Temple Run Review

Temple runis the highly addictive iOS game that everyone is playing. It was created bythe Washington D.C. based developer Imangi Studios. It can be acquired for freefrom the apple app store. It is soon to be released on the Android platform.

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The basicpremise of the game is that you are running from a temple whilst being chasedby demon monkeys, you have to maneuver around corners by swiping your fingerleft or right, you also might have to jump over gaps or obstacles by swipingyour finger upwards.   There are also viciousflames and deep tree roots that you have to duck under by swiping downwardswith your finger. The further you get the higher your score.  The game features a store which allows you topurchase upgrades which help you to improve your score; to purchase theseupgrades you must collect coins in the game by tilting your device towards the coins.  This game is highly addictive and you willspend a lot of time trying to beat not only your score but your mate’s score.   Thegame also features achievements that you get by completing tasks such asgetting a new high score, or by collecting a certain number of coins.  The game also integrates apple’s game centresystem which allows you to view your friend’s high scores and also the topscores in the world.

The maindownside I have found to this game is that sometimes after pausing the game it doesn’tgive you enough time to recover and continue playing so pausing usually resultsin me dying straight away. Another downside I have found is that the game doesn’talways respond when you swipe across the screen and this has resulted in somevery frustrating games for me.
Overall Iwould thoroughly recommend this game for hours of fun gameplay and competitionwith your friends as you try to beat their high scores.  This game will keep you entertained on long journeysand will help to combat boredom.  I wouldgive this game a rating of 8.5 out of 10.

By Robert Leat
Editor in Chief