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pretty good
would've been 5 star, but still no iphone 5 optimisation?Donk MacClonk
Love this game but new version has problems
If you are a kakuro addict like me this is a great app. The new version includes Sudoku which works reasonably well although it told me I had completed the board when I still had 2 numbers missing. Kakuro on the new version is a bit of a disaster - too many problems to discuss here - please developers, fix it or give me the old version back!Show lessRaz0
Best Kakuro app I've seen yet
If you like Kakuro, this app is your best betJMPlum
Good, but could be better still
Currently this is the best version of cross sums/karuko/sum totals on the iOS App Store to my knowledge, some issue's I would like to see addressed in the future are:
1) largest sized puzzles take to long to generate due to the brute force method being employed, you can begin calculating a new game in the background as soon as the game has begun so that there is always at least one new game instantly ready.
2) menu system needs a complete redesign, i do not need a full time restart button or new game button, lets use that screen real estate more wisely. for instance
3) undo needs to be able to undo constraint changes not just final choices - it is very useful to have these as two seperate buttons and undo stacks.
3.5) user entered constraints need to be removed as you fill in final values (be sure to include group these implicit changes in the undo stack so that they undo if the final choice that caused them is undone).
4) smart autocomplete can be implemented without ruining the game but take away the tedious drudge work - start simple and just fill in remaining single digits - ie 24 = 7 8 9, and i have 7 and 9 filled in, please auto complete the 8 and add it to the undo stack. in theory this could be taken further and you could cascade autocomplete until there are no more 'trivial case' solutions. autocomplete should stop upon logical errors obviously (this is when implementing undo properly really matters)
5) bigger game grids on ipad would be nice.
6) timer need not start until player places first digit (at least as long as new game generation takes more than a fraction of a second), at the end of a game it should be one tap to start a new game with the same options (redo the non playing UI to get rid of tiny text menus and the like and go with a more custom game/karuko centric UI)
7) be nice to have a built in tool to calculate difference between a set of rows and a set of columns of remaining unknown digits - ie double tap header to include in column and/or row sum say then just update the result etc (this is kind of advanced but simplifies solving expert level puzzles for skilled players but coming up with a simple UI for it should make it intuitive to use)Show lesssunshinecoastbc
Player
Agree with last post, same boards now repeat over and over since last update. I can play the boards in my sleep now. Please bring back pre-update board generator. Used to be five star game.Jenna Marony
Love/Hate Relationship
LOVE: The user interface and difficulty level of puzzles
HATE: The looooooong wait times to generate "hard 9x9" puzzles (sometimes over 10 minutes!) -- completely unacceptable1SublimeDay
The best I've seen
Haven't seen any 10 minute generation times - the longest has been 3 minutes for a 9x9 puzzle on an iPhone 4. This is still too long. However, I personally like to do 7x7 puzzles, because the squares are too small for 8x8 and higher. A 7x7 puzzle is generated in 4 seconds or less, which is acceptable to me. Easy and fast interface makes this the best Kakuro. I have found the Medium and Hard puzzles to be much more challenging than the so-called hard puzzles on another product.Show lessItsCosmo
Eh, it's alright
The game is great, when you actually have the 10+ minutes to kill waiting for the app to generate one. I usually want to play when I've got a few minutes to spare, like waiting in line or for an appointment or something. But usually my wait is over before the game is even calculated, so what's the point?Show lessEpalmer
Kakuro
Great app. Am totally addicted. Interface is very easy to use especially switching between "pencil" marks and filling in squares. Any plans for a killer sudoku app?
Only criticism is that sometimes takes a long time to generate a new game.LogicGoddess
Not bad
Good app but takes too long for bigger grids to load. Good features to help you solvePiksxx
