Crux User Reviews

Customer Experience

Positive experience69.2% of reviews
Neutral7.7% of reviews
Negative experience23.1% of reviews

~ Based on 13 written reviews from the US App Store.

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Top reviews

何もかもステキな傑作!

美しいイラストに惹かれて始めれば、手足それぞれ4方向フリック移動。手足を伸ばして登る感覚や、それぞれホールドできる時間の差でルートが決まるパズル要素が楽しい。カエルのように跳べるようになると最高に爽快、「The Shortest Runway 」を軽快に踏破する達成感で完全にハマった!難易度は徐々に上がって最少ムーブ70超などになると、連続のカエル跳びで画面のスクロールが遅く先が見えないし、星3つの達成感の為に(同じようでも少しずつ変化するホールド構成)全てのムーブを暗記して繰り返すのは凄く厳しい。でも「練習モード」があるのでルートを探索、カエル跳びをF、左右をLR、時計方向0369でマップを作成して攻略。ホント最高に面白い!
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Great puzzle game!!

Amazing!

Crux

I actually climb & I absolutely love this game. It may not be exactly like the real thing but it’s dang close. The “puzzle” within the game is the same on a real life rock climbing wall/outdoor rock. You have to think which hand to move where, and same goes for your feet. I definitely feel as if this game could/will help me with my climbing. Great stuff!
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Fun little game

It's a fun puzzle game, not a realistic climbing simulator. Took me quite a few rounds to figure out the exact rules. Especially the rules about dynos are unintuitive and could be explained better. But basically, if you don't have enough time to move your feet, it means your beta is wrong, nothing wrong with the controls.

Some of the levels are really fun to solve. Some look like they were randomly thrown together. At least one of the levels appears twice (Archenemy aka Pub Crawl).

Overall, it's a fun game to play on the toilet, but could do a slightly better job at explaining the game mechanics, and some of the levels could be a bit more interesting.
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Fun and exciting game

I am a rock climber, and I think this game is super realistic to the real thing. You can customize pads your character and there’s so many different levels. I found out that you can eventually do a dino. I think it’s a really fun game.

Response from developer

Glad you like it, thanks for the review! :)

J’aime

On retrouve des aspects de l’escalade dans ce jeux, ce qui n’est pas facile à réussir. La lecture des routes, l’apprentissage progressif par le cerveau pour parvenir à la bonne exécution. J’ai bien aimé le travail fait sur les voies : variation de style de difficulté.
J’avais beaucoup aimé déjà la première version du jeux.
Je butte sur 2 routes au point de me demander si le score maximal est atteignable.
Merci aux développeurs !
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Response from developer

Merci beaucoup! Heureux que vous appréciez le jeu - une mise à jour avec de nouveaux niveaux et la résolution de certains problèmes arrive très bientôt! (via Google Translate)

Could be a good game… but…

After about 4 levels the difficulty becomes ridiculous. The time given on holds before you fall off is only a second at most, completely unrealistic to real climbing. The controls aren’t responsive enough to make the 4 moves required before falling with either control systems.

I notice another review mentioned the same thing in May 2022 and the developer replied to say he would look into the controls.

It doesn’t seem like anything has been updated.

It’s a pretty game, a little more tweaking and it could be fun. It’s just too frustrating as is at the moment.
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A bit stiff

Not very responsive to swipe around. Big difficulty spike early on means I can’t progress.I associate climbing with a leisurely pace but the time-out holds come thick and fast turning it into a string of QTEs.

Disappointing

Quirky, repetitive and annoying. Oh well.

Response from developer

Thanks for the feedback, sorry it wasn't your cup of tea! :)

Great stuff!

I recently got into climbing in real life and I really appreciate the attention to detail here! It’s really fun and challenging. Hope to see a more levels and a level editor soon!

Response from developer

From a climber for climbers! Enjoy the sore forearms and stay injury free! :)

Serene

Captures bouldering in the outdoors beautifully. The visuals are great and feel quite complimentary to what it feels like to be outdoors during a session of bouldering. The music is extremely relaxing which provides a super chill feel to moving through the problems. The star system provides a level of challenge for those that want to find the ultimate solution to the routes. The added multi-locks and dynos provide new ways of looking at the problem-solving Crux has provided in the past. Absolutely enjoying every minute of it.
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Response from developer

Glad to hear you’re enjoying it, thanks for sharing!

Refund me now or I’ll give a bad review

I need to be refunded

Response from developer

You already did :) Developers can’t refund purchases as far as I know - but you should be able to request one through the App Store. Feel free to leave any constructive criticism here though!

Great addition

So far so good. Definitely more polished than the amazing original, but I miss having ratings for the climb and so far it’s a lot easier than the predecessor. Still I love it!!!

Update: moving to five stars as the difficulty definitely upped. Getting close to 3 stars on every route!

Response from developer

Thanks for the kind words! If you can get 3 stars on all routes make sure to join our Discord and get celebrated - not sure anyone has managed that yet! :)