Fun, but flawed – Sky Dancer: Free Falling Review

This game is fun and it wouldn’t hurt to give it a try, but understand that there is an insane amount of bugs and other issues. The first issue is that the game takes a very long time to load. I am running it on an iPhone xs and it is by far my longest loading game that I have. The challenges, which are important to complete in order to increase your score multiplier, often do not give you credit for completion. This forces you to do them again. One challenge in particular requires you to perform “perfect grinds” which, after the last major update, are only possible by using a real-money power up called “coin magnet.” Prior to the update, this task was completable without using these power ups (not sure if this was intended or is another glitch.) Relying on this power up to vacuum coins towards you as opposed to moving your character to get them yourself is far less exciting. Another issue is that after you die, if you elect to watch an ad to get a free respawn, you must close the ad immediately after it runs or else the game will continue in the background of the ad screen without you being in control. This could cause you to die again, completely wasting the point of watching the ad. I had been playing for a long time prior to the major update and I unlocked most of the characters and upgrades. I was really upset to see that my progress was reset on all of these things and there was no indication that I had played at all before the update besides my high score still being displayed. It doesn’t seem as though I will ever come close to my previous score (~220k) due to losing all of my score multiplier progress. Despite my skill actually improving since then, I am only able to score roughly 40k now. It seems that the score multiplier has been revamped (nerfed). For somebody just starting to play now, most of these things will not be noticeable. There are also many grammatical errors and awkward sentences that make it apparent the developers are not fluent in English, although that is only a small detail compared to the glitches.
Review by thammerle89 on Sky Dancer: Free Falling.