Did Temple Run 1 amaze you? Did you spend day-and-night playing it on your gadget? Well I’m sure the answer is yes. Imanji Studios, once again brings you the excitement in form on Temple Run 2.
What’s cool? It’s an endless running title from the behind-the-back perspective and combines swiping and tilting controls for maximum navigation. If you’ve played the first Temple Run, you know the drill here, but this sequel is even better. The graphics have been improved, the environments are bigger and more varied, and there are more power-ups and obstacles popping up in each run. The new setting, a lost city in the clouds, is unique and vibrant, the new ziplines are exhilarating to slide down. These graphical improvements come at a cost to performance, however. It successfully brings back Temple Run while making the premise feel fresh, instead of turning this sequel into a retread. Woe to the Temple Runner who receives an SMS or a Twitter mention whilst playing - something that killed me more than once, even on the (relatively) beefy iPhone 4S.
The biggest flaw Temple Run 2 betrays is its conservatism. The amount of work that has gone into the game is evident, and it's hard to fault an accessible, thrilling game that offers itself to you for free - but it's so similar to its predecessor that it ultimately feels a bit unnecessary.
Who’s it for? If you like endless runners, you definitely must try Temple Run 2.