Doodle Alchemy

So many really obvious combinations are wrong. Super annoying and frustrating. I'm also not a fan of constantly having to go through the book to find stuff, and I wish the animations could be turned off so it doesn't waste my time. One of the least satisfying alchemy games I've tried...

I've been playing for less than 5 minutes, and I've already seen 3 ads and been hit with a pop-up to rate (how would I know yet if I like the game?), plus banner ads. One ad hit me before I even got to the first game screen; it was the first thing I saw after clicking play in the top menu. I thought the ad was the tutorial for a moment. It's a bad look. From what I can tell, the game is a pretty basic combination alchemy game otherwise.

The game was set up in a way I liked, but often the combinations to make different elements made little sense or had far better alternatives. Ex: Grapes instead of being vine+fruit or vine+berries was wood+earth. Sure it works vaguely, but that sort of counterintuitive way of getting the answers made the game unenjoyable. You really had to use hints to find some. Also, some of the elements were too specific/referential when basic ones were missing. Ex: catdog-yes like the cartoon- but no lion???