Merge City - Restaurant #1 Part 1 - February 2025

~~~~~ What is Merge City? ~~~~~

Merge City is a merge game with a restaurant themed story.

~~~~~ Is Merge City Pay to Win? What about in-game advertisements? How many are there? How intrusive are they? Do you get anything for enduring them? ~~~~~

While we have not encountered any “mandatory ads”, we have encountered many “if you want something, you'll need to watch an ad” ads. Way too many if you ask us.

~~~~~ Is There Any Objectionable Material in this game? ~~~~~

We have not found any objectionable material in this game. The ads however could show some content which some reasonable people would consider objectionable.

~~~~~ Is Merge City fun to play? Is the game challenging? Is this game a grind? ~~~~~

We find Merge City more frustrating to play rather than fun or challenging. There are just too many things locked behind a time gate. You want to avoid the wait? Use some in-game currency. How do you get that? Watch some ads or spend some real world money.

~~~~~ What are the pros and cons of Merge City? ~~~~~

Pros:
Decent background music.
A good hint system.
Game appears stable - not encountered any bugs or crashes.

Cons:
Way too many things behind a time gate.
While the hint system is good at identifying moves to make, one should not be able to over-merge to the point of losing an objective.
Items are too small. If one's eyesight is not perfect, one can have difficulty seeing the nuances of the items. Some items are too close to others in their category to be easily discernible.

Bottom Line:
We really do not like not recommending a game. We know the developers put their time and efforts into their creations. That being said, this game is more frustrating than anything else.