YMMV / Gardens Inc

• Scrappy Mechanic:
  • The ghost hunting in the first two games is particularly frustrating to many players. While the stationary ghosts don't bother Jill or her workers and merely act as roadblocks, additional ghosts will sometimes drift in from Behind the Black, causing the worker sprites to scream and run to their truck. The sprites then refuse to perform any actions until the ghost hunter removes the malevolent spirits, severely cutting into the available time to complete the levels. The devs took this under advisement and dropped the ghost hunting from the remainder of the series, except briefly during the bonus levels of Bridal Pursuit.
  • The second game adds a challenge with local kids coming in to wreck the landscapers' work, requiring it to be redone. Like the ghost hunting, this proved extremely unpopular with players and was not included in the rest of the games.
  • Many players complained about the third game being excessively difficult, especially regarding the riddles of the bonus goals and the sheer number of tasks expected to be completed in the allotted time.