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Great game, but no developer support.
I have to give three stars here. The Trail gets five stars for entertainment and visuals (I've poured countless hours into this game), but it gets 1 star for developer effort. I would love to continue playing this game if the developers showed any inclination that they intended to add new features beyond gear packs that cost $30. It's clear that the developers only care about making money and not about creating a fun, expanding adventure. Hopefully this changes sometime in the future, but until then I'm putting this game on the back burner.
Edit: months later, there is still no expansion in the features of the game beyond new areas to explore. Very disappointed because this is such a great game, but because the developers seemingly have no interest in doing anything more, I still can’t play this game.
Final Edit: I was excited to see this game in my update list, but of course it’s just compatibility and bug fixes. There hasn’t been a significant update to the game since I first started playing and I feel that there never will. The developers have seemingly abandoned their game. I’m reducing my review to 1 star and deleting from my iPad.Show lessOnEMesSduPKiD
Great Amazing Game With Beautiful Style But bugs
This game is amazing! I Could play it for hours on end, Doesn’t Shove Adds in your face unlike most games. Tho there are a few glitches, For example when I’m crafting sometimes the item won’t fall into my pack and stays in the air unmovable until I close the game And this almost happens every time I play. But otherwise it’s a great game. I hope they make more games like this It could be a new generation of Awesome games.
Would rate five but the glitch is bad so four until they fix it.
Anyways Good day and night.
Never mind Three Stars. Today I was playing as usual Until it glitched again (Different Glitch) Somehow the stuff I was making now will take an hour long and it’s only stuff that takes 5 minutes. And I’m not finished I was upgrading my house it was taking about a cool three hours and now it’s six! Also I was training my dog now it takes two hours. I will dub this glitch the time glitch. To be honest I love this game and hope they fix the glitches. Good day.Show lesssavage space
Some ideas for an update
Overall I love this game, the graphics are beautiful, and I love the idea. My whole family has started to play it. I have a few things that would improve the game as a whole. First, I wish that we could make different kinds of pies from the pie machine. So far you can only make apple pies, but it would be awesome if we could make chestnut pies, strawberry pies, blackberry pies, juniper pies, pot (meat) pies, and others. Second, I wish that the dog could guard our stuff when we pass out, and things fall out of our bags, I think that would be very handy. Third, I wish that you could train your dog to pull raccoon tails, that would be very helpful for completing tasks. Fourth, I with that we could give our dog treats, like we do the bird, I don’t want it to be mandatory, but more of a choice like it is for the bird. Fifth, I want to be able to send money home. We get letters from our father/mother and we get some sad stories about our family’s hard times. I would like there (if not already) to be a way to send chits or favors home. Especially since we get thousands of dollars from the crates and trading, i feel it’s only fair that we at least have the choice to give our family money.Show lessAubrey, TDK, Samantha
One suggestion
I love this game I have been playing since 2016! As I've gotten farther into the game I need more money so I craft lots of valuable items but it takes me so long. If I'm trying to make a carved bust and only have sticks to start out with I first need to make logs and then lumber. It's very time consuming if you're only doing it one at a time. I would really like to see a button where if you have the needed materials you can craft all that's possible. It would make the game a lot more enjoyable for me. This way I don't have to spend 70 % of my time crafting and actually be on the trail instead. Also please add some sort of buddy system where I can add my friends that I either meet on the game or my friends in real life who also play the game. I would love to be able to make a town and send a invite to one of my friends and I feel like it would create more of a community in the game.Show lessJaylaaaaaaaa1872
A game of hard work
I want to begin by saying how much I enjoy the aesthetic and relaxing atmosphere this game has! The minimal use of music, cute sounds, and playful -but not too childish- graphics are very well edited (conceptually) and the low-poly count feels like homage to previous settler games.
I can understand why some people find this game to be disappointing or frustrating, but the reasons they don’t like it are the reasons I do! For example, it does feel a bit repetitive to remake the clothes only for them to wear out, so if your goal in the game is to just level up as quickly as possible and have a new, upgraded item ever day, this is not enjoyable. However, if you want a mixture of leisure and strategy, suddenly the constant grind to keep all your gear in tip-top shape is much more rewarding. At this point I’m not very involved in the town aspect, mostly because I feel like it’s a bit of a material vacuum, but this doesn’t make my gameplay less enjoyable. The only reason I didn’t give it 5 stars is because it is really, really buggy, and I’m bothered by the fact that you can only craft when you’re out on the trail. It doesn’t make any sense that I can’t make my clothes in-house.Show lessJaded tenneager
Great game
This is a fantastic game. You get to walk the trail(reminds of the Oregon Trail). I have only lost all my stamina twice, because I got lots of food. And yes once you lose all your stamina you fall on the ground and you wait while your stuff falls out of your pack, up for taking. I think that’s completely fair. I also get why there’s deals ,with real money, because there are some fancy shmancy people who like to just buy stuff instead of actually putting in the hard work. The art is absolutely gorgeous. You see grassy plains, pine tree forests, snowy mountains, and wet, mysterious rainforests. The only problem, I would say is that there was supposed to be a change appearance( that never came) but instead it changed to an event tent. EVENT TENT!!!!! I would so much rather get to change appearance then to have an event tent!!! EVENT TENT!!!!😡😡😡other than that this is a great game that I recommended to all my friends. Thx for reading!!😜🤩😁🐷🐼🦄Show lessljo737473
Would have been five stars BUT...
Ever since I updated my game for the Easter egg hunting event my game has NOT been the same. I was paying for my next fair to cross the water when my game not only crashed but also stopped working. I tried rebooting the game by clearing all my app history but it still was not working. So I tried deleting the app and re-downloading the app which sucked because even though I had my data saved to my iCloud the Easter event was no longer available to me even though before the re-download I still had four more days to collect Easter eggs :( Besides the event my game was working again however after downloading it again I found that I could no longer make my person run. I no longer had the running meter on the left part of my screen and it was a feature I used a lot. I am disappointed by how my game was affected. It is my favorite game that I play everyday when I wake up or have free time. If there is another update for the app that fixes these issues I would happily change my review because I really enjoy playing this game.Show lessAsslang
I love the game but hate the lag
This game if it simply worked properly would be a 5 Star game, I love it but it’s extremely frustrating when it feels like I’m playing on dial up. The lags often get so bad that I have to delete and redownload the app which will give me 5-10 minutes of smooth gameplay. Also within an hour it’ll drain my battery from 100% to 20% and it makes my phone get really hot. It’s addictive and fun but you’ll want to throw your phone against the wall if you get this lag. Please! For the love of god, give us an update to fix this!! I’m getting to the point where I’m going to have to pull the plug if it isn’t fixed very soon.
Update: so with all the overheating of my phone when I play this game I believe it has degraded my phone battery, nothing at all that I use besides this game makes my phone get hot. I used to go all day without having to charge my phone but after deleting the game and using my phone less than ever I have to charge my phone midday. I’m on an iPhone X so this shouldn’t be happening. This game is very addictive so don’t even start until they fix this lagging/over heating problemShow lessmmthompson82
Changes would be appreciated
The Trail is very engaging and addictive. I believe it is overall my favorite, but there are some things that would make playing easier. I would love to be able to buy favors with the game money, not just IRL money. It would also help to be able to exchange favors for money, and money for favors in the town bank. If you do make that possible, I don’t want you doing that BS that other games have (such as trading 1 favor for 1,000 chips, but having to trade 1,500 chips for a favor) -please make it an even trade. It would also be a heck of a lot better to have an accessible description connected to the crafting recipes. The only way I know if I’m actually making something better than the items I’ve been making before, is if I waste materials to craft and THEN get the description of it. Please fix. Other than that, I love this game, and I can work around these difficulties. I highly recommend. Thank you for reading this.Show less*Random Name* 😐
Fun, but...
This game is super fun, I play it almost every day. However! There are so many problems I have with the game. First, it glitches a LOT. The graphics are very choppy sometimes (my main concern, as it interferes immensely with the gameplay) and occasionally my items disappear.
Second, the stamina is horrible. I don’t know how many times I’ve been LITERALLY one step away from waking into a camp and I fall over! ONE STEP. This is extremely frustrating because not only do I have to choose between 1) having all my items stolen or 2) eating a ridiculous amount of food just to be able to stand up and walk one step to the camp entry point (where I no longer need to rest at because my stamina is full again), I also have to eat SO much food on the trail. I shouldn’t be down an entire heart, walking as slow as possible, and still be able to see the camp behind me.
Third and finally, the way we compete with other towns bothers me. My town is currently competing with a town that has traveled 200+ camps ahead of where we have, and can generate 100,000 “chits” more than my town is capable of. It makes filling the warehouse almost completely pointless.
Long story short: the graphics need major fixing, the stamina needs adjusted to be realistic, and the “competition” makes no sense. Also my phone gets extremely hot while playing the game, so that’s lame too.
I have a lot of fun with the game, but could have so much more if there was a better version of it.Show lessEriiiiiiiiinP
