What started out as a game advertised as “free” and fun is evolving into an addictive gambling game where, more and more, rewards are left to chance. I’ve been playing JJ since a few months after its inception. Many of the changes along the way have been fun and positive. But, ever since Playtika purchased June’s Journey, the focus has been on changes that can get players to play with real money rather than in-game diamonds and energy. I guess I wouldn’t have a problem with that IF that’s what I’d known upfront going into the game. But, that’s not the game I downloaded. It’s also no longer the game that had a developer who was aware of its players’ requests for fun and useful features, to keep us interested and wanting more. And, who had a responsive support team, who actually personalized responses. All we get now are “canned” responses. And, whenever your servers become overloaded and our game crashes, somehow it’s always the fault of our own personal devices, according to your “support” team. June’s Journey is unfortunately becoming a highly sophisticated “pay to play if you want to advance” gambling game, although it’s still advertised as a “free” mystery search game. Even some of its newest side games have features designed to look like slot machines! The latest move by Playtika has players all over the world in an uproar! The new movable bushes are lovely; BUT, they cost more than the ones we previously had available. Why could they not have been an “addition” rather than a replacement for the old bushes?? And, although the new bushes are now movable (which we had requested), the reward of a guaranteed number of diamonds has been taken away and only measly prizes based on odds/chance are available in the new bushes! That cuts into the amount of coffees we can give out each day in order to increase our energy so we can play in comps and all the numerous side games and move ahead in scenes and complete HW tasks! Because the bush “rewards” are all now based on odds, we see further evidence that Playtika is turning this once enjoyable “free” game into one of chance…gambling. This latest move by Playtika is geared specifically toward getting their players to break out their credit card and spend money for an advertised “FREE” game. A game should be fun and relaxing. Playtika is turning June’s Journey into a stressful gambling game for the majority of its players.