PAC-MAN 256 - Arcade Run Reviews

by The Spun One

That’s because of all the Pac-Man collective, Ms Pac-Man was by far my favorite. Anyway, here’s my two-cents.... Have a paid version. I just want to pay and play the game. I gave up watching the reward ads because there are far to many of them, and they repeat themselves, and they don’t interest me one bit, and they are a waste of time. Fix the controls, I have broken more chains because my up swipe didn’t seem to register up and instead sent me in reverse! Have the ability to purchase coins. What happens when we run out? I paid for the coin doubler which seems to be working, but I spend more time chasing coin dots. Which, funny thing, seem to always lead to a break in dots, hence a break in the 256 chain. Annoying. The thing about Pac-Man the original is it was CONSISTENT. That’s what made it what it was. This is the most random situation ever. Yes the ghosts have consistent behavior, but when they appear out of nowhere, AND when they force you to make a turn towards, Oh, that’s right, a break in the dot chain you have been working hard at, that’s not consistent anymore. So you have received, in my opinion, a more then generous star rating. I gave it a go, but I think it’s time to go watch ads somewhere else, perhaps those ads might actually be useful!

by Lovemacbooks12345

This game is somewhat fun and has great graphics but it comes with its downfalls. It is very glitchy. Times when the game lags and you grab that power up just in the nick of the time but it still kills you. Or how it constantly resets the theme to the original no matter how many times you go back to the one you purchased. Not to mention the coin system.

It takes days of constant play to save up enough coins to buy a new theme and then it doesn’t even keep it set. The power ups go up in cost as you upgrade as any game is. However with how long it takes to save up it’s not worth upgrading because it only adds one second to the power up timer. And that’s only for some I upgraded one of my power ups twice and it didn’t even add length to the time it just added 5 points to the kill worth instead of time.

Overall it’s a fun game if your playing for the overall principle of Pac-Man original. Which is to get as far along as possible while taking out ghosts along the way. If you’re looking to enjoy the little additives this game brings the classic game I’d say look elsewhere.

by Da Buffalo

It’s a great “endless” game to play…the power-ups keep it fresh and challenging, which keeps me engaged and coming back.

However, the only, but MAJOR, downside is the ads (that I haven’t paid to remove 🤷‍♂️). More than a few times, a full-page, countdown-before-it-can-be-closed ad will pop up in the middle of a round, essentially killing me and sometimes causing me to close the game in frustration. Ads between rounds are absolutely and completely acceptable (unless the player paid to remove them), but I consider “ads in the middle of play” a dealbreaker. That’s something that absolutely needs to be fixed.

by WriteOutdoors

Hello! Fellow gamer nice that you are reading this review! Anyway, this game is really good but the game has problems like anything! You get your prize after you watch a video which stinks. But you only get to redeem once. And I think this REALLY stinks. But it is super addictive and I can't stop playing it because,well, it's super addictive. I, would not necessarily recommend you get PACMAN256 . But if you like okay apps that are free and addicting then this is most likely your app.
Thanks for reading my probably boring review and maybe you will get PACMAN256 that would be better with changes! So, yeah, you rock!!

by Slayyy.sha-sha∞

I am IN LOVE with all of the themes! They’re so unique and put a very artistic vibe in the game. However, the fact that each one costs 2048 coins is kinda annoying, tbh. First because watching ads to get coins would take forever, and i ain’t that desperate to get the themes (even though they are super cool) by watching the same ad over and over again. Also, maybe add a coin doubler as a power-up into the game so when we get more coins when we collect them. It would make a lot of gamers satisfied. And OMG, the PAC-dot chains r painful af. I get to a high number and i have to turn around bc a ghost is coming to eat me. Could i suggest a bit more dots please? Anyway, i know that the prices for the themes are high so more people can play this game. But, it could get people addicted to it just so they can spend hours getting coins and purchasing themes and upgrading their power-ups. So long story short, i would kindly ask for the prices for the themes to be lowered a bit. Thank you for your time. 🙂

by Sorenwulf

I’ve played this game since 2016 and still play it almost every day. Super-fun and addicting - especially if you like mashing up modern with retro like I do. The big problem however is that the game has not had an update in 3 years. I suspect that this might be why I cannot pause the game without a significant risk the game will automatically restart after I’ve paused it and all lose al my progress. Another glitch is the Twinado glitch. If you get eaten by a ghost while the Twinado power up is active, after you choose “Continue” and are on your second (and last) life the Twinados which were active at the time of you’re being eaten will still be active and will continue to be active for a significant amount of time even while you use other power ups. I really don’t mind that glitch, but really - should it be there? It’s. It’s been there for at least two years. My main gripe though is with the first one - the unreliability of the game pause function. So, please update and fix this game!

by Test Ees

This is a really great game for a quick visit to the throne room, or easy to squeeze in a quick play while sitting on a bus or train.

The main bugs that bug me are receiving a phone call, or sometimes even a notification, pulling down a text for a quick reply, or pausing and locking the screen for a moment, or any number of things can cause the game to reboot to the main screen and you lose your current progress.

Another bug is that often when an ad plays, there is no way to close the ad and continue your game or receive your reward. Even if you click the ad to install whatever app it is advertising, when you return to the game it is still either locked into the ad or will reboot to the main screen.

by Salem & Harvey

This rating is coming from a connoisseur of the Pac-Man series who has played every variant they can. I’m really enjoying the game, perfectly combines a rogue-like with the classic risk vs. reward gameplay of the best Pac-Man games. The IAPs are reasonable and optional, not pay-to-win. I play on iPad Pro and it looks great with every theme. Swipe controls are responsive and the gameplay is paced perfectly for them. I’m only withholding a star on my rating because of the excellent Steam and console versions of Pac-Man 256. I would love to be able to play local multiplayer like in those other versions of this game. The Pac-Man game in Apple Arcade also bafflingly omits local multiplayer and this game could fit that gap. I realize it would require controller support but even 2 player like on Crossy Road would be a blast.

by Sev153

This game is like a modernized PAC-MAN. It has 3D maps, and cool power ups you can use to defend yourself just in case your stuck in a corner or need a ghost out of the way. I really like how there's many themes to chose from and that they added the classic 80s pac man theme.

But as always, every game has its annoyances, and in this one, the thing that annoys me most is that most of the times once you get over 1500 points, there are too many ghosts that get in your way, and sometimes it's impossible not to get stuck in between 2 ghosts and have no where else to escape, so you have to accept it and just take the loss. It would be nice if you can make the game get harder around the 5,000 point mark. That would make the game much more enjoyable.

by Oisact

Once you've collected everything the only replay value is competing for 256 chains. I'm in the top 400 now and that's the only reason I keep playing. There are terrible bugs with the pac-dot chains. About 1 out of 5 times you eat a powerup it breaks the chain. I've lost many dozens of 256 chains because of this. Going the wrong way on the "fast" arrows usually breaks the PAC-dot chain. If the game lags at all then that breaks the PAC-dot chain. They need to have a better method of figuring out when the chain is broken besides timing based. However the powerup bug is the worst.
Trying to level up all the power ups in this game is a huge joke. I have maxed out the main 3, but now that they increased the max level to 12 there's no way a person will play or pay to max out all 20 power ups. And that is one of the achievements - the final one I need - is having maxed out all power ups. It would cost hundreds of dollars if you actually paid for coins to do it. So they've really broken the cost / value ratio of this game, and that's made it impossible to get all achievements unless you want to spend an insane amount of money.

by AJ Is Awesome1125

Awesome take on pac-man! I love the game and think it is good! The skin packs are cheap for an app, believe me some apps charge 5$ for a different version of a character. And the glitch is awesome. The ghost AI makes the game hard though as there can be 10 ghost chasing you or you can get cornered. The last issue is the coins you get from boxes are pretty random, so you can get 24 coins for a hard challenge, and 124 for watching an add. There could be a limit or something but other than that it is really fun and I can play it for hours!

by Anna Marie Junior

You can do everything for you I was just love this game so much when I first got it in my tablet got down shut down I can barely do anything on it in the game but now he’s so much better that’s what you can do anything you want on the game you should have more games like this instead of just one just one just one won’t do enough next 5678 or nine Devon been gathering data be there for me to and you get to it the next week I have a couple days of that weekend to go and get it my dad is doing a. It would be a fun time if there were any a. There is was no one there and I have cannot a life I and I have a Twitter day to a day week

by SpideyIsAwesome!!

I freaking love this game!! The endless gameplay of PAC-MAN is insanely fun, and the power ups are a great edition to the PAC-MAN universe. The ghosts have specific powers to discuss, and the Crossy-Road type feel is cool. All this is great, but there is one annoying thing about this great game: the option to watch an ad to revive or earn a reward. I love this feature, but it never works! I hit the button, but nothing happens. On the reward option, the tab disappears when I hit it. I would love it if someone fixed this. Otherwise, great game!!!;)

by How Did You Come Up With It

This game is so awesome so you should add some more ghost more power ups and make it a lot harder also be able to do it online and fit wicked bosses but make it in the range of iOS 9.0 because that was the last update on my iPad so I can't get higher so please please update it this game is so amazing the classic one I love basically any pac-Man play just put a in front of me and I'll play it also make it a lot easier to get new maps also put a new Maps

by X1jett

This is ASOS!!!!!!!!!!!!!,!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!,!!!!!!!!??.?.?321drop it ba ba bam grand slam dunk and the game of thrones season two to get us out in our first year ever so I can play for sure but it’s a great app that has some sort yet interesting fun hope you guys are having an excellent time at dallas life we love was like for your birthday weekend to come home with a boyfriend Anderson day you could be happy if you’re not busy or something else tttttt would make me feel stupid because I’m going through everything anyway right away from my mom

by Prexella

This game is super fun! There is so many different power ups to defeat the ghosts. And there is always some sort of challenge to complete. The only thing some people might not like about this game, is the fact that you only have one life each game. But if you watch an ad or pay a certain amount of coins you can continue on. After you have used that one " continue," you can not continue on again. This was the only thing that might be a problem, but other than that it is a great game!

by DuskRenegade

This game is just flat out, good, clean fun. I don’t know about when it first came out (I see some reviews are a few years old) but they don’t make it too hard to get coins, so you never feel pressured to spend money on coins, and you’ll have a blast playing through trying to beat your friend’s scores and leveling up your power-ups.

Can get pretty tricky at times if you aren’t actively thinking ahead, so there’s a fair bit of strategy at play here besides mindlessly munching dots. Happy to have gotten this game, and free too? As a new york Jew night say...SUCH A DEAL

by The Crocket Launcher

This game is great, it brings back pac-man but adds more, I love the randomness, and something keeps bringing me back. I do have some suggestions for the developers, first I think you should add a “Dictionary” this would say the characteristics of the power ups and the ghosts, also I think you should make buying the other styles (with in game currency) less expensive because it just re-skins everything not having much an effect on the game. I hope you found either of these ideas good and I hope that you could implement them.

by Pls Dont Take It

The features are incredible! I started playing this at 12:45 am and it was amazing! The experience is cool! It was a fast type of game. Once you move a direction with your character, it moves fast! And the graphics are awesome sauce! Love the graphics ❤️! Though the game seems buggy and glitchy, the game is actually not glitchy or buggy! Awesome game! And next update can you add like a sonic theme though, please. I like this game but I also like sonic games. And if you can add a sonic theme can you add a sonic character to the sonic theme. Other then that, I rate this game 5 stars ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

by Player: Shadowheart38

I just downloaded the game and I'm already hooked, the game has a simple concept like the original game but I feel like it's more fun since there are more power ups and that makes strategizing a key player in this game, I did find a glitch though, I had just unlocked the giant so the next one I needed was the tornado, so I was playing a few games to get more coins and suddenly I saw a tornado power up even though I hadn't unlocked it yet, so I touched it and it used the tornado power. I know this isn't a bad thing but it is still a glitch that needs fixing.