Good Runner with Some Bugs – Blades of Brim Review

I typically don’t write reviews for “freemium” phone games, but I thought the devs did a good enough job to warrant one. Aesthetically, this game is top notch. It has a very pleasant art style and everything fits well together. Gameplay is what you expect from an endless runner in that it becomes increasingly difficult as you survive the gauntlet to the point of becoming completely reliant on twitch reflexes in order to overcome obstacles. That being said I did encounter a couple wall glitches where I would either clip through a wall or my character wouldn’t animate when jumping off a wall run. Now as a free game I understand the implementation of ads. For months after I installed the game I would die and be presented with 1-2 ads. No biggie. Recently the ads don’t load after a death and I am no longer able to use blue orbs to revive myself as the button to do so is unresponsive. This results in having to close out of the app and reboot it which on its face isn’t a big deal but once you realize you’ve died “x amount of times” it becomes very tiresome. Overall it’s still a fun game. I never spent a dime and was able to progress at a fairly steady pace. I’d encourage anyone to give it a try even with the “ad bug”, but as for me I need to wait for either an iPhone or in game update to fix the issues I ran into. I haven’t seen anyone else writing about this problem so it might just be me. I’m using a fully updated iPhone 8.
Review by Thehandsomeogre on Blades of Brim.