IMPOSSIBLE ROAD App Reviews

A couple months ago, this game was free. Now theyve begun to charge for it. After having played it, I never would have payed for it, even back in its prime. Make no mistake: this game is hard. Not original Zelda or Metroid hard, or even Dark Souls hard. No, this is a different kind of hard. In the above games, you would always have several possible options for how to respond to situations. You could move in 4 directions, use your weapon(s), and sometimes dodge or block. And in those games, you could always observe what was happening and learn how to get past it the next time. In this game, you only have three options: turn left, turn right, or accelerate forward. This severely limits your possible responses to challenges. And because each track is random, theres no way to try again if you fail. Sure, youll get a similar type of twist later, but your speed and angle and height will all be completely different, so theres no way to learn other than trial and error, and hoping you can apply attempts to future challenges. That brings me to my next point. Frequently the track will turn downward so sharply and steeply that it is often not possible to see what is coming ahead of you because you turn so very slowly. Every once in a while, you will begin a track on a descending straightaway. The ball will bounce so much that it is not physically possible to go through the goal posts on the easiest type of track that is designed to allow you to go through said goalposts. Put simply, "learning" how to play the game is mainly comprised of alternately spamming left and right for increasingly precise amounts of time, so that you will not accelerate and bounce out of control. All that being said, however, if you are looking for a game that has a very high skill floor and a moderately high skill ceiling, where you learn to tap your phone screen like an auto-click turbo macro, then this is the game for you.

Terrible impossible to control or see ball the angle of view and size of ball also make this game terrible

The title sums it up.

Its only partially a matter of skill, and another part luck. If I cant see where Im going then Im just going off the edge. This doesnt allow for correction of movement which makes the game hard and takes timing and skill to pull off(which is the fun part). Its just straight up dependent on the tracks generated. Sometimes youll get lucky and be able to land on the track again and keep going but because I cant see where I am steering it just guessing, especially since there is no contrast to the ball as well. I can give it another star if thats ever fixed.

Overall its an ok game. The timing on the controls is sometimes off which makes it frustrating to play. Once you jump off of the track the screen goes dark too soon. Sometimes it will bounce too much which makes it harder to steer and frustrating to play. A few minor fixes and it would be great!

Great concept! It just feels like a waste of money to me. I love these types of games but this one in particular is really boring. There are so many other games exactly like this. There are no awards whatsoever so all you are doing is rolling a ball on an extremely difficult path. How fun

hard to maneuver, good concept just way to f*ing hard

This game rocks. It was confusing at the start but you catch on quickly. I would have loved some more direction in the beginning. Overall, great game.

If you enjoy frustrating challenges that are more fiddly than puzzling, you may like it. Not really my thing, so not 5 stars, but clearly what it intends to be, so not 1. ~shrug~

A huge waste of $2.00 it would be better if this game was free

This game should be 50 cents. Its just a simple roll a ball down never ending turns. Very difficult right of the bat and doesnt even offer tilt controls.

The only real reason I have to complain about this game is that it was stolen. The original game is "The Impossible Rainbow Road." Try make an original game.

The game is extremely difficult to play and is definitely not worth the $2. I want my money back

This is a great game. My friends and I are addicted. Just one problem. When you lock your iPhone mid game (paused or not), the app is closed immediately upon the reopening of the iPhone. I hate this and its aesthetically unpleasant. For a game that you need to pay for, it should not have this problem. Not at all.

this game should have three times as many reviews. Graphics,addictive game play, this game has it all. I challenge all you so called gamers. Put down angry bird and get this game. A real game made for real gamers. Get off your arse and make the purchase, you wont regret it. I have ten years of gaming experience behind me. I think I know what Im talking about.

I bought this game when it was free and it was terrible and i deleted it in a day now they increased the price outrageous

Its a great game but I think it should have more balls and roads available, especially a rainbow road.

This game is far from impossible. The people who think this is unfairly challenging are the same people who think dark souls is unfairly challenging. There is a heavy learning curve in the game but its really fun once you get the hang of the slopes. You are not supposed to get every gate; you must jump most gates and hope to land on the track and see how far you can go. Good luck. Solid game.

This game is just pure arcade fun. I give it a five star because of its simplicity, entertainment, and difficulty. It also has a good job of pulling you in and making you strive for higher and higher scores. Only reason I didnt give it five stars, is because it doesnt offer much customizability. I definitely recommend you to buy this game and try out its simplistic and fun gameplay.

Decent learning curve, but addictive after crossing the beginner hump. Main issue is, during left press (even with 3D Touch disabled on the 6S), about 20% of the time the game takes a full second to actually turn the ball left (tested multiple times as Im keeping the force and location of my press constant). This issue exists on all tracks, as well as when the phone is turned horizontally left and right (so I dont think its a digitizer issue). What would also be helpful is a statistics page, so we can see how our jump percentage/ time spent jumping correlates with our score, for us to better develop our skills on this game.