First let me preface this by saying that I adore this game and because of its quality I have bought other titles from the rocket cats game company. However upon getting a new phone and starting a new file on the newest version of the game I encountered many bugs. They manifest themselves in two main areas: achievement notifications and unlocking, and star count and level completion.
upon opening the app and entering any level I receive notifications for every achievement I have unlocked. This can go on for some minutes and repeats itself upon shutting down and reopening the app. I will also get notifications for achievements I have already unlocked if I meet the criteria. For example, I have unlocked the "Maximum Buff" achievement about 20 times. I also suspect that other achievements are not unlocking even though I have met the goals. I havent kept track of the objects Ive destroyed that closely but I know for a fact that the achievement "I Aint Sleepy" has not been unlocked despite destroying the requisite amount of beds. The "secret object" achievements such as the one for finding the Sister Anvil have also stopped unlocking after The Boarlands despite entering the objects area multiple times.
I have also experienced bugs in completing levels and getting star count. I played each set of levels in one session, that is to say I played from the first to the boss, and after The Ruins it began glitching. Upon returning to the world map, I will find that the boss level would show my stars and completion but the first three would not have any stars and the second and third would be locked. My Notes level clears and map completion were also lost. my star account also reflected only getting three stars in the boss level. This resolved itself after playing for the levels again. Exiting to the world map between levels also did not fix this problem as I would just flat out not receive any progress. I have played to The Undergarden in story mode and this has been present in every level since The Ruins with the exception of The Orc Forest.
I really feel terrible lowering the rating of this game with a one star review but these glitches are crippling and I do not think it is on my end because I have a very new phone (5s). I apologize for the long windedness of my rant but I want the developers to know exactly whats going on with the game. Hopefully this can be resolved and I can change my review to five stars like this game deserves.
Lexi the mage about Mage Gauntlet - GameClub