App Profile: Gecko Out

BeardedRabbitt

Rating: 4/5

The game is really fun. The timers are just short enough to cause rewarding urgency. I really love the core gameplay mechanics. However, the lives make it completely unplayable. The lives are proof that this game wasn’t made for the love of creating games. It was created for the love of ad revenue. Even if I had to watch a short ad between each run, it would be fine, but forcing people to watch a long add for lives IN ADDITION to watching a short one between levels is inhumane. Do better. Don’t be a shill.

Sneezaroo

Rating: 3/5

I like this game in general but am finding it more frustrating than fun recently. I’m currently on level 83 and now it seems that every other level is labeled either “Hard” or “Very Hard”. It is nearby impossible to move any of the geckos enough to get one in their hole and start making progress. Even if I finally get one in the hole, half the time has elapsed and there is no way to complete the level in the remaining time. I guess the business model is based on the notion that some or most players will buy the extras to complete the hard levels but I think more people will just give up playing altogether. Developers would do better in the long run to make their games a little easier and retain their player base over time in my opinion. We play games to relax and have fun, not get frustrated constantly. I don’t mind paying a little for games that I can enjoy. This game would be so much better if they made the hard levels around 15% less hard (fewer walls, one less gecko, more time, etc).

AngelsDarkRose

Rating: 2/5

I’ve been playing for a while now. And there are just some levels that you cannot pass without paying. Especially once they introduced the bombs. There is a section where you have to get rid of almost 5 or 6 geckos in 20 seconds. And they’re packed really tight. It’s impossible to beat without having power ups. And you don’t get coins at a good enough rate to keep up. I’m pretty much at the point where I’m going to delete the game. The introduction of the bombs killed it completely. There were a couple levels before that that felt like I couldn’t pass without power ups, but they weren’t as noticeable because they were farther apart, but the bombs really just kill it. It really is a shame because I find the game cute. And a lot of fun when it works. But the levels are getting way too difficult to the point of feeling impossible.