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Candy Crush Jelly Saga leaves a sour taste with its latest puzzle quest

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<p>Free-to-play games often look appealing, but it’s difficult to know at a glance whether the business model is insidious and fun ruining, or reasonable and worth pumping a few bucks into. With Freemium Field Test (http://www.macworld.com/column/freemium-field-test/), we’ll take a recent free-to-play iOS game, put it through its paces, and let you know if it’s really worth your time (and money).</p><p>It was only a year ago that I found myself swimming in the syrupy sweet waters (http://www.macworld.com/article/2876537/freemium-field-test-candy-crush-soda-saga-can-get-expensive-fast-but-its-appeal-is-undeniable.html) of Candy Crush Soda Saga (https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/candy-crush-soda-saga/id850417475?mt=8), King’s spinoff of the original free-to-play puzzle smash, Candy Crush Saga (https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/candy-crush-saga/id553834731?mt=8). In playing it for this column, I’d poured a lot of time into the game, but also quite a bit more money than I’d planned—and despite the frustration, I still admired the game to some extent.</p><p class="jumpTag"><a href="/article/3026301/ios/candy-crush-jelly-saga-leaves-a-sour-taste-with-its-latest-puzzle-quest.html#jump">To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here[/url]</p></section></article>

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