Universal Polara - (by Hope This Works)

Woah that's heavy.

 

I dintput them side by side and compared them that way. Instead, i compared them on their impact on me based on Presentation, Controls, Difficulty, Replayability, Content and most of all, Fun Factor.

For presentation, both are superb, but i prefer Polara because of the punk theme and the darker story arc as opposed to the typical cartoony Rayman style.

As with controls, both are very responsive at what they do, but Rayman limits control(both in error and in success) over movement by making absolute angles and heights when you hit bumps and springs.

Difficulty. Rayman levels are either too difficult to 100%, or they can be too easy. Also, if you dont care about getting 100%, Rayman is total cakewalk. Polara still is a good balance of moderate difficulty, and ramps it up with trying to 100% each level.

Replayability. Endless mode wins it for Polara. Without that, most of the replayability will come from repeating levels, and that applies to both games.

As for Content, Polara has a lot more to offer due to more game modes.

Then lastly, Fun Factor. This one is a bit of a tossup, as I had a blast playing both games. But ultimately, Rayman was all about replaying to get 100% completion, which can get tiring at a certain point. Polara breaks this monotony by offering multiple game modes, in which you have multiple GC leaderboards as well.

That's how i compared both games. In my opinion, it's the only way to compare 2 games with minor similarities but have massive innovations in each one.

 

Best side runner I've played in awhile. Good difficulty spread as well: checkpoints are very generous but it's very hard to get perfect runs. And having a lot of endless modes really pushes it beyond most side-runners.

 

Darnit HTW!! I was doing so well avoiding buying new games. I have too many that I haven't gotten through yet, but this looks too good to pass up! And I got curious and got the lite version of Kunundrum. Now I'm afraid I'll need to buy the full version of that too!

 

I understand why games aren't all designed for the iPhone5 yet, I get the timing. The reason you miss jumps is because if your finger presses on the side of the screen, it doesn't register. The black borders aren't just visual, they act as a dead zone. You have to constantly be aware of pressing inside the play field, even a very little bit outside of it, in the black border, and your input isn't recognized. This isn't a knock on this game specifically, just a broad statement about games requiring precision on this platform.

 

This game is truly superb, it deserves everyone's attention. I love the challenge level and I especially love the different challenges for each level. These guys put out a great puzzle game with Kunundrum and now they have a completely unique runner with some depth; very impressive!

 

Great enldess runner. I didn't expect much, but I was very wrong.

 

Loved this game!
But on iPod Touch 4th it has some (fatal) recurrent lags. :|

 

It isnt endless until you unlock the endless modes.

 

5 STARS

Im very impressed with this game and Ive only scratched the surfarce.



My ios addictionsolara,Burrito Bison,Wimp,God of Blades,A-Max,Irrupt, Nba 2k13

 

Thanks! That, combined with no IAP, responsive dev, the not too big filesize and the low price made me buy the game.

I played the first five levels and am really liking it so far. It runs great on my iPad 1 too. Am very grateful for the many savepoints.

 

Also gotta think about how long it'll take people to unlock all those modes...

Might be a week or so before there's any real competition on them
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Was just done completing 9th mission 100%. Now to see this boss fight everyone's talking about.

EDIT: Woh, that was cool how the enemy attacks you and how the game incorporates your moveset to battle it out. Nice... cant wait to see what gimmicks other bosses have.

 

Got two questions, since endless runners usually go freemium or free very quickly, what makes this game different in that aspect? I read SVs review, and it states no iap, but is there a way for this game to convert to freemium easily?

Also, is this game ipad retina? Looking at videos it seems not, but I would like to know since runners I am extra picky on since we get so many for free,that new ipad retina would be a must for me.

I bought temple run brave to support the developer, blood roofs cause it looks cool, and dont with a plasma sword because I liked it, but usually don't make it a policy to buy endless runners.

But I would like rayman, and this game seems cool too, especially cause I like kunundrum.

Cheers.

 

The way the game's designed, I don't think you'd have to worry about this going freemium. There's no upgrade system required. Only thing they could possibly change is making the extra modes IAPs.

But the dev seems very adamant about not having IAPs at all so I feel pretty confident that this will not go freemium.

I'd also say, since the price is going to go up, get this game NOW. It's incredible and the content is enormous for the $.99 asking price.

 

1. Without IAPs or external ads the devs cannot survive if they go freemium as there isnt a way to earn from there.

2. This is currently on a release promo, so you might want to take advantage of that.

3. Going cheap on a $1 game of this quality is a crime.

 

++++1

This game seriously should have started at $2.99. Easily worth that.