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The idea of the game is innovative. It’s satisfying to see the lines you draw with your pen/marker, and it’s a new twist on the fundamentals of classic IOS games like Temple Run and Subway Surfers. However, the execution is terrible...not to mention the inane amount of ads. The in-game physics make it quite difficult to manipulate the pen, which is fine if not for the ad walls you hit when you die. Even if you don’t want to watch a video to continue from where you left off, you’re likely to be forced to watch an advert anyway. Moreover, there’s no option to purchase an ad-free version, even if you were willing to spend a few bucks. Also, I often would get stuck on a loading screen with a pink marker bent into a ‘U’ shape that had ink swishing back and forth inside it. I would have to close and re-launch the app several times to get out of the screen. The game is a nice idea with bright colors and aesthetically pleasing graphics, but it is NOT WORTH DOWNLOADING. There are so many similar apps on the market with less ads, and that require less dexterity. AVOID THE FRUSTRATION!

The first thing I saw when I stared this app was a 45 second unskippable ad. That was the first I ever saw an app show me an add before it own title screen so I knew I was in for something. Usually when a game asks if I’d like to save my progress in exchange for watching an add I take it however, in Pen Rush when I decided my progress didn’t warrant a 30 second ad to save my progress it instead puts me on a loop of screen that require you to watch an ad in between each one. So by the time I click the start over option in order to save time and avoid some ads the game instead makes me watch 2 minutes of ads just so I can lose my progress. I actually laughed and wanted to see how many ads the game was gonna put me through before I uninstalled it. Anyway, there’s better apps on here that have more respect for your time and don’t insult your intelligence quite as much as this.

As I’m reading through the reviews, I see more like the one I’m about to type. As soon as I opened the app, The first thing that I experienced wasn’t nice music, or an introduction to the app, but an ad that I couldn’t skip or get out of. In the reality of this game, there is more ads than actual game time. I was more frustrated at the fact that I couldn’t get back to the game then I was at the objects that you have to move around in the game. I had this app for maybe 15 minutes. I ended up only being able to play the game twice before I got too frustrated with the bombardment of ads. I already deleted the app, the ads were completely ridiculous. And don’t get me wrong, I understand having to make money off of the app through ads and in-game purchases, but with that amount of ads, you’re not going to get very many people playing.