Rope Rescue

by Untame Games

Product Details

• ASIN: B0089ZM1GY
• Original Release Date: June 8, 2012
• Date first available at Amazon.com: August 13, 2012
Rated: All Ages This app may include dynamic content. What's this?

All Ages

Based on information provided by the developer, the content of this application is appropriate for all users and contains no objectionable content or advertisements.




Guidance Suggested

Based on information provided by the developer, the content of this application is appropriate for most users. The app may include account creation, location detection, user generated content, advertisements, infrequent or mild references to violence, profanity, or crude themes, or other content not suitable for all ages.







Mature

Based on information provided by the developer, the content of this application is only appropriate for mature users. The app may include account creation, location detection, user generated content, advertisements, explicit references to or images of drugs, alcohol, tobacco, graphic violence, profanity, or crude humor, mild sexual and suggestive themes, nudity within medical, informational, or artistic contexts, simulated gambling, or other content only suitable for mature audiences.







Adult

Based on information provided by the developer, the content of this application is only appropriate for adults. The app may include account creation, location detection, user generated content, advertisements, explicit references to or images of drugs, alcohol, tobacco, graphic violence, profanity, or crude humor, sexual and suggestive themes, nudity, simulated gambling, or other content only suitable for adult audiences.



This application contains content that is downloading real-time, based on inputs from the user or developer. The maturity rating associated with this application pertains only to the static elements of the application and does not cover any dynamic information (e.g. websites, friend postings, tweets). Dynamic content is defined as any content that may change within the application. Content can include animations, video or audio.
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (576 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #7,040 Paid in Appstore for Android (See Top 100 Paid in Appstore for Android)

Product Features

• Puzzling levels will keep you wrapped up for hours.
• Addictive gameplay with multiple solutions for each level will have you playing for hours.
• Avoid flying knives, fire cannons and of course the evil bats.
• Collect or purchase butterflies to unlock later levels or provide hints to help you on your adventure.
• Visit the bird sanctuary to see the cute baby birds you have rescued.

Technical Details

• Size: 11.3MB
• Version: 1.24
• Developed By: Untame Games
• Application Permissions: (Help me understand what permissions mean)
  • Open network sockets
  • Write to external storage
  • PowerManager WakeLocks to keep processor from sleeping or screen from dimming
• Minimum Operating System: Android 2.2
• Approximate Download Time: Less than 90 seconds

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

63 of 72 people found the following review helpful

1.0 out of 5 stars Play a perfect game without using any hints, or else you must pay cash to play the final levels July 5, 2012

By Troy Packrat TOP 1000 REVIEWER

Amazon Verified Purchase

In Rope Rescue, you have to save your fellow birds by dragging a rope around a number of pulleys, avoiding knives, fire and other obstacles, and connecting to a hook on a cage. The shorter the length of rope, the more points and the more feathers you are awarded. Occasionally, you'll have the opportunity to release a butterfly. These are used to unlock a level or obtain a hint or extra time. You can also get a butterfly for every 25 feathers, or buy them with real money using In-App Purchasing.

Originally I wasn't going to dock this game because the IAP didn't appear to be too necessary, but then I did some counting. You can only obtain a maximum of 30 butterflies in the game: 3 you start with, 10 if you get at least 250 of the 252 available feathers, and 17 if you can release all the butterflies in each level. It takes 30 butterflies to unlock the Infinity Hall world, which means you have to complete nearly every single level with a perfect score AND you cannot use any butterflies anywhere else in the game, otherwise, you'll only be able to play the final level by paying cash for it.

[EDIT: My bad, there are 31 butterflies available in the game, I missed one while counting the releasable butterflies (18, not 17). But this still is an awfully slim margin, you either can use one hint and then have to complete nearly every level with a perfect score, or you can play without hints and can afford to miss an average of just 4-1/2 feathers per world. Use two hints and you will HAVE to pay if you want to unlock the final world.]

I feel this takes the app out of the realm of acceptable IAP and drops it squarely into evil. At $2.99, the app is already pushing the boundaries of price, adding a virtually required IAP is just a slap in the face to the consumer.

27 of 31 people found the following review helpful

1.0 out of 5 stars Fun game but devious. Buyer beware! July 5, 2012

By Sam98

Amazon Verified Purchase

First the Good. It is fun and challenging, the graphics are nice as is the music and it works well on my Fire. The concept is simple. Rescue the baby birds from their cages by winding a rope around gears while avoiding obstacles. You can earn up to three feathers in each level and 3 butterflies in each world. There are six worlds to earn these in and the last will cost you 30 butterflies to unlock.

The Bad. I don't like IAP but am willing to deal with it if it is a really great game AND there is a fair chance of winning the game without it. This game doesn't fit that bill. While I suppose it is technically possible to play through without purchasing more butterflies, it is only possible to earn 31 in the whole game, giving you one hint OR one miss. Some of the levels are very difficult and if you resort to using hints you lose some of your butterflies meaning you can't finish without paying cash for more. It is also glitchy where you can't move your bird, it's just stuck, using up your time and losing points. The instructions are also very poor.

The Ugly. This is where the deviousness comes in. Nowhere does it tell you that you can only collect 31 butterflies. It frequently tells you to use your hints. Nowhere does it tell you that if you use hints you can't finish the game, unless you pay cash for more. I was stuck on a level and, knowing I won't be able to finish the game anyway, decided to use a hint. Clicked the button, nothing. Clicked again, nothing. Lost four butterflies and never got the hint.

I haven't been able to find anywhere for an IAP for more butterflies. So I suspect when I get to the end and can't finish, because I don't have enough butterflies, then they will hit me with it. To those of you saying you can play without paying, I would like to hear from you when you actually finish all seven levels. It will be interesting to see just how many can, if any. I think those saying it's a "great game", "easy", "aren't the hints great", will be in for a big surprise at the end. Or they're friends of the devs.

To those who are protesting IAP on principle, well I don't usually agree with you, but in this case I hope the devs are listening.

I won't be buying any more apps from this dev and would have been mighty pissed off if I had paid $2.99 for it.

11 of 13 people found the following review helpful

1.0 out of 5 stars Veto July 5, 2012

By Jon

having to pay for an app that you then have (or virtually have to) to purchase more required items to solve is not acceptable. Stop keying them get away with this people, it's greedy and not acceptable.