Addicting, but paywall is frustrating
Thu Sep 05 2024 iTS ARiX(EDIT): After playing for a few months, I don’t think their paywall is as frustrating. I paid for the runners pass once and it was nice—but not necessary! Coins and gems come a bit easier after their new update, which I highly appreciate! I’m also really enjoying the events where you can obtain skins for the animals and extra event points. Also adding animals every so often has kept the game exciting and fresh! Keep it up, DirtyBit! :)
I’ve played the original fun run back when I was in middle-highschool. It’s always been a game I’ve loved, but I haven’t played it for years until now. It’s very addicting and fun! I love the fast pace and simplicity of game play. It looks a lot more polished now than it used to. However, there is a paywall for a lot of the content which is very frustrating. You can’t get alot of coins/gems just from playing. Unlike games that reward you for just playing and winning, you only really get EXP and event tokens after playing rounds. You will have to play numerous times before being able to actually unlock anything. I highly suggest they make it where it is easier to get coins and gems. Creating daily chests, winning bonuses, coin bought chests, etc., is a great way to do that. I also suggest they make more features for the clans, because where it’s at right now, they’re kinda useless. Yes, it’s a nice way to gather friends and other players, but there’s no real practical use for it.
PLEASE CONSIDER !
Mon Apr 07 2025 Kzbeast12Okay so I would like to start by saying I love this game and it’s super fun and challenging but I do have a few suggestions. 1) more player / animals , I know you are adding one more and that would make 12 animals total but it sort of gets old using the same animals over and over again. For example, in brawl stars they have hundreds of characters/players to choose from so it makes the game more fun and interesting because of all the different powers and possibilities. 2) I know you make your money when people by gems but maybe new player should start with at least 25 gems to get the hang of things. 3) COINS ARE TO HARD TO GET ! I have been stuck on level 6 for years because I can’t get 5,000 coins to level up to level 8/9 please consider elongating your player past 30 because it would help a lot (even if you just move it to level 50)
Lastly 4) new maps : you switch out maps every day yet I feel like I am in the twilight zone because they look absolutely the same own just has more jumps than the other. Referencing back to brawl stars they have many maps and game types ( like stampede and such) . It gets a little old just playing dash and duo and every now and then a special level here and there. I know this is a lot to consider but I think it is definitely worth a try ! Thanks bye
I love the game but there’s a few features…
Thu Apr 24 2025 name takeonI like this game but there’s a few features that just ruin it for me, I hate the fact that if you disconnect from a match you lose a lot of points. For someone like me my connection isn’t the best so whenever I disconnect over and over it just makes the game unplayable. It really just makes the game completely not fun. And I also hate the fact that this game’s match making is so horrible, like I’d be playing my first match with a friend in duos and the first person I go up against would have like 2000 medals and played with their friend in 450 games. So yeah I think the game needs better match making and for if you disconnect you won’t lose points, at least have it so if you disconnect in the first 10 seconds you won’t lose points or if you disconnect in duos in the first 15 seconds your friend won’t lose points.
Honest Review of FR4
Sat Oct 21 2023 Qwersz333I’m pretty sure everybody agrees by now that there’s too many micro transactions in this thing. Overall, it just seems like it should’ve been an update to 3, but I actually like the racing in 4 too. It’s, well, fun. The huge glaring issue here though for everybody is that there’s just too many micro transactions. It just makes the game straight up unplayable at times, because you otherwise just get nowhere without spending money. It’s genuinely a dealbreaker that every cosmetic costs actual money, and getting coins is at best difficult and at worst, truthfully exhausting and impossible. Other games like Splatoon will reward you for playing in matches and will allow you to customize your character and unlock cosmetics just by playing the game. I’ve been playing for a while now and I haven’t even unlocked the lion, just because everything goes by so slow. A way to fix this, is simply just adding cosmetics that are rewarded to you for playing the game, and not just a few items. Everything that isn’t an animal is locked behind a paywall, and I’m not sure if that’s going to be fixed, but if i could actually buy things in the shop, then maybe instead of playing, say 1 match I’d play like 3-5 for example, on my way to school or with friends, and honestly I’d probably be more inclined to spend more money just to complete my character. But right now, this isn’t really the case, and it just doesn’t really feel like I’m winning when I get first place in this game.
Disappointed
Thu Nov 02 2023 ClaySoggyfriesI’ve been playing since Fun Run 1 has been out and I’ve played every Fun Run game up to this point. Switching from 2-D to 3-D must’ve wasn’t a bad move but Im disappointed by the lack of content that’s currently provided. I’m gonna compare it to when Fun Run 3 came out and that game literally has an arena mode. Also, the lack of cosemetics is insane compared to all 3 games before it. There are only like 10 animals compared to all the pervious games that had so many, including the gold skinned animals. This game doesn’t even have a fox, which is one of the most iconic animals in this series. You don’t even see a gold fox from players that were globally ranked #1. The thing I disapprove of most though is how much they made it a Pay-2-Play. I understand that most mobile games are like this nowadays but not even Fun Run 3 had this much of a paywall. You literally can’t earn gems at all and coins are only earned through battle passes (which cost gems). You can only earn gems by purchasing them with money and you can barely earn coins to upgrade your characters. In summary, this game lacks so much content compared to the games before it and puts any thing they can behind a paywall. Even Fortnite is this bad when it comes to micro transactions.
Listening
Mon Apr 22 2024 PabloakapabloOkay, I have to rewrite my review because dirtybit SHOWED improvements. Improvements like not keeping us in the dark with news and actually making a news section. Although I’m still skeptical because this is only the beginning. Let’s see how consistent you guys are with news, let’s see how consistent new animals will drop, let’s see how consistent new power ups are, let’s see how consistent new maps and events drop. Because this content drought was intense. And it leaves the community with a touch of trauma.
Thank you for giving a nudge to the right direction though.
My only concern is that all my animals are all maxed out at level 10. Meaning my power ups are maxed out at 16 out of 21 power ups. There should be ways were you can get bolts without leveling up animals because I would like to have the other power ups to try new strategies. Please be mindful of this and fix something with in this realm as well.
Not for me but
Tue May 07 2024 AziHallI’ve been playing Fun Run for about 10 years now. I absolutely loved Fun Run 2 , and then when the 3rd game came out I was super excited. I liked how they slowed the speed in races for FR3 from the 2nd game , but now with the 4th game , I think they’ve slowed it down too much. I know that the devs are listening to our feedback as this game is still brand new , but I still find it weird how everything has been kind of unbalanced since the beginning. When you start the race and get into first , you’re likely to stay in first. As you are in any place. It’s more difficult than any of the other games in an odd way. I also just find it ugly… But even though I won’t be playing it anymore , I’ll be watching what they do to it. And when they eventually take FR3 off the App Store like the first two games , I’ll be empty without it , but I’ll have to say goodbye ):
New update trash
Sat Mar 23 2024 StonerIan420Shields last a a millisecond. My bear traps fall through the map. If someone is respawning and they electrocution shock. You can’t use your sonic wave to blast them back. They automatically can kill you. There’s no defense at all for that unless you have a shield that last for a millisecond. There’s still no clan battles. There’s no real reason to even make a clan or join a clan. like why can’t you just put Arenas in the game already? And there should be no reason why I should lose a match when I’m in first place the whole entire time to lose to somebody pulling a magnet three times or sky been coming in last second and I get hit with a sky be, and then boom another sky beam room, another sky beam. I do not like the map changes at all. They do not help you they do not make you go faster. you go faster in the actual run is when you have to do the double slide jump. all the other little places that you go through slows you down why do you think it will help if you were in last place 2nd place none of the places. Please fix your game and make it better not worse.
Is it Fun Run anymore?
Sat Nov 23 2024 Luis Guitar GarageFirst I would like to thank Dirtybit for the years of entertainment , I wont lie I still cant believe they did away with Fun Run 2 because that game was simple, competitive and just FUN! Fun Run 3 personally I feel upgraded some things like the outfits and extras like Arena and Cups. Now Fun Run 4 has fallen short , and I mean REAL SHORT. I dont have anything against innovation and trying “new” things but you guys already have the blue print to an awsome game why not just improve it? FR4 has no incentive for grinding, no incentive for clans, no incentive to invest money at all. The mechanics are super wonky , even though I like the idea of powerups its obvious that theres always going to be an Overpowered Character , idk where you guys are going with it but I really hope you take a step back and truly see the bigger picture that FR3 is doing great , its competitive, its fun, it has an incentive, a lot of players including myself have invested our hard earned money into it. Overall figure out a way to keep your fan base because it aint looking great
Worst Fun Run Yet
Thu Dec 07 2023 PouDislikerI have been a huge Fun Run fan since even Dino Dash was around and the fact they got rid of so many of their apps that were actually successful in order to disappoint their audience with this joke is incredible. There’s nothing unique about this version and the characters are basic and poorly drawn. They have gotten rid of three apps to my knowledge, so far, and I simply would not trust putting my money into this game. Why would I pay for anything in a game that probably won’t be here much longer anyways? The money system in the game is terrible. It was so effective when the game allowed you to earn your money when you play games and depending on the place you score. As someone who values consistency, I have no faith in future games holding any form of quality or enjoyment based on the streak of failures these games have been delivering us. Hopefully one day I am proven wrong since I truly played a good deal and wanted to enjoy this game but unfortunately, life is too short to waste time on things we find no joy in.
