Temple Run: Puzzle Adventure Apple Arcade

Good, but still has its issues

Wed Dec 06 2023 SoundsCrazy

Pros: - engaging levels and gameplay - a variety of power ups that are easy to acquire - unlimited tries (thank you Apple Arcade) However, there are still some things holding this game back: - game bugs - phantom pieces that impede progress going forward, and create softlocks - sometimes unable to play the river mini game with no explanation as to why - probably the worst golden beetle AI I’ve ever seen in a video game The last point I’m going to go on a rant: the golden beetle mechanics are just awful, unless you merge it with something that give you multiple beetles. Sometimes they help you with level objectives, and most other times it literally just does anything else. It applies game logic the way a two-year old tries to hammer a square peg into a round hole - for instance, it thinks “I will take out this normal blue gem sitting underneath a monkey head so that the monkey head will drop down” but ignore the fact that there are wooden crates, frozen gems, and lava that are sitting above said blue gem, but underneath the monkey head. It comes to a point where it feels more like a liability than it does a buff, and I feel that the programming as far as the priority of the beetles needs to be desperately fixed. Overall, the game functions well, but I had to rant about this one thing, because it needs to be spoken about until it is repaired.

Great game - but froze on #1149

Sat Feb 24 2024 katgil1

Great game but I WON game 1149 and after showing 3 stars it froze. And when I rebooted it, I was back to the beginning of 1149. Please fix it. Very frustrating to spend all the power up to win and it doesn’t register. This isn’t the first time it happened, but I paid attention to the game number if that helps. Thanks! I don’t follow the story; I just want a good match 3 game that is rewarding. And you delivered! No fees or ads, and best of all, when I got stuck on a level you added an option to skip forward. Another perk is, if I didn’t solve a puzzle after a couple tries, your algorithm changes to give me better matches and win. There’s another match game (not in Arcade) that I won’t play anymore because they are just the opposite of your game. I can play that game 50 times with upgrades and still not win. I’m here to relax, win, and feel good. That’s what YOUR game provides. And, because of this, I’ll continue my subscription with Apple Arcade. Thank you! Update- it WAS 5 stars yesterday, until I hit the latest level. Now it’s 2 stars Impossible to play tiles, constantly refreshing, used all the power ups for THREE separate attempts, and in the final attempt I had one piece left and the power up didn’t kill it. One more try tomorrow and I quit. I’m good, not desperate, and I play for enjoyment, not aggravation. Apple Arcade isn’t worth it if the games cause stress instead of reducing it.

It WAS fun, at first. NO SUPPORT.

Fri Apr 05 2024 WelcomeHomeSW

I really really loved this game when I first downloaded it, and I still play it often. However, I get more and more angry at the lack of support. there’s no place to submit a support ticket or report a bug and the game doesn’t give you rewards that you’ve honestly earned. Here’s an overview of the gameplay: The character goes through a landscape and there’s a story and you play matching games in between two advance, the story. All that’s fun, but in no time at all less than a week, I’d say you reach the end of the adventure and the character is stuck in the same hall forever after that. Forever? Yes, literally forever instead of having the character let’s say, for example circle around and go through the same landscape again (now that it’s been restored…) she just stands there and tells a story as if I wanted to read a book and not play video games?) the game freezes all the time and I lose tools and bonuses. I’ve allocated to that level. The game doesn’t give you the progress or points or gems or whatever that you’ve collected. It’s not honest, not fair and and there’s no support. There’s a Support LINK, but all it does is send you to FAQ articles and tutorials that say absolutely nothing. There’s not even a place to report a bug. it seems like Apple paid somebody to develop the game and then fired them. They left. There’s nobody at the helm. There’s nobody monitoring the game at all. Apple obviously doesn’t care.

Needs More Levels

Sat Oct 30 2021 iTexan72

Update : I receive a notification reminding me about the tournament and continue playing. But I can’t! I’ve played all of the levels. You should be able to replay levels to compete in the tournament to collect more stores. Needs more levels and a way to go back and replay some levels. I have finished all of the levels available and cannot complete all of the ‘quests’. Wish there was a way to go back and replay some of the levels. Also, some of the new ‘obstacles’ introduced during game play do not have instructions on how to overcome them. It is fairly easily to figure out, but would be nice to have instructions the first time you encounter them like the obstacles closer to the beginning of the game. Game play is fun since you don’t have to pay to overcome more difficult levels nor worry about how many lives you have left. Hopefully more levels are added soon before I forget about and give up on this game. If I can’t continue to play it regularly by going back to previous levels, I’ll forget about it and/or delete it off my iPhone. Another thing I do like about this game is that it is played vertically instead of horizontally.

Changed game orientation?

Sun Apr 02 2023 Calikurth

UPDATE: The latest update is pretty buggy. Almost every time I use an idol I end up with a bunch of overlapping gems sharing the same spots. The river raft mini-game is a nice way to gather more boosters, but the achievement counter never increments so I'm stuck at 0/50. But since the game is still in landscape it is pretty awkward to play as i have to hold my iPad by the edges and stretch to reach the arrow buttons. You made the UI square... why doesn't the game auto-rotate with my iPad? ----------- The latest update just changed the game UI from portrait to landscape. It is now letterboxed on the sides and the actual game elements got smaller. It isn't a very good use of screen space and actually makes it harder to play. I'm not sure why the developers chose to do this, but please switch it back—or at least make it a setting. I've had a lot of fun playing this game, but now I'm just annoyed by the new UI. Please let me use all of my pixels instead of this nonsense. Also, this was a pretty major change that I would have expected to see mentioned in the release notes. People do read them.

A few changes would make the game great.

Fri Dec 01 2023 NicoTima

I like the game, and I really like having the Apple Arcade package so I can play games without constantly having to funnel money into them. The only negative that I'm finding is that for whatever reason, I don't have that much skill for the river race, and that is the only opportunity really except for the occasional bonuses to collect power ups, which are needed. I could probably do better with a joystick, but I'm playing on my phone. It is frustrating to not only not be able to get power ups that way, but to have over 10,000 gems, none of which I'm allowed to use to get power ups or to force a river race so that I can try to get more. Also, I tried to work the river race using a stylus, because I don't think my thumbs have very much talent, and that didn't work either. I have to try one more time to see if it just didn't work for me. In short, I would love it if they could function in some kind of way that works better when you're on a phone. Please, let me use my gems to get more power ups.

Love the update but ..

Thu Apr 27 2023 Sewnurse

I really like this game and play every day. I have been having problems with gems piling up on top of each other in the same space or the app just freezing altogether. When using bonus items this is especially apt to happen which means the bonus items are lost and the level has to be replayed. I like the River run but the new trophy tasks have disappeared on my phone. I can still see them on the iPad so I’m not sure what I need t do to get them back. Also on iPad the app only plays in landscape mode which s fine but the arrows to control the raft are not close enough to the edges of the iPad so I end up having to put tie iPad on a flat surface and holding my hands above the screen. If the arrows were farther apart or if the game could be played in portrait mode like on the phone it would be easier.

Solid, but Needs Content and Bug Fixes

Sat Oct 23 2021 BlueDev1101

EDIT: Looks like level 641 is unwinnable. There are blue fruits in the baskets, but those fruits can’t be destroyed by anything (at least not that I’ve found). EDIT 2: Same issue with level 710. Very solid match-3 gameplay. The mechanical aspects of the game are nicely polished and fluid. However, the game runs out of content quickly, leaving your character stuck at a “Cursed Waterfall” (which isn’t a waterfall…but I digress). You’re still able to play new puzzles, earning more gems. Which brings up another issue: gems are mostly useless. You can buy additional power-ups with them for 300 gems, but having almost 50k of them makes it pretty silly. Finally, there’s a really bad bug—often, when getting a large, often level-beating, cascade, the game hard locks. No choice but to close and re-open. All in all, nicely constructed and mechanically sound. Just needs more time put in to shore up some weak spots.

Fun, But Needs Work

Tue Oct 12 2021 Eej

Let me start by saying, I think the game is fun and I’m enjoying the concept. However, I’ve got some feedback for the dev team. I’ve played many games similar in nature to this game, but this one is hard and it ramps up quickly. I’m not necessarily complaining about the difficulty, however, I’d love to see an “extra moves” option in addition to or to replace the “skip level” option when you don’t pass a level. The worst feeling is when you’ve gotten right there and just need one more move! I’m not a quitter so it pains me to hit skip. I’d also like to see smarter power-ups, specifically scarabs. Sometimes it picks tiles that wouldn’t change the outcome either way instead of eliminating a tile that actually needs to be eliminated. Like I said, overall good, but sometimes I feel like this game desperately wants to be a game with micro-transactions and it can’t be because it’s bound to the terms of Apple Arcade. Just my two cents!

I use to love this game!

Thu Aug 08 2024 Moxie's

I was so happy to find this game a few years ago--no losing lives, no timers to wait for, no ads every level. Fun game, some challenging levels, and a great story. It was perfect. I played it all the time. Then I finished the last part. I am now endlessly stuck in the treasure room. Forever. The story was the special part of this game. You knew the characters and helped them along. Then it disappeared abruptly leaving just level after level with nothing new and no hint of what happened to the story. It's so disappointing. This was a 5+ star game and now it's just repetitive with no real incentive to keep playing. I keep seeing updates for a "new mirror story" and get them, but I'm still in the same old treasure room. How do you get to the new stories you say are available? The treasure room is too repetitive to keep playing without any goal other than collecting more and more items .🙁 Please continue the story and bring back the fun!