Mr Jump
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Release Date: 19^th March 2015
Developers: 1Button SARL
Publishers: Apple Inc.
Platforms: iOS
Genre: Platform
Players: 1
Rating: 4+

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Synopsis
Meet Mr Jump, your new hero! Help him jump his way through the ingenious and tricky levels we have created for you!

Mr Jump will seriously challenge your skills and reflexes!

Mr Jump Is the Game Everyone Will Be Playing This Month

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Aim/Objective
The objective of this incredibly simple platform game is to reach the end of the level without making any mistakes while doing it. This gives the game a whole new sense of difficulty, as you are forced to go through the whole level each time you make a wrong move. There are no different game modes in this game, so the aim is very simple; this makes the impression that the game is easy, but as the player would soon find out, it is the very opposite!

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Gameplay
The gameplay experienced in Mr Jump is strangely familiar, but feels worlds apart. This is a retro platform game which requires you to control a character jumping over, under and away from obstacles that stand in your way to the finish line. Once you start the game, there is no stopping; the screen constantly scrolls to the left but your character stays in the same position so all of the platforms and objects are moving towards you. The goal of this game is to pass all of the obstacles and make your way to the end of the level, if at any point you either hit one of the obstacles, fall out of the map or succumb to any of the other elements in the game that will halt you then you are sent back to the very beginning. This gets very tedious and annoying but also makes it a competition, against your sanity. The game consists of touching the screen for different durations and with different amounts of force, the slightest mis-touch can cost you 10's of minutes of work! Levels can take up to 30 minutes to pass but it is simply too difficult to put down your device as the motivation to complete the level gets to you, whether this is a good or bad thing I will leave up to you!

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Graphics
The graphics in this game go along with those of many other new games that are popular at the moment, some of which I have made previous reviews on. The colors used are all well chosen as they fit in nicely with one another and are easy on the eyes. The main graphics in the game are 2D, but also 3D in a strange way (if that is possible lol). The sounds featured in this game also contribute to its repetitiveness, I found that by repeating the level many times, trying to pass it, I could close my eyes and complete some of the level just by listening to the distinct sounds given off by the game when moves are made, certain places have been reached and other audio hints that are given.

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Controls
As this is another iOS game, the controls are fairly simple. And as this game is, there aren't really any different controls. The main control you use is a single finger, this controls the whole game. Different amounts of pressure, and different amounts of time you hold your finger on the screen for change the way the character moves, thus controlling the game. I like this about the game as it makes it simpler as you only needing to control one digit, but also makes it even harder than it was in the beginning by the amount of carefulness needed.

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Facts

• Less than 5 days after release, Mr Jump rocketed to #1 game on the iOS App Store
  
• Since it was released it has had over 5 million downloads!
  
• Its in-app purchase and ad-based revenue model is earning its developers five-figure revenues on a daily basis
  

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Rating
Gameplay - 9/10
Graphics - 8/10
Controls - 8/10
Overall - 8.5/10