Pros: Run Roo Run is an inventive little platformer with a whole lot of spirit. Its control scheme is decisively minimal: tap to get you kangaroo avatar moving, then tap whenever you'd like to jump. This passivity might be a turn off for hardcore platformer players, but the simple control scheme really allows the level design and the varied mechanics of each world to shine through. Run Roo Run moves rather quickly, but there are enough worlds (along with more difficult "Extreme" levels) to keep players involved and hoping along. I also was very fond of the soundtrack--it fits the fiction perfectly, and echoed the meticulous attention to music pairing that you'd find in LittleBigPlanet.

Cons: Aside from the casual nature of this title, my main problem comes with the resets. After playing hours of Super Meat Boy, I've come to expect identical conditions on a level after I suffer a lost life. However, while Roo offers a reset button, the default reset after dying leaves the level in its current state (aside from the position of your avatar) instead of resetting all of the game objects. This proves problematic in some of the later puzzles where timing is absolutely key, and gets a bit frustrating when you realize that you have caught yourself in an impossible start loop due to an initial failure. Again, this can be eliminated with a quick button press, but I would have liked to have seen it as the default behavior.

Pros: Run Roo Run is an inventive little platformer with a whole lot of spirit. Its control scheme is decisively minimal: tap to get you kangaroo avatar moving, then tap whenever you'd like to jump. This passivity might be a turn off for hardcore platformer players, but the simple control scheme really allows the level design and the varied mechanics of each world to shine through. Run Roo Run moves rather quickly, but there are enough worlds (along with more difficult "Extreme" levels) to keep players involved and hoping along. I also was very fond of the soundtrack--it fits the fiction perfectly, and echoed the meticulous attention to music pairing that you'd find in LittleBigPlanet.

Cons: Aside from the casual nature of this title, my main problem comes with the resets. After playing hours of Super Meat Boy, I've come to expect identical conditions on a level after I suffer a lost life. However, while Roo offers a reset button, the default reset after dying leaves the level in its current state (aside from the position of your avatar) instead of resetting all of the game objects. This proves problematic in some of the later puzzles where timing is absolutely key, and gets a bit frustrating when you realize that you have caught yourself in an impossible start loop due to an initial failure. Again, this can be eliminated with a quick button press, but I would have liked to have seen it as the default behavior.

Pros: Run Roo Run is a cute little game with great music and sound effects. I think for the right audience this is an awesome game, so if you're into super casual games or are a fan of the more kiddy-themed games (e.g. Scribblenauts, also from 5th Cell), Run Roo Run is your ticket. This game's got a ton of value, with 20 chapters (each with 15 levels and 6 bonus levels)! Plus you can download free weekly chapters on top of that. For $1.99 on the iPad, it's kind of a steal. Run Roo Run wasn't my jam, but it could be yours. The music and graphics definitely make you feel like a kid again, and the game brings you back to a time when things were more simple. It's one of those games you can play after school while drinking a juice box and waiting for your mom to pick you up :)

Cons: Run Roo Run just wasn't my thing. I played the whole game through, and each level was just too easy (excluding the Extreme levels). Moreover, all of the levels seemed like pretty much the same thing over and over again. After a while you'll start to lose patience with the game, as there's little variety or challenge. Prolonged periods of playing the game can really start to numb your senses ... and put you to sleep. It's a cute game, sure, but Run Roo Run just didn't hold my attention.

Pros: Run Roo Run is a cute little game with great music and sound effects. I think for the right audience this is an awesome game, so if you're into super casual games or are a fan of the more kiddy-themed games (e.g. Scribblenauts, also from 5th Cell), Run Roo Run is your ticket.

This game's got a ton of value, with 20 chapters (each with 15 levels and 6 bonus levels)! Plus you can download free weekly chapters on top of that. For $1.99 on the iPad, it's kind of a steal.

Run Roo Run wasn't my jam, but it could be yours. The music and graphics definitely make you feel like a kid again, and the game brings you back to a time when things were more simple. It's one of those games you can play after school while drinking a juice box and waiting for your mom to pick you up :)

Cons: Run Roo Run just wasn't my thing. I played the whole game through, and each level was just too easy (excluding the Extreme levels). Moreover, all of the levels seemed like pretty much the same thing over and over again. After a while you'll start to lose patience with the game, as there's little variety or challenge. Prolonged periods of playing the game can really start to numb your senses ... and put you to sleep.

It's a cute game, sure, but Run Roo Run just didn't hold my attention.