Pocket Run Pool

Name: Pocket Run Pool
Rating: 3.68564 (1107 reviews)

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Pocket Run Pool

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User Reviews for Pocket Run Pool

Excellent mobile game

I have tried many pool games for the phone but they all try to simulate a 3D experience with everything swishing around with the point of view of the stick as if you were in a first person shooter. I avoid those on a small device. This, however is a perfect distillation of basic pool physics into a friendly handheld game. The quick play and optional high stakes and break of the week make it interesting attractive for a few minutes or an hour. My only request is that for standard play, there be an option to go back a shot or two to do them over so you can see how a different aim or push strength would send the game in a different direction. I’ll confess that I want that so I can practice shots I continue to miss. Great game.

Bullthroat, Dec 07, 2018

This game is rigged.

The key to this game are the “conditions”. Some are easy. But most are difficult.You spin for a condition. If you don’t like the condition you get, you can spin again. But that will cost you.And that’s where the game is rigged. When you spin again, very often you’ll get that exact same difficult condition again! Spin and get Cuewall (a difficult condition). Spin again, and get Cuewall again.I’ve played about 30 games so far. And I’ve already spun Cuewall three times in a row, twice. What are the chances of that happening randomly, even once? It’s very low. Maybe it’s 1 in 1000. But it’s happened twice for me. So either I’m the unluckiest person in the world, or this game is rigged.The game evidently forces the more difficult conditions on you. That way, you’ll lose more frequently. And then the developer hopes you’ll spend money for a rebuy.And that’s a pity. The idea behind this game is great. Rigging the conditions, that’s not so great.On edit: I’ve played about 20 more games. It’s almost amusing to try to predict what rigged “condition” will come up next. I’ll spin for a condition. Almost always, a difficult one will come up. It could be Perfect Run or Cuewall, for example. (An easy condition, like Inflate/Deflate, that you will almost never see.) So I spin again. Again, it’s almost always one of the more difficult conditions. What fun!

Dr. Zachary Smith, Jul 28, 2019

Genuinely enjoy BUT

I like this game a lot—so much that I’ve paid for it—but there are moments when it’s DO B SLOW! The “recovery” pause after a each shot is so slow I sometimes wonder if it’s frozen. I understand that the shoot isn’t over until all the balls have stopped moving, but I’m going crazy with how often the whole game just pauses after all the balls have rolled to a stop while I wait to be allowed to set up the next shot. (This is especially infuriating during time-limited high-stakes games. If I’m constantly waiting 5-10s after all the balls have stopped to take the next shot, my chances of clearing the table in 2:45–let alone 2:00!—are slim.) Similarly, it would be nice to be able to tap through the end game screen instead of waiting for the animated results. When I’ve lost a game, I know I’ve lost the game, and I’d really like to just start the next game already.

EndUser00°, Jul 07, 2022

Used to be fun but needs updated/changed

I’ve played this game off and on for awhile. I really liked how I could just play a few games pretty quickly. The ads are out of hand. I can understand the need for ads, I get it, but these ads are bugged and appear way too often. I opened the app and realized I needed more bank money, so I watched an ad. After the ad, the app crashed. I reopened money was taken from the bank for something. I then go back to play a tournament, and the screen popped up for another ad which then crashed the app again. I reopened noticed that money was gone from the bank again and was finally able to play the tournament. So not only so these ads crash the app, they also happen every game. The screen pops up and stares that they know everyone hates ads and you won’t see one for 3 games, however, it’s every game. This used to be really fun to just waste some time on and I really supporting developers who don’t use micro transactions for their apps, but this game went really downhill and needs an update.

Gabri3133, Jun 30, 2020

Pleasant surprise of a game

I won’t lie: I had my doubts about Pocket-Run Pool at first...it looked too simplistic. But then I broke and ran out a standard game after a few tries without missing for some 600 points and everything changed.It’s the simplicity that makes the game work. Touch and drag to aim, touch the arrows to bring up the cue, then touch and drag again to shoot. You don’t have to worry about things like putting English on the cue ball...but you still need a decent head for angles to play this game well. The easy-on-the-eyes presentation gives it a “just one more game” addictiveness that made paying $4 for the full version a no-brainer for me.I would like to see a more traditional rule set — 9 ball would be nice — added into this, but this is a minor quibble. You’ll have fun with this indie gem.

Journeyman2015, Feb 25, 2021

App really fun, ads not so much.

This app is really cool and the concept is fantastic. It’s a great twist on traditional “pocket pool”. My only issue is the advertisements. I don’t take issue with there being ads, I know they are necessary for developers, but only that they are SO frequent. After every rack, a screen pops up with the little “we know ads are no fun” message, and at the bottom it says “the next ad will be in 3 games”. But it never fails, the very next game, BOOM another ad. Game after game after game, always in a row. Whatever algorithm they use to detect when to play ads needs to be updated, because I find myself closing the app after the 3rd or 4th time this happens. I enjoy the game, but all the ads are super long and appear in between EVERY SINGLE game. It ends up being more hassle than it’s worth.

Lady8182, Dec 31, 2018

Replays Needed

I love this app because it realistically lets me try out shots and discover where my ideas don’t match the realities of physics. Those said physics are pretty well grounded in the game engine and I really enjoy seeing the visual representation of where the target ball will go, given a perfect cue stroke. I enjoy the concept of lining up the results of each shot into a 10 point pocket so that the next shot will also line up with the rotated 10 point pocket (just like real pros are thinking ahead).However, I don’t understand the game’s random actions where the next 10 point pocket is changed from what it should normally be. I’ve tried to match this randomness with the preceding shot (maybe a poor but lucky shot generates this action?) The one other feature I’d like added, even as a new game mode to keep it from altering the pure skill mode, would be to allow a shot to be replayed. This would give me a better chance to learn to read shot potential better, just like if I were shooting on a real table. I’d love to pay for a no ad version if this mode were added. It would make it a pure 5-star rating!

LeighTower, Jan 18, 2019

Needs improvement on control

I enjoyed this app for a while as I kept challenging myself to improve my score. It has a cool concept with how the scoring works, but there are limitations in other areas. There is no way to control the English on the ball. I do not find the physics accurate as the cue ball seems to fly around in strange trajectories in relation to how I hit it, in my opinion. The table seems quite small and out of ratio with the size of the balls too. I also find the power control quite awkward when striking with the cue stick. Seems the sensitivity of a hit is lacking, so it’s too all or nothing...a bit frustrating. I do appreciate the different take on a pool game, the overall new concept, but would love to see better player control options.

Panthyrpool, Dec 05, 2020

Great concept, needs work

I could see myself playing this all the time. It has that great “one more round” quality, and is (in theory) an ideal bite-sized mobile game. Have tried other pool games and this one seems best suited for mobile. It’s not trying to be a sim, more like boiling pool down to its essence.However, it feels more like a proof-of-concept than a polished product. Mainly, the ball rolling physics are unrealistic and unpredictable, making it impossible to gauge how a shot will play out, or to develop a feel for it. It’s almost like the balls are being slowed down prematurely (to keep gameplay moving?). Likewise with the force needed for the cue. Sometimes you’ll wildly overshoot, others barely tap the cue ball (which will then roll to a stop immediately). Impossible to develop a feel—unrefined mechanic.Lastly, the flat graphics, rather than give the impression of a thought-through design aesthetic, seem more like a first draft, and are ultimately not quite up to what I would expect in a paid release. Doesn’t “delight”.Overall everything here (graphics, physics, music, controls, etc) are at about 70%.Really hoping these issues are refined, because if they can nail this it’ll be awesome! :)

Sam.i.r2, Jun 07, 2018

Small things

This is definitely a fun Pool game that can be either competitive or relaxing, depending on the mood. However, there are a few things that kept this game from staying on my phone; The “flick” motion can definitely be fun, and is more engaging, however it does make it a little harder to gauge your strike speed, and it is extremely unappealing when you have tired or small hands that can’t make the motion without changing the way the phone is held. I would absolutely love to see a slider option, which would also add to casual appeal. I’ve also noticed that some of the game physics are not entirely correct, that being said the friction is, but the directional displacement can be a little off sometimes. Overall the game is very nice!

ShaeyCV, Jun 05, 2019

Description

The return of arcade pool from the creator of Really Bad Chess and Flipflop Solitaire. Pocket-Run Pool combines 8-ball pool with the thrill of a chasing the perfect highscore. In Pocket-Run, your goal is to sink all the balls, but where and when you sink them is what matters most!

With each pocketed ball, you're awarded points based on the pocket you sunk. So sink carefully, but watch out, with each miss or scratch you lose a life — run out before you finish the table and it's game over. Compete against yourself, the world, or the bank in a variety of thrilling game modes! Can you make the perfect pocket-run? Arcade pool is back! ------WHAT THE CRITICS ARE SAYING 5/5 - Touch Arcade "Help me, I can't stop playing!" 5/5 - 148Apps "Most certainly the best pool game I've played on a phone" "Like the best arcade games, this creates a “just one more turn” mentality" - The Verge "a perfect little mobile game" - iMore.com ------WHATS IN THE “BOX”? - Play Pocket-Run Pool's Standard, High Stakes, and Insta-Tournament modes for free! - Asynchronously Go for gold against players from around the world in Insta-Tournament mode - Manage your risk against all manner of game conditions (like the devious Cuewall) in High Stakes mode - Unlock Break of The Week, alternate backgrounds, and remove Insta-Tournament buy-ins with a single In-App-Purchase of just $3.99 - Track stats for all four modes - Win alternate pool cues and color schemes in High Stakes mode ------A WORD FROM THE DEVELOPER I've always loved pool, and when I got my first iPhone years ago, the world of digital pool games opened up to me. There are certainly a lot of options out there, but finding a simple and enjoyable single-player pool game was harder than I expected. I found one that I enjoyed, but after playing it extensively I found it too easy to beat the computer every time. Suddenly the problem with pool hit me — when you play against a computer in a physics simulation, you're literally playing against a god... By which I mean, either the computer is going easy on you (for a reason), or it's playing a perfect game and taking all your money. It dawned on me that if I wanted a good single player pool game, I'd have to make a new kind of pool — a variant that doesn't need a computer opponent, that's built around the notion of scoring and improving, of taking risks, and of presenting unique and interesting challenges. Pocket-Run Pool is the game I came up with, I hope you enjoy it! -zach