Temple Run Review

I’m never one to venture out of my comfort zone when it comes to downloading games for my Iphone. Lame, I know. But how could I resist the thrall of a little free game called ‘Temple Run’. The rave reviews and near five star ratings were also a factor, of course. So, I gave it a go.

Temple run is quite reminiscent to some of the levels that were in Crash bandicoot.  You, the player, are running for your life from a group of enemies that are out to kill you after you’ve taken an ancient idol from their temple. The escape starts as soon as you press play, with a brief tutorial explaining the basic controls and how to avoid whatever obstacles you will be sure to run into. Swiping up and down causes the character to either jump or slide, while tilting the screen left or right will make the character move to the respective side, allowing access to coins that aren’t straight on. There are many obstacles that you will encounter in game such as tree roots and trunks, fire, gaps in the path and many more. Also, there are different areas that you will come across other than the winding road of the temple, but for me, nothing was as difficult in this game other than timing when to turn the sharp corners right. If you time it too early, you will stumble and the enemies will be right behind you until you lose them again, while timing to late will cause you to run right off the path and plummet to your death.

The pixelated environment is beautiful to look at while on the run and the colours are vibrant enough to pop out at you, yet subtle enough to not take away your attention. The angle of the camera is also nicely placed and adds a little bit of fear to when or if the enemy will be right on your back. As most games, you can upgrade to acquire special abilities that will help you along the way, whether it is to double the amount of coins you collect or to start the game with a fair amount of distance between you and your chasers. A nice feature I like is that you can purchase a brand spanking new character to play as. The speed of how fast each character runs variers from person to person, which adds a good change in gameplay.

SUMMARY

Temple run is a nice, fast paced game that is strangely addictive to play and you won’t be bored with, it also manages to get the heart rate up without having to move a foot! Watching other people run is always such a stress.

RATE:

♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥
8/10