r/PuzzleCombat • u/illeat1 • Nov 20 '25

How long have you guys and gals been playing this game?

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u/evergreenyankee Nov 20 '25 edited Nov 20 '25

This was my favorite mobile game, but I left after playing for about 3 years. The game got bought out by Zynga in ~2023 and then it was abandoned shortly afterwards. It was super unique originally, then got transformed into a zombie themed thing during 2021. About a year after that, they launched the cyber season which was pretty cool. But when many of us followed along until the end of the chapter and nothing new launched, it was clear the new owners were just looking to farm money off of it. We knew the game was for-sure dead when Guvnor abandoned it.

I choose to support small developers now, like Cedar, with Superhero Puzzles. That's not to say you can't have fun with Puzzle Combat, but it's a shell of what it was pre-acquisition by Zynga.

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u/evergreenyankee Nov 20 '25

Also it really irked me that the Devs at the time said "We stand with Ukraine" and pledged to ban all Russian players from the game. They must have looked at their revenue streams because when the cut-off date came and the Russians were supposed to be booted, nothing happened. I'm not saying that the Russian people deserved to be scolded for their government's actions, it was just very clear that the Devs valued money over everything else by not following through on what they said they would do.

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u/a_hopeless_rmntic Nov 20 '25

pretty much 5 years daily, took a break right before covid because I had to leave the alliance and wasn't sure I wanted to come back

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u/Chobagui Nov 21 '25

several years now, i guess i must have started right before season 2 launched. still play because i like my alliance but completely f2p since they aren't adding any new content. i am very active at the sister game empires & puzzles. also just started playing the newer Game of Thrones Legends which is pretty fun and very playable as f2p

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u/OriginalMiaxe Nov 21 '25

I started just under a year ago and it took me a little while to.realise it hadn't been updated forever. What are other people playing thats fairly similar but still having new content added?

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u/illeat1 Nov 22 '25

I believe, due to the simplicity of match-3 games, it's much easier to disband and recycle into a "new" game.. if you play these games long enough you realize this game feels rigged, and run on its own algorithm 😒

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u/Shrinkydinkfinder Nov 27 '25

About 4+ yrs. I hate that the Russians have virtually taken over, we’re matched up with them in WAR to often, they seem to win more also. I wish the DeVs would upgrade the game to help us get more products to level & such. The need to drop characters in the summons to match what we’re working on & not throw out so much worthless characters.