Game info

• Title Temple Run: Legends
• Developer Imangi Studios
• Publisher Imangi Studios
• Year 2024
• Platform iPad
• Genre Action

Are you brave enough to explore haunted Aperion? Run, swim and hop on crocodile heads while crossing rivers to achieve a 3-star rating on hundreds of levels. Explore and conquer unique maps and learn the secrets of the world of Aperion. Experience the different climates, inhabitants and challenges of this new land as you run from level to level with a wide cast of characters!

Player Select

I love, love, loved the original couple of Temple Run games. Endless runners, they involved you swiping and jumping and collecting coins and unlocking objectives and seeing just how far you could get in one go. Then a new version came out that tried to capitalise on the trend for match three games and it was so unlike anything before, it sort of soured the experience for me. This, though, is a return to form to a point. It was free to play on Apple Arcade, so didn’t need any additional investment, but was it worth it?

It’s in the Game

I’m glad to say that the temple runners are back to doing what they do best - running and swiping to avoid obstacles. It’s slightly different to the original games, in that there are set levels with three objectives each that you have to try and achieve. You work your way through the levels, rather than just playing for as long as you can in one go… either until your character died, or your bus arrived.

The fundamentals are the same, easy gameplay, easy to pick up and learn, but you can tell it’s gradually going to get more and more complicated. I’m only a few levels in and already there has been swiping to climb up walls or diving to swim underwater. I’m not sure those additions really do it for me, but they do add to the world that’s trying to be built, so no major complaints. There are more characters to learn about and different abilities to try, and plenty to unlock and explore.

Thoughts

Overall, this is a fun game, and like I said, better than the previous one… but not quite living up to the delights of the originals. Thankfully, I’ve noticed that Temple Run, the very first game, is available on Apple Arcade as well, so might just have to check that out again to remember what the real joy of running through those temples is all about.

Rating: 4 / 5