PAC-MAN 256 - Arcade Run

I love Pac-man. I always thought the classical frenzy would be my favorite, yet this twist, is amazing. It starts easy and gets harder, yet in a more frantic way. The power ups, power pellets, fruit that Pac man eats and gets more points than normal for a duration, and 256 dot-chains that destroy all ghosts on the screen, are all incredible. Also it is cool that the PAC dot chains are 256 of them since the original PAC man had 256 levels then was supposed to end, although I don't know how anyone is supposed to be that, which made the original fun as well. If I could make one suggestion, although this game seems to be perfect and I understand if it doesn't get added, is I would love to see the ability to upgrade fruits. Thank you for reading and I love this game so much!

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.

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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!

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.

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.