Rage-uninstall! – Magic Mansion Review

This platform game certainly looks charming when you open it for the first time. The grayish green pixels will ring a note of nostalgia for those "of a certain age." With respect to gameplay, it most closely resembles Donkey Kong. Literally your only task is to keep jumping at the right moment, either avoiding obstacles or gathering coins; your character will automatically walk and climb the ladders. For any new game, it takes a little while to calculate the timing of your movements and get the feel of the controls. Magic Mansion shows no mercy in granting you this time. One missed jump? You're dead and must start over from the beginning. The only exception is if you've collected enough coins to start from your current position. Initially, that costs 25 coins. I was unable to collect more than six coins after about 15 to 20 attempts. But then, I never got past the third or fourth set of ladders, so I lost very little ground when I died. To top it off, nearly every time you die, you must suffer through either a pop-up ad or a full-length 30-second clip. As some have reasonably pointed out, you can pay $2.99 and eliminate the ads. But I refuse to spend a cent when I can't survive longer than two seconds and see what the game is really about. The hero *should* have been given a certain number of life points, so that you can actually make some progress despite a couple hits along the way. Perhaps then, I would've fallen in love with the game and paid three dollars to avoid the ads rather than uninstall for life.
Review by jennifer626 on Magic Mansion.