Pros & Cons
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- Reinvents Pac-Man as an endless mobile game.
- Fun power-ups.
- Gorgeous art style translates Pac-Man's pixels into 3D.
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- Occasionally frustrating deaths.
- Limits what you can play without paying.
The original, arcade version of Pac-Man is such a simple game that most attempts to reinvent it just end up becoming entirely different experiences. The best Pac-Man follow-ups, like Ms. Pac-Man or the recent Pac-Man Championship Edition DX, make small, smart tweaks instead of massive, misguided changes. Today's iPhone and iPad gaming landscape is a lot like the arcade scene in the 1980s, so sooner or later Pac-Man had to make an appearance. Fortunately, Pac-Man 256's great, less-is-more approach delivers a modern, mobile evolution of the classic Pac-Man formula. It's an Editors' Choice for mobile games.
Pac-Man Crosses the Road
Pac-Man 256 takes inspiration from the original Pac-Man, as well as last year's smash hit mobile game Crossy Road. The game is essentially a fusion of Pac-Man's maze-running, dot-munching, and ghost-evading and Crossy Road's endless structure and retro 3D style. But don't worry, this isn't outright theft. Crossy Road and Pac-Man 256 were both made by developer Hipster Whale.
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