Delicious B&B: Decor & Match 3 Reviews

by Bookworm821

I have payed every Delicious game that has come out. Knowing this was a Match 3 game made me hesitant. Match 3 games are known for being huge ripoffs to consumers, as the levels eventually get so difficult they are impossible to finish without using boosters. And this has become the case, too, with this game. I am at Level 54, and have been enjoying the game but now at level 54, I am done with this game. I’ve tried this level maybe 20 times and can’t beat it without boosters. This level has only 35 moves, and you have to get all this: uncover 15 cookies and collect 40 oranges. Not to mention that it takes two tries to uncover the grass to get the cookies, there is a moving river that shifts all the pieces so strategically planning a move is impossible. Oh, and the oranges have to be “grown” from two trees next to the river and they require 3 different combinations next to the trees so they spout oranges. Then you have to somehow match oranges to collect the oranges, which are scattered throughout the board. In 35 moves. Ummm nope. I’m going to nope right out of this game, and shame on you for creating a game that forces you to purchase boosters. And the boosters are so expensive that the coins you purchase don’t last long. I seriously object to this kind of extortion.

by Suzann23

I’ve played this game since it came out, spent money on stuff that was worth it....unfortunately now it has changed and Im not about to spend anymore money bc it seems like they just got greedy 😟I guess it’s the end of the game for me. Too much has changed, don’t like it at all. Miss the harvest to get rewards, made it feel like you were getting something in return. I’m sure they will say they did it for a certain reason, like I read on other complaints but we all know either we were pretty much getting the same before. They will just make it seem like we are getting a better deal.... we’re not. Not real happy with the fact I lost all of the stars I had before, I saved them and had over 400, spent money on the levels to get past to get them also and now all gone so I wasted a lot money for nothing at all.. they just took them away. WOW!! Rip off for sure!

by DaughtersofDune26

I wasted 2-hour’s worth of lives and 16 boosters (yes’ you read that right, SIXTEEN) on a level that is unbeatable. I had already had issues with this game and the difficulty of its levels before but this was the last straw. This proves to me that the game designers set the difficulty of the higher levels to such a degree that they’re impossible to win without blowing a bunch of money on power ups and boosters.

And, again, that would be fine if the story after Mary and Gilbert’s wasn’t a total snooze fest. I’m still yet to understand what the hell these two old dudes are doing at the B&B, what, if anything they have to do with Emily and the gang, and how exactly an outdoor yoga studio is involved. Speaking of yoga studios, three diamonds each just to watch Emily do five yoga poses?! Screw you, designers. Nobody cares! That’s it. I’m done. I’ve already deleted this game and am moving on to something else. My biggest regret is the time I wasted on this pathetic game and it’s crap storylines. I may still play the Gamehouse simulation/time management games, but I’m staying far away from anymore match-3 games they make. This was two months of my life wasted that I’m never getting back.

by Jessyack

I’ve been playing this game pretty much since it came out. I played all the available levels and finished all available chapters and then they’d release a round of new levels every so often. Once again the chapters have run out but there are a lot of “new” levels to play - HOWEVER they are not new at all. I’ve actually started recognizing levels - they’ve just started recycling them. I’m on level 862 and have accumulated more than 200 diamonds, yet can’t advance in the game because there are no new chapters. Somethin’ ain’t right.

Additionally they changed the rate at which stars renew to EXTREMELY long times. It used to take 2 hours at the maximum, now some of them are 12 hours! And you used to get 50 coins just for finishing a level, now you get 30.

It would be one thing if it has always been that way, but when something changes to affect the customer negatively, it all feels like cheap dishonest strategies to get you to spend money to continue playing, and yet the levels are recycled. New levels would have at least held my interest while you took your time developing new chapters but this is crappy. Deleting.

by LDMT23

So you decided to eliminate the harvesting and the pets, well, what happens to all the diamonds I’ve invested buying all the plants and pets, then? Are you going to give them back to me? To all of us? Because you should! I could have saved them all and use them for the storyline, had I known you were going to do this. I’m not sure I’m going to continue to play this game, what the heck was that?!

*Updated after they gave me a ridiculous answer and removed another star because of that. Basically they said “Great question!” (Which they never answer!) “We made se changes because we listened to your feedback. You can now change the backgrounds as much as you like”. First of all, you could do that months ago, they they got greedy and started to charge you for that. Second, not sure whose feedback they listened to, I never got a poll or questionnaire of any sort. Most importantly, they completely ignored my question and gave me this cookie cutter reply, so they think I’m stupid or illiterate? I still want to know if they plan of giving us back all the diamonds we invested in upgrading and buying the features they arbitrarily removed, that could have been used for the stories, had we known they were going to get rid of that part of the game and we would lose all those diamonds. I think I should delete this game.

by Deb810

I understand that with free match 3 games there has to be kind of way for the developers to make money, and if I truly love a game I’m happy to support, but this is kind of ridiculous! The higher you go the harder it is to beat levels without power ups, and if you have no power ups then they have to be bought, then you use them, then you need them again, etc... it’s a vicious cycle with no end in sight. They don’t give enough moves for difficult levels, 15 moves to beat a level is insane! I love all the Emily games I OWN all of them, but I don’t think I’ll be playing this anymore because this is just a cash grab and it’s a slap in the face to the loyal fans who have been around for YEARS 😡

by SweetAudrina

UPDATE for Oct 2021 - I’ve been out of tasks for 7-8 months now. I’ve accumulated over 2000 diamonds am anxiously waiting to use them. This game is fun, relaxing, and a good way to keep busy if you like to do something while watching tv. I think the extra moves are incredibly pricey. You get anywhere from 30 coins and up for completing a level. It takes 900 coins for 5 extra moves. But overall, it’s a fun game. I’m at the point now thought where the levels are being recycled. That’s frustrating. I love ALL gamehouse games, and I hope they put out an update for this soon. I love that I’m getting asked questions about game feedback in the game. That is nice.

by Bad Kitty 123

This latest update is just ridiculous with the long wait times for each and every task; one must wait hours for each task or pay big money to speed them up. Players already wait for new chapters, only to then wait wait wait some more to complete them. Obvious cash grab since this would test anyone’s patience. I find this so off putting, I will likely delete DeliciousBB .

The game is cute, storyline is not very interesting. The ‘season pass’ portion of game should continue to give rewards or start over after completion, perhaps just some coins given per star collected after the ‘season’ has been completed. I don’t recommend spending stars on all the plants, trees etc. since there’s currently no benefit to this, just more waiting for a new ‘season’ to begin again.

I’m not liking the direction Gamehouse is going lately. Development seems to be focused on monthly chapters rather than releasing the full, high quality, time management games they used to make.

by Title Max

I am really enjoying this game even though I have only been playing a short time. I really want to give the game 5 stars but I have just 1 thing that I hope you guys can fix. When the game loads for you to play the match 3 game, it takes 3 seconds to download, but when you finish the match 3 game, it takes almost 30 seconds to download, and get you back to the main page.
I know that it’s not that big of a deal but when you have free time that your playing on it takes away from that time. I really hope that this is something that can be fixed. If so, then I would gladly give this game 5 stars.🙂

by Jamiely18

I was a bit skeptical about this as from the pictures, it looked VERY familiar to another infamous match 3 game that wants you to make upgrades to a garden-like area, but the animations greatly surpass it and make this quite a beautiful game. I’m certainly more interested in updating the area because I do care about the characters, which maybe was what the developers were banking on.

I appreciate the short dialogue between levels, which the developers have nailed in their recent games. Some of these games of this genre tend to ramble on and on with terrible animations where I end up hitting the screen just to get past it.

Gameplay is pretty generic (almost down to the sound effects, and the pieces also look the exact same as another match 3 game), so nothing really unique there. Don’t expect anything too magical there but maybe that’ll change in updates.

Only complaint is that the boosts, like the ice cream, are hard to see. It should be more obvious that it’s a boost, not just another piece.

by PostMuse

Enjoying the game and like the cute story, but the stars puzzle me. Once the “season” is completed and all available prizes won, the stars on the playing field are useless. They are “expensive” and it is puzzling that one can’t accumulate them for continued rewards. The current season has about 6 more days and I finished all the levels days ago.

I kinda like that their is no team play because those competitions tend to take away from the fun. I hope there won’t be teams. I know that I don’t have to join if there are, but I like not having the temptation

Also, the frogs are creepy, but that’s a good thing :)

by JaimeLannister10

I am a longtime GH subscriber and was eager to support GH's venture into match-3 games. Unfortunately, this game has only one advantage over Gardenscapes and Homescapes in that it allows you to passively earn money.

My complaints are that they do not provide you with as many decorative choices as Gardenscapes and Homescapes does, so it's kind of less interactive and interesting. Most of the time that you complete a step, it just plants a boring shrubbery or 3 barrels without giving you much choice ... Homescapes and Gardenscapes’ addition of the limited edition rooms and special events are much better, although now they are getting ridiculously pricey.

Moreover, the season pass is quite underwhelming. It gives way too few rewards for the amount of days it lasts and, as such, it makes spending diamonds on expanding your B&B decorations worth it. The fact that the season pass is the reward for subscribers at $10 is way not worth it.

Lastly, I don't like the voice actor for Emily, she sounds old and not sweet so it ruins my enjoyment and immersion. I much preferred the voice actor that played Emily in Delicious: World; I hope you guys can keep working with her to keep continuity between games. Patrick seems to sound the same in both, but if it's a different actor for Patrick, they both sound good. If GH keeps changing voice actors, it makes it hard to stay attached to the characters.

by PurpleEditor78

Beautiful game with beloved Emily and Patrick running the business. They keep the gamer busy doing errands around the property indirectly by matching up objects to get the task done. You never see inside the house, only the yard. In previous Delicious games, Emily always directly serves customers until advancing to next level. Bed and Breakfast is fun but don’t like that there’s only 5 lives at a time to complete each task (and then you have to wait 28 minutes for more lives or spend points). There should be 8 to 10 minimum. Also to get extra moves costs 900 points and should be much less. I’m past level 200 and have to be patient with these conditions when it’s fun getting the tasks finished. There’s also a story involved but mostly just a cute game that keeps you busy and looking forward to the next one.

by Qdfish

This game is very fun and I enjoy it and have been for the past few days but suddenly today I went to load the game and it gets to the halfway point of loading and it just sits there and won’t load the rest of the way and So I can’t play I I downloaded it and then re downloaded it and that didn’t work I even turned my phone off and then back on and there isn’t an update. I’m getting very frustrated because I can’t even contact the support because the website won’t even let me click on contact us!
Update: Thank you guys so much it’s been working again finally!

by Loratt06

Hands down my favorite game to play. This game is the leader in match 3 games. I tend to get bored with games after playing them for so long, but this one keeps my interest. I’m currently on level 1,585 & I can’t wait until the next chapter comes out .It’s challenging but you’re still able to beat the levels. The storyline is great and I love how you can choose to design your own Bed and Breakfast. There are very few glitches, that get fixed right away. The only thing I don’t like is the cost of power ups and extra moves. It’s really high for the amount of coins you win each level (30-70coins).

After a long day at work and tending to the kids when I get home, this game helps me relax once I crawl into bed and allows me to have “me” time .

by Trrinna

I really Enjoy this game but the one thing that drives me nuts is the fact that every once in a while it doesn't give you the option to double your score at the end of a round. It just makes you take what you get at the end and makes you move on.

So for the most Part it let you play the video and doubles your score but every once in a while regardless of how much his score, low or sometimes very high, it makes you just accept it and that's it.

That needs to be fixed because you're cheating your players out of a great amount of points.

by TaMater Without The Ta

I absolutely love this game as well as all of the Delicious games. The problem may be that I love this game too much. I am up to date on all of the chapters and now I have banked 184 gems and I have nothing to spend my gems on. Luckily, I get to participate in the side mini games and tournament to break up the monotony. Please get some new chapters available stat because I’m getting a little bored.

Perhaps we could focus more on guests and start designing INSIDE the hotel. This would definitely put a fresh spin on the game. Just a suggestion.

by Aharp36

I absolutely love this game! I’m not usually a fan of match 3 but I love gamehouse!

One suggestion that would be useful that would help a lot is whenever you have gems and you’re going to use them to buy fruit trees, etc to get more star if there was a confirmation that showed up when you want to spend gems on them.
I am currently waiting for the new chapter to release so I have stocked up on gems. Unfortunately I accidentally clicked one of the spots that I was eligible to buy a tree for to get another star but didn’t want to do that. I ended up spending gems on that tree that I wasn’t planning on doing in the first place because I clicked in the wrong spot.
I think if a message shows up that says “are you sure you want to spend gems on this” or something along these lines it would help out a lot so this doesn’t accidentally happen anymore.

by HiddenDirector

I wanted to write this one because I’ve been playing this game since it’s conception. I absolutely adore it. People who complain that the levels get too difficult, or there’s too long of wait times, or that there isn’t enough lives seem to forget something: This is a phone game. Of course it gets more difficult as you progress, and there’s going to be long timers on some things. They’re ways to make sure people don’t just spend all day playing this game. Limiting your experience helps you to be able to put the game down for a while and do other things. And I think this game does a perfect job of it. Keep doing how you’re doing, guys. You’re doing amazing.

by Jnd71173

This was fun up until you find you can’t win a certain level with out spending money and then more money what’s frustrating is spending money only to get five moves and then losing. After all it’s only a game and I really shouldn’t be racking up a tab of $1 after $1 after $1…..I’d rather pay say $5 up front and have the game to play freely even with a few ads. I unfortunately deleted it - it was a fun game despite the characters making him and hawing noises for talking.

by SheDrivesZ

I absolutely love this game from the very start. It’s so cozy, especially in the beginning. Love the sound effects, something I haven’t seen in other Match 3 games. Soothing sounds of rain, thunder and visual lightning are all part of this fun adventure in the first few levels which makes me excited to pursue it further:) The game play seems fair, fairly easy in the beginning, but gets a bit more challenging as you level up. Still passable levels with a nice pinch of challenge:) Love the story line and the graphics are awesome! Great job developers! Thank You!