Runner3

i went into runner 3 really wanting it to be good. it was just OKAY. if you are looking to just buy an action rhythm autorunner with no background experience with the franchise, you will like it a lot more than i did. the game feels like it was made by a completely different team who didn't play the first two runner games and were tasked with making a mobile game. ignoring the huge shift in tone both visually and narratively, the level design is way worse than runner 1 and 2. -lots of poorly telegraphed obstacles and visual clutter plagues every level and most of your deaths will be from cheap obstacles that could have benefited from better visual design. -double jumping makes the game way too floaty compared to the precise controls that made the original games super fun to play and often gets in the way when climbing up stairs. -vehicles are boring at best and annoying to control at worst. these could have been scrapped entirely -the levels are all designed to be replayable. if you want to 100% the game you need to play through every level at least twice assuming you don't mess up the bonus game at the end of every level, plus scavenger hunts for achievements and hero quests. the rewards for the hero quests are good but be ready to consult a guide for a lot of the hidden collectables -if you don't want to 100% complete the game, runner 3 is VERY short. i completed all the main levels and a handful of retro and impossible levels in just over 3 hours of playtime everything else i kind of liked. the music is good, the impossible levels were a fun challenge and charles martinet returns as the narrator. not a bad game but also not a great one. i definitely recommend checking out the rest of the series because the rest of the games are way better than this entry. i would wait for a good sale to pick up this game