Featured Android Game Review: Jetpack Jinx [Arcade & Action]

Jetpack Jinx is one of those games that will appeal to everyone of all ages since it’s not complicated. In fact, it’s very easy to play, just not easy to conquer. Jetpack Jinx was created by BubbleGum Interactive and it’s a vertical scroller. The premise is that the mischievous Jinx has crash landed on a mysterious planet and he needs to get back to his starship before his boss, Lord Shadowbot, finds out he’s gone. Your job is to keep Jinx soaring as high as you can without running out of power in his jetpack. How do you do that you ask? You collect jewels, but it’s not that easy since you have to avoid falling enemies and hazards. If you don’t collect enough gems in time, you will head right back to the bottom to start over.

Each level is based on the amount of distance you have climbed. For example, you will unlock the second level once you reach 1,000M, as in miles I assume. You can reach level three once you hit 3,000M, and so on. It’s fairly easy in the first level, but things get hard quickly. Unless you’re really good, you will have to grab power ups such as helmets or rockets with either the coins you earn in the game or with your hard earned dollars. Other than playing the game itself, you can also earn coins from rating the app in Google Play and sharing it via Facebook and Twitter. Purchasing coins isn’t too expensive, but power ups as a whole are not my cup of tea. I just like to play without getting involved with all that, but Jetpack Jinx is very hard to beat without those power ups. The good news is that most of the younger generation is used to this type of play, plus if you have kids in the house, you can set a password so that they can’t make purchases unless you approve them.

If there is an issue with this game it would be with the controls. You move Jinx by tilting your device, and I found that the sensitivity wasn’t all that great. I also found at times that I had to over tilt my Nexus 7 forward to keep him climbing. Nevertheless, everyone has a different take for things like that, so I encourage you to download Jetpack Jinx if you’re looking for something simple to play when you have some time to kill. It’s colorful, fun, and addicting. It’s Free to try so you have nothing to lose. Check out their trailer video below and hit one of the download links below to get started.

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