A few things
I know you’re going to see this cuz you read Falldown III reviews. Please read and respond to this review, I just need some answers. Why did you change FallDown 2 so much? Like it used to be great and super smooth and simple, now you added levels which are completely useless, completely changed the ball customization feature (which literally took away one of the balls that I BOUGHT with real money) and also removed the original Arcade and Zen Mode for no reason. Also the music isn’t synced with the color change anymore which is also annoying and last but not least, you used to be able to go through the walls EASILY and super smoothly and now there’s like a half-second pause every time you go through it. The game isn’t that fun anymore because you completely changed it. Read your recent reviews on the game and you’ll see it. Please respond, I love your games,
Thanks :)
Thanks :)
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Pretty good
I was a huge player of Falldown! 2 and hated the update when that happened. This game has more similar physics to Falldown! 2 so I like it a lot. The No Boundaries booster is horrible, it’s more of an obstacle than a bonus because it ends abruptly without warning which can cause you to lose quickly. It also affects the ability to fall down the sides when there are openings. Wouldn’t mind if there was a way to maybe watch a video to gain boosters more quickly too. I’d use that feature.
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Response from developer
Thank you for the feedback! I agree about the open edges powerup, there should be more of a warning. Will fix in the next update.
Do not update to 1.12
Much like the game changer update in FallDown! 2, this completely ruined the game. Game mechanics drastically changed for the worse.
Response from developer
Thank you for your feedback! Feel free to email me at hannes@hannesjensen.com with more info about the problems you mentioned.
Update on old review
Old Review: I got the original FallDown! when I was 5 and I played it for many years. I played FallDown! 2 when it came out (I still play the levels), I played FallDown! Flip, which I loved the soundtrack for, and now you have FallDown III.
First of all, I would like to say what I like about this game. The controls are fluid and endless mode is way more fun in this game since the difficulty keeps increasing whereas in FallDown! 2 the difficulty stopped increasing after the last color (purplish-blue).
Now while I do really like this game, there are some things that could make it even better.
1. If I could choose one thing to change about this game, it would be the color changes in Endless mode. The color changes should sync with the music. The changing of the colors is my favorite part about your games, and I love making it to a new color (or cycling back to a certain color) for the first time. However, this works a lot better when the colors change in sync with the music like in FallDown! 2 and FallDown! Flip. When it is out of sync, it is less satisfying when it changes colors and it doesn’t drive players forward with anticipation to get to the next color as much. If you changed this, the game would already be 2x better.
2. I feel like completing daily challenges to customize your ball is not the best system for customization. I was a much bigger fan of the old FallDown! 2 method where you got stars from Endless mode that could buy balls and backgrounds for different prices. I think you should add that back, or something similar, because then it would motivate players to play Endless to grind stars for customizations. Right now, players have a 30-second daily challenge, and the only motivation players have to play Endless is to beat their high score. I find that a bit lame. However, if you add this system, players would have way more motivation to play the game.
3. The ball, when moving, does not seem to move as smoothly as it should. The controls are awesome, don’t get me wrong, but the ball itself does not seem to move in as high of a frame-rate as the game itself, if that makes sense. I’m not sure how easy of a fix this would be, but it would make the game feel much more fluid and satisfying.
That is all I have to say. Again, I have played your games for a very long time, and I especially love the soundtracks and changing colors as you progress in your games. I really hope you consider these changes as they would make your game so much better.
Thank you for the time that you took for reading this and for making games that were a major part of my childhood, I really appreciate it!
New review: I really appreciate the fact that you listened to the things I didn’t like about this game. The ball moves much more smoothly and the colors seem to sync with the music now. This game has already improved a lot since the last update.
There are, however, some very minor things that make this game slightly less enjoyable. Don’t get me wrong, this game is amazing and is way better than it was before this update.
-The color changes are in sync with the music now in zen mode, but it seems like they get slightly out of sync as time goes on
-Still no color sync in arcade mode
-Bug in arcade mode with the Multiball powerup where the balls can get stuck while going through an opening
-Arcade mode seems to be a lot harder than zen mode. The line that kills the player seems to move faster in Arcade mode.
-This isn’t really a bug, but I feel the game would be slightly more fun if the ball just moved a tiny bit faster when on flat ground
I know it seems like I just keep adding more things I want changed, but if you consider these, I can see your game becoming even amazing-er :)
Thanks again from a long-time fan!
First of all, I would like to say what I like about this game. The controls are fluid and endless mode is way more fun in this game since the difficulty keeps increasing whereas in FallDown! 2 the difficulty stopped increasing after the last color (purplish-blue).
Now while I do really like this game, there are some things that could make it even better.
1. If I could choose one thing to change about this game, it would be the color changes in Endless mode. The color changes should sync with the music. The changing of the colors is my favorite part about your games, and I love making it to a new color (or cycling back to a certain color) for the first time. However, this works a lot better when the colors change in sync with the music like in FallDown! 2 and FallDown! Flip. When it is out of sync, it is less satisfying when it changes colors and it doesn’t drive players forward with anticipation to get to the next color as much. If you changed this, the game would already be 2x better.
2. I feel like completing daily challenges to customize your ball is not the best system for customization. I was a much bigger fan of the old FallDown! 2 method where you got stars from Endless mode that could buy balls and backgrounds for different prices. I think you should add that back, or something similar, because then it would motivate players to play Endless to grind stars for customizations. Right now, players have a 30-second daily challenge, and the only motivation players have to play Endless is to beat their high score. I find that a bit lame. However, if you add this system, players would have way more motivation to play the game.
3. The ball, when moving, does not seem to move as smoothly as it should. The controls are awesome, don’t get me wrong, but the ball itself does not seem to move in as high of a frame-rate as the game itself, if that makes sense. I’m not sure how easy of a fix this would be, but it would make the game feel much more fluid and satisfying.
That is all I have to say. Again, I have played your games for a very long time, and I especially love the soundtracks and changing colors as you progress in your games. I really hope you consider these changes as they would make your game so much better.
Thank you for the time that you took for reading this and for making games that were a major part of my childhood, I really appreciate it!
New review: I really appreciate the fact that you listened to the things I didn’t like about this game. The ball moves much more smoothly and the colors seem to sync with the music now. This game has already improved a lot since the last update.
There are, however, some very minor things that make this game slightly less enjoyable. Don’t get me wrong, this game is amazing and is way better than it was before this update.
-The color changes are in sync with the music now in zen mode, but it seems like they get slightly out of sync as time goes on
-Still no color sync in arcade mode
-Bug in arcade mode with the Multiball powerup where the balls can get stuck while going through an opening
-Arcade mode seems to be a lot harder than zen mode. The line that kills the player seems to move faster in Arcade mode.
-This isn’t really a bug, but I feel the game would be slightly more fun if the ball just moved a tiny bit faster when on flat ground
I know it seems like I just keep adding more things I want changed, but if you consider these, I can see your game becoming even amazing-er :)
Thanks again from a long-time fan!
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Response from developer
Thank you very much for the feedback! I will keep it in mind for future updates.
I want the first one
I just want to play the first one again
So happy
Hi, my girlfriend and I have notice that sometimes the game will start however the ball will not move despite us touching the screen. Have you started to address this issue? Still my favorite game!
Huge fan.
I've been playing Fall Down for years, I'm glad we all got a new upgraded game.
