What occurs when Crossy Highway meets Pac-Man? You get one of many smartest takes on the basic recreation, bringing in components of an limitless runner with out shedding out on that which is quintessentially Pac-Man.
We have described Crossy Highway as both the most effective or the worst recreation on the market, and included it in our 10 favorite cellular apps and video games of 2014. Crossy Highway was a sensible tackle the oversaturated limitless runner style, bringing in some contemporary ideas to a sort of recreation that hadn’t actually developed since Subway Surfers hit our screens.
Then again, all people is aware of Pac-Man. Launched in 1980, Pac-Man was one of many first video video games you in all probability performed – on an arcade machine in case you had been sufficiently old, or on a pc or residence console. In its 35 years, the sport hasn’t modified a lot, regardless of a number of iterations, together with Pac-Man Championship Version, which first launched in 2007 for the Xbox 360 and PS3 consoles, however is now additionally obtainable on iOS and Android. In 2010, for the 30th anniversary of Pac-Man, Google additionally commemorated the little yellow fellow with an interactive doodle, letting you play Pac-Man on its web site.
So when Pac-Man house owners Namco-Bandai teamed up with Crossy Highway creators Hipster Whale to create Pac-Man 256, there wasn’t actually a lot that may very well be carried out to clean up the method – we thought. The outcomes although, are nothing wanting superb.
The unique Pac-Man contains 255 ranges – the 256th stage of the sport was unplayable, with half the extent lacking – and the Map 256 Glitch due to this fact marks the tip of Pac-Man.
Pac-Man 256 takes place within the 256th stage of the sport – you are in a standard maze accumulating pellets, power-ups, and collectibles like fruit, however the map extends endlessly upwards. From the underside, the glitch is slowly creeping upwards – it is probably not an enormous risk (in contrast to the eagle from Crossy Highway) but it surely means you could’t backtrack an excessive amount of – and you have to preserve transferring via the maze, dodging ghosts and choosing up specials.
Visually, it’s kind of of a mix of the basic Pac-Man design, however with an accent of the chunky visuals that Hipster Whale used for Crossy Highway. Contemplating how intentionally retro Crossy Highway was, it is not too shocking to see that Pac-Man 256 additionally appears to be like wonderful.
There are another tweaks to the method as effectively. For one, the sport now contains load-outs, for powerups. These embody lasers to zap the ghosts, and boosts to make you progress quicker. Sadly, the power-ups additionally kind the premise of the freemium components of Pac-Man 256.
That is as a result of, other than pellets and energy capsules, you may also decide up credit as you run via the maze. And if you wish to play along with your power-ups activated, then that you must spend a credit score to start out every spherical of the sport. Additionally, in case you get hit by a ghost, you possibly can spend one credit score to proceed the sport, or you possibly can select to finish the sport and begin over.
It is not a lot, and the sport is pretty beneficiant with credit – a 15 minute session in your commute ought to get you round 10 credit in case you’re cautious, and you may periodically watch quick movies to earn extra credit, or full challenges to earn them – you may also purchase a coin-doubler from the Pac-Store, for Rs. 279 on Android or Rs. 300 on iOS. There’s additionally a vast credit IAP of Rs. 490, which makes extra sense to us than shopping for the coin doubler, as it’s a one-time buy that takes away the premium components from the sport.
Pac-Man 256 additionally helps Bluetooth controllers, and we had been in a position to check this function out as effectively. Utilizing a joystick to manage Pac-Man feels nice and brings again our earliest reminiscences of enjoying Pac-Man, however the recreation has been designed to work very well with contact controls too. All it’s a must to do is swipe and Pac-Man turns within the desired path – the controls are actually fast and exact, so there is not any want to make use of a controller – and these quick and correct controls are one of many causes we actually favored the sport.
Total, Pac-Man 256 is a wonderful recreation that makes the a lot of the authentic recreation whereas including a really sensible and fashionable twist to it, and the free recreation is certainly one thing you must obtain in your cell phone, notably because the freemium components are utilized in a really affordable trend.
Pac-Man 256 is free and obtainable on Android and iOS, with in-app purchases starting from Rs. 60 to Rs. 490.
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