We analyzed 26 negative reviews of The Lost Treasure from the App Store. Here's what users are saying.
Exploitative monetization with paywalled hints and map navigation after paid download, combined with tedious manual navigation and overly difficult puzzles requiring external walkthroughs
"After buying the game, you have to pay more to move around using the map and even more to get clues."
"I was stuck so badly I had to revert to Google help with a Walkthrough Guide to get through the whole game."
I’ve paid for the entire game and still can’t get past scene 22 - why should someone who pays for the game have to pay .99 for additional hints - tried emailing support - crickets!
For a novice like me this app is pure work. I can find no logical sense of clue direction from one puzzle to another and with this many rooms to cover I find the difficulty level high. If you’re looking for a magical evening of exploring and fun mystery this may not be for you. Finger puzzles are...
Did not enjoy this game as much as the others by this developer. Maybe it’s the fact that I’ve played all the others by now (except Treasure 2) and it seemed repetitive. But it also seemed very confining in terms of the area, the scenery. While there were a great many screens and a lot of running ar...
It s all over the place and not necessarily intuitive.
I wasted my time and $ on this.
The game seems interesting but I’m having a hard time understanding how to solve the clues and puzzles. Maybe if I knew what the symbols mean I could solve it. The combinations and ball puzzle have me baffled. Sorry I want to like it though.
Wished it would have lasted longer
I had to purchase the hints and map. The game was rather disjointed.
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