For over four years, I have played Dragonvale constantly. The unique dragons were wonderful to hatch, feed, and name. The ideas that the creators came up with were amazing - Kairos, Gemstone dragons, etc - but for the past year, Ive noticed subtle changes in the gameplay.
Events such as the Dragon Faire and the Egg Event, have been less enjoyable. Instead of deciding which prizes Id like to get, Im focusing more on how many I can afford with the small amount of tickets.
After the Egg Event, I honestly lost interest and stopped playing. I didnt delete the app, but I didnt go on it anymore - which is sad, because Ive spent countless hours and years on this app to breed more dragons, only to simply.. stop. It wasnt a conscious decision; Dragonvale simply wasnt the game for me anymore.
I was interested after seeing the update and opened the app again.. only to delete it two hours later. The limited gameplay and loss of a minigame that was so refreshing to play simply was too much for me to handle. Unfortunately, the magic of this game is.. ruined for me. All the dragons that I got in the past, all the islands and buildings - all meaningless because of this: because I have no interest for this game anymore.
The creators of Backflip may read this review, and many others - but I doubt they will make any changes. The past events and this Gaia dragon have shown that they are only interested in money now.. which is a shame.