Darklings Season 2 App Reviews

Game looks cool. Has potential but very glitchy. Instructions are vague and not very clear so you have to try to figure it out on your own. Meanwhile it tells you to draw lines but you can do that repeatedly and nothing happens. I gave it several tries and still cant get past the first phase. Sad because looks like a neat game.

I played & died to get the option to buy more stars but it wont let me buy them!

There are a few things about S2 that I think are great; the world selection (and that theyre separated out individually), the online "battles" (although Im still not sure how that really works, but its interesting), the costumes. But, it feels like every possible freemium mechanic has been crammed into the game. Between the energy system, the earnings rate & IAP costs of stars/diamonds compared to store/revive costs, the costs of failing a level (you lose badges, the tick of energy you spent engaging the level, the level resets to wave 1, and it apparently re-locks other zones that were previously open ~ which (sometimes?) cost diamonds to re-open)... combined with the game play itself (and that it can be very time-sensitive, yet is not totally reliable about recognizing/accepting a symbol) ~ altogether, the mechanics just feel overly harshly punitive. Im actually -less- inclined to make any purchases because it doesnt seem like its worth it and I believe Ill just end up feeling like I wasted money. Im not totally positive if the areas are -supposed- to re-lock; the game seems to be slightly confused about which zone is which; for example, when I select the Graveyard (which was open for play initially), it now is locked to me, does not offer the option of paying to unlock it, and tells me "You havent unlocked Hills yet." As some other reviews mentioned... • The first time I installed, I got "stuck" in the tutorial; at the point where I was supposed to make a combo, it simply stopped recognizing symbols and I was unable to continue; the pause button and ability to quit the level still worked, but doing so apparently counted as a loss/death. • I deleted and reinstalled; after a couple attempts I was able to finish the tutorial, but the game kept finding the other iCloud save(s?) and asking me about them. • In the Forest; once I had progressed far enough for Mia (the "flying" Crawler) to appear... yeah, it shows up in the earlier waves now and is just making life miserable. The game seems especially prone to not-recognizing that particular symbol during waves and the speed and movement paths of the critter tend to leave no room for error (if you have time to do anything at all... often as not it makes for a situation of insta-fail, and considering what happens when you fail a level... its just frustrating). Im halfway tempted to re-install again and avoid progressing that far just to get rid of the thing. • The story line isnt terribly thoroughly explained, and while the tutorial (when you can complete it, anyways) covers some of the basics, I think Id feel a little lost if I hadnt played the first game and seen most of the general game mechanics elsewhere. And I still have questions ~ like not being totally sure how the online teams/battles work and what exactly counts as participation, why zones are re-locking and if/how that can be avoided, Im not sure what XP and leveling up does for you or what the benefits to the ranks (Newbie, Sergeant, etc) are (at some point I went from 5 energy to 10, but Im not sure why/how/where-that-came-from), if theres any significance to the league/global/team ranks, Ive unlocked the bonus level a couple times but am not sure -how- I got there (all I know is that it doesnt automatically happen each time you defeat a boss the way it does in the first game). Im still playing, for now, but am not sure how long the game will hold my interest as it is. Hoping to see some tuning/adjustments /changes with the mechanics to make the game a little more forgiving and less pointlessly-frustrating.

This game doesnt tell any controls. I tried to play but the game didnt tell me how to do anything...By spamming my screen I was able to get past the very first playable part of the tutorial!

I like this game but I hate how slow it starts back up

The game doesent always seem to register that uv mad a sign

Your arabic language is soooooo dump , i tried to change it but i couldnt cuz i read the arabic language thats u wrote , and i never understand it , btw im arabic human :/

I enjoy playing the game but there are a lot of crashes. Also, every time I join a team it takes my crystal but doesnt keep my on a team and my crystals get wasted. Is there anyway to get these back?

I never write reviews, but I had to for this game. Why didnt I find the first sequel of The Darklings long before? This second version is so much fun and it is a challenge, but also it has a spellbinding environment to it. I just love these kinds of games. I will definitely get the first one so I have the series. Its a must have!! Keep them coming Devs and keep up the updates.

How do you unlocks characters? You should be able to click on it and see or read how to unlock it please do. Then Ill rate 5 stars.✌️

Very good gameplay. The UI and The menu is horrible

The controls are very hard and barely explained

Good to have to play

I loved the first Version of this game... Although I always felt there were areas that could use some improvement. I got the second version and I must admit, I am very disappointed. So far the game has been very glitchy. I draw a perfect symbol and the game glitches and half of my symbol doesnt show up and I get killed in the process. In addition, sometimes I could draw the perfect symbol 5xs in a row and it still kills me! This is even more frustrating when you make it all the way to a higher wave and then it doesnt register your symbol drawn and you get killed and then have to start all over at wave 1! Also, I feel like I am collecting more stars that it is registering... Which feels like an infinity in order to get enough to purchase something in the store. I would be more than happy to give it 5 stars if these issues were resolved.

Everytime i try to play the game says another game data found, it asks me if i want to restore data from icloud or local, no matter what i press it deletes all of my progress. Very Dissappointed...

The game looks like itd be fun, but I honestly dont know. The brief "tutorial" is vaguely worded and any attempts Ive made to actually play the game with the one symbol it showed me has yielded no results at all. There seems to be no help section anywhere in the game mechanics to try and learn how to actually play. Unless you like spending your idle time doodling for 15 seconds before your Lum dies then waiting for energy to recharge so you can make another attempt do not pick this up if you are not already familiar with the game or its predecessor.

The first darklings was fun and simple. I bought a iPad mini after playing it in my sons iPad, but the tutorial on the second season is just long and obnoxious. I just wanted to play a few games not read about a bunch of stuff that I will never care about doing it is a finger swiping game. Delete!

So good, so hard and so amazing.The fights are fun and challenging. The game so far is amazing!

This game looks really interesting, and seems to have a good story but theres a bug Ive come across that wont let me play. Every time I try to open the app it mysteriously crashes for no reason, before it can fully open. Ive tried to delete and reinstall it and all that stuff, but it wont work. Please fix this, its a tad bit of a problem

Its stuck on the verifying connection page forever. I tried to uninstall and reinstall and its still like that. :/ I just wanna play it.