Dig For Riches

For a mining game called dig for riches is a little disappointing that the first items you find for an old west town are modern and wwII weapons... I find it to not be something that will hold my interest, I will uninstall and refund. Mining for riches should involve stones or artifacts that fit the time period. Seriously the first thing i find is an MG-42 and an RPG and a wooden goblet,,,

Alright, so I'll be direct and blunt on this review: Interesting premise, though images scream AI. I can forgive that if well executed or if a game has fun mechanics... But this does not. Upgrades to your pickaxe, for instance, does not reduce the amount of hits it takes to remove the crystals worth direct money. Oh no no, it just increases their value. That leaves you with, I kid you not, hundreds of crystals to mine through the cave depths. God forgive you if you spend your days whacking those crystals 14 times a piece to clear the entire mine - And for not a single achievement or pat on the back. So you're left breaking crystals for money you don't give a damn about, or you just dig a direct hole to the end "treasure" as soon as you (easily) pay off your debt. And that's the next thing I need to address. The "upgrades". The shovel is used for basically everything that isn't a crystal (I.E. dirt), and while upgrades increase the amount removed the rest of the "tool" upgrades are pathetic. The "upgrades" to the candles you get as temporary light do jack all. The light it provides, regardless of quality setting, is basically worthless - And for an item that requires gems! The dynamite explosions at max level remove less material than even the lowest level shovel from my testing. And the wheelbarrow upgrades, by the time you upgrade it, are worthless because you also by then have the phone tool to sell remotely. And that brings me to the other gripe: Stacks, strength, and Gems. Gems are acquired by bringing whatever flavor text weapon/item the sheriff wants that day, but within a few days he's asking for ONLY mythic purple items. Past the first few days I never saw him ask for anything else. Strength is only able to be upgraded once per day, giving 5 strength and thus ?5 stamina?. So after a week you're scarcely stronger than you were at the start. And then stacks... probably the most insulting part of this all. You have to pay GEMS, the limited quantity currency that you already have to burn on energy drinks and candles, in order to increase the number of those same items that you can carry! And each upgrade seems to be +1 each time for 5-50+ Gems. It's painfully worthless for the price. Next up is money scaling. In the beginning it takes a bit to grind up a few thousands, and is ok before you realize all the holes in the walls (figuratively). But after that? You're grabbing legendary items/weapons in bulk. The danger zones are laughable and I didn't need to use the "medical kits" once. A few more petty issues hereafter: -Why are we sleeping under the freaking eves of the saloon instead of in even a shack, and there's not a single upgrade to this? Of all things? -The stack upgrade lady being hidden and accessed only if you're actually paying attention is a nice touch. The price thereafter... not so much. -There is not a single bit of diversion in the cave. It's a single path that winds around and around. The map you have to buy is legitimately worthless in this regard. -The instant teleport back is very nice once you get further along, especially toward the end. -The amount of effort given on their intro slideshow AI images are, put nicely, insulting and pathetic. At least use a different prompt for the character's actions for relevant actions for what's being said. -The items and weapons being dug up are amusing, but the variety is extremely lacking and the quantity of them is ludicrous. The only way you'll be hurting for cash would be if you intentionally avoid grabbing them. -Items and weapons that are snatched out of their stasis floating in the air and dropped are deleted if you don't put them into your wheelbarrow. So there's no ability to make a treasure pile. -10 pts for that alone. So in summary: lacking in features, the features that do exist are nearly worthless, and the end result for the effort IS LITERALLY A BLACK SCREEN AND TEXT! They don't even give you an AI generated image, they just write you a "good job, pal. Thanks for the cash!" slap on the d*ck and throw you back at the main menu. Thanks devs, I'll make sure to blacklist your games in the future. It was not even worth the discounted price.