Lazada Games: Changes

before i discuss our main topic..

here's an example of a Lazada event which is obviously impossible to complete if the player is not ready to do a purchase, something that i have mentioned before..

unlike in other events, there is no consolation prize in this example..

so if the player is not prepared to complete all 9 tasks, then it's better for him to not grind at all...

Merge Boss

visually, there is the expansion of the shopping center, it now has a second level..

and in terms of the game system itself, they just introduced some new methods for acquiring items more easily...

GoGo Match

instead of just the traditional Lazada Coins, they introduced their own in-game currency..

that currency can be used to buy additional turns or moves in order for the player to complete a stage..

although in my opinion, it's still more practical to utilize the Coins in manipulating the puzzle..

why..?

because that can guarantee a 3-Star finish...

Style Star

well, they totally changed the game's format...

here's my cyberpunk costume from the old version...

and then here's my Christmas outfit for the updated version...

what is the bad news..?

unfortunately, the game became time-consuming, unlike before where it's possible to play it without even looking at the screen..

what is the good news..?

currently, it provides lots of LazRewards...

there are 4 types of tasks..

the easist is the rental service, which only lasts after a few clicks..

then there's the acne-cleaning and the facial service, both of which require more control of the player's smartphone..

but the best among the 4 is the styling service..

why..?

because the reward is fixed for the first 3 mentioned tasks, and also proportional to the Energy consumed; that is 1 Star for every 2 Energy..

while the reward for the styling service can reach up to 10 Stars; that is 1 Star for every 1.2 Energy..

the Stars on the other hand is the requirement in claiming the prize, the player is actually offered different options that comes with a deadline..

in my case, i always choose the Php 16 LazReward because the goal of reaching 1000 Stars is achievable within 2 days...

as of the moment, the variation of styling requests are limited, so familiarization is the key in getting 10 Stars all the time..

fulfilling each request is guided by 3 factors; the symbol(s), the emoji, and the numerical rating..

the symbol or symbols provide a hint on which item from a particular costume category can be used to fulfill a certain request..

but it can be tricky sometimes because there are requests which do not necessarily follow the symbols..

in such case, the player will have to try out all items from each costume category, and just see which one will yield the highest rating..

sometimes you only have to choose the actual matching costumes despite of their symbols, or even if they do not have any symbol at all.. 

the numerical rating helps in determining the best combination of costume, although reaching the highest value is not very necessary..

if the color of the number turns green, then that signifies that the value increased as compared to a previously selected item..

but the best indicator is the emoji, because it shows the satisfaction level of the customer..

it'll instantly tell the player if he's styling is already good enough to get 10 Stars..

there are 3 levels of satisfaction; unsatisfied (which is a red-faced emoji), neutral (a smiling face), and satisfied (a happy face with hearts)..

in my case, i don't always go for the highest score, once i hit that happy face i just go with whatever really looks good on my model...

here are my rewards from my first 6 days in playing the new version of Style Star..

that's Php 80 in 5 consecutive days, the first game day wasn't officially counted since it didn't last for 24 hours...

after only 3 months, i already reached Php 1,091.79 LazRewards (as of the time of the last screenshot)..

that's from Php 400 plus from early July 2024.. 

but it went down to Php 640.17 because i spent a total of Php 451.62 for the months of September and October...