Thanks to SuperSolid games for the review items.
What would happen if Temple Run was suddenly cute, and full of rainbows? You’d get Penguins of course! The premise to this game is simple, your chosen penguin will run forward as long as possible, and using the accelerometer and various power-ups you must keep him/her away from the dangers of the arctic. Believe it or not penguins have a lot of natural enemies: killer whales, anchors, octopi, big red TNT barrels, rock piles. You know the usual stuff you see on the nature channel.
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| Cute | PENGUINSAURUS REX!! |
I’m gonna go out on a limb here, and say this has a younger target audience. Definitely not the 18-34 married gamer arena, more like the 7-15 waiting for mom to finish grocery shopping variety. That taken into account, the game is fun. It wasn’t in my demographic, but I still had to figure out how to unlock every little thing. I’m still short the pirate penguin, and he will be mine, oh yes, he will be mine.
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| collectin’ fish | The Pirate Penguin |
Characters are unlocked with fish collected during your lengthy runs of the randomly generated ice path. Ranging in price from a few thousand, to a few hundred thousand, you can also purchase buckets of fish with real world cash to escalate your in game situation, (you know if you’re against earning your rank). If I have to pick a favorite thing, it’s going to be the invincibility power up, turning into penguin-saurus rex and simply smashing through 200 meters is fun, and a little bit zany.
This app will probably get you weird looks from folks at the office. Make the guys at the bar wonder exactly where that joyful music is coming from, and make your kids absolutely silent while grocery shopping.
I’ve heard that’s important to parents, give it a go, you won’t be disappointed.