Nice graphics and concept, but simplistic and too many ads
The 4.9 rating is oddly high here. I was excited to give it a try because I like mushrooms and idle games. I do really like the graphics, the concept, and the core actions.
However, I think that the best idle games ask you to understand a complex system and make interesting decisions about how to move it forward. This is a “watch numbers go up” game instead of a “make any decisions” game. The only decision is whether to watch an ad, and sometimes when you decide not to watch one, it plays one anyway.
And that’s the other issue— other reviews mention that there aren’t many ads, but my experience was that there were constant ads everywhere all the time. Every game mechanic has ads associated with it, unlocking mushrooms requires ads, an add button drifts across the screen, leveling up asks of you want to play an ad, but as mentioned, even if you decide not to play and ad, it sometimes does anyway. I’ve honestly never seen so many ads in any other app.
It’s just a weird situation to see such an extremely simple, ad-packed game with a 4.9 rating, and a long steady stream of updates that all use the same text with no actual information.