lol
I couldn't tell you why TR is so popular, it's pretty boring IMO but I can understand as its not the game you play for hours on end, its the pick up and play kind.
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Temple Run 2 (iOS) releasing today/tomorrow, gameplay video
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lol
I couldn't tell you why TR is so popular, it's pretty boring IMO but I can understand as its not the game you play for hours on end, its the pick up and play kind.
Lord Error
Insane For Sony
Is this game kind of nauseating or is it just me (or maybe just comes across like that from the video)?
Pachterballs
Banned
grabbed this on day 1, never played it til today. temple run ---> brave ---> this.
its addictive for sure. Like the old games and they added just enough to keep it fresh. The gem stuff;initially I was like this is IAP bullshit but then you can get them easily enough.
Nice visuals, no popins. I don't like how some things now you can only (jump or slide under) instead of being able to do both. The upgrade of visuals comes with their success and no doubt ability to hire better staff / better specced phones.
I like that there's slidin down the rope + mine carts while keeping the essense of TR very much whole
Music isn't as good as 1. It was just perfect in 1. And not loud enough on the headphones. In fact, with the headphones on, the audio is kind of fucked
I'm guesing everyone else is discussing this elsewhere?
addictive and fun
1 more go.
its addictive for sure. Like the old games and they added just enough to keep it fresh. The gem stuff;initially I was like this is IAP bullshit but then you can get them easily enough.
Nice visuals, no popins. I don't like how some things now you can only (jump or slide under) instead of being able to do both. The upgrade of visuals comes with their success and no doubt ability to hire better staff / better specced phones.
I like that there's slidin down the rope + mine carts while keeping the essense of TR very much whole
Music isn't as good as 1. It was just perfect in 1. And not loud enough on the headphones. In fact, with the headphones on, the audio is kind of fucked
I'm guesing everyone else is discussing this elsewhere?
addictive and fun
1 more go.
Projectjustice
Banned
Cool a boring game gets a boring sequel.
SmokedMeat
Gamer™
I wasn't thrilled with it at first, but it's growing on me. Seems like there's more ways of powering up your powerups which is a good carrot on the stick for me.
toythatkills
Member
Why are you playing, what's your ultimate goal?
I ask because for me, Temple Run was always about getting higher and higher scores and going past one friend more on the leaderboard thanks to a new power-up/multiplier you earned. Since now the only way to get high scores is to literally pay for them, I'm just curious as to why people are bothering. Isn't the whole thing just entirely meaningless?
Why did people play for high scores before the advent of online leaderboards? Because it's fun! It's the sense of progress, I reckon.
Got it on my S3 (is it ok to talk about it here?).
Well, I think the first one is much much better, it only has improved on graphic, no big deal.
In the first one you COULD get better, the generated levels rarely punished you with an unreasonable series of obstacles to overcome, unlike this one. You could die after the 2nd/3rd turn just because the level has generated a wall you need to jump just after the turn. What's the meaning of this? No matter how much you're good, you'll be screwed if the game decides so.
Powering everything up is a pain in the ass because it takes really a lot of coins. The soft turns (the ones you don't need to do because it's just the road curving) only serve to hide part of the visuals, forcing you to do a last-second slide to avoid obstacles/falling off.
In the cart sections often you have to gave up to the idea of collecting coins since if you have to lean for it you need to take into account that after a turn of the road there could be an intersection where you need to lean the opposite way, and there simply isn't enough time for the cart to get back on track and turn.
And even if you get better and manage to make a jump right after a turn you could incur in a bug (or at least I think it's a bug) where your character jumps and yet it falls dying (you can notice because basically your character jumps towads the left or the right in an awkward way).
So basically I think the game is crap, except graphic-wise.
Well, I think the first one is much much better, it only has improved on graphic, no big deal.
In the first one you COULD get better, the generated levels rarely punished you with an unreasonable series of obstacles to overcome, unlike this one. You could die after the 2nd/3rd turn just because the level has generated a wall you need to jump just after the turn. What's the meaning of this? No matter how much you're good, you'll be screwed if the game decides so.
Powering everything up is a pain in the ass because it takes really a lot of coins. The soft turns (the ones you don't need to do because it's just the road curving) only serve to hide part of the visuals, forcing you to do a last-second slide to avoid obstacles/falling off.
In the cart sections often you have to gave up to the idea of collecting coins since if you have to lean for it you need to take into account that after a turn of the road there could be an intersection where you need to lean the opposite way, and there simply isn't enough time for the cart to get back on track and turn.
And even if you get better and manage to make a jump right after a turn you could incur in a bug (or at least I think it's a bug) where your character jumps and yet it falls dying (you can notice because basically your character jumps towads the left or the right in an awkward way).
So basically I think the game is crap, except graphic-wise.
Battersea Power Station
Member
My high is 12 million so far, and I'm on level 8.
Getting high scores is easier so far because of the instant Save Me feature instead of having to set up the angel wings beforehand. The weird thing is I feel like gems are getting more rare as I unlock more things; dunno if I'm imagining it.
While points are easier to get, coins are more difficult. The magnet doesn't double the value anymore, so of you're after points or distance, use the Boost power up and just keep using it whenever the meter fills up.
Getting high scores is easier so far because of the instant Save Me feature instead of having to set up the angel wings beforehand. The weird thing is I feel like gems are getting more rare as I unlock more things; dunno if I'm imagining it.
While points are easier to get, coins are more difficult. The magnet doesn't double the value anymore, so of you're after points or distance, use the Boost power up and just keep using it whenever the meter fills up.
