Fri Dec 19 2025
Bug fixes and performance improvements.
A few weeks ago I was talking to a buddy of mine and his grandson was playing “Helicopter Escape”. He was really getting into it so I looked over his shoulder to see what was so interesting. Ok let me say I’m 52 years old and I have been a avid gamer since the 70’s when the “Pong” console game came out, yes it was black and white😆! I have enjoyed every game system since but I seem to get bored with them pretty easy but ever since I have loaded this game I have been HOOKED HARDCORE! It’s just pure entertainment for me and I can’t get enough of it in fact I have the first version too and it’s a blast! I have been playing many of the developers “SayGames LTD” games and really dig their gaming vision. I just completed level 700 (not including all the bonus levels) and I haven’t lost interest yet! So if you want a extremely fun game that’s a fast paced multilevel shooter that’s fully customizable this is it! My only criticism is that it’s way too many “Ads”! I would really like to be able to eliminate “Ads”. So load this game and see if you can reach level 700 or better 😆, you’ll enjoy every minute of game play!
This game is great to play but starts to repeat itself if you play long enough. I have been playing every day for months and while it is fun it’s basically the same levels and same bosses with each “new” level. It plateaus in difficulty and becomes fairly easy once you get the higher end tactical shotguns. I think it’s funny because they don’t seem to have any plan to make levels harder once you get around 15 hundred under your belt. Seems as though it’s just repeat what basically amounts to the same levels. Don’t get me wrong I love knowing what to expect but a challenge would be nice. The thing is, I have fought the same big monsters all at least 3 times over and can knock out the bosses that chase you in about 10 seconds. Just decrease the damage the guns do as you upgrade. I will continue to enjoy playing and like the chance to get new costumes in events.
I’ve been playing this game for a while. With one of the updates, it won’t allow you to play the main game. It gets stuck in your armory and you can’t get out. You have to close the game It’s a good game to pass the time any purchase you make disable the ads so it’s livable. The problem comes in when they update the game. None of the weapons that I previously purchased are usable in the main part of the game, they are only usable on the games where you can earn gears. I even tried buying another weapon with the endgame dollars and it still won’t let me use that weapon the only way to fix it is to delete it and re-download it but then I lose all of my purchases, this is not the only device I have this game installed on. I have it installed on two other devices one device I’ve spent at least $100 on upgrades and it all went away when the game updated play this game if you like but don’t buy anything because you won’t have it long. Will probably only last until the next update. Also, I wrote to their app support and never received an answer so they get a bad review.
The ads are a little excessive, especially for some rounds that are very short but the game was still really fun and something you could get a quick round in. Guns selection is great and the outfits are ok(there’s a lot of really dumb ones that look to be afterthoughts to fill in). There needs to be way more helicopters though, there’s a bunch of cool ones but you pretty much get all the choppers early. There’s so many more cool themes you could put on there. But the biggest issue is the new update. IT IS TERRIBLE. It was already challenging to use your thumb on the screen to move the crosshairs around because you could cover up part of the screen and those little guys could sneak in. But now with no crosshairs and no auto fire it’s no longer fun, there’s too many bad guys chasing to keep up with no auto fire. I actually don’t mind it for the houses when you circle around but in the levels where the target is being chased it’s way too much tapping of the screen, it’s just annoying now. Unless that’s fixed I can’t recommend the game and will probably delete it.
I’ve been with this game for a while now and have well ober $500k, and around 4600 bears in the bank. I love the recent weapon upgrades, and believe me, I have all of them. There was one I purchased several weeks ago, a ten shot weapon, that has yet ro show up in my armory. That is my only complaint. The new upgrade with multiple running rescues is a nice surprise, well done with that. A thought or two about targets and scoring: Include satellite dishes, money, gold, in the mix. The dishes are especially hard to nail and not all weapons have the ability to take them out. Timing is also critical in taking out the dishes on the buildings as the target window is very narrow. Thanks for such a great game. The weapon upgrades are great as are the new field upgrades. Think about the satellite dishes as point earning targets, they are challenging.
The ads game itself is a very fun ads time killer, and I enjoy the ads weapon variety ads as well as the different ads bosses. But, even ads after you buy ads something to remove the ads, you didn’t remove anything ads. Want to pick up that new ads helmet you earned? Ad. Want to pick the ads extra cash ads up so you aren’t spending ads 2 years to buy one new weapon? Ad. The game asks you if you want ads to try out a new and exotic weapon? Oh yeah, that ad is coming. Ads, ads, and more ads, as far as the ads eye can see. If you could exit out of them after a few seconds, I’d give this game 5 stars. But, as it is, even after you pay to remove them, you get maybe 1 minute of gameplay and 2 minutes of ads. And yes, I inserted “ads” throughout this review that a developer might read it and see how it feels. I’m going to shove a sharpened pencil up my nose and headbutt my desk if I have to see one more unskippable Gardenscapes ad.
I’ll start by saying I’m 58 and I really enjoy playing this game. It’s a great time killer. Easy to learn, intuitive controls and fun characters. However, DO NOT waste your money buying shields. I have purchased 30 shields for $2.99 twice now. The first time I was surprised they were used up so quickly. I’m not the best player I’m sure, but I don’t mess up very often. I have paid very close attention with the second purchase. Last night I went to bed owning close to 30 shields and today opened the game to find 16 shields. As I played tonight I noticed the game using shields when there was no enemy touching me and at times using 2 shields when 1 bullet came at me. $2.99 isn’t a lot of money, but I hate being robbed. So no more shields, or any other purchases, from me. Hopefully the developers actually read this and fix the error or correct a deliberate flaw whichever the case may be. I would gladly buy other things or more shields if the game was honest.
After the initial 3 rounds. I’m unable to click to continue. I thought it was that it needed an update and it did. So I updated it. But that did not fix this issue. The game is so much fun that I bought the ad free version after the first two rounds. But now, having spent a couple bucks, I’m unable to play the game. I’ve uninstalled the game and reinstalled it. I’ve closed the app and opened it back up. I’ve done all that I know to do. I can access my resources so I know it’s not my iPad. I can also click on the monster that says you have to defeat 15 rounds to get to him. Why isn’t the game letting me move forward to round 4? If this were not an issue, it would be a 5 star rating from me. Because other than not being able to play, it’s one of the most fun games I’ve ever played on the iPad. Please fix this bug. Or tell me what I’m doing wrong. Thanks much.
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