imagine. But that really only lost me some bonus stuff so I let it go. Now the new pictures they keep coming up with are so difficult that it’s not possible to even do them without using various little cheat tools. I’ll be the first to tell you that you can’t play this game for free and expect to progress. I limit myself to about $10 a month on this game. It’s getting to not be enough. But now with these new pictures and quests I’m about ready to find a new game. I mean who really thought in a “finding hidden object” game that it would be fun for the players if the developers wrote the new scenes so that instead of a “scale” being just a “scale”, it could be one of about a dozen or so different kinds of “scale”. You know, just to be sure that the players don’t even know what it is in the picture they’re actually even looking for!!! It’s crazy and it’s super-frustrating..Version: 1.33.3300
✓ Items only available in CURSE mode!!!!! ArggghhhI've been playing this game a long time and do love it but a few things are really frustrating. Having to try and achieve an item from a picture in CURSE mode! I've played Xmas over 800 times in row as it's the only task I have but I haven't had curse mode once in all these goes. it seems I'm not the only one as loads of friends have also got the sound pendulum in their wish list. At least make it achievable at some point. Very dull doing same picture hundreds of times.... Level 432 and I'm finally starting to lose interest. Also my wish list has been frozen for well over 6 months so I can't make collections that I need friends to provide things for. Lastly the new Xmas challenge has a bad glitch and ever time I've got enough bells to do it it bombs me out!!!!.Version: 1.44.5801
✓ Unfun gameDon’t play this game, players are sending gifts to one another and they’re going missing. When you ‘visit friends and charge awards, a third of the green check marks haven’t gone away’ G5 does nothing to fix it. IT ‘fixes’ one glitch and two more replace it, I’m not the only victim, there are lots of us. And YES!!!! I have reported it!!!!!! MANY MANY times……. They also call me a liar about sending gifts when my friends complain about not receiving them. Play anything else, you’ll be happier I guarantee it!!! I’d give a lower score than 1 star but I can’t!.Version: 1.45.8601
✓ What have you done to my game?I have loved this game for nearly four years but, back in July, my wish list froze and has remained so, which makes playing very much harder as you can imagine. Recently, two of the beginner rooms, Venice and Buddha’s Square have been altered out of all recognition and are almost unplayable for higher level gamers so I do not know what a beginner would make of it all. My sound keeps disappearing and I miss the countdown sound, which warns when one is running out of time. This game used to have the most beautiful graphics but the recent ones have been horribly bright, cluttered and difficult to search. I would have given up but, after so long spent searching for Uncle Richard, I am still struggling on. Many friends have stopped playing for the aforementioned reasons and I do hope that our previously five star game could be put back to normal. From Penny ( wish list frozen.).Version: 1.35.3500
✓ Timer runs to fast at the endI do not believe that the timer is done in normal seconds when it gets close to the end. I also think items come up in places where you have already looked for them. I also believe that there is not enough time given for some of the tasks. And it seems that items are hidden in such a way that you can not find them. The game is more relaxing than Hidden City..Version: 1.28.2800
✓ Must need a lobotomy to play this gameToo repetitive. You need to find things to collect “rewards” needed to make other rewards but the rewards are “random”, so they can literally make you play the same game over and over to keep trying for the specific thing you need and if it’s not given you just have to keep playing....I’ve played the same scene 37 times and still not got the item I need. There’s no skill or tactic involved, it’s random. I’m done..Version: 1.36.3600
✓ Good gameSo far a pretty good game,give it go u might really like it.Version: 1.43.4305
✓ Poor prizesThe last 3 new games have had very disappointing prizes if you succeed in winning. Not much of an incentive to complete the game within the time frame!.Version: 1.45.9100
✓ Upgrade killed it!!Great addictive game an played it many times daily...upgrade then causes major crash, tried to fix but ended up having to delete it!!..so dum after months of playing!.Version: 1.26.2605
✓ DisappointedHave been playing this game now for a couple of years I think and although sometimes having sound issues I have enjoyed the experience. However the latest update refused to open on my iPad even after rebooting it. So I deleted the app and now for the first time have lost all my data... I don’t want to start from the beginning again so won’t be playing anymore!.Version: 1.37.3700
✓ OkAn interesting game, it can keep you occupied for a time.Version: 1.44.5600
✓ Updates have too many glitchesHave been playing this game for a few years. I have been unable to get into the game at all since the last update. As soon as I get to the screen with the rabbits on the game crashes. I have been in touch with G5 but apart from referring the problem to their Technical Dept I have heard no more. Agree with others that the updated pictures are far too cluttered and are not enjoyable to play and some are still too dark to find the items in the obscure places they are hidden. Sometimes I still have trouble finding them using tools. If things do not improve you will lose another customer..Version: 1.40.4000
✓ Addicting!Great game! Always wanting to play..Version: 1.44.4900
✓ There are better games availableAs an experienced Hunter in these types of games I am sorely disappointed in this one. The amount of energy you are allowed lets you play one maybe two games before you’re out of energy and have to buy more. The prizes you’re supposed to get for completing a puzzle are nonexistent. At least 50% of the time you get nothing But I message saying “better luck next time”. The puzzles themselves, while a good concept of having to complete a puzzle in order to open a puzzle, have made the objects you’re supposed to find too small and too difficult to find so that you end up running out of time and then you have to buy something to help you complete the puzzle. The puzzles should be challenging, not completely impossible to complete without having to buy something. And everything you have to buy is way more expensive than whatever it is you have in your cash so you have to go to the store and buy more rubies or coins or something else. I understand making money. I’m an accountant and very pro business. But there ARE limits. This group is simply too greedy for my taste. Too bad because I tend to spend a few hundred dollars a month on puzzles I like. But I don’t feel that I should have to spend a few hundred dollars every time I want to play a game. The creators need to wrap their heads around the concept of small profits over a lot of people. Coca-Cola has managed to become a multibillion dollar company by making $.02-$.03 on every can of Coke..Version: 1.29.2900
✓ What happened to the game I loved?I played this game a few years ago and loved it but it was too hard to see on my iPhone. I recently bought an iPad mini and was excited to be able to play again. After three months I am frustrated to see that it’s impossible to play without spending money. 100,000 coins to open a room - Really??? Repeatedly the items I need to find in order complete a collection can only be found in rooms that can only be opened at a much higher level than I am currently on. Today I decided to check out the reviews as I couldn’t believe people were happy with the changes. The reviews are all negative and I agree with every complaint. There are plenty of free games out there and I don’t make a habit of throwing money away so I’m deleting the app. It is a shame because it has great graphics and can be a challenging past time. I hope the creators will listen to their customers- unless they don’t think of them as customers but “suckers” and of course there is one of those born every minute..Version: 1.37.3701
✓ What is going on?I have been playing this game for few years and I like it very much. It adds new challenges even in the pictures which I have opened already after every refreshing. It relaxes me and improves my attention to the detail. But almost for half a year I have started to have problems with the energy gain. When my phone is not in use it is not gaining, as it is promised by the developer. I need to switch off the phone and restart it again to get energy and other achievements. I am getting fed up..Version: 1.30.3000
✓ Waiting for event to downloadSo I have been waiting 2 days for latest event to download on iPad and still nothing. My internet speed and connection is strong. I have the latest version of the game and also latest iOS. Never has this issue in the past. Not sure what is going on?.Version: 1.45.6600
✓ Ms.Cruel, sadistic and anti-gamer! This last special event (I think honoring Mothers' Day) was virtually impossible to finish. While most objects were findable within a few instances of looking in the picture, there were some items which took waaaaaaay too many---more than 10. There was one which I think took more than 15 but I was too frustrated to keep track. It felt like 100 times! I only kept going to see if the item would ever actually appear. And of course it was the last item so l had already invested a lot in completing this. To add insult to injury, the objects needed to combine the collections were hard to get, and the amounts needed increased a lot over the course of the event. Frustratingly, I did not have enough to combine the last 5 items. A gamer works hard enough to get whatever is needed to look in a picture, and then find the items. The requirements to combine items into a collection should not be so punitive. My suggestion is to make combination elements common for all collections, and make only a small amount necessary. I have shared my enjoyment of this game with friends and family in the past, but no longer. It is just too frustrating now, and I want to discourage others from feeling so stressed over what should be, and could have been, fun. Soon my impulse to rage-quit will overcome my addiction and I will be free of this game. In the meantime, heed my warning and do not get sucked in to this sadistic travesty of recreation..Version: 1.43.4300
✓ GamesLiking the game so far will see how it plays out...Version: 1.45.5900
✓ Pop up ads and non working keyboardI can hardly believe how much you have ruined the enjoyment i have appreciated for quite a few years by your recent use of pop-up ads for your companies other games. They are so frequent that i no longer really enjoy playing. I am considering giving up on this game entirely. What bad choices on your part. You have always tried to encourage the purchase of items in game. I would happily make such purchases if they were much more reasonable for what you is received. But these new, Constant pop up ads totally ruin the rhythm of the game and interfere in concentration which destroys the enjoyment and reason for playing. In addition I sent a report of a seriously aggravating issue with the game since the last update that is preventing my purchased keyboard the i use to hold my IPad from communicating with the game. This Bluetooth keyboard works with all the other apps I have on my IPad and previously worked with this game. Now however i cannot type anything, which is essential to be able to play this game, unless i remove my IPad from the Bluetooth keyboard. All these issues are seriously ruining my enjoyment of this game. You have not bothered to respond to my previous communication at all. Not even the usual we have received your letter and referring me to a sight that is worthless. HELP.Version: 1.45.8301
✓ Quite obvious it’s about moneyI have been playing on this site for quite sometime now and for the most it is quite enjoyable.. I have complained about the gem game before and I am back to do so again. I have reached near enough level 400 so I do know what I am doing but the screen I am on I have played at least 200 times and still not got it out on time.. I have cashed in food to play and all the time machines and explorer eyes to do this and still cannot get it out on time, kinda feels like you are being pushed into buying stuff to complete tasks. I don’t like to feel like I am being manipulated into buying diamonds or whatever. I have 3 ardent gamers who I was talking about this game to them they were thinking to join but I have decided to tell them to hold off as I may be changing game..Version: 1.44.4405
✓ Secret SocietyDo not download this game. It is full of problems that the developers either don’t care to fix or unable to fix. Used to love it. Not now. They really need to fix this problem with the inability to connect to friends to receive the gifts. The timers are off in all aspects of the game including any hard earned special talismans you activate. They will just disappear and you can do nothing about it and no help will be given from their support team at all. It has gone on long enough. Maybe time to put in some overtime to get it done. The game has even frozen before after I had activated several talisman. Really not happy about being unable to play although its timers were counting down. Support teams need to improve. With so many varied glitches in the game throughout the year it makes it almost impossible to participate in the events or advance in the game. Will probably delete this game very soon. With no answers to the multiple glitches and no one in their support team able to solve them the game is just using up my iPad memory. I was at level 323 on my iPad 2 and 188 on my iPad Air 2. It used to be a great game but with each new update the problems worsened. Apple should not even allow this game to be offered in their App Store. It reflects badly on them too..Version: 1.31.3100
✓ Take back my original reviewThese games are not relaxing or fun. I am am disabled, but I used to be a software engineer. I play these games to relax and have fun with friends. It is isn’t either of those. I have complained and they never do anything about. They bombard you with ads to buy their extras throughout their game. And their games get faster and faster so that no matter how good you get at it they are trying to force you to buy their extras so you can keep up with the game. And the game has a lot of glitches. While you are playing it and going along it keeps flashing the screen and changing your entire screen so that you can never keep track of anything. For someone like myself who has epilepsy this is concerning. I can see changing the screen if there are no moves, but it also changes when you do have moves. When you try to send a complaint in, they send you back a conformation email asking you to send back an email with your complaint? Can’t they read? And their email states if you do not send one back they will consider your case closed. How convenient. Why send one in at all. It’s like dealing with AT&T. I could go on and on, but really why bother.....Version: 1.44.5600
✓ TrebokaSince the new update the game is now very slow and you cannot give gifts to your friends which stops you from getting to higher levels. Not happy at all with this version. What is with the amount of anomalies on this game lately is it because of the level or what? Since the latest upgrade the friends list returns to the beginning after the visit so have problems giving gifts need to scroll back to last friend visited if you can find them! The Christmas game keeps throwing back to restart therefore losing the bells used to start the game. Frustrating! Tired of losing my achieved Easter rabbits when I go to start and play the Easter game! I have turned my IPad off and restarted it to see if that helps but alas it doesn’t! Again frustrating! Other than the aforementioned hiccups and the occasional not registering my tapping on an item and it not registering, I have been playing this game for years and enjoy it still!.Version: 1.44.5200
✓ Secret SocietyBeautiful scenes, very clear - really enjoying the game.Version: 1.44.4800
✓ The good, the bad, the uglyI have played this game for over a year. The graphics are good, updates on a regular basis, scenes/ objects challenging, etc. It’s possible to play without pay if you’re patient. However, during this same year there have been constant update glitches, lost progress towards rewards without cause, and changes to scenes resulting in cluttered graphics. In addition, the new quests have become impossible to complete without buying your way to the end— which, from the developers’ perspective, is probably the point, but from a players perspective just plain aggravating. G5 has 64+ games and their response to customers issues has gone downhill. The latest update, January 28, 2019, has caused multiple cases of load and crash. G5 in general states they are aware and are working on a fix. To individuals, G5 blames the crashing on either lack of storage or IOS systems not current (an excuse when players state this isn’t the case). Check fan forums for all the glitches on this game before you start playing. If G5 repairs the crashing problem, I may keep playing a bit longer. But I confess I’m at the delete point—- this is supposed to be fun, not another source of frustration in the chaos of daily life..Version: 1.37.3700
✓ Stop inviting friends on behalf of players, add filters to news pageMost G5 players have many games downloaded and many friends on each game. However, we are being removed as a friend because G5 sends invitations to download other games on behalf of a player (who is unaware that this generates and is sent but G5 automatically when they download a new game for any reason). Also, for those of us who play multiple games, the News Feed page should offer a variety of filters such as: Filter Level 1. Specific game choice Filter Level 2. Combining elements requested by players (free gifts) Filter Level 3. Collection items requested by both (a) gifts and (b) friends since there is a maximum amount that we are a allowed each day. Filter Level 4. A counter that indicates how many Collection Items can still be given out Filter Level 4. Add items such as Carrots, Arrows, Tokens, Ladybugs, etc. to the wishlist. Filter Level 5. Does the player wish to sort newest to oldest or vice-versa. There are so many features in every game and I want to participate in all of them but since I can’t narrow down my search parameters, I rarely get to enjoy the games because there just isn’t enough time. Why would I buy an in-app purchase if there is no way to play to the “end”?.Version: 1.45.7900
✓ It's not bad ...getting better 😁It's an ok game and full of challenging play. The items are not clear so making them difficult to find. However the worst bit it's hard to know what the actual reason for any of this collecting things is really for. It suggested I use a scroll and when I get to my home page I see it counting down but for what aim? But it can't be all that bad because I've been playing for quite some time already. Now May 2017. It's a good game but just a few irritations. Stopped playing for quite a while so enjoying but energy or rather lack of ..irritates and annoyed ... October 2nd my birthday .....thought I’d leave a more up to date review ...... I’ve deleted 3 stars, the game doesn’t play fair and has just become boring in its difficulty plus I hate hate HATE that the cost is limitless .....to be reasonable and decent ....and a nicer more honest and better appreciated group you really should put a maximum price that people should have to pay. I deleted the game a while ago but it still rankles that I’ve spent far more than the games worth and yet I still don’t own it ....never again .....Version: 1.26.2605
✓ Fun Game BUT...I HAAAATE THIS NEW UPDATE!!! I've enjoyed playing this game for a couple of years now. The graphics are beautiful and the puzzles are challenging. However, I do get a bit frustrated at times. Each update brings a new "quest". The achievements in these quests are virtually impossible to attain unless you spend money (which I do not do because well... I'm cheap) to buy items needed to play the new boards. Then when the time period is up for the new quest, you can only get a few of the needed items from one or two other boards and that takes FOREVER. I think once a quest is over, we should have unlimited access to all the boards while we wait PATIENTLY for the next update. It's bad enough to have to wait for the correct "mode" and then not get what we are hoping for time and time again. I also think the items should stay the same and not change each time you play that picture. A dog is a dog, not 4 different dogs. Especially when the "silhouette" does not even come close to resembling what I'm looking for! C'mon!!!! But overall, this game is challenging enough to help me escape my circus of a life for a few minutes throughout the day! But the "quests" are just too stupidly impossible to keep my attention. I'm just sayin'....Version: 1.30.3001
✓ Great game but annoying when...Updated 1may- I deleted and reinstalled, it worked. Then the next time I triEd to play it repeatedly crashed. So now if I want to play I have to delete and reinstall EVERY time. April-Great game, but I did the latest update and it crashes constantly on my iPad now. Have been trying all day. Just deleted to reinstall, hopefully that fixes it. Very frustrating..Version: 1.44.4800
✓ Downward trend with recent updatesMarch 2019-I’ve played this game for at least 2 years and the major updates lately have been bad. Useful talismans have been removed from several scenes, several scenes have been redesigned to make the objects unrecognizable, and the rewards upon completion have been reduced. In short, the company is clearly looking for more $ to play to the point that it is now ridiculous. DON’T FALL FOR IT. Let’s send a message by not paying another cent. 2016:I've paid money more than once for this game so I find it very irritating that both a uTube and regular splash ad launches each time I play the game. Paying customers shouldn't be interrupted by intrusive ads. Both ads need to be cancelled to return to the game. The game play itself is fine and I will raise the rating if ads are removed. Update 7/18: the ad splash problem described above was fixed but the latest update has created a new problem. Zoom has been restricted so you now can’t zoom in closely to find hidden objects. Talisman rewards are hard to get. I enjoy the game overall but dislike how updates constantly seem to push users to spend more money. I have spent enough..Version: 1.38.3800
✓ Me#47!!??!Okay but very repetitive.Version: 1.45.6500
✓ It’s okIt’s a good game but the graphics could be clearer and the objects that need to be fount even more clearer especially when they’re put in such weird places with loads of background, they tend to blend in too much that way. If this could be something to be considered in the next update (clearer graphics, objects, etc) then I could see myself becoming addicted to the game. 3stars mainly for the fact of the graphics (I’m playing on iphone6 so pretty could screen quality for my phone, the graphics of the game not so much so..) and once you change the location mode (eg silhouette) like in the tutorial it stays that way and you need to spend crystals to change it again maybe switch it up a bit without the need to spend them crystals because to be honest that’s just pointless overall good game with potential to be better UPDATE: deleted it the graphics are too bad can’t enjoy the game.Version: 1.28.2800
✓ Awful updates on existing picturesThe updated objects look different each time and there are WAY too many objects, making it nearly impossible and frustrating to complete a picture. No longer want to play my favourite pictures every time there is an update..Version: 1.39.3900
✓ Secret societyI am so disgusted with this game I’m about ready to quit! I am on level 60, have 87 completed collections, have 123,000 + points and all of my open scenes are in the night mode! Have the time the unlocked scenes which you have to put together to play you are unable to complete because when you tap on them they won’t move!!!! This uses up precious time and thus you can never complete them. Especially heinous is the wedding party. None of the pieces will move when tapped😡! And the jigsaw puzzle forget! Allowing only 90 seconds to complete is ridiculous especially when the tapped pieces won’t move! And if you don’t complete a scene in the allotted time you lose all the hard work that has gone on before! And the fact you keep asking us to buy, buy, buy is offensive 😡. I have enjoyed and played this game for a long time but I’m finished. 87 collections collected and you want me to buy something to get the “prize”😱🤦♀️. Not happening! I will offer a suggestion to those looking at possibly downloading this app-DON'T!.Version: 1.44.5200
✓ Ad is annoying!I've been playing since 2015. It was very enjoyable game until the update that Ad shows up after every play. That's misguiding and I hate those games on Ad before I play. Otherwise it's excellent game for free!.Version: 1.26.2605
✓ Secret Society Hidden Mystery Pop-up SoundsHaving been addicted to SSHM for years, and now ranking amongst the 1,000+ level players (making me within the top 20 in the UK), I reckon I have earned and paid for the right to have a moan. Not that my moan is about the game itself you understand, but rather the bolt-on additions; the pop-up game invites. These offers to play other G5 games are irksome over time, but nothing compared to the intrusive music accompanying them. I have the sound off during SSHM play in favour of listening to streamed music over a Bluetooth speaker. Every time a pop-up invite appears, it overrides my music, switches off my playlist and forces me to re-set my streaming software afterwards. There is no option to “turn off pop-up sound”, just the mute setting for the game sound itself. So you have to turn the sound off on your device completely and stream music on a different device or play in complete silence. Lose 2 stars just for this. Fix it and you get 5 stars from me..Version: 1.45.8301
✓ Random shut downs?I’ve been playing for over a year and lately there have been random shut down of the game. This has cost valuable points in my game . Another issue is not getting anything when you explore an area. I feel no matter what there should always be a small reward for playing that particular game. Not a “ sorry you didn’t win anything this time” I like the game but feel it has been more frustrating lately due to the random shutdowns.... at least a dozen times..Version: 1.36.3600
✓ CrashesLoved the game until the last update. Now crashes. Too bad..Version: 1.35.3500
✓ Secret Society awful updateI have been enjoying this game for a long time and spending a lot of money on in app purchases. I used to enjoy visiting friends and leaving gifts every day in this and other G5 hidden object games but since the last update the” G5 friends” interface is just a confusing mess which keeps crashing. Not only will it not connect but it keeps telling me I’ve used up all my help and gifts for the day before I’ve even sent any!! Why change something which worked well before. Please get rid of this put it back to how it was and leave well alone. I know many other players feel exactly the same..Version: 1.37.3701
✓ 8/8/18 Frozen wishlist and progressNew glitch since last iOS update affecting all iOS players! G5 won’t respond to me any more and all our friends cannot gift items we currently need! Our progress is frozen and our friends think we are not playing! Also the percentage progress in the new picture cheats you out of 20% of plays while using up the items needed to play the room. It has been over 3 weeks since the update that caused all this and g5 has no customer support! They send a form letter, then nothing for weeks or months! Fun to play when it works but impossible now! Spending my time and $ on other games now. The server glitch is fixed and another fix that really helped me was adding a second chance to the cancel button on the puzzles! It saved my streak when I hit it accidentally, so hanks, G5! It's still hard to play the game when you're on a fixed income and can't buy very much, but it is possible. I know a lot of us complain about the glitches so I wanted to point out an improvement!.Version: 1.32.3200
✓ More frustrationOnce again, I have almost 4000 pictures examined, the game inexplicable closes and I find my total reduced to zero - this is about the sixth time me this has happened. It really is not good enough - I have all the tools I need to complete so there is absolutely no reason for this to happen. Not good enough..Version: 1.41.4101
✓ Is getting impossible to solveUpdate 11/21. Rcvd canned response from G5. They don’t get it. DID ANYONE WHO PLAYS THIS ASK YOU TO MAKE THE ITEMS IMPOSSIBLE TO SEE! I doubt it. As I said before, I appreciate challenge but when the pieces we are supposed to seek & find are impossible to see then it’s not a challenge. I’ve got plenty of tools to use and I have to use them every time I play. It’s not meant to be more challenging—it’s intended to get our money. G5 didn’t address the issue of having to find items in a certain order. Since I’ve played many years I’ve got trillions of coins available to buy the tools I need. But new players will find it frustrating that they can’t play for long. G5 is losing players for this reason. Original post— I’ve played this for years. It used to be fun. I appreciate challenge but they’ve made it impossible to even see the items, or to finish in the time allotted. I’m only playing a little now. I see more and more friends dumping the game. I can see them push to get your money behind every upgrade. Not fun if you try to seek items but can’t find them. It also seems that you must find items in a certain order in every mode (there’s a special mode for that), which is not how it’s supposed to be. Game is going downhill. Too bad. Seems to be happening with G5 Entertainment in all of their games..Version: 1.45.7801
✓ Locked out...no update availableNo idea what to do now.Version: 1.44.5100
✓ Waste of timePlay and play to special gem match, win and win but can’t get the last collection item to move on to the next level. So frustrating, done with this game. Waste of time! They want to to buy tools !.Version: 1.45.8600
✓ Secret SocietyDans abri brumeux vous exagérez pour la noirceur dans ce jeux.Version: 1.45.9000
✓ Items in picturesI’ve enjoyed playing this game, but recently after an update, the Venice picture and Buddha square have acquired more items and the ones you look for have changed. The picture looks so cluttered and I can’t find what I used to in these pictures. I’ve enjoyed going into these pictures and they were challenging enough but now it’s impossible to find what I’m looking for because there’s so much other junk in there that don’t relate and the pictures look cluttered to the point that the objects might burst from the picture. There was nothing wrong with how it was because it was still challenging, but now you’re making me not want to visit the pictures I enjoyed. Either this temporary for the holiday or planning to become a regular thing to the other pictures, I’m just stating my displeasure with it as it has become frustrating for me to find things amongst the clutter. I have enough problems with that in reality, I don’t need that in my game!.Version: 1.35.3500
✓ Gamer332Liked.Version: 1.45.6301
✓ To many pop upsIts a fun game but every minute there is a pop up on how to platy the game. just let me figure it out on my own.Version: 1.45.7300
✓ Getting bored and not happy with price hikesHave played this for a number of months. Not happy with the price hikes that have just happened. Why can't we use the gold that builds up to buy some of the items. Just about ready to ditch it because of the increase in costs..Version: 1.44.5801
✓ MagsI love this game been using for close on 4 years now it can get frustrating though not enough time given to find items in some cases , And the quest do seem to get much harder so may not play as often as use to but great game I am trying to buy jewels etc also join other games but the app won’t accept my fingerprint is there an alternative .I have a question about this game do you have to sign in every time you play the game and why when I had completed the previous quest did I not get the prize the globe please reply.Version: 1.45.8601
✓ The stars are fadingI’ve been playing this game for years and up until recently would have said that I love it and would have given it 5 stars. It’s engaging, the graphics are fairly good and it keeps me interested. But since the last few updates it just takes longer and longer to get the collection items which is really starting to put me off as you spend ages on the same location. And I also agree with some of the other comments that whilst the graphics have improved, some of the scenes are just way too busy now which again puts you off. Stop making it so long winded G5 or you’re going to lose players..Version: 1.40.4001
✓ Great game, challenging but funThis is similar to other hidden object games, with a mixture of hidden object scenes and puzzle games, tied together by a "storyline". The art work is fabulous and the hidden object variations are interesting (silhouettes, darkened areas, etc.) as well as challenging. The puzzles are good too. A few criticisms: 1. However the way the game presents "paid for" options is extremely annoying... much more so than in other games. I realise the game developers want to encourage gamers to buy stuff to help them as a company, but having the pops coming so frequently after each finished item is very frustrating and a real turn off! 2. The gem game is very frustrating in the way the timer keeps on when you are blocked from playing because new gems are falling into place. This sometimes takes several seconds! 3. It is quite difficult to work out which collections can be completed and although there is a sort and search function it would be good to have 2 or 3 filtering options, e.g. collection complete, collection needs one or more special items, collection needs one more item. 4. Some of the puzzles are just too hard. For example the jigsaw puzzle is very difficult to complete in time because it takes so long to rotate the pieces. This is just frustrating rather than challenging..Version: 1.28.2800
✓ I’m about to quit.I am TIRED of having other game players send me personal messages, scolding me like I’m a child because they don’t get the gifts they want from me. If you don’t like my gifts, find another friend that’ll give you the gifts you want. Even better, BLOCK/UNFRIEND me. I am GROWN. bullying me about “ugh, it’s a FREE gift, WAAAAAAAAAH” and “life hack” is not going to get you what you want any faster. If gifts are given without penalty against what I have earned, then what is the point of the monthly challenges? I literally can wait until it ends and just ask for what I want from people and not do anything. So I’m over it. I’m tired of trying to get to 1,000 friends but I’ve hovered around 975 for about a year, I’m tired of only having about 150 active friends out of the 975, I’m tired of people getting angry when they don’t get what they want but they don’t give me what I want. I’m tired of putting in a ton of effort to finish challenges just for others to decide they want someone to hand everything to them. And I sure as heck am not going to listen to a nameless, faceless entity tell me anything existing in a virtual space is a freaking “life hack”. This game is a GAME. It’s not reality. Life hacks are for REAL LIFE sweetie. So yeah, this and the word game about about to give me some memory back on my phone and computer..Version: 1.45.8700
✓ Room for improvementI have been playing for 2 weeks now and even though l have played daily it does not seem to record me doing so . I do not want to buy extras as I have been playing fo fun but it keeps saying I have not got enough energy to play and need to buy some ,I’m at the stage now where I can play 2 games a night and then need to spend money which I’m not prepared to do so now at the stage where I am losing interest in the game very quickly. Some of the hidden objects are so hidden you’ve got no chance of finding them . A lot of improvements to be made ..Version: 1.29.2901
✓ Recent Changes in Events Too FrustratingI had recently quit when new event assemblers only became available in Gem Match, a game I really dislike because it’s long and tedious. I came back last month when event assemblers became available in a location as well. However, this location requires items to search it. Luckily I have a huge stockpile but when they’re gone, if future events make assemblers only available in this same location, then for every event, I would have to search and earn required items for the event location AND the assemblers location. Too much extra work for the same reward. I’ve already spent HOURS of extra time on the current event and am nowhere near having enough assemblers to complete the final collection. I am done. I am forced to assume the game creators decided to make these changes only to benefit themselves because it certainly isn’t making the game more fun for me. Best of luck to other players who think these changes make the game more fun; I have other things to do with that time..Version: 1.41.4105
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