1st Impressions

When I was first given the opportunity to review Penguin x Run by Yeti Sports I was ecstatic. You see, I can remember the hours and hours spent online as a Yeti and using a club to knock an endless supply of unsuspecting penguins this way or that depending on the game being played.

On any given day the online version is still played by over 100,000 – but, if that is what you are looking for when purchasing this title then you will be as mistaken as I was. That game, still developed by Yeti Sports, is called Yetisports 1 indicating that there is possibly more to come.

Penguins x Run is a totally different game. It is accelerometer based to control the movements of anywhere from a single penguin at a time up to an entire group at a time as you attempt to beat the clock and maneuver all of them (they can be controlled individually or in groups as large or small as you like) through a labyrinth that includes all sorts of obstacles up to and including land mines.

There are a total of 25 island mazes that you must conquer and, if the first few are any indication, it will provide hours of fun.

If I could make one suggestion to the developer it would be to allow for game play at different angles by providing the option to set the play angle at the beginning of game play. The game costs $0.99 in the App Store, although there is a free trial version if you want to kick the tires and take it for a test drive.