It’s a constant build, that ensures Alto is constantly mixing up its formula. Many of this challenges utilize the game’s subtleties of gameplay: hold the screen while in the air to perform a slow arcing back-flip, bounce off rocks to build up speed, collect items and power-ups, outrun elders, and grind the various prayer flags along the path to cruise over dangerous areas. From catching ten lama’s in a single run to performing 30 back-flips, these ensure you constantly vary up your play style. That said, I have been known to swear when the day-night cycle punishes me with a rock hidden in the darkness.Īnd, when the base gameplay does begin to feel repetitive, you can start to pay attention to the various challenges. This creates a fantastic flow to the action that means levels are constantly challenging, without being overly difficult. Procedural challengeĮach procedurally generated course feels like it could have been hand crafted through the well-judged difficulty curve. While the basic gameplay of tapping the screen to hop over rocks and chasms falls squarely into the tried and tested endless-runner formula, there is something undefinable refreshing to Alto’s Adventure. It is only once you are out of the tutorial that things start to feel different. But, as you set off after the escaped lamas on Alto’s snowboard through the tutorial, it’s hard to escape the feeling that its stunning visuals are just a new coat of paint on a game you have played 100 times before.

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