David O’Reilly’s Mountain ($0.99) is an interesting… thing. We posted about it when we first heard about the “mountain simulator" coming to the App Store, and our forums are filled with people who don’t get it, people who are trying to get it, and people who are flat out mad at its existence.
Similarly, the game has been the target of several editorials, such as Leigh Alexander who argues there being nothing to do is a good thing while Ben Kuchera feels like he’s been trolled. Personally? I’m just happy to say I’ve finally done a 24 hour stream marathon of anything. It’s a merit badge I figured I wasn’t hardcore enough to ever earn.
Anyway, here’s my mountain, 24 hours in, absolutely littered in junk, streaming live for as long as I feel like streaming it. Possibly forever.
Sounds like a perfect candidate for a "How to play without spending real world money" article.
Yeah and the answer is simply "don't play", not that I was planning to.
Eh ya I deleted it pretty quick.
I deleted this game faster than you can say Sonic. Truly truly disappointing. I got bored within the first 10 seconds.
SEGA has really fallen to historic lows. 😧
It's already in the top charts list 😟 smh
The chao you find in the garden "remember" your loyalty level when the timer runs out on them. You still have to play with them quite a bit in order to befriend them. But, you can eventually unlock them for good if you keep freeing them.
I honestly don't blame Sega that much, though they could have at least put more effort into it. I mean, these days, Sega doesn't make that much money anymore, at least not compared with its competitors (like Nintendo), so they are trying to earn as much money as possible right now. Surprisingly, the game is near the top of the free apps chart, and have fairly high ratings (4 and 1/2 stars), so I guess they didn't really fail their goal.
90's are over! get with the times! SEGA is no longer a competittor to Nintendo. Instead they're excusive Sonic games for Nintendo's failing Wii U console which is a bad mistake on SEGA's part.
Nothing to expect from cheap fremium games
*Yawn.* Sorry. Just not interested Sega. Announce Sonic the Hedgehog 3 for iOS and I might listen again.
Or a huge update to Sonic Transformed, or even a sequel.
Sadly these types of freemium games are becoming the new standard.
I'm happy that SEGA are getting money from these f2p Sonic games, they're doing great in the charts.
Hopefully this will allow them to hire Taxman & Stealth to re-work on some classic gems like - Streets of Rage series + Golden Axe.
The more money they can make, the more likely they will pay Christian to work his magic on these games, just like he did with Sonic 1 and Sonic 2.
Hey... I actually liked the Mario & Sonic Olympics games...
Sonic Jump Fever is to Sonic Jump what Bejeweled Blitz is to Bejeweled. The suffix is there for a reason.
A Sonic game with a wait timer. The irony.
"You're too slow!"
I wish they would add Silver & Shadow. The big problem I agree is ITS NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE TO UNLOK EVERYONE
Good day folks. I think SJF is a nice game. I have manage to unlock and maxed out all the seven characters and collected all eighteen chaos without spending a dime. I am at level 45 but I don't know how it ends. Its a fun game once you get use to it