A running game's success is in its fluidity and ability to keep us involved, despite running the same path over and over again.
Despicable Me: Minion Rush does exactly that with a lot of giggles and gibberish in between everything. Developed by Gameloft and hitting over 10 million downloads, especially after the film Despicable Me 2 was released last weekend, these yellow cuties are clearly gaining momentum by moving from the cinemas and onto our smartphones.
Your minion will have to run through Gru's lab _ dodging over pipes or rolling under electric circuits like any running game would require, but what's amusing is the fact that you are collecting bananas, rather than coins or precious stones. Should that get mundane, you can also run in a tree-filled neighbourhood instead, if Vector and Meena don't show up to get rid of you with their one-eyed robots first!
It's simple in the sense that you only need finger swipes to alternate between the three lanes, while other specific times such as rolling down a tube require only tilting motions. Great news for the non-multitaskers!
You'll feel really deviously gratified being able to slam into other minions and pictures of your friends, but the insanely satisfying minion moments must be collecting hordes of bananas while riding a unicorn, or when you've blown up into a giant minion and can step on other minions' heads easily.
Obnoxious sound effects? Hardly. In fact, the well-animated minions are always a riot and it's a delight to laugh along with them while they commit despicably mischievous acts. We'll keep our fingers crossed for a new power-up in the future that will transform them into zany purple hairballs like the ones on the silver screen!
Despicable Me: Minion Rush is available for free both in the iOS and Android app stores.
By Parisa Pichitmarn
Bangkok Post
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