Factory Inc.

I feel like I need to lead with that: I am perfectly fine with ad supported games, and with incorporating ads as a way to occasionally boost up certain stats and rewards, as many games do these days. This game, however, takes it to a level that is just plain frustrating, at best. Just by how impossible the game quickly becomes without watching multiple ads per minute, the experience is already more ad than game. But there is more. In addition to having to watch a video for almost any in-game action of significance, there are additional unskippable ads, just for good measure. A lot of the time you just finish watching an ad to get a boost or unlock something, and then are greeted back into the game by having to watch another ad, just because. As if that's not frustrating enough already, it's "gamified" to make it sound like a good thing. What an appalling and misleading practice. I would never let a kid play this just from how intensely this game tries to indoctrinate the player into believing this is perfectly normal. It's not normal, and it's not acceptable.

So, minus the ads, this had some great potential. However, given that you need to watch an ad for almost every action, plus to claim rewards amd there being forced pop up ads when you don't even do anything... yeah. if you spwnd the $6 maybe enough of the ads go away but I didn't think it was worth the gamble just given the sheer volume of ads to start with.

Want to collect your premium currency from achievements? Watch an ad. Accidentally click the flying robot that hovers over a large area of the screen? Watch an ad, no confirmation. Want to play the game for more than a few minutes? Too bad, here's a giant text bubble that you can't clear and if you click anywhere on the screen, ad. This game tries harassing you into paying money to remove ads. For $5 it might even work but for $12? Not a chance.