Good concept ruined by bad controls – RedStory Lil Red Riding Hood Review

It gets 2 stars because the art is cute and atmospheric and I like the concept. But the controls are awful. There's a delay between tapping and Red jumping, and it seems to vary slightly so it's really just guesswork. On a few occasions multiple taps haven't done anything at all! The controls just didn't work, so I died. The tips that show up to guide you don't appear consistently at the same time each run, and they pause the game. So sometimes they show up too late and when you tap to unpause you don't have time to swipe or do whatever you need to do. Some of these issues might be because it's laggy. But I never seem to get clean responses even when things look like they're running fine. The rules for "gearing up" before each level are unclear. It costs coins/stars/whatever for some of them but it just tells you when you don't have enough - not the cost. Sometimes they might be free? Or maybe I paid coins and didn't realize it, I'll never know. I've gotten to level 3 and even though the level is incredibly simple I can't get through it because of the control issues and I won't bother fighting with it any longer. Not worth my time. I might check it out again if they do a big update to fix this stuff.
Review by Duskwitch6 on RedStory Lil Red Riding Hood.