Shortcut Run Reviews

by Ruehsenreviews

I was very exited when I saw an add for a fun looking MULTIPLAYER GAME (as it was advertised). After 10 seconds of playing I immediately realized that you just play against bots that are made to seem like you are playing people from around the world. Rather than making the game feel competitive I started to feel utterly lonely. It made me realize that most relationships we have and even social traditions such as marriage and family ties are just things people invented so we wouldn’t have to die alone. And that’s when it hit me. We all die alone. No matter what there’s nothing you can do to escape the oblivion of death and we’re by ourselves all the while. Even the small connections we do have don’t end up mattering in the long run because no matter what you do, you will die alone. Dating and making friends and downloading a game that PRETENDS TO HAVE OTHER PEOPLE PLAYING are just temporary distractions from our impending loneliness.
The worst part is that the fake bots in this game forced me to question if any of the relationships I currently have are even real. Are those fake too? Are they?
Good game concept tho. Maybe add multiplayer:)

by Pugguy549

This game just screams laziness. After every single race is an ad, which yes I understand you have to make money, but after EVERY single race which averages about under a minute, you get reminded of another game. That's the problem with almost all games made by Voodoo, they don't make games, they combine premade assets and call it a "New Game." but it's just the same thing you've seen already. Games like this plagueing the best free to play games is awful. Especially when you might as well buy a game instead of having to sit and watch ads. The other players in the game aren't real, it's you versus bots. Which seems to be a trend with voodoo only proving that they are to lazy to make an actual game. This and every voodoo game is absolutely horrible and puts a bad taste into the mouths of those who actually make good mobile games. 0/10

by áaàâāåãäææ

This game is so fun l can’t lie but on the adds for this game you can jump really far and in the game itself you can only jump a certain distance before you fall in the water. And in the adds you can jump on the podiums of x2 or x3 or x4 etc without boards, but in the game you have to have boards to get to the podiums and can only jump one ☝️ without boards. While l think this game is a good game and voodoo has done a wonderful job with their games, the adds are always coming at you and some adds are inappropriate for kids like me, and the airplane mode does not work with this game even though people say it does, it does not work. Like l said the game is fun it gets really boring after 5-10 minutes, and they don’t provide any skip adds buttons. This game is a lot easier than the adds make it look and l like a challenge here and then that voodoo does not provide. There is nothing wrong with voodoo but please fix these many problems.

by Panda🐼Panda🐼

I found a glitch in the game if you go to the skins and press 1500 free coins you watch it and if it’s still there click it a bunch of times then you get free coins, i GOT ALL THE SKINS also there is way to many ads in this game you watch more ads then you play the trash game

Add more skins so I can get more coins bruh bahahaha this game is fr rlly bad like you watch a 15 second ad after every single game you play and the games you play don’t even last a minute like do an ad after every three games or something but this game company is fr money hungry like chill out with all the ads like I CANT REACH PINK COLOR1!1!!1 voodoo when u released dune and the older games that was really cool but now the quality of ur new games are really bad :/ :( just kidding ur company has been trash from the moment you released it like get original ideas and stop copying older games dune was actually a copy off that one bird game all u did was say ONLY 1 PERCENT CAN REACH LEVEL 99 and that’s it

by Fhdjeybdjrsgdifbugkueu

First of all the game itself is not that bad and would be fun but then they add a FRIKEN TON OF ADDS and my big brain (by big brain I mean dumb) turned off wifi to stop the adds and I go into the game and the other “players” names had DIFFERENT COUNTRIES so basically EVERYONE IS A BOT AND THERES NO MULTIPLAYER AND THE SHOW COUNTRY FLAGS TO FAKE IT
WHILE MAKING YOU WATCH ADDS AND WORST OF ALL THEY HAVE AN OPTION TO BUY NO ADDS I MEAN COME ON but if your fine with all of this then just turn off your wifi when playing to avoid adds and honestly it’s an ok game but the SHAMELESS FAKE MULTIPLAYER just is to much, also this is pretty much the same thing with all voodoo games so plz don’t check those out and avoid THESE SCAMMERS
Edit: After seeing they reviews of this they totally have bots giving this game 5 stars just saying these people are awful and they know it

by Mark Binfield

The idea of the game is cool - you pick up planks as you run, and you can use those planks to cut across open spaces. That makes it an action game with a healthy dose of thinking and strategy. Unfortunately, there are some serious problems:

1) The game is almost unplayable in free-to-play mode. I timed it - a typical level takes only around 20-30 seconds to beat, after which you have to watch a 30-second ad before playing the next level. Plus you have to watch an ad if you die. So, you spend more time watching ads than you do actually playing the game. Not an exaggeration. That is a literal statement. I get the need to make ad revenue, but this is excessive.

2) As other reviews have noted, it’s too easy to win. Instead of feeling good when I’m in first place, I feel stupid if I die, or get anything below first place. Plus, the pace is fast enough that there isn’t time to think about your strategy for a run, which is unfortunate because there’s a lot to consider. I can imagine a game like this where I’d play a level over and over, trying to find new shortcuts to shave a bit more time off my record. This, however, is not that game.

by Toasty Dood

At first it is enjoyable. (Assuming you turn off your WiFi in order to not get bombarded with ads, which you can expect from Voodoo) Of course, the other “players” are bots, and therefore it is pretty easy. You would also expect it to get harder, which it doesn’t. Every 5 levels, it changes “map”, which is just a recolour of the previous one. The bots aren’t particularly smart, and it’s extremely easy to beat them. Every. Time.

There are many bugs and visual flaws, like on maps when the water is invisible, you can still see a splash if you fall. You can boot off all the bots and therefore play infinitely, etc. I played it for a little while to see if anything would be different. Nope. It was the same repetitive gameplay every time.

Let’s talk about the store.
Everything you can buy is skins, which I don’t have a problem with. But the skins are too easy to get, and therefore don’t feel rewarding enough. I managed to get every legendary skin within 30 minutes of playtime. Not to mention that all of the skins are pretty bad and low quality. (Again, something you can expect from Voodoo)

The game is pretty boring, I wouldn’t consider it much of a “game”. The only reason I am giving it two stars is because it is slightly better made than some of Voodoo’s other games. I don’t recommend.

by That Guy 525363725

The concept for this game seemed really promising in the ad I watched but there are 3 things that make this game something I wouldn’t recommend to anyone

1. Ads: This game bombards you with as many ads as it possibly can, one 5 second ad between each game and one ad at the bottom. It is clear that this game is just a cash grab and hardly any work was put into it. Yes you can turn off ads by turning off your wifi, but the point is still stands, the developers made this game to profit not to make a genuinely good game. Also I saw from another review that this game digs through your phone and takes your personal information to send you targeted ads and sell it to other companies which is really weird. If you have this on your phone delete it because it is most likely taking your data.

2: Quality: The quality of this game is just horrible, there are many visual glitches, the models are recycled and low quality, and the optimization is quite bad so there seems to be poorer performance than what should be expected for a simple indie game.

3: Bots: All “players” in this game are bots that let you win practically any time, the game is made to make you win every time which gets incredibly boring after a while.

by Mikeykrieg

The idea of this game is really good. A real multiplayer game like this would actually be a lot of fun. It still is fun, but for only like 10 min. I have two problems with this game and I’ll list them out.

1. It tricks you into thinking you are playing online(Or atleast it did for me). After a 7 game win streak after only 8 min of having the game. I began to get suspicious as to why it’s so easy. If you pay attention it’s very obvious the opponents are AI and not people. The turns they make are too sharp, they load in before the game starts and wait, and they don’t use the shortcuts as much as they should. I assume this is a strategy to get you to play the game longer because people like to win, especially if they think they are winning against other people.

2. I have never EVER received personalized ads in a game before. Normally the ads are for other games in my experience. But this game is the first time I had a personalized ad for something I had googled a day or so ago. That’s weird, definetley means this game dives into your phone and collects information and data while you play it. But then makes the mistake of using that data to advertise to you, instead of hiding what they are doing. This is weird considering most of the data on your phone should be useless for such a game, chances are they’re probably selling your info.

by Scott + Brenda

When I saw this game in the ad, I thought it could be really fun. When I started playing it, I started getting a lot of ads and that was the most frustrating part, but another thing that was super super super frustrating was that when you start the game you start in the back and a bunch of other players, (which I know that they are fake) but it’s so not fair because I could never win, If I start all the way back, nobody really gets a chance to win. The person who starts in front always wins and that’s what happens with me. I feel like you could really change that and also the ads it’s every two seconds, it’s so annoying that why I deleted the game 😐🙄.

by 13ryan69

Based on other reviews you will know that this isn’t a multiplayer game and has A LOT of ads. I paid to get rid of the ads however because I just wanted to play the game as it is SO fun. It loses its luster misleading you into thinking you’re playing with other people around the world. You’re not. However, I just wanted to unlock every single item and skin. Having paid, this was extremely easy as I got to play game after game. The very second I unlocked everything this game felt like a waste of time. It’s a waste of time. I know I didn’t pay much but I hope voodoo can improve on this game by fixing the graphics or just by including more and more skins and bricks/platforms. Then if possible create multiplayer options. This is conceptually a simple and very fun game for a phone. Hopefully they can make this game a sensational hit. I have deleted this game in the meantime as it is not worth investing time on.

by Dakota Howe

This game is pretty fun but it has a few downsides. Honestly it’s just not very exciting past the first level. When you have completed just two rounds it’s basically impossible to not beat it’s just to get new characters for no fun. I wish it was more challenging. Another thing is that there are so many adds, way too many. Imagine you do a round and watch an ad, then you want some money so you watch an ad to get it. then, you have to watch an ad to start a new game. You die immediately and it says “watch an ad to continue “ and “give up”, you click “give up” and it shows you an ad then puts you an the track then back to the menu. This happened to me once and it wasn’t fun. The last complaint I have is that it’s just computer players and I think it would be more fun if it was real people. Other than that it’s pretty fun and the game itself is a great idea I just want some updates.

by CallMeThePhantom

I absolutely love this game and it’s so much fun how everything works and how you can unlock new characters and the ads aren’t even that bad. The only problem is, I’ve been experiencing this problem for 2 days now that when I open ShortcutRun the game doesn’t start it just shows an empty screen of the water. I didn’t know what was happening so I refreshed ShortcutRun a few times but there was still nothing. So I left it thinking that I was just glitching. Well here I am again and it still doesn’t work I did all the updates and idk what’s happening. I don’t really want to delete the game and get it again either because I’ve unlocked almost all the skins and had a bunch of money. So if you could do something to fix that I’d really appreciate it. Other than that I think it’s a great game and you should get it!

by KashmirKulturedotcom

Really good game and nice arcade mechanics. Fun to play. Only thing that gets boring is the AI bots are really easy to beat. I would pay another couple dollars for online capabilities to play against other users that would add the competition the game needs and the only reason I held back one star. If you are look for a offline game it is great. I wish when you purchased the no ads option it took away the continue button because sometimes I accidentally click it I feel tricked and trapped inside a ad I paid to avoid. Add a online versus option maybe a leaderboard and remove the continue button for ppl who pay for no ads. Other then those two things I believe this is a solidly made arcade game with no noticeable glitches.

by Joelle Barnwell

This game is pretty fun overall but after you unlock all of the skins it gets kinda boring. One thing that I would want if there was an update is that there aren’t very many girl skins at all and I’m a girl there are exactly 4 girl skins out of 27 so that’s kinda sad. Also, it seems like the other players are bots just like aquapark io. Another thing is that when I try to get in front of another player right next to the finish line it seems like I’m just faster than them and that’s not fair. I usually succeed when I do try. The last thing that I’m gonna say is that I usually win. I have lost 3 times and I am a month into playing this game. So if you want a pretty much good game that needs improving then this is the game for you.

by Codane

DooVoo Games

I love games like this especially if I am on the job and I’m trying to pass the time because my low paying slavery job is boring. It helps me to get to the end of the boring job day. I may just pay the 2.00 dollars to end the ads to me it’s worth it. I don’t personally like the name Voodoo... so I call them : DooVoo games .. 😆.. I am not for the witchcraft stuff but anyway if I owned this company I would change the name to :DooVoo games. I wish I could invest in companies like this because this is where the money is in these games and this income is long term over 5 years or so... they have all theses games that don’t make any sense but have millions of downloads. I want to invest in this type of stuff technology is the best investment... Go DooVoo, Go DooVoo...

by Mich17789

This game is the BOMB! I 100% recommend it! It doesn’t have to many ads either. But when I got this game I had some issues, but after let’s say, 2 or 3 rounds I was addicted!! I play this game dawn to dusk that’s how much I love it. And the best part is by watching one ad, you can get about $5,000! (Not real money) You can also get sick new avatars but something I thought was a little unfair was that 70% is boy avatars an 30% is girls avatars. It’s not like boys are the only ones playing ya know! But anyways you will find some sick girl avatars and sick ones for boys. Well please download this game I totally recommend it.

by Dark Falcon Rae😡😑😪😴

This is a bad game just like all of voodoos games over stuffed with adds but there are some benefits I like that new update where it starts you off with some bords but it's too simple I have collected every character and every tile and gotten to about level 500 but it's all the same I like that you can push people CPUs may I remind you in reality I give this zero stars I only gave it five so they would post this it barely ever gets an update and I have tried all of voodoos games they have a cool concept but are bland all the same and over stuffed with adds I am deleting all voodoo games off my phone right now

by Cake5panda

YALL have been hating poor voodoo but it’s time to stop!!! Btw I’m not a computer or an account owned by voodoo, me and my bff are liking most of the games voodoo gives out, and I really like this one! It’s a fun simple game that can pass the time and with the ads I turned on airplane mode and I haven’t gotten any and I’ve been playing for an hour! the graphics are pretty good, they’ve done better on other voodoo games I admit but it’s still pretty good! It’s nice that you play against computers cause then you can still play with airplane mode on! I completely recommend if your just looking for a simple game to kill the time 😊 so please give voodoo another chance 🥺 it’s a great company and a funny name :p :) and just a side note to voodoo, i’de appreciate more girl skins :) thanks for reading! If you did :) :p

by Roselle Nina Scooter

I love this game I’m obsessed with this game I love this game so much I literally obsessed with that my sister told me about it wondering if they could help and I got it on my phone and now I’m obsessed with it and you get first place and I got in first place a couple times I just love this game it’s wonderful and if anybody sees this you should download it it’s really the best game ever I love the makers of this game they did so good I love this game and I thank you so much so so so much for all this and the wonderful game and I’m going to play it all day all night for the whole Christmas break thank you for everything in this game you should download it and merry Christmas and a happy new year