9game provided: The original Temple Run game is a phenomenon, with 170m downloads so far across iOS and Android.Its sequel,Temple Run 2 is thus one of the key action game releases of 2013 on any platform: big news for tens of millions of people who couldn't give two hoots about the next Call of Duty.
Lots of people who don't consider themselves gamers will love it. Kids will love it, but so will grandparents. Footballers will love itWayne Rooney has famously bragged about his Temple Run scores on Twitter.
But many veteran gamers – the people who DO give many hoots about the next Call of Duty – will also love Temple Run 2. It crosses demographic and gaming boundaries as easily as Guy Dangerous hops over dangling footbridges. An excellent sequel.
As before, there are several characters you can play. Four initially: Guy Dangerous, Scarlett Fox, Barry Bones and Karma Lee. Unlike the first game, the differences between them aren't purely cosmetic, thanks to the use of power-ups.
Shield protects you from obstacles, Boost whizzes you ahead at a faster pace, Coin Magnet attracts all the coins – all for a limited time.
Any character can grab these power-ups within the game by jumping into the air when they spot one hovering, but each character also has one power-up built in, triggered by double-tapping when they've collected enough coins to fill up a coin meter on the left-hand side of the screen.
Temple Run 2 doesn't mess with the successful formula, with a simple set of touchscreen gestures used to control your runner. Swipe up to jump, swipe left and right to turn and swipe down to slide. These are the basic tools for avoiding the obstacles in your path, while collecting coins and power-ups along the way the former by tilting your device right and left to run over the lines of coins.
Temple Run 2 is big news for tens of millions of gamers of all ages and abilities. And while it is a casual game in the sense that it's simple to pick up and play, it's also very easy to get sucked in to playing it in a hardcore way.
So what's new? The graphics have been noticeably bumped up in quality, with the scenery around you noticeably richer in detail. Developer Imangi Studios used the Unity development platform for Temple Run 2, and has convincingly fleshed out the game's world.
There is some obvious "pop-up" on display rocky crags and scenery that seems to pop up out of nowhere but there's never any slowdown that impacts on the gameplay.
Also new: a minecart section where your character reaches the mouth of a mine then leaps into a cart, which you then steer safely through forks by tilting left and right, while ducking under stray beams. If Temple Run already had a dash of Indiana Jones in its DNA, it's even clearer here – and a welcome inclusion.
Lots of people who don't consider themselves gamers will love it. Kids will love it, but so will grandparents. Footballers will love itWayne Rooney has famously bragged about his Temple Run scores on Twitter.
But many veteran gamers – the people who DO give many hoots about the next Call of Duty – will also love Temple Run 2. It crosses demographic and gaming boundaries as easily as Guy Dangerous hops over dangling footbridges. An excellent sequel.
As before, there are several characters you can play. Four initially: Guy Dangerous, Scarlett Fox, Barry Bones and Karma Lee. Unlike the first game, the differences between them aren't purely cosmetic, thanks to the use of power-ups.
Shield protects you from obstacles, Boost whizzes you ahead at a faster pace, Coin Magnet attracts all the coins – all for a limited time.
Any character can grab these power-ups within the game by jumping into the air when they spot one hovering, but each character also has one power-up built in, triggered by double-tapping when they've collected enough coins to fill up a coin meter on the left-hand side of the screen.
Temple Run 2 doesn't mess with the successful formula, with a simple set of touchscreen gestures used to control your runner. Swipe up to jump, swipe left and right to turn and swipe down to slide. These are the basic tools for avoiding the obstacles in your path, while collecting coins and power-ups along the way the former by tilting your device right and left to run over the lines of coins.
Temple Run 2 is big news for tens of millions of gamers of all ages and abilities. And while it is a casual game in the sense that it's simple to pick up and play, it's also very easy to get sucked in to playing it in a hardcore way.
So what's new? The graphics have been noticeably bumped up in quality, with the scenery around you noticeably richer in detail. Developer Imangi Studios used the Unity development platform for Temple Run 2, and has convincingly fleshed out the game's world.
There is some obvious "pop-up" on display rocky crags and scenery that seems to pop up out of nowhere but there's never any slowdown that impacts on the gameplay.
Also new: a minecart section where your character reaches the mouth of a mine then leaps into a cart, which you then steer safely through forks by tilting left and right, while ducking under stray beams. If Temple Run already had a dash of Indiana Jones in its DNA, it's even clearer here – and a welcome inclusion.
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