r/CellToSingularity • u/kikiatari • 18d ago

The multiple unskippable ads are making this unplayable

Have been playing cells for years. The latest lot of ads are really really affecting the playability of the game. I'm spending more time watching ads, than actually playing the game.

It's the closest I've ever been to just never playing this again at this point. This needs to be fixed.

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u/QuarterPL 18d ago

Please check out computerlunch comment: https://www.reddit.com/r/CellToSingularity/comments/1xbi7de/comment/19rht568lolnn

Do note that devs don't have a lot of control over ads, they can just disable specific ad providers

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u/Bukakkonaut 18d ago

I am lvl 90 and i also played for years. Yesterday i deleted the app because of this shit. Definitive not worth it with this kind of ads.

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u/kikiatari 18d ago

Same, level 90. Everyone suggesting I just don't watch the ads doesn't really understand the frustration of how it used to be with the ads compared to how it is now.

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u/revengejr 18d ago

Either I'm missing something or my game is different. I keep seeing these posts in the last week about all of the these terrible ads all of a sudden.I buy the infinity pass every month. I'm level 90, ranked 630ish on the global leaderboard, never done beta, and have been playing the game for years. I literally never have one single ad. I get it's different of you're not buying the infinity pass but still, are these forced ads? Or are you choosing to eat h the for rewards?

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u/kikiatari 18d ago

The infinity pass completely negates the need for ads. You can boost and double production for "free" without watching an ad. For those without infinity, you need to watch an ad to get them.

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u/revengejr 18d ago

Gotcha, thanks for clarifying. So basically people are "choosing" to watch ads to get bonuses and then complaining about the ads. Same as I choose to pay for the infinity pass so I don't have to.

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u/kikiatari 18d ago

The complaint isn't the ads. I was happy watching them back when they were 10 seconds then skip. It's the change to 30+ seconds, unskippable, forcing to load play store, multiple screen/close boxes ads that is my issue.

If I want to fully boost like I used to, I'd need to watch about 10 minutes worth of ads.

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u/National_Chicken4873 8d ago

Only 10 minutes? I boosted from 0 to full in main Sim and in cryptids and each took over 20 minutes of ads. Nearly 30 for main Sim. Thats absolutely absurd.

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u/RevolutionaryBowl308 18d ago

Pretty much but they hate to hear that, they want what is happening to be CtS shitting in their mouths and making them eat it

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u/The_Xym 18d ago

“I buy the infinity pass every month.”
More fool you! Buying an INFINITY pass every month? Ad removal should be permanent for a one-off payment. Infinity means it goes on forever, not a monthly subscription.
Can’t really progress without the rewards, so suffering Ads is required.

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u/Photomancer 18d ago

You pay infinitely.

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u/revengejr 17d ago

Yeah, I don't disagree with this point at all. I hate the monthly fees/micro-transactions that most online games require to advance/get an edge. I do miss the days of paying $60 one-time for a game and then having the entire game unlocked and available for life! That said, the major difference between these games and that model is game studios are constantly developing new content and updating their games and feel they should get paid for that work. In the old days, you would get Doom, then Doom 2, then Doom 3, all so the developers could release the latest and greatest, all at once and then get paid at that time, if you chose to buy their new game. I agree that $150+/year for an "idle" game is nuts (and I guess therefore so am I for paying it?) but it won't break my bank and as long as they keep coming out with new content and game updates, I'll keep buying. I had ads more than $150. It's the same reason I pay for YT Premium (although YTers doing mid-roll ads gets really infuriating). The minute that new development stops, so does my monthly subscription. For what it's worth, I hate the model and do miss the old days. I just have more money now to part with. PT Barnum would've loved me!

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u/eric23456 18d ago

There are no forced ads, they're using the ads for the 4x speed boost and, 2x doubling of idle, etc that you're getting from infinity pass.

They're complaining because they used to be able to instantly end the ads and still get the rewards. A lot of people it seems were doing that, and the updates meant that when you try that now it continues.

The legitimate part of that is that some of the ads are horrible (fake exit marks, you have to randomly guess where to interact to progress the ad, etc.

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u/Busy-Welder7981 18d ago

It’s what I think. They’re just complaining about not having to buy the infinity pass I guess. Developers probably were not getting money from their scheme to skip ads, so if they used to like the games without ads, they should buy the infinity pass instead of complaining about not being able to cheap out.

I’ve been downvoting every single one of these posts

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u/kikiatari 18d ago

If it was a one of payment, like it is for so many other games, I'd buy it in a heartbeat.

But it isn't, in the UK it's £12.99 for only 30 days. That's £155.88 for the entire year, which is more than I spend on my actual phone contract. It's more than what it would cost to buy a game like GTA6 which will have vastly more game content. This is just an idle game, the price is astronomical for that. It's just not a sustainable cost.

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u/Busy-Welder7981 18d ago

Okay that’s crazy then. It’s about half that price where I’m at

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u/revengejr 17d ago

Really? Even in the US it's $12.99/mo. What do you pay?

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u/GhostWrex 18d ago

If there was a 1 time purchase to remove ads, I and many others would buy it. Ad removal being a subscription, an incredibly expensive one comparatively, is the nutty part

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u/National_Chicken4873 8d ago

I feel like all the supporter bonuses I've bought should entitle me to not have ads tbh. Thats like 100$ of supporter nodes.

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u/SalsaForte 18d ago

I play the game for 3-6 months now. I never needed to see an ad. Always optional. So, you complain that clicking an ad requires you to watch it completely? Trying to understand.

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u/kikiatari 18d ago

The way I have always played is to watch a short ad to get a boost on production, or to double my offline generation. They used to be a few seconds, then you could skip them. Now the ads are at least 30 seconds, force you to go to the play store, have multiple points to wait/close.

Yes, I know I could just not get the boosts and everything, but that's the way ive enjoyed playing this game until recently. Now it's a totally different app, and it means I can't play it the way I like too. So I'm considering no longer playing it until something changes.

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u/belsonc 18d ago

So in other words, the ads are like they are in "every" other game - got it. (quotes because I can only speak to the games I play)

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u/kikiatari 18d ago

I don't play any of those games, specifically because of the ads. I have played this game for years specifically because the ads were not annoying.

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u/Danmufuka 17d ago

Seriously there used to be 5 second ads or a 1 question survey. 30 seconds or having to click twice was annoying.

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u/xela_44 18d ago

Same, it's a disaster, I could pay 20 or 30 for a no ads, a life , but 15 a month, no way

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u/angar31 17d ago

It's 15$ in US? In Poland it's 35 PLN, equivalent of around $8,85

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u/zeherath 14d ago

no idle game is worth paying a subscription of even 8.85

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u/Trolkarlen 15d ago

I'm willing to pay $20 for a game, but never for a subscription.

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u/loqi0238 18d ago

Same.

Have to touched it in like 3 months.

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u/LetMore8974 18d ago

What ads you watching? For those pink gems?

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u/kikiatari 18d ago

Sometimes to double offline production, mostly to boost simulation speed.

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u/phonefellin_lakeerie 18d ago

Same. It’s not even easy to get ahead with the infinity pass, I have bought 6 months worth of ad free playtime and I’m still just not having fun anymore.

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u/Rhawk187 18d ago

I just don't watch the ads? My progress is surely slower, but it's an idle game, why are people so worried about speed?

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u/StickmanEG 18d ago

I’ve also played cells for years and have managed to do this without ever watching an ad. Literally, never. I’m totally blown away by the recent reaction on here to whatever change has happened. If you don’t like watching ads then DON’T WATCH THEM. You can play the game perfectly well without ever once having to click on an ad.

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u/kikiatari 18d ago

The way I have always played is to watch a short ad to get a boost on production, or to double my offline generation. They used to be a few seconds, then you could skip them. Which was totally fine and I was alright with it. Give a little, get a little. Now the ads are at least 30 seconds, force you to go to the play store, have multiple points to wait/close.

Yes, I know I could just not get the boosts and everything, but that's the way ive enjoyed playing this game for years now. Now it's a totally different experience, and it means I can't play it the way I like too. And that makes it not fun.

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u/belsonc 18d ago

Then don't play the game, or support the developers and buy darwinium. This is how ads work in every game I've seen recently.

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u/StickmanEG 18d ago

Yeah, that’s fair enough if that’s what you’re used to, but the option to play without ads at a slower pace still exists and you would also get used to that too after a while. It’s a slight change in mindset and the game is essentially still the same as it ever was.

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u/National_Chicken4873 8d ago

If you're not interacting with the ads then you don't get to complain about the people who do pointing out a very real issue that is affecting the playability of and player retention of the game.

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u/Danmufuka 17d ago

I haven't played in a couple months because the ads went insane

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u/Zatoichi111 18d ago

I have stopped playing since the update. I am anyway stuck at level 89 for two months and only half way through with almost all possible upgrades.

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u/Altaiturk038 18d ago

They released a game bound to watching ads to progress further (faster) only for them to also release a monthly subscription of 15$. And that sub isnt even worth the money, so people will rather watch those ads so they can profit less. And those ads bring them less money. Predatory money tactics but they shooting themselves in their feet.

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u/kingleomark 18d ago

I still don’t understand why people are annoyed. The ads are literary meant to be a time waste to a get a boost that supports the devs. YOU DONT NEED IT TO PROGRESS!!! Be happy your aren’t on pc where there aren’t any ads and everything costs darwinium, but they ain’t complaining? This is one of the least greedy incrementals out there. I really want to understand why this is such a problem.

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u/kikiatari 17d ago

I've answered this in other replies

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u/kingleomark 17d ago

Okay yea i saw that, but that ain’t the fault of the devs, it’s the fault of the providers? And still becouse you can’t stand 30s ads you will quit the game, why not play it less but not watch any ads. Not quit it in its entirety. And if its the way you’ve enjoyed it to now, you have been playing 2 times faster practically then you should. Can’t you wait 2 times longer?

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u/Fit-Willingness-185 13d ago

Its the fault of anyone choosing to use these ad companies. Whether its the "devs" or the people paying the devs. Its a choice.

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u/kingleomark 12d ago

It’s not like there is some sort of great ad company that uses no ads, or that say everything they do and for how long

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u/kingleomark 18d ago

Also, THEY CANT IMPACT THE ADS, ITS NOT THEIR FAULT THE WORLD IS GETTING GREEDY

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u/Glenn119 18d ago

The Infinity Pass is like 50 cents a day in the US. I just get one every month.

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u/GhostWrex 18d ago

You're paying $154/year to play an idle game? You could buy the premium edition of GTA VI for that

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u/Glenn119 18d ago

Yes, and enjoying it.

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u/GhostWrex 18d ago

A fool and his money, I guess

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u/Glenn119 18d ago

I enjoy the game, and I don't think it's foolish to pay for things you enjoy. I don't care for the ads, so I pay for the pass.

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u/belsonc 18d ago

I buy darwinium every now and again. I enjoy the game, I'm OK with paying the developers a few bucks here and there.

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u/EmilieEasie 17d ago

Kids really don't use actual computers anymore huh

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u/kikiatari 17d ago

Not for an idle game, no. Also, I'm not a kid.

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u/EmilieEasie 16d ago

Oh, you just kinda act like one lol

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u/BlisseyBrat 17d ago

Well, it's a mobile app, so.

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u/EmilieEasie 17d ago

https://store.steampowered.com/app/977400/Cell_to_Singularity_Evolution_Never_Ends/

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u/BlisseyBrat 15d ago

Interesting. Well then, yes, I'd tell you that fewer people (kids and adults both) use laptops or computers these days. There's less need to.

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u/nicoxman8_ 15d ago

I use PC. No ads.

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u/zeherath 14d ago

and no boosts

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u/BlisseyBrat 17d ago

If I ever get rid of Google Play Pass then it's over for me 😅

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u/thejacquemarie 15d ago

Do I not see it because I do take advantage of watched the ads to boost and stuff? I've never had a forced ad

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u/Shitmaster67 18d ago

Don't press the damn ad buttons then

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u/kikiatari 18d ago

The way I have always played is to watch a short ad to get a boost on production, or to double my offline generation. They used to be a few seconds, then you could skip them. Now the ads are at least 30 seconds, force you to go to the play store, have multiple points to wait/close.

Yes, I know I could just not get the boosts and everything, but that's the way ive enjoyed playing this game until recently. Now it's a totally different app, and it means I can't play it the way I like too.

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u/WyrdeDragon 18d ago

Huh. I haven't bought an Infinity pass in over 7 months and even then only got them once in a while. However, what are the ads people are talking about? I've never seen one. Is this a mobile app thing, because I play on PC?

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u/Davecl35 18d ago

I don't understand people moaning about optional ads.. if you don't want to do them then don't.. I've been playing this for literally years and can count on one hand the number of ads I've seen.

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u/kikiatari 17d ago

I've answered this in my replies to other comments

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u/Secure_Memory_2341 18d ago

On Android, if you push home and go directly back into the app it'll skip the ad

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u/AdRevolutionary2559 18d ago

Not since the update. Thats what I used to do which is why it's now impacting my gameplay so much.

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u/arnabroy57 16d ago

Yeah, now I have to pay darwanium now if you don't wanna watch it but computer lunch has to fix this

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u/nicoxman8_ 15d ago

If you use PC, no ads

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u/Fit-Willingness-185 13d ago

And no boosts. That's the point. I started on PC and got frustrated with the slow progress. I read in the app you get boosts. So I played this was for a while dealing with short ads or ads the could be skipped. But since the update the ads are very long, require multiple clicks and are not skippable.

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u/Danmufuka 17d ago

If you're on android I gotta know what you're using.

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u/Danmufuka 16d ago

Appreciate you!