Subway Surfers City

It's basically just premium Subway Surfers, everything you love about Subway Surfers but dialed in. There's a sizable selection of characters to choose from, but it's not overwhelming (I also adore the art style change, the characters are so much more expressive, they have so much more personality, it's very sleek and sharp) I like that the location is the same too, it's not constantly changing, it's consistent, I like that, and I love all the new things added to the gameplay, like floorboards you can smash or train cars you can bounce on, or changes to the environment (like the floor being removed or train cars being placed) it keeps you on your toes. The graphics are really the only thing I have a problem with because, they're too high quality, they're absolutely stunning, but because they're so high quality, it's too much for my phone to handle and it very quickly overheats when I play for longer than 5 minutes, even when I lower the graphics quality to the lowest setting, all that does is slightly pixelate everything and screw up the frame rate, which is kind of a problem when you have a game that requires accuracy and quick timing. But that complaint aside, I adore this version of Subway Surfers (I really wanna unlock Spike, Spike is my favorite and I'm in love with his redesign 🎸) keep up the good work! (Edit, I got Spike 😁 I fried my phone battery, bought the Surfer's Pass and spent hours grinding on the trials and it was worth it 🤘🏻)

To summarize, subway surfers city is like a fresh modern visual and audio revamp while retaining the core fundamentals of what made the game classic and fun since back in the day, while adding new locations and mechanics like board tokens, the new bubble power, slamming down for coin piles or bouncing across terrain when presented and a better revive mechanic. The surfers having different powers that makes picking them feel more impactful to curate to your style of gameplay. And it genuinely feels like they put their all into this game which is rare to say in this day and age with 90$ Nintendo slop, Im a harsh critic but even I must admit this game to me stands firm at a 9.8 out of 10, to its stunning visuals to the better quality of control’s and the more complex terrain design while blending in OG terrain generation which effectively rewarding players for having ball knowledge and skill. And mastering the learning curve of staying at top speed. This game is truly a modern inspiration of what a real game should achieve. 🏆

I found Subway Surfers City after logging back in to the original — Subway Surfers. That original game was littered with forced advertisements, way too many events going on, and an overall crowded user interface. I’m happy to say that Subway Surfers City is, overall, a great improvement and updated version of that classic to mobile gaming. The art style pays homage while making it look sleeker at the same time! There are some new fun mechanics, unlocking new areas to run through is fun, and the city tour mode is decent! What really holds this back from being a modern day classic, are the ads. Obviously, no one loves ads but for a free-to-play game there needs to be some way to make money back. I can understand that through the option of paying for in-game currency, and maybe some other cosmetics, but overall paying for something in a game has always thrown me off. Especially with the season pass system. Thankfully, most characters and boards can be unlocked through time playing. It just becomes hard to strongly recommend the game when after every few runs you have to sit through a forced ad. Watching one for an extra life, for special loot, that’s fine. But the more ads feel forced down your throat (same with the “deals” to buy more in-game content) the less fun coming back to play feels. I also would love it if the main interface when you log into the game were cleaner, less messy with all of these buttons. Let the ambiance of the characters skating in the city take center stage rather than all of these pop-ups crowding the screen just like now in the original game.