Talk:Level 1180/@comment-128.42.76.85-20150910220254

I hope this level makes you all realize that King is just a greedy corporation that only intends to manipulate players into forking out cash. They have zero regard for player experience - they experiment with different things, look for the method that brings in the most money, and choose it without taking player experience into consideration whatsoever.

It amuses me when anyone says Candy Crush "makes me think" or is a good "strategy game." No, there's no strategy or skill involved AT ALL. If this were actually a game that required skill, you would actually find yourself having a sense of mastery and being able to win more and more often as you played the game more. But no, that's not the case at all. Each time you play, realize that the candies that fall are fixed to at least some degree, meaning the game has some control whether you win or lose. So, you could be the "best" Candy Crush player in the world and still not be able to win a level no matter what you do because the board is pre-set. Let me state that differently: GIVEN A CERTAIN BOARD, NO COMBINATION OF MOVES WILL ALLOW YOU TO WIN THE LEVEL. YOU HAVE LOST BEFORE YOU HAVE EVEN MADE YOUR FIRST MOVE. There's no such thing as "easy" and "hard" levels. Only levels that require less luck to win, and levels that require more luck to win.

For me, I don't want to play a game that manipulates me into thinking I actually have control over the outcome when I really don't. This game is designed to MAKE you lose so that you give King money. What kind of good game WANTS you to lose just so that you can give them money? That kind of game is called "gambling" and I would go to the slot machines if I wanted to do that. At least with slot machines I have a chance of getting money back when I win.