I really like the controls, but it gets a while to get used to. Most of the low star ratings say that the games controls are bad, the game over voice is annoying, or it’s too hard. Don’t want to be the guy who says “get good,” but that’s the only fun you’ll have with this game. Even then, I thought I didn’t like that either but I beat every difficulty on this. If you don’t like repetition and practice, the you probably won’t enjoy the game. There really are no other games like this one. The game seems really fast, confusing, and unintuitive, but the point is to adapt to it. And for those who think the game is too hard, that’s kind of the point. I feel like I don’t even hear the voice of the game over scene, because I restart the game so quickly and get absorbed once again. The ladies voice also isn’t annoying, and shouldn’t hold you back from getting the game. A part of the challenge is always knowing where the pointer is, and inverting your brain to adapt when the pointer switches sides. It's only 3 bucks and its lasted me a while. If you're not sure, play it, or its online demo. I would not recommend this to the weak of stomach, weak of mind, lack of skill, or lack of temper. This is a skill based, memorization based game. I've played this game for probably two years, stopped and started again, and have started recognizing patterns. Then you unlock a new level, as stated before, and it is a much harder version. To beat a level, you must survive a difficulty for 60 seconds. You die a lot but you can retry instantly. By beating a stage you get another hardester, hardestest, and hardestester. The levels are hard, harder, and hardest. The stage spins, changes colors, and gets fast. As simple as it seems, it isn't that easy. You must rotate around the polygon to avoid a one hit death from a wall.
The mechanics are pretty simple you are a small triangle, and walls are coming straight into the shape in the middle. Super Hexagon is simply a must have but you need to know what you're getting into. This game is great if the sizing was revamped and made easier to determine where your character even is. I am normally not one to hate despite my derogatory "nickname", but if Apple wants to bring judgment down on me and deny me the right to change my name, so be it. This, however, can't be accomplished because too much time is put into trying to figure out WHERE and WHEN your character is and will be. I can tap when I have to and be where I need to be in the split second I have.
Trying to see where my character is distracts me from moving it with the one second I have. I can play this game for 10 SECONDS then die, because the character is too small. The size of the character may seem minuscule and not worth mentioning because if you nerf the size, it will make the game harder by putting more stress on spacial repositioning, but when the character is the size of a PIXEL maybe even SMALLER, it can't be done. Normally this is not true, but in this case, it definitely is. See Candy Crush, or Angry Birds? You don't need pesky microtransactions to feed off your consumers' addictions! If you don't have that type of patience, then this game isn't for you. Of course you're not going to do well at first, but you need patience and keep practicing. When your brain's all trained up, you'll find yourself lasting minutes on end, and all your friends will look at you, amazed. The game trains your mind, every stage in every level is designed to build up your brain to both fasten your reflexes, or recognize patterns. You start out losing only a couple seconds in, but it doesn't get frustrating since there's little to no delay between games. This is one of those games where you need to practice. And it's still addictive, your mind thinks "Argh! I just lost!" Then 1 second later, you're back to playing, trying to beat your score by at least half a second. Just tap the screen and you're back to playing. No ads, no fuss, trying to press multiple buttons with long loading times in between. The most minuscule detail turns out to be the most redeeming factor: when you lose, you could just tap (quite vigorously, seeing as you just lost) and boom, you're right back to playing. I sincerely believe this game is one of the only games worth getting.