Game: Mega Jump 2

A lot has certainly happened in the world of mobile gaming since Get Set Games' original Mega Jump was first released on the App Store in 2010. These days, smartphone and tablet gamers have come to expect things like console-quality graphics, the option for cross-platform play, and of course, a free-to-play model that's both fair and noninvasive. So can a purely simplistic endless jumping game still manage to take a firm hold today in 2014 as it did in the early days of the App Store? Well in the case of Mega Jump 2, I'll let my lack of sleep due to playing this game answer that for me: why yes it can, and yes it does.The gameplay of Mega Jump 2 is built on an interweaving system of jumping and falling, and the mid-game switches between the two are so seamless that you might not even realize it at first. For the majority of each game, you'll be on the offensive, so to speak: maneuvering your way side to side into gems and coins to keep your upward momentum going strong. But then you'll hit a stretch of sky where the items are scarce, and the appearance of breakable platforms quickly slows down the action to a careful and precise Doodle Jump experience. And then it's one more power-up and before you know it, you're skyrocketing through the clouds without a care once again."I encountered three different environments throughout my time with the game, although there doesn't seem to be any rhyme or reason as to when one background switches over to another: jungle, beach, and a rocky canyon. In addition to these, every environment is filled with all sorts of fun hazards and gameplay mechanics, from baddies that you'll need to bop on the head, to trickster coins that jump out of the way just as you're about to nab them, to even a ball-and-chain that serves to seriously put a damper on your jumping potential. Don't worry though: you'll have plenty of awesome power-ups to breeze by these obstacles in a jiffy, like my personal favorite, Mega Mode, which makes your monster grow to fill up the majority of the screen and completely wipe out anything and everything that's floating above him!