Without doubt its simplicity works in its favor, as the quest for a high score needs little further encouragement. Some endless runners can become repetitive, yet Alto’s Adventure remains as addictive as Pringles. I won’t spoil it for you if you haven’t heard, but there are other characters in Alto’s Adventure that each has their own strengths and weaknesses. It also translates to faster level gains, which means unlocking other characters – that’s right, Alto doesn’t go on his adventure entirely alone. High scores equal more coins, which equals buying power in the store. If you want high scores, pulling off tricks to gain speed is critical to cross those larger chasms. Landing tricks grant a speed boost, and speed boosts let you burst through boulders instead or jump further than normal. Players tap to jump over obstacles, hop on a grind line or off a rock, or backflip over a chasm. Thankfully, Alto’s Adventure’s 60 levels are made treacherous by yawning chasms, protruding rocks, and angry elders that will hop on their own llamas and hunt down whippersnapper snowboarders like Alto. However, this wouldn’t be much of an adventure if it was all shiny Unity visuals and no challenge. As you shush down the slopes, the environment and weather change dynamically - the sun sets, lightning strikes, and rainbows arch over the hills in the distance. Levels are randomly generated, but all share the weight and details of the passage of time. The minimalist Patagonian-Alpine landscape gives the impression of a broader world beyond the endless mountains Alto traverses. Having chased my own llamas down a myriad of frosted cliff-faces, it’s easy to explain why this endless snowboarding odyssey lives up to its hype.įirst, the visuals are quietly beautiful. Since then, Alto the shepherd’s llamas have run loose on over a million Android devices. Snowman’s hit endless runner Alto’s Adventure finally made its way onto Android in February.

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