# Dawn of Hope: Skyline — user reviews > 46 indexed App Store user reviews of Dawn of Hope by Big Fish Premium, LLC, rated 4.50/5 from 1,096 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/dawn-of-hope-skyline/id1283248468/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/dawn-of-hope-skyline/id1283248468.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 710 · 4★ 240 · 3★ 101 · 2★ 27 · 1★ 18 ## What do users think of Dawn of Hope? Overall sentiment: mixed **Pros** - 🌟 Gorgeous graphics and visuals - 🎨 Unique and compelling storyline - 🎮 Interesting and varied gameplay - 👍 Smooth and glitch-free experience - 🎶 Beautiful soundtrack **Cons** - 🐛 Occasional glitches and bugs - 📖 Difficult to navigate menus and access key information - 🕹️ Simplistic or repetitive puzzles - 🔍 Small and hard-to-find hidden objects - ⏱️ Slow pacing and dialogue **Commonly reported bugs** - Game freezes or crashes at certain points - Inventory items not registering correctly - Progression-blocking glitches **Most requested features** - Improved in-game map and navigation - More challenging and diverse puzzles - Ability to skip or speed up dialogue - Clearer instructions and tutorials ## Newest reviews (14 of 46) ### 2/5 — Bon jeu *2024-04-19, version 1.0.1* Aurait été plus agréable sans les passages où elle doit grimper. Un peu méli-mélo. Je n'ai pas trop aimé trop de confusions. ### 4/5 — Beautiful 😍🦋 *2018-03-30, version 1.0.1* A beautiful fantasy. The graphics are stunning with an interesting storyline, lots of unusual mini games, the HOS aren't boring and a lovely atmosphere. Collectibles, morphs and plenty of extras. I did find the dwarfs Scottish accent a bit iffy and you do have to access the (good) map via the menu button but otherwise a very enjoyable game well worth the £2.99 sale price I paid with no bugs on new iPad. ### 2/5 — Not the best *2018-02-07, version 1.0.1* Very glitchy. The dialog box blocked the top of the screen and it took forever to disappear. Perhaps a dialog block that was more transparent so you could see the scene behind it. Sometimes the progress was nonsensical. The scene window was very small and didn't fill the screen to make it large enough to find some of the smaller hidden objects. I trudged through the game just to get it finished. ☹️ ### 3/5 — 😀 *2018-02-02, version 1.0.1* Was a good game but I did have to use the hint button a lot . ### 4/5 — DOH - Voltige Urbaine *2018-01-20* Un peu perplexe au début, j’ai finalement aimé ce jeu. ### 5/5 — Game is top flight *2018-01-20, version 1.0.1* Great graphics and gameplay though some of the puzzles were poorly described for me and had to skip a couple, especially the ‘speed ‘ ones because my iPad had slow touchscreen response. More about me than the gameplay. ### 5/5 — Loved it *2018-01-19, version 1.0.1* Very different format, but it really worked for me. Interesting HOPs and mini games. No pointless searching for “keys” just to make it longer. It all flowed well with the great story. I look forward to the next Madhead game. ### 4/5 — Dawn of Hope: Skyline Adventure by LynxMinx *2018-01-19, version 1.0.1* Note to KimTwilight: Thank you so much! I thought Kaylen was really cute too! Once again, MadHead took us on an amazing adventure. You could customize settings. The storyline wasn’t totally unique, but the interesting twists and turns and the unusual gameplay were enough to keep me entertained. The game was a decent length with the bonus adventure. The graphics and cut-scenes were excellent and well-executed. There was a journal of sorts with notes and objectives, as well as a marked teleport map to transport you instantaneously between locations. At each location you must find a fairy symbol. Inventory was labeled and interactive and there were complex items to assemble. Mad Head allows you to manipulate objects and items by turning them around in order to progress through the game, and tasks were fun to complete. The HO scenes had enough variation for them to be enjoyable, as well as morphing objects to further challenge oneself. I agree that some of the puzzles might have been a bit simplistic, but there was a nice variety and I didn’t feel that it made the game less challenging, because Mad Head challenges your perspective every step of the way. I cannot say I loved the hook. I didn’t mind upgrading and utilizing it but after a while I was bored by the mini-game associated with it. Gameplay was smooth and glitch-free. However, I am deducting a star because the notes, objectives and map could only be accessed through the menu, and I dislike having to exit the game every time I need to check one of the aforementioned. You would think we have complained about it enough by now that Mad Head would give us in-game tabs, but such is not the case. Another minor quibble I have is that gear signs do not appear over the exact area where you need to apply inventory, and if you don’t use the inventory item in the exact spot it might not work and would make the game seem glitchy when it wasn’t at all. In addition, I was somewhat irked by the “hm, what do I do here?” line in the black bar tips, over and over again. My final review will stand at 4 stars. I still felt it was a terrific game. ### 3/5 — Needs a Faster Refresh Rate *2018-01-19, version 1.0.1* Please rev up the refresh speed to 5 seconds, as other developers are doing. Also, when tapping on the screen, the text at the top is meant for Very slow readers! Very time-consuming! Otherwise, I enjoyed the HOPs and most puzzles! ### 2/5 — Not my cup of tea.. *2018-01-19, version 1.0.1* Graphics are so-so and game play is elementary. Deleted after playing 5 minutes of demo. ### 5/5 — Original and compelling *2018-01-18, version 1.0.1* A plot you haven’t seen before, widely varied minigames, great visuals, and a happy ending. More, please. ### 2/5 — Not up to par *2018-01-18, version 1.0.1* I love Mad Head games, and will buy anything that they put out. However, I find myself very disappointed in this game. The storyline is kind of uninteresting because they give very little backstory. It’s hard to feel invested in getting to the end of the game. The text used for dialogue is very small and harder to read. Also, the items used for the hidden object games are small and harder to find than usual. The graphics aren’t as crisp as I’ve seen in other Mad Head games. Also, the game was pretty short. It seems like they needed to role out a non-PC game quickly and this was the result. I’m sorry this review is harsh but it’s because I’ve always seen such top quality games from Mad Head. ### 2/5 — Not for me *2018-01-17, version 1.0.1* I didn’t enjoy this game at all. There was a lot of guess work as to where and what to do. Though some moves were logical, many weren't. Things like "look for a gold square with a wrench on it," was just bizarre. I saw the wrench. I saw a square that was blue, trimmed with gold, and golden x's. But no gold square. Logical jump? Not really. Anyway, I didn’t like it. ### 5/5 — Dawn of hope *2018-01-17, version 1.0.1* Tolles Spiel. Alles da. Leider hat es sich im Minispiel verbotene Zone dritte Etappe aufgehängt. Nichts geht mehr. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Strange game *2019-10-10, version 1.0.1* Can’t tell you how much I hate this game. First the game play is very odd. The are no clear instructions. Like heal your father, but you have to touch everything in the scene to see if you can pick it up and use it. So then you gathered your things and try to use them and it will say you can’t do that. Spent most of my time trying to figure out what to do. There are some puzzles you can’t get out of. Have to try to finish them to move on. Thank goodness there is a guide. Then there is the rope. You’ll see her icon moving along a map path while you spot areas to go to. It goes very slowly. Oh and this rope, well it breaks all the time and you have to do puzzle to upgrade it. (That puzzle was fun though). Could not skip talking scenes a lot. Have to wait forever while they blah blah blah. Some parts couldn’t continue until they were done talking. I read fast and this was very annoying. There is a map sort of. Doesn’t really help at all. Had to use hint constantly. The collectible fairy and the morphing objects could not save this game for me. Sorry I paid full price for it. Not even half way through and I’m done. Pitch! ### 1/5 — Won’t play *2018-12-15, version 1.0.1* I downloaded this game and when I hit play nothing happened. I went into setup and tried to connect it to FB and it came up saying the game was in beta testing and I didn’t have permission to play it. 😡 ### 1/5 — More of a story game vs puzzle game *2018-11-22, version 1.0.1* Free trial too short to get feel of game. If I had played just a little longer, I wouldn’t have purchased. Very linear. More like a directed story telling than a puzzle game. With better storytelling this might have worked for me, but I didn’t feel invested. Uncovering the artifacts was clever, but I didn’t really feel invested in saving Father. Graphics were good. Voice acting passable. Actions reasonable. ### 1/5 — Not great *2018-10-01, version 1.0.1* Not a great game, but I paid for it so will finish it. ### 1/5 — Very poor *2018-01-29, version 1.0.1* Rather than a game it seems to be more like a book. Firstly why is there still sound coming from the game when I had turned off all sound in the game. Then there is the hint button that I used in a mini puzzle and all that came up was the wording nothing to do there. Of course there was it was a mini puzzle. The map could be better and accessed from the screen immediately and not have to go through a menu. All in all not a game that would be worth paying the full amount for, luckily I bought at the reduced price. ### 1/5 — Too glitchy *2018-01-20, version 1.0.1* I can’t give it a proper review till they patch it up a bit. Waaay too glitchy. Played a hidden object scene and was supposed to receive the machine key but didn’t. Completely stuck. ### 1/5 — Boring *2018-01-16, version 1.0.1* A lot of story telling and not a lot of game play was annoying me from very start so deleted. Disappointing!! ### 1/5 — Yet again will not unlock *2017-12-18, version 1.0.0* Once again the game will not unlock. I have downloaded it and taken the advice from Big Fish to wait a few hours for the unlock to work - well I have waited over 24 hours and it still isn’t working. Not very good Big Fish Okay 48 hours now and still will not unlock ### 1/5 — Dawn of hope *2017-12-17, version 1.0.0* Cannot purchase. Please fix this. ### 1/5 — Cannot purchase *2017-12-16, version 1.0.0* Says fail when you try to purchase 😞 ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Big fish *2020-07-26, version 1.0.1* I love it ### 5/5 — Yes!!! *2019-09-17, version 1.0.1* Gorgeous scenes and graphics. Compelling story. Really impressed. ### 5/5 — Loved it!!! *2019-02-22, version 1.0.1* Great story. Awesome characters and no trouble with any glitches or anything. The bonus chapter ending was great too ❤️ ### 5/5 — Sue *2018-03-18, version 1.0.1* Will not work properly........ I have paid good money for this game and it won’t work total waste of good money not happy ### 5/5 — Voltige urbaine *2018-03-08, version 1.0.1* Très très bon jeu, je le recommande à tous, vraiment différent des autres et une bonne histoire qui se tient et nous ressemble aujourd’hui avec la destruction de la planète 🌏 petit à petit vraiment félicitations à toute l’équipe, bravo 👍 ### 5/5 — Best big fish game yet!!! *2018-03-01, version 1.0.1* Loved it, very different and need more like this... great puzzles and graphics... loved the story line ### 5/5 — Awesome. Make more! *2018-01-30, version 1.0.1* This game is so awesome. If I could, I’d give it two million and thirty, forty thousand six hundred and eight stars. Epix and Mad Cap Gamrs, please, please, please, please, PLEASE make more of these. These are so good in story, graphics and music (the soundtrack is so epic!). ### 5/5 — Good value *2018-01-27, version 1.0.1* Enjoying the graphics, the puzzles, the music. It's a little different which is a nice change. ### 5/5 — Very different *2018-01-26, version 1.0.1* Different concept for hidden object. Very smart. ### 5/5 — One of the best *2018-01-24, version 1.0.1* This is a great game! I loved the story. It was very interesting and I love happy endings! It also had a lot of fun extras. --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-07-18.*