Android App of the Day: iRunner
There’s nothing like a simple game that is highly addictive, easy to play, and feels like a cross between Super Mario and Sonic the Hedgehog with hint of Batman. The game with which I am referring to is iRunner, a game for Android that has players jumping, sliding, and collecting batteries to gain power ups move on to next or this case planet.
Highlights
Styling
- The visuals for the game are great and provide a cartoon
- Colors look good as well as character designs and levels
- Buttons are big and easy to press.
Performance
- It loads up pretty quick and you can jump into gameplay really fast
- The game runs smooth (we tried it on a number of devices, both dual a single core) and we had no problems.
- Button presses respond immediately which is important for a game like this where you have to react quickly.
- Music and effects playback nicely.
Gameplay
- The basic premise to make it to the end of a level without dying by avoiding obstacles and collecting as many batteries as you can. If you collect a certain amount of batteries you get a powerup which sees your character wearing a special Batman looking costume and gives you the ability to avoid certain obstacles.
- There are only two buttons, one for jump and one for slide placed in opposite bottom corners of the phone. You can do a double jump by pressing jump twice
- 3 game modes:
- Adventure – Complete various missions like collecting a certain number of green batteries or objects.
- Quick Play – Brings you into a game to start playing right away.
- Challenge – How long can you last.
- Quick play and challenge game modes are locked until you reach a certain stage in the Adventure mode.
- There are also achievements you can earn by collecting a certain number of points for example.
Value
- iRunner is free to play, but does have Ads.
- This is a worth while download that is fun, addictive, and provides high re-playability, as you try to prefect your runs.
