Crossy Road Review, Tips, Cheats & Hack for Coins

Here we go again with another reborn classic. Crossy Road is a lot like Frogger, but ends up offering so much more…and then some.

You start off the game with helping a chicken safely cross endless road. And yes, I’m fairly sure they meant for you to think of many a “why did the chicken cross the road?” jokes here, but that isn’t all there is to the game.
Crossy Road offers quite a lot for an interesting spin on a classic like Frogger, there’s great art, unlockable characters (including The Dark Lord and a Mad Wizard.), endless random generation and even the classic log jump.

The main aim of the game is to safely travel across several roads, attempting to get as far as you possibly can whilst simultaneously collecting coins that have been dropped at random on the ground. You cross a variety of different crossings such as rivers, roads, train tracks and grass, all while avoiding getting hit by cars, trucks trains and even avoiding falling in the water (which doesn’t quite make sense to me when I’m playing at the frog or duck – hello, they can swim!), you’re untimely death ends your run and you are swiftly returned to the beginning where you’re allowed to either start a new run or pick a new character that you’ve collected to run with.

You play as one of fifty three different mascots and you must tap and swipe your screen to make your mascot move from side to side and move forward. As you try to make your way on your chosen treacherous path, many obstacles will get in your way such as boulders, trees, trains, cars and rivers, any one of which can trip you up and lead to your death, if you take too long to make your mind up on which direction you want to go in, an eagle will swoop down and kidnap you, probably to feed to its hungry chicks or something, so the aim is to keep on moving.

Each square that you travel over is equal to one point so the further you’re able to travel, the higher score you’ll end up receiving. Also on your journey, you’ll see little yellow circles with the letter “C” on them; if you’re able to land on one of these you’ll gain a coin.

Crossy Road is created by Hipster Whale, how could you NOT want to play a game when the creators are Hipster Whales?! The game is currently running version 1.1.0 and requires your device to be running at least iOS version 7.0 or later. It is currently only available to play in English, but there isn’t much text in the game and the instructions are easy enough to understand without having to read, so non-speakers of English should be able to play this game fine. The game is currently available to download for free from the app store with the option to purchase further in app content. Crossy Road currently hold a five star rating on that app store so you can bet that the majority of reviews are full of praise for the game even if it is a very early version.

Within the game, if you really don’t want to save up your coins to get a surprise capsule from the capsule machine, you can go ahead and purchase the mascot of your choice from the mascot selection menu, each one cost ninety nine cents, however certain mascots are not available for purchase and must be earned through other means. Coins cannot be purchased either as of yet and can only be earned so far.

Crossy Road Hack for Coins – iOS & Android

Coins in Crossy Road can be used to purchase new mascots and other items.  The only way to actually get coins in the game is by playing.  You can also pay to unlock individual mascots in Crossy Road or you can just use the hack tool to get an unlimited amount of coins!

The Crossy Road hack is currently available for iOS devices and will be available for Android as soon as the game is released on that platform.  The Crossy Road hack is free to download and has been tested and proven to work.  It’s very easy to use and allows you to add thousands of coins directly to your account.  After you download the Crossy Road hack onto your phone or tablet, you’ll see a menu like the one pictured below.

First of all, you need to select your device type.  Since Crossy Road is currently only available on iOS, that should be the one that you choose.  Tap “Connect Device” to link the hack tool to your Crossy Road account.  Once your account is connected, type in the amount of coins you want to add.  You can also check the boxes to unlock all of the characters and get rid of the in-game advertisements.

After you’ve entered all of the information, tap the “Start Hack” button to begin the hack.  The entire process usually only takes about 20 seconds.  You can check the status of the hack by viewing the progress bar at the bottom of your screen.  The Crossy Road hack will let you know when it’s complete.  Now just open the Crossy Road app to view if the coins have been added to your account.  You’re now free to play Crossy Road with an unlimited amount of coins and all of the mascots unlocked!

Crossy Road Tips & Cheats

If you’re one of those gamers that only like to play for a few minutes at a time, do yourself a favor and enable notifications in this game so that you know when a new gift of coins is ready for you to collect, at first this will be every few minutes, but as you claim more coin gifts, the time which you must wait for the next one.

The stages in the game itself start of very easy, but prepare yourself for increasing difficulty as you get further into the game, make sure you practice your timing so you don’t accidently end up slamming into oncoming traffic. One great way to get a little further ahead is tapping really fast as soon as you see an opening, you end up travelling further than you would have if you had gone ahead and proceeded cautiously, but bear in mind that the further you end up going, the more cars and trains there will be making your road crossing very difficult.

To avoid getting killed by the plane (which is definitely one of the most frustrating and annoying ways to die) jump fast, or if you see it coming, swipe out of the way so you don’t get hit, if you’re in the street, try to jump rather than scooting to the side, otherwise you risk getting hit by something else so your effort is for nothing.

You only get points for tapping to move forwards, swiping to the side gets you nothing, so if you don’t need to swipe, avoid it since it’s a waste of your already precious time.

Crossy Road Review

I found this game to be incredibly addicting and even after each equally frustrating death, I would end up playing another run, just to try and beat my high score. If I did manage to beat my score, I would feel a huge surge of triumph like I had achieved something great. I also love that as you travel across the roads, you can see which of your game center friends you have overtaken and gotten a better score than. I think Crossy Road’s art really help contribute towards its popularity, it takes on a very retro, pixelated appearance that can only send you on a nostalgia trip. There are also a lot of characters for you to choose from once you’ve unlocked them, with a range of ordinary, cute animals to hilarious mad wizards, it really has something for everyone to enjoy. Each character is pretty much the same, but most of them have funny little quirks, like the wizard will throw a fireball at a nearby tree, the zombie loses his head when hit and the celebrity that literally bursts into cash when she gets hit.

What really irritates me about this game is sometimes when you’ve just managed to save another hundred coins for the surprise capsule machine, a mascot that you’ve already collected ends up popping out. I really feel like only capsules that you haven’t already collected should come out as it’s really frustrating to find that you’ve just gotten the fourth Frankenstein in a row after pushing yourself to get those last few coins only to end up getting crushed by a giant truck. It makes me mad and I just end up feeling like I’ve wasted time that I could have been wasting on another non-productive, slightly less irritating game. I also really hate that if you want a specific animal that you have to pay a dollar for it, it would make a whole lot more sense if there were animal packs which contain like five or more animals that only end up costing you like two bucks, but instead you end up having to spend fifty bucks on all of the mascots if you really don’t want to do it the hard way.

Despite all this, I still can’t force myself to stop playing the game; it’s just that fun, no matter how much I end up wanting to fling my iPad at the wall. Since it is currently running a fairly early version, I imagine that there is yet to be so much more to be added to make the game even better, I for one am looking forward to future updates.

Ratings:

Artwork: I give Crossy Road an 8/10 for its artwork. The style of artwork that was used in this game was incredibly appropriate and gives the feeling of intense nostalgia which works perfectly since it’s based on the classic retro game Frogger. It’s colorful and bright and has the perfect amount of funny looking pixel animals, monsters and people.

Music and SFX: I give the game an 8/10 its music and SFX. I love the sound effects that were used in this game; they are hilarious and fit perfectly. I also love the music which is such a good fit for the game; it also really helps you keep in time with your jumps. They really add to the game and make it a whole lot enjoyable.

Story and Originality: I give the game a 6/10 for its story and originality. There really isn’t a story to this game at all, which really sucks because I’m sure they could have come up with a great storyline to explain axactly why you’re making your way across multiple roads, but I suppose the fact that you can make up your own story gives it appeal too. Since it is based on the classic game Frogger, it doesn’t really have a whole lot of originality to it, but it’s still a fun game all the same.

General Gameplay: I give the game an 8/10 for its general gameplay. Overall, Crossy Road is incredibly simplistic and doesn’t require much thought to figure how it works and exactly what you’re supposed to do. Again, since it is based off of Frogger, you can guarantee most players will have played some variation of the game before so it’s a little familiar.

Addictiveness: I give the game a 10/10 for its addictiveness. Despite how frustratingly irritated I got at various times (and believe me, there were many) I had a hard time staying away from this game for very long. it has that hold over people where they just HAVE to give it another go and then another go, and another until they beat their high scores and all of their friends high scores

Overall I rate Crossy Road 8/10.