Worth it! – Froggy Jump Review

This was one of my first apps when I bought my iPod back in the dark ages...the flip phone days. They may have had iPhones then, but they were just coming out. Anyway, a few games have managed to avoid being sucked into the greed; Froggy Jump, Jetpack Joyride, and Lane Splitter are a few, off the top of my head. Yes, they do offer a way to pay real money. But the difference is that the enjoyment of the game doesn’t depend on spending real cash. They offer nice things if you buy them, but there’s also a satisfaction of working your way to earn them. So, what’s special about Froggy Jump? For one thing, he has a whole wardrobe to choose from (once you spend gems to buy them). Unlike Doodle Jump, Froggy is animated. He says a few hilarious things like ... well...actually, know what?...I typed them all, then backspaced over them...I’m not going to spoil it for you; but they are funny. The one annoyance is sometimes I don’t want to start the game right away, but Froggy jumps once and is off and hopping. I liked the older version where he jumped on a few mushrooms before jumping on platforms. I liked ramming him into the right-hand sign and missing the platforms. With enough bumps and falls, he wound up with casts on his arms and legs. He still gets casts, but it's in the game. I have a funny feeling that Invictus is done with updating the game design: adding new clothes, for instance...which is a shame. The newer phones can handle more data with the extra space, and this is a great game. It doesn't have missions like some games have. Such as "collect three rockets in one game". The only reason I can assume that it's no longer popular is that there aren't "personal goals", aside from the daily word collect. You jump and jump and jump until you run out of rockets and fall. The odd thing is I have bought all the clothes and items. Except for mystery boxes, I have nothing to spend my gems on, and yet I still collect gems. Maybe I'm hoping they will update and add more items to buy. I've tried buying gold bars. I have 215 bars, but it appears that the more I buy, the less FREQUENT the gems appear. Before I had hit the 150 mark, I averaged 3 gems before 100,000 level. Now I'll be lucky if I get 2. So I'm not sure how they coded the game, but why does it even matter? There's nothing left to buy. I read somewhere that if you already had an item that the mystery box offered, you would get gems, instead. That didn't happen with me. I didn't even get the items that I won from mystery boxes. The items remained locked. So I don't buy mystery boxes. I still enjoy the game; it just needs updating. ? I always thought it would be funny if he held a pogo stick in his hand while he jumped. I also thought it would be awesome if we could design our own clothes for Froggy. But that's probably impossible. Anyway, except for a few minor things, it's very well worth having. I hope it makes a comeback. If you don't have it, get it. Well worth it!
Review by appr8er on Froggy Jump.