The Coin Game

1.0 and still no resolutions options whatsoever bffr

The Coin Game - 1.0 Review The 1.0 release of The Coin Game is a disappointment for many, and I have to agree. After waiting so long, the full version feels rushed (likely due to the new publisher) and doesn’t offer much improvement over the Early Access build — in fact, it introduced several new bugs. At first, the game ran okay for me. I tried the new Survival mode and the Sandbox Birthday mode. Unfortunately, Survival mode boils down to a very basic and repetitive grind. You earn a fixed amount of royalties every time you buy and reopen an arcade. New players might feel lost, as the game doesn’t clearly explain what to do or where to go. There are treasures to dig up and some simple jobs/tasks for making money, but the progression feels shallow. One major issue is how exploitable the game is. You can easily farm $50 headphones at Larry’s Arcade on the Stack ‘Em machine if you know what you're doing. This makes most other games feel pointless to play. While some arcade machines naturally pay out more than others, the difference is often too extreme. After a few days in Survival mode, the bugs became much more noticeable. Finishing the golf game permanently disabled my collisions, causing me to constantly fall through the map. The physics (which were reverted due to issues with the coin pushers) broke vehicle inventory carrying and likely other systems as well. Fall damage triggers far too easily, and movement feels extremely janky — I was rubber-banding around the map like I was playing on a high-ping server [EDIT: This may have been due to a weird driver bug I had]. Even pausing the game doesn’t actually pause it. The added content also isn’t as substantial as I had hoped, though I understand this is an indie dev. A major patch dropped on March 27th, but it didn’t fix nearly enough. The March 30th patch is still improving the game, but there's still some crucial bug fixes needed. It’s crazy to think the game launched in an even worse state. Some of these issues are already acknowledged by the developer, so there’s hope for future fixes and they have been putting in effort so far. However, in its current state, I’d honestly rather play the pre-1.0 Early Access version in some ways. Final Verdict: I can only recommend The Coin Game once these major issues are fixed. The game has a lot of charm and nails that classic arcade atmosphere, but the bugs and shallow survival gameplay make it hard to enjoy right now.

Not ready for 1.0, game feels worse now than it did a long time ago. I assume Kwalee pushed them to launch without doing any QA. Also, a new EULA has popped up that wasn't here before, which I really don't appreciate. I've refunded games because of EULAs before, and I feel kind of swindled now that I'm now being forced to sign a contract long after I purchased the game since I can't refund it now. This isn't just me standing on principle, there's a section that says they can change, suspend, remove, or disable access to the game or my content for ANY reason. Like, seriously? Read EULAs before you purchase games. It's a contract, you should know what you're signing up for before you just click Agree. You'll be surprised how many rights you're giving up just to play a game. Screw that.

game soft locks itself any time you try to redeem your won tickets

I loved this game during its time in Early Access, LOVED it, so it truly pains me to say this but as of right now I cannot recommend this game. The 1.0 update seems to have fundamentally broken key parts of the game: performance is worse, physics is worse, progression is worse, and bugs are worse. Just about every part of the game that got changed for 1.0 is worse than it was in E.A.. It's really disappointing to see such a well regarded and well liked Early Access title get pushed to release before its actually done. I put almost 50 hours into the Early Access of this game. I loved this game when it was being sold as a work in progress, but if this is what they consider a "finished" game then I cannot and will not recommend this to anyone. Do not buy this right now. If the idea of an Arcade Simulator is interesting to you, wishlist this and see if they actually fix the post-launch issues. Give it a few months, that's what I plan to do, but whatever you do... DO. NOT. BUY. THIS. UNFINISHED. GAME.

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I can't recommend this game for now, especially for Steam Deck owners. After the 1.0 update, it no longer works on the Steam Deck. There were already problems before the update, but at least the game still worked back then. When 1.0 rolled in, there is just black screen now. I hope the developer would address this.