Traffic Escape!

I’ve seen enjoyable games go away because they don’t make money. I make sure to play at least one ad every time I play, because I want this one to stick around. I don’t pay anything to play it, but there are perks you can purchase in-game to make the game more fun. I play this game to help me stay patient when I’m waiting for something, or when I need to relax and clear my mind. I would love a level where I get to design my own car puzzle. I understand that would take extra coding and work, so that’s probably not a realistic wish. If you like sorting games, putting things in order, or managing things, you will really like this game. PS—I know I mentioned ads…they didn’t ask me to write any of this…I lost two of my favorite free games to play (a beautiful game called Paradise Bay by a company called King, the same company that released Candy Crush, and Hero Academy, a great game that was on Steam) because those games weren’t making money. If you don’t want to pay, you can play ads, and the company will get paid by someone else. Maybe someone can leave a review about their in-game purchases.

This is a nice little game, kind of addictive. It’s not hard to play and the rounds get mildly harder as it progresses. They throw in a few distractions as you advance, like traffic lights, pedestrians and other obstacles, so it keeps it interesting. Each round is very quick, so you can use it as an occupier while you’re waiting somewhere. There are also little competitions with other players (or the game, who really knows). Now the except part. There are, of course, in app purchases. For the most part, you can play without them and I have. If you run out of moves to complete a round, there’s an option to watch an ad to get more moves or you can “buy” moves to finish the round with the coins you’ve earned while playing. Of course, once you’ve run out of play money, you can buy more with real money. But most games are that way. My complaint is the absolutely RIDICULOUS amount of ads in this game. I have never seen anything like this. Everything you do triggers another ad and they’re not short ones either. So, you have the option to buy out of ads. I have never done this in a game before because I’m pretty good at ignoring them and they aren’t this RIDICULOUS. So, yeah, dum me fell for it and bought the ad stop. And lo and behold, NOTHING. I’m still getting the same amount of ads and they got the money. So be forewarned. Fun game, RIDICULOUS amount of ads.

UPDATE: I quit playing very shortly after my last review. Playing levels with no wiggle room, not 1 single error allowed. And, of course you do not know that until you have played nearly car. Even had several levels that did not have enough moves to get through!! I was at level 12,642 when I stopped playing. This week, I erased and re-downloaded the game, starting from level 1. And very quickly discovered that there was a basic rework of the quantity of moves per level. From the word go - there are barely enough moves given. When I started originally, there was an average of 4-8 extra moves, which slowly got fewer. But still comfortable for play. But the March 2024 update made that go away. I haven’t decided if I’m going to continue playing. Maybe occasionally, but NOT 80 levels a day that the “daily challenge” wants you to complete!! Seriously!? Okay - the update of Jan 2024 made some changes I dislike, but got used to. But - the update yesterday, March 28, 2024 ABSOLUTELY STINKS!!! HOW is it fair to not have ANY spare moves in daily play? There is EXACTLY the number of moves as cars, OR - it is 1 short!!! Yes - short. I take great pride in making no errors. I’ll replay the level if I make errors that end the level. But today, it happened 2 times - I played a level, and got the no more moves. Retry? Of course, because I didn’t remember any errors. I played the level 4 times - 3 replays, 1 I payed for the extra moves. Loss of 2 stars for this change!