Great but Flawed Game – Crossy Path Puzzle Review

I really really want to live this game! The concept is great: you have to navigate your way around an Escher-esque object to reach a target spot. I want to play it, a lot, but instead I’m deleting it, because of two serious flaws. First, it’s timed. It’s timed really tightly, so much so that getting some (early!) levels done within the fastest limit is practically impossible. The problem is the interface (at least on a medium-sized iPhone): I just can’t swipe or tap both quickly & accurately enough to move to the goal before the first limit. That’s not a challenge — it’s just annoying. The other problem is that the app *always* resets all progress every time you quit it. You get the same tutorials every time you open it, and you have to replay all the levels you conquered before to get to something new. That’s both annoying & frustrating. On top of that, you don’t just move a standard pixellated block around (which would suit the game’s aesthetic well); instead you get a character that you’re supposed to customise. Some may like this, but I’m not a fan, especially when the tutorial makes you go through all the steps to do so (with the same custom feature) every time you start the app up. I’ll admit that others may like the character customisation, but fewer will like the overly tight timing, & I can just about guarantee that nobody likes the progress reset. This is a real shame, because otherwise it’s a great game. Fix those problems & it’d be five stars easily. Until then, sadly, it’s not worth the space on my iPhone.
Review by Opisthokont on Crossy Path Puzzle.