So it appears the only part of the game you can do on the 7-day free trial is the intro. Once you actually get to the airport, you cannot advance whatsoever, all you can do is talk to a few people and you can't go through customs. There's no pet battle to be had, there's nothing. Pretty pathetic "trial" version. Why would I spend so much money on a game that doesn't even give me a real trial, and I'm not really learning anything in the trial? The activities you do in the intro don't really teach you anything... it might as well be flashcards.
Nevermind, it looks like it was a bug. I had to reload the game. Well, I'm also not inclined to drop that much money on a game that has a very frustrating and confusing bug in the very beginning. Like I just wasted a bunch of time trying to figure out what I could do. Not an efficient use of language learning time! Considering this game is 3 years old, I'm really not impressed.
Well, NOW I think I've explored all I can without paying. This game is really inefficient. Why am I fishing *in English* if this game is about Chinese? The live opponents don't seem real... or they are really bad because the game doesn't teach them anything before going into "battle." Lots of little things cannot be done more than once every 4-8 hours, like eating a steamed bun or any other snack. Have to catch a zillion fish to get 100 coins while learning nothing in an unwieldy system? No, thanks. And I spent forever trying to find the welcome ceremony for the championship, but it seems that's only available for paying members as I couldn't find it anywhere.
So it appears the only part of the game you can do on the 7-day free trial is the intro. Once you actually get to the airport, you cannot advance whatsoever, all you can do is talk to a few people and you can't go through customs. There's no pet battle to be had, there's nothing. Pretty pathetic "trial" version. Why would I spend so much money on a game that doesn't even give me a real trial, and I'm not really learning anything in the trial? The activities you do in the intro don't really teach you anything... it might as well be flashcards.
Nevermind, it looks like it was a bug. I had to reload the game. Well, I'm also not inclined to drop that much money on a game that has a very frustrating and confusing bug in the very beginning. Like I just wasted a bunch of time trying to figure out what I could do. Not an efficient use of language learning time! Considering this game is 3 years old, I'm really not impressed.
Well, NOW I think I've explored all I can without paying. This game is really inefficient. Why am I fishing *in English* if this game is about Chinese? The live opponents don't seem real... or they are really bad because the game doesn't teach them anything before going into "battle." Lots of little things cannot be done more than once every 4-8 hours, like eating a steamed bun or any other snack. Have to catch a zillion fish to get 100 coins while learning nothing in an unwieldy system? No, thanks. And I spent forever trying to find the welcome ceremony for the championship, but it seems that's only available for paying members as I couldn't find it anywhere.