Leave a Review Lemmings
Fun game but......
Unfortunately what is a really well reimagined version of the original lemmings game that makes it very playable on touch interfaces has over time just become a broken money grab.
What I mean by this is along with playing the game you get to collect (and once collected they show up in your game) various lemmings in different outfits. While they are purely cosmetic and don’t impact the game play when the game first came out you could get them by playing the game and watching ads. Now the system is just totally broken. I recently returned to the game after quite some time of not playing and it is almost impossible to collect the lemmings essentially removing the “fun” from the game. After playing about 12 levels so far and watching every ad when the opportunity arises I’ve only been able to collect 1 lemming. (I have actually gotten a second one but it was a duplicate and when I watched yet another ad to reopen the egg the broken randomized gave me the exact same lemming yet a 3rd time so it was converted to gold coins.
Unfortunately at this point the game just isn’t worth playing and certainly isn’t worth spending a single penny on when your money will be taken from you and you will still end up with nothing. It’s a shame this game has been ruined.Show lesscbDejaVu
Money Hungry
Ads everywhere and they make it impossible to succeed without spending money.
They have the rocket ship for bonuses. You used to have to beat 25 boards to win, well they changed the requirements for the rocket ship to 30 boards. I lost interest before because the leader board contest was unattainable. When they created the rocket ship, I was excited and enjoying the game once again but now it’s so frustrating. It was hard enough for me to complete 25 boards a day without using nearly all of my power ups let alone find the time during the day since I have to work... When am I going to have the time to beat 30 boards a day within the energy constraints? This just shows the game/company is money hungry. They force people to buy extra power ups or go VIP and that’s not right. I use this game as an escape during this pandemic and they make me feel like the only way I can succeed is to pay for VIP or play it every waking hour... it’s sad and disheartening. They show us rewards that we want while making it impossible to succeed. This is not a fun gaming experience. If this game keeps going in this money hungry direction I’ll just have to find other games to occupy my time.Show lesspissedplayer319
A fun puzzle game
First of all don’t get discouraged if this starts off a bit boring, that’s just the introductory levels where few of the challenges have been introduced, once you’ve cleared 5-10 of the main worlds the game picks up and becomes genuinely fun.
Ads are present, but are opt in only and give bonuses. You can easily play the entire game without watching a single ad, but since those bonuses are valuable you probably won’t want to.
My only complaint is the bonus challenges, these challenges are genuinely the best part of the game but they require a ticket for each play, which can only be gotten by spinning the in game wheel that you get as a bonus for clearing levels perfectly. Unfortunately this means once a challenge level is opened you only get one shot to clear it, fail and you’ll have to track down another challenge ticket. I’d rather challenge levels stay open after spending the first ticket. And also I’d like if you could replay them for free after beating them.Show lessPikakeet
Wish it was just a game you could buy outright like SEGA
No joke. I loved this game so much when I was little that without any home of ever actually playing it again, I saved the original box and cartridge and I have moved across the country and back and taken it with me always. So this game still rocks. I just wish I could buy it instead of suffering through the constant push to make me join or pay annually. Also I wish it had an Apple TV version. Anyway it’s a really good game. But I’m either buying it straight up or not paying at all. None of this membership thing. It’s a video game! It’s not like an “office suite” for work. I’m an adult people. (Just like everyone else playing this game. ADMIT IT!!!!) hahah. Nice job guys. Man that sad little noise when you lose a lemming. I like the extra features too. Good job Sony :-)Show lessC Hofbeezy
Not good puzzle challenge
I was so excited to see this initially since I remember playing the original, and the lemmings have been given a cute update. But that’s about it. I remember the point of the original was to use the different skill resources they gave you to get through each level, you had to place the right lemming skill at the right place and got extra points for being efficient. For this version the lemmings build planets as they succeed each level, but after building about 4 of these and the intervening asteroids, you’re still stuck with just building stairs, digging, blocking movement, and an umbrella for falling. I understand the need for in-app purchases to keep the company going but the purchases are for trap disables or these “tribal eggs” (when did lemmings come out of EGGS??) that you collect to open additional levels which still only use those few skills to get through. And the special lemmings “expire” if you don’t collect each tribe fast enough so then you either start over or purchase the tribes again. Granted you can earn coins just through play and not pay actual cash. But overall it’s too much obvious attempts to keep you playing and maybe buying stuff without enough interesting challenge to keep you engaged for long.Show lessNeedZen
Classic version still more fun on an emulator
I was so excited to see this game from my childhood revamped and redone. It has disappointed, though. There doesn’t seem to be any of the ingenuity of the original, like needing to figure out what to make the lemmings do in order to make them get through a level. I’ve played at least a level a day for a couple weeks, and all they can really do is build stairs, dig, and use umbrellas? Not very interesting. Nor are the design of the levels unique like in the original. And, you’ve put it on a mobile platform but haven’t allowed us to zoom in to see what our lemmings are doing? Perhaps that’s the issue - on the original you had to click on each individual character; now you just click on a “box” and get whatever lemmings arrives there first. Poor design.
Also, I get that the company needs to make money, but this seems hawkish and ridiculous. Every other second it’s asking you to pay for something to get more or do something (perhaps that’s what I’m missing? But why do I care what the lemmings look like/what tribe they’re in, and why would I pay money for that?!). If it was a well-developed game that held my interest, I would gladly pay to download it and own it, instead of contestant in-app money asks.Show lessmeg_383
Cash cows!
This game is super fun , very nostalgic . I love problem solving games. Keeps your brain sharp .. but $60 is way too much to remove adds just for 1 year. Maybe if they offered endless energy. Play 2-4 levels and gotta wait hours for ur energy to replenish 😩
The main levels are fun and challenging, but the levels you earn with tickets are really more challenging, however since tickets cost actual money or free by watching an add and spinning the wheel of fortune, you rarely get acces to said tickets . So idk this game could be a lot more fun if it didnt cost for every extra feature. Or it was a lifetime $20-30 to remove add. Games on aps dont have a long life , i dont see myself playing any ap for over a year , thats why i wouldn’t commit to $60, but if it was 10-15 bux id do anyways. Anyways Im currently looking for a lemmings knockoff off ap lol one i can actually playShow lesspdflips
Poorly designed and greedy
Lets start with the obvious...yes this game captures some of the nostalgia of the franchise.
Onto the bad: The tooks available along with the traps are too simplistic. Some levels are designed to frustrate rather than spark a sense of ingenuity or creativity (meaning they are there to soak energy, energy is recovered over real world time, and the game monetizes purchasing time). These stages arent hard to figure out, but can soak that precious energy away through simple placement and timing mistakes. Giving the player just 3 seconds to look at a stage before they have to start spending resources, can easily lead to poor placement at first glance. It really is a shameless way to try and get people to spend money.
Further, pause doesn’t pause. They added a silly gatcha mechanic with additional monetization techniques added on top. Three different in-game resources used as currencies. Tournaments where you compete against others (where you really just compete against yourself). Limited time aesthetics (which again you can pay for ones you missed). No way to replay levels (if you passed but didn’t perfect it). “Pay-to-win” style power ups. Random roulette-style bonuses as a mechanic is just glut on an already over-bloated money grabbing system.Show lessCheezyrock
My favorite game, yet things to fix
I love the challenge of this game and that you, as far as I can tell, hit a dead end where you can never continue. If you run out of energy, you can always come back later, as it accumulates over time.
Things about it that need improvement:
Why don’t saved lemmings not carry over to the next level? Say you need 30 lemmings saved to complete a level and you save 40. Why don’t those 10 lemmings either count toward the next level or at least convert into “coins”?
I have a big beef with the mayhem levels (the ones you need a ticket to play). Although I like the idea that the ticket provides unlimited energy to play it, the incredible difficulty of these levels makes the rewards seem very miserly. It’s the same kind of reward as a standard level and seems hardly worth the effort. In addition if you complete all four levels to complete a tribe there’s no special reward for that.
I’m not sure what I think about the hostage situation with the piggy bank. You open an egg and it’s a duplicate character and it converts to coins in the piggy bank. You can’t open it without spending real cash. When it reaches a certain level it overflows and can’t hold more. When this happens, opening eggs seems like a waste. I have no idea how they should deal with this one but it certainly doesn’t please me.Show lessKrusty1959
Great game But Keeps Getting Bloodier Each Release
Love the puzzles challenges of the game, but finally uninstalled with each release getting a little bit more graphic with the blood, and having it stick around longer. I had been playing this for over a year.
I don’t get it. Why do you even need to leave blood stains on an otherwise very kid friendly game? Not to mention, who really wants to be reminded where they messed up in the game due to blood splatter?
I cannot see how anyone thinks this somehow adds to the gameplay. If that person does exist, why not at least have a toggle to turn it off?
Btw, this is one of those games that the more videos you watch for items, the longer the videos they give you and the more times you miraculously need them because the random spin doesn’t give you what you needed. For the first 6+ months I played I clicked on videos all the time. I do that to not only get the items, but i think it’s a great way to support the makers. I finally realized that I had moved from 5-15 second videos to multiple 20 second videos for the same rewards. At that point, it was no more videos.
It’s a waste on the developers part because if they hadn’t gotten greedy I would have kept making them more money.
All in a great game but I got tired of them playing games.Show lessironOrchard
