Offroad Unchained

App Store Editors’ Notes

SO FAR SO GOOD!!!!

Ignore the idiot comments especially the baby complaining about the agreeing to being 16 years old to continue playing. First off all kids will ignore it either way just like the websites that ask if you’re 18+ to enter. None the less the fact that kids are playing games like Fortnite and Rocket League with extremely toxic players as is. Ultimately the people who make games bad for kids is other kids considering they’re usually the ones who are toxic. That was one of dumbest comments I’ve ever seen because the game is pretty good and definitely takes a couple matches to get used too. The biggest plus is there isn’t ads I’ve seen but I’m still fairly new but I doubt I’ll come across them if I haven’t yet. Even if there is, at least they don’t force ads on you like others after every race.

Potential for an arcade style mobile rally game, but please add horizontal play

I have always been semi-interested in Dirtbike Unchained, but as a rally racer fan when I saw Offroad Unchained in the App Store, I had to immediately try it! It plays very well in vertical mode on the iPhone, but I really wish there was a horizontal option for playing dirt bike unchained and offroad unchained on devices as well. Vertical play works well on a phone, but most everyone I know prefers horizontal play on a tablet or iPad. Mobile games like sonic racing have options to set the menus and gameplay in horizontal mode, and even Mario kart tour let’s you race in horizontal mode by marking a setting in your menu and then tilting the screen horizontal once the race begins. This is the reason I never played dirt bike unchained on my iPad, and may have to pass on Offroad (for iPad, at least). Offroad Unchained has gorgeous graphics and a nice variety of offroad tracks, and the simple one finger controls work very well. The simplistic driving of dirt bike unchained is here, but I feel like you get a little more control to steer left and right and dodge objects on the track or pick up nitro fuel, which is a welcome addition. I do fear that the upgrade system and limited racing fuel will prioritize spending in the game, but I haven’t gotten that far to find out yet. For now it’s a fun pocket rally racer that’s not bloated and complicated like other simulator rally games, but far more pick up and play fun like Mario Kart, and that’s not a bad thing for a mobile game. ***For what it’s worth, I have edited this review twice in the App Store, and both times have gotten a timely response back from the developers saying they will look into the suggestions I made. That right there is worth something. Thanks!

ExciteTruck for iPhone

ExciteTruck is one of the greatest games I have ever played. This game is really similar and exhibits the same sort of physics from Excite truck. I really appreciate this one. Great job. /*UPDATE*/ After spending more time with the game I wanted to add that I really appreciate the quickness of the race experience. I have noticed one can pick this up and get a quick race in just about anytime/anywhere. A lot of other racing games require too much of a learning curve or too much time just to get to the point you’re racing. While others are messing with having way too many settings I am slamming down 3 star landings and drifting past my opponents while grabbing a bottle of “juice”. Still loving it!!!

Starts out good then drops like a rock

Been playing this for a while now. At first all was well. I even got the pro monthly subscription for the extra chests. (I know - stupid me) Once you progress just a little more and start learning more of the ins and outs, this game goes all BOT and you just won’t win without paying bigger bucks. This game has all the potential in the world making you race more to achieve more, but over time you will notice that nitro that you didn’t get from being on the wrong side of the track, your competitors get from the same side as you. (Bots again) Great game if you don’t mind eventually being last every single race. Eventually, that’s what happens and you have no more coin, no more gold, and no more wins. Without wins you get no upgrades, gold, or cash. Catch 22. Basically, just play this one until you find a better one. Better yet, might be a better idea to just skip this option and move to another. IMO

Good racing mechanics but a grindfest

Matchmaking in this game is awful. Plenty of people online yet the game is unable to pair me against any real players 95% of the time. You simply race against boys that pretend to be real players again and again. The racing is this game is very good. It’s all controlled with one finger. The problem is the game rewards the player for grinding, not for racing well. League winners are determined by whoever grinds the most, not win %. The team system is similar, rewarding players for grinding all the time instead of winning races. The team system is amazingly dull and grindy. All sorts of boring objectives like racing slow cars that don’t give a lot of points to getting nitros and taking turns. Here’s a simple alternative to all of this: reward the player for racing well. Give us regular events like weekly and daily PVP tournaments and mini-cups against people at a similar reputation level. Give us time trials against similar opponents. This game is technically F2P but the drops are so sparse that it will take you at least 6 months of incessant grinding to unlock good cars. The game will drop 1/40th of a car maybe 10% of the time after you win 6 or 7 races. So getting new cars will take months. The daily missions are sparse and also not intelligently designed. Raw race you compete against people who have cars and upgrades so far ahead you that you have no realistic chance of winning. Daily car hunt is the only reliable way to get blueprints of cars but it’s super slow and takes months of grinding to get anything. Gold drops in this game are pitiful. You might get 1 gold after winning 7 races and to get 1/40 of a car blueprint would cost you 100 gold. Magic the gathering arena has a much more interesting model that keeps players engaged. Give us daily and weekly events that we can buy or earn entry tickets into. Reward people for winning, not paying you money or grinding. This game is very P2W.

Slick with some minor glitches

I downloaded this one a little while ago. Right away you’re greeted to a nice rocking soundtrack laying out some nice riffs. Nice UI too! The racing itself is smooth and surprisingly easy to control; it’s clearly adapted to touchscreen. I happened to play a race where another player’s car started right on top of mine (weird) and I’ve seem some other strange collision glitches but nothing truly bothersome, mostly just hilarious. You can tell it was made with love and it has its charm. Worth a download if you ask me!

Theft?

Probably gonna sue the developer, I keep playing the game but a free game should be free and I get that they are made free by watching ads, but where that crosses a line is watching an ad to continue play vs watching an ad in exchange for things, so I keep selecting to watch an ad to gain fuel , or coins or some cash. When the ads ends it closes the game restarts and I am robbed of the reward. Now it’s not my service as I am in Wi-Fi and my connection is good as I can play the game for an hour uninterrupted. Only when I watch the ad and it closes and no reward is given so I have an issue. At face value it seems innocent but if I walk into a store and remove something without paying it’s considered theft. Theft is also relevant to being promised a reward for participating and none given , could also be considered a form of fraud! We all know coffee is hot but it still won liebeck 162,000 in reimbursements and 2.7 million is damaged

Meh

Decent game. Quick rounds with ALOT of upgrades. And you win more upgrades and parts for vehicles you don’t even own yet. Can only race 4 races with a vehicle before your gas runs out. Yes you can watch ads but this game is a pay to win or a straight grind. The #1 thing that upset me is, in a race you can be first place up 2 seconds on 2nd place and then lag and they’re passing you in a corner drifter going faster. I have led sooo many races and at 95% with the course. They come around last corner with lightning speeds and pass me and being a newb. You get no points for 2nd and loose trophies for placing 3rd. This is a cash cow game. Not hella ads but a huge grind