It’s interesting to me that there is no llama-catching or any such equivalent in this game. For example, towards the end of the temple biome, you might see a single balloon way off on the horizon. I love that the biomes bleed together a little bit. The little birds of paradise are delightful. Chasms are so much more varied than they were in Adventure, which is a lot of fun. My play style is to flip as often as possible, and Alto just wasn’t cutting it for me. Unlocking Maya is where the game really became fun for me. On Upgrade last week, Jason Snell said that this is what a AAA iOS game looks like, and Myke Hurley called it the best iOS game ever made. And it’s also a lot harder, which is what I want in a sequel (I’ve earned every achievement in Adventure). It takes an already stunning game and introduces new elements at every turn. So all told, Alto’s Odyssey is the same Alto we know and love, but better than ever. I can’t wait to string together ridiculous combos with balloons. I love that Odyssey did this – instead of giving me everything at once, they tease a new element, but it’s not quite in reach just yet. But that will all change when I unlock the wingsuit. The problem with balloons right now is most of the time they’re too high to bounce on. However, I haven’t yet fully explored that of the first biome: balloons. These not only make the biomes unique from each other, but it makes each one unique from Adventure.Ĭurrently, wall riding is my favorite new element. But it only got better from there.Īs I entered the third and final biome, there something else new: water! It was at this point that I realized every biome of the game had a new element. They had innovated, and they had given me a new behavior to learn about and master. To me, this one new feature was enough to make this whole game worthwhile. It’s a new trick, a new obstacle, and a new paradigm to master. This is where we’re introduced to the concept of wall riding. I first realized this when I reached the second “biome” of the game. I couldn’t have been more wrong.Īlto’s Odyssey takes everything I loved about Alto’s Adventure and adds so much more to it. Which was… okay… but I was a little disappointed. 
When I first downloaded Alto’s Odyssey – the newly available sequel – I thought it was going to basically be the same game, but with new challenges.
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