Bus Escape User Reviews

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OMG the ads!

I discovered this type of game platform recently and got hooked, but every app I tried was ridiculously hard, downright impossible, after 2-3 levels. This is the first one I tried where that wasn’t the case. It’s a good balance of moderate to difficult in rotating levels. However, OMG the ads are ridiculous. Yes, you can buy your way out of forced ads, but the price is too steep. I refuse to pay more than $5.00 to remove ads unless the app is of extremely high quality. This game is good but not that good, and all of them are a knock off of the other. However, everything else in this game is ad-fueled. Some levels literally have no solution without using a “power up” and once you run out, you have to pay coins or deal with ads. There’s no getting around it.
What’s worse is some of the ads are disrespectful, ignoring your silent-mode on your phone and playing audio anyway, ridiculously long (90+ seconds), and an “X” to close out that is so hard to hit precisely that you end up in a loop of App Store, game, App Store, game.
The other issue is some of the colors begin to look too much alike in higher levels, especially the blues.
Overall I like the app but the ads are just too much.
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Was enjoying the game but…

I was enjoying the game but just deleted it. You used to be able to watch Ads to continue your game, now suddenly that’s gone. You get to watch one but if you get stuck again, you’re outta luck unless you use coins to get more chances. Sad but I’m not paying to continue especially when the cost is ridiculous to keep playing. The Ads came in useful especially when you had levels where you had no idea which color certain busses were and they were trapped in so obviously you would need extra play unless you got lucky and guess right. Looks like I’ll be looking at different games of this type where you can actually continue without paying a ridiculous amount.
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Please Fix the “Seat Away” Ad Bug! It’s so frustrating!

There is a bug when the “Seat Away” ad is played when trying to get one of the 3 “free with ad” help options (sort, refresh, and helicopter). It constantly opens up the “Seat Away” game in the App Store and when you tap to take you back to the original ad, it takes you immediately back to the game in the App Store. I just hit back over 50 times trying to get it to let me go back to my game. I was almost finished with a level and had to force close the game in its entirety because I couldn’t get out of the ad /App Store loop. It has been happening for weeks now. Please fix this bug.
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Stop many ads. Omg.

This game is fun, and i do enjoy it. Unfortunately, you cannot beat some of the levels without using the extras.. and in this case, it’s you watching an 80 second long ad. I think there are already too many ads as it is. You watch an ad after almost every level you play, and you watch an ad for any of the extras (unless you have earned tickets). That’s an insane amount of brain dead ads you have to watch and on top of that you HAVE to interact with every single ad. So unless you want to spend 6.99 on no ads, you are going to watch ads lol.
My only complaint about this game is the ads, can you tell?
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Awesome game but…even when purchasing the option to remove ads there are still too many ads

I’d love to give them a 5 star but I’ve been playing this game every day for about two months and I’m only on level 199. There are some levels that are impossible to pass without extra help from watching ads. I’d say on average I watch about 8 ads each level I’ve played and it’s just a waste of my time. The options to purchase help aren’t even any good deals. I paid for the version to stop getting ads and I still have to watch 6-8 to pass a stupid level. I love the game but I’m done playing it until they change some things. It’s wasting my time.
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Good luck playing this game without watching a million ads

Firstly, there are an ungodly around of ads. I get it, they have to make money too, but after every level you’re blasted with an ad and for some reason this game has to have internet to be played so there’s no getting around that.

Second, there are a good number of levels that require use to use the in-game power ups in order to beat the level. So you either have to use your little tickets, or, as you can guess, watch more ads. It’s tiring and ruins whatever fun I had playing it.

Genuinely the most irritating game I’ve played, would not recommend.
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Issue with bugs

Good game but has a bug at lvl65 that stops from completing

Best Bus Game—BUT definitely needs an accessibility adjustment for colors.

I’ve tried a lot (and I mean a lot) of these “load the bus” games. This one really is the most enjoyable. The people load quickly, the busses are placed so you need some level of strategy to win, and at least so far, it’s not pulling the “pay to pass this level” trick. Mandatory ads are blessedly brief, while optional ads are not (which makes sense and is reasonable).

I docked it a star because some of the colors (pink and red; blue and teal) are just too close to one another to distinguish at certain screen brightness settings. Adjust those (or better yet, add a colorblind color scheme in the settings!), and it’ll be a five star free game.
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Needs WiFi or cellular

This is quite a good game but it needs an online connection to open and play so no good when you are flying or travelling in an area of poor reception. Its a shame because I played this up to level 136 and I can live with some ads but any apps that need an online connection to open and play are no good to me and its time to say goodbye and remove from my phone. The pushing of ads is so counterproductive as they often lead to finding much better games and result in ditching the game you are playing.
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Lovely game but too many adverts

I love playing this game, but the amount of ads is just INSANE.

Absolutely ridiculous.

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