Temple Run 2 - sequel to the legendary runner [Review]

First game Temple Run by Imangi Studios has appeared on iOS in August 2011. It is no exaggeration to say that it almost immediately "fired" - as at the time it did, for example, the legendary Angry Birds. Quickly and confidently reaching charts AppStore, it long kept their positions, and, during this time, I am sure, had visited nearly every device on iOS user. Much later released a spin-off called Temple Run: Brave supported Disney, which has become a welcome addition to the original. And then, there AppStore Temple Run 2.Meet!

  

Differences immediately apparent since the screenshots in the AppStore. It is noticeable that the game has become more diverse, offering new types of traps and new locations. First look - and already wants to download the game, there is no suggestion that this is a clone of the first part with a few improvements.And, as it turned out - the first look was not deceptive.

The game is fully preserved its magnificent and addictive gameplay. The first part literally revolutionized the genre of endless run - before many of it and did not know why he was not popular. And in the AppStore were very few worthy representatives of the genre at the time, if there were any at all. That Temple Run spawned behind a number of parodies - everyone was trying to repeat the success of the famous game.

  

For those who still are not familiar with the gameplay Temple Run, a few words about the management. Tilt your device left or right and making sharp turns, jumps and tackles svaypami you surging ahead. As the race you have to overcome a lot of traps and obstacles, no room for error. As it does, you also collect coins and bonuses, and perform a variety of ordinary job. Since this endless run (infinite run), then there is no finish line here - then run only the most persistent.

The same type of dark corridors Aztec jungle remained in the first part - they were replaced by the more colorful locations beneath the sky with castles, waterfalls and caves. At the same time, minimalism is maintained - not an overabundance of objects on the screen, and in general nothing more - play nice, the screen is distracting. And in itself the world began to look much brighter and more cheerful than the previous part.

  

Now the main character (of the game offers a choice of 4 characters) can not only run, but also to make stunning abseiling and ride through the caves in the old truck. This adds even more gameplay variety - every race is fast, fun and a new way, the speed of change of the game scenes forced to be constantly on the alert - after all, in a game without a good response not last long.

In your arsenal available two types of improvements character - power-ups and abilities. First opened for certain tasks, and before each race, you can choose only one of the available. During the race the selected power-up is activated by double tapom and provided completely full scale on the left - this is as far as collecting coins. The second type - abilities - are passive characteristics of your character, such as the duration of the shield and the magnet, the distance of acceleration, frequency of bonuses on your way, etc.Both types of improvements can be pumped for game currency.

  

In game two types of game currency - coins and crystals. Basically, the coins collected during the game, and the lack of them should arise - a lot of them, just need deft hands and quick response. Crystals of the same - something like vip-currency, which also appear in the game, but very rarely. A big plus is that both currencies are given as a reward for achieving a new level - thanks to this balance is maintained well and you do not have to play for weeks to gather the necessary amount. For coins can be pumped abilities, power-ups as pumped for the crystals.

Also, the game has been able to continue the race after a loss - to do this, for just 2-3 seconds after the fall / insertion somewhere, you need to click "Save me" - the first time you can be reborn in a single crystal, the second time - for two , and so on - each subsequent fee increases life.

  

An important caveat - the game is free. Generally, a series of Temple Run - one of the few successful examples of how you can use frimium model - the game never force you to spend money on in-app purchase, if you do not want. Not only windows with similar content will not even pop up - who wants to find himself, to do it. A bold move for a free game, but that's what makes her one big plus - the game is not littered with ads and banners.

By the way, for the sake of interest, I decided to return to the first part and compare experiences. What - after Temple Run 2, the first part seemed gray, sullen and uniformity. Not because it is bad - probably because the second part is really much better.

In summary, we can say that in the new well respected "golden mean" - on the one hand, significant changes in the gameplay is not, which makes it easy to adapt to the game and quickly enter into the taste. But at the same time, the outer shell has changed - added a lot of nice little things, which certainly benefited, because any, even good things have to come with time obsolete. Temple Run 2 arrived in time just in time, and it fully deserves the title of a new hit AppStore.