Being a fan of endless runners and the first Sonic Dash, I was excited for round 2. Unfortunately it’s left a lot to be desired. I still have it on my phone, but it’s just not exciting to click on anymore. As far as visuals and gameplay go, it’s pretty and it’s a fun runner, but you’ll start to see where it’s just not as good as Sonic Dash. The rings seem to have no value. In the firstBeing a fan of endless runners and the first Sonic Dash, I was excited for round 2. Unfortunately it’s left a lot to be desired. I still have it on my phone, but it’s just not exciting to click on anymore. As far as visuals and gameplay go, it’s pretty and it’s a fun runner, but you’ll start to see where it’s just not as good as Sonic Dash. The rings seem to have no value. In the first Sonic Dash you used them to upgrade your abilities. As far as I can see from this game, there are no abilities to upgrade. Instead, you get sprites which are one use or forever use. You can originally use only one and others cost red coins, which are pretty rough to earn. Just like the last game, you can get 5 each day, but the rest have to be earned from presents which can also come from events. I don’t like the sprite mechanic because it’s based on luck. You get a free one every few hours or you can pay 15(!!!!) red coins to draw another (ridiculous).
The events are repetitive which kinda sucks. You either have to collect this many coins, kill this many enemies, or go through this many hoops, etc. Most are only up for 3-4 hours and unless you buy a booster each week or you are lucky enough to get one, you probably won’t finish the events with just 4 tickets. I can normally get the ring event with 4 tickets but that’s it. After you use them up there’s a 4 hour waiting period meaning that event is basically done. Anyway, yeah, annoying and repetitive.
Speaking of repetitive, the worlds are flat and repetitive. I think there are 3 different themes and they really don’t change up much. Leveling up seems to serve no purpose as it doesn’t seem to give you anything for it (no extra slots, no sprites, no upgraded abilities from what I’ve seen).
Rings serve little to no purpose. I’ve gotten my main 3 character to level 4 which didn’t require many rings. Now to upgrade them I need 15(!!!) star coins each which will take me a long time if I don’t wanna pay for them (which I don’t). Unsure of the cost after that level as I haven’t passed it with any character yet.
Facebook integration is kinda lame here. On the first Sonic Dash, you could see all the scores of each of your Facebook friends. On here you can connect with Facebook, but it’s more like a data save as you can’t see any friends’ scores unless you swap friend codes, which I think is a dumb idea.
The game seems like a lot of fun once you start, but it’s hard to keep going back to it. It just feels like such a chore. Scores seem to serve no purpose, rings serve no purpose, nothing to really upgrade, leveling serves no purpose, events somewhat serve a purpose but unless you have a booster, they’re unattainable for the most part, so what am I playing this for exactly?… Expand
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