Sorta ridiculous
So I just got this game the other day. I love the board game and have two variations. I had high hopes for playing this game online with varying opponents and I had two successful games and enjoyed them quite a bit.
So, this brings me to my complaint. I was playing a game with 3 players total. We were playing with an 8 minute timer. As I waited for my turn my timer seemed to be counting down normally and I patiently waited for opponents to make their move while watching their timer count down. Here’s the kicker, my timer would lose a significant amount of time when my turn came about. Eventually after 3 turns which took less than 3 minutes, I lost all time and was removed from the game. Inijvestes time in the game, and a glitch of some sort booted me out. Extremely frustrating for an fame that I paid for.
So, this brings me to my complaint. I was playing a game with 3 players total. We were playing with an 8 minute timer. As I waited for my turn my timer seemed to be counting down normally and I patiently waited for opponents to make their move while watching their timer count down. Here’s the kicker, my timer would lose a significant amount of time when my turn came about. Eventually after 3 turns which took less than 3 minutes, I lost all time and was removed from the game. Inijvestes time in the game, and a glitch of some sort booted me out. Extremely frustrating for an fame that I paid for.
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Great Game slowly being ruined by updates...
My friend and I play TTR on a regular basis, several times a week at least. They have slowly been updating the app and creating more and more problems. The app times out regularly now. Also, most recently it has stopped giving us notifications when someone takes their turn and you’re not in the app. I used to get banner notifications on my iPhone. Now, I have no idea if she’s taken her turn. This is very frustrating since we’ll play over the course of a day and I don’t want to keep checking the app constantly to see if it’s my turn. (I’ve checked all my iPhone/iPad settings and both allow notifications from TTR... no settings have changed there). Randomly too, on her app and my app our trains are different colors now, but I can’t seem to see anywhere that you can choose your train colors? That’s not important to game play, but just super random. Eventually we’ll have to stop playing and pick a new game if this keeps up.
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After 20,000 games or more...
Whether you're a seasoned Ticket to Ride fan or new to the game, this app is a great way to learn and play TTR. I enjoy playing solo games against the AI bots. It gives me a good chance to practice various strategies and improve my game. Playing against live players can be frustrating because there are a lot of sharks who just want to win, and playing against them is not fun. I will note, that after playing the bots for many years, that they are rather predictable. Some bots will build as many 15 point segments as possible, ignoring their tickets. Many of the bots seem to have a preference for certain routes, and will build them even if they don't have tickets going into those cities. They rarely choose extra tickets. Also, they will collect many more train cards than they'll ever need. However, the game play is pretty realistic and gives good insight into what strategies work well.
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Stop with the nagging!
A good game but in solo play will you please provide a way to turn off the incredibly annoying constant nagging! Every few seconds a drop down appears, “It’s your turn”, “It’s your turn”, “It’s your turn”, “It’s your turn”. I know it’s my turn! I’d like to be able to take my time to think without the constant bother. And it nags like that about everything. “pick another card”, select some tickets”. Every nag does that annoying slide down every few seconds, it’s almost as annoying as the old HTML blink tag!! Please make it stop!!! If you really feel the need to remind the player of what they already know, at least just put it statically somewhere instead of the constantly super annoying drop down!!!!!
Also, why can’t I pick my own color? Every other game in the world lets me change my player color but with this game I’m stuck with green!
Also, this game desperately needs an undo or a turn confirmation with an option to change your move. Every so often I accidentally lift my finger when the pointer is over the wrong track, something that would never happen in the board game, and having a way to fix that mistake before the game moves on should be provided.
Also, why can’t I pick my own color? Every other game in the world lets me change my player color but with this game I’m stuck with green!
Also, this game desperately needs an undo or a turn confirmation with an option to change your move. Every so often I accidentally lift my finger when the pointer is over the wrong track, something that would never happen in the board game, and having a way to fix that mistake before the game moves on should be provided.
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Response from developer
Hello, we are sorry to here that, please contact us at https://asmodee.helpshift.com/a/ticket-to-ride/ thank you. Best regards, Asmodee Digital
New Tutorial does not teach the game
Version 2.6.3 - A new tutorial was added. The old tutorial is gone. The previous tutorial was good at teaching how to play the game. The new tutorial has a floating hand pointing at places. The explanations are not clear on what is happening or what your doing or why your doing it. The game board is blown up out of proportion. Half the screen is blacked out, Making it difficult to see what’s going on, and what your doing. There is no way to exit the tutorial except by playing it out, or closing the game. I previously did the old tutorial before I told a friend he could learn the game from it. And I felt it would teach him the game. He had trouble understanding this new tutorial. We ended up not wanting to play. Please bring back the previous tutorial.
When we tried to play the game we found it is an annoying game. When we are picking our tickets there is a sign that drops every 8 seconds that says, “Please choose some tickets.” And then there is a sign that says “It’s your turn” that keeps dropping down every 10 seconds. I know it’s my turn. I only need to be told once. Can we turn these annoying signs off? We are playing “Pass and Play” Even if we were playing another way; there is no need for these signs to drop over and over again.
These annoying signs drop down even in the solo game. They are useless annoyances.
When we tried to play the game we found it is an annoying game. When we are picking our tickets there is a sign that drops every 8 seconds that says, “Please choose some tickets.” And then there is a sign that says “It’s your turn” that keeps dropping down every 10 seconds. I know it’s my turn. I only need to be told once. Can we turn these annoying signs off? We are playing “Pass and Play” Even if we were playing another way; there is no need for these signs to drop over and over again.
These annoying signs drop down even in the solo game. They are useless annoyances.
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Response from developer
Hello ! Thank you for your feedback. We're sorry if you encounter issues with our game. Please, make sure to contact our support here : https://asmodee.helpshift.com/a/ticket-to-ride/?=undefined&contact=1 Best regards, Asmodee Digital Support Team
Latest Release Is A Step Backwards, Again
Europe 1912 Mega was working great until this last update. It has slowed down noticeably with dead times, particularly when the game is over. It will sit for a while before it starts scoring the game. The graphic animation speed adjustment is a nice addition.
Dropped cards on routes often persist blocking the view of that section of the route. I can’t see which players cars are on that section. Other graphics persist, also blocking view of the map. (NOTE to developers: To reproduce these errors: Play the game 10 times in a row.)
Trying to drag cards to a route drags up control panel very often. It never did that before. I was much better when the train cards were horizontal on the bottom.
It now crashes and freezes frequently which it never did before, either. It’s very annoying. Don’t upgrade! I wish I hadn’t. I have Version 2.5.8 on an iPhone 5 and it runs perfectly and way faster than the current version on my iPhone 8.
The latest version now will start selecting train cards without me touching the screen! I always play solo against the bots so if the developers would like to duplicate this error, play the game this way.
Dropped cards on routes often persist blocking the view of that section of the route. I can’t see which players cars are on that section. Other graphics persist, also blocking view of the map. (NOTE to developers: To reproduce these errors: Play the game 10 times in a row.)
Trying to drag cards to a route drags up control panel very often. It never did that before. I was much better when the train cards were horizontal on the bottom.
It now crashes and freezes frequently which it never did before, either. It’s very annoying. Don’t upgrade! I wish I hadn’t. I have Version 2.5.8 on an iPhone 5 and it runs perfectly and way faster than the current version on my iPhone 8.
The latest version now will start selecting train cards without me touching the screen! I always play solo against the bots so if the developers would like to duplicate this error, play the game this way.
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Greedy Days of Wonder screws pocket edition owners
I BOUGHT TTR Pocket edition and liked it for years. It came with three map variants out of the box.
When they came out with this new edition they spammed my pocket edition telling me to upgrade. I would get my “choice of more maps” and they would let me “migrate for free”. NOPE. Migrated to find I get ONE map and have to give them more money just to get back the maps I already paid for. I am thankful I left my old version on my phone.
Uninstalling this. Will NEVER buy another Days of Wonder game because of this scam. They were so greedy they would not even give me the same number of maps I had previously just to make a few extra cents. Well guess what? Now they get nothing.
When they came out with this new edition they spammed my pocket edition telling me to upgrade. I would get my “choice of more maps” and they would let me “migrate for free”. NOPE. Migrated to find I get ONE map and have to give them more money just to get back the maps I already paid for. I am thankful I left my old version on my phone.
Uninstalling this. Will NEVER buy another Days of Wonder game because of this scam. They were so greedy they would not even give me the same number of maps I had previously just to make a few extra cents. Well guess what? Now they get nothing.
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Okay But Too Often Frustrating
A couple design flaws and/or glitches takes most of the fun out of the game. The game is mostly well made and easy to play with the exception of the following which often makes it frustrating and not worth playing. Hopefully the below is fixed someday because this game could be one of the best.
- The game often stalls for 5-30 seconds each turn when each player’s timers continues to run after he executes his move. The next player can’t play and everyone just has to wait for some unknown reason.
- One attempted workaround to the above, which doesn’t usually work, is for players to exit the game and return after they make their move. Unfortunately this requires other players to click ‘Okay’ each time the notifications appear. Which can mean you’re clicking dozens of times every game instead of just playing.
- The game doesn’t have an individual turn time limit so if a player isn’t active you have to wait the entire 10-15 minutes of their game clock until the robot jumps in.
- The game has some cool graphics when you complete a route or have the longest train but it slows the game down too much, especially since it already is frustratingly slow from the above items.
- The game often stalls for 5-30 seconds each turn when each player’s timers continues to run after he executes his move. The next player can’t play and everyone just has to wait for some unknown reason.
- One attempted workaround to the above, which doesn’t usually work, is for players to exit the game and return after they make their move. Unfortunately this requires other players to click ‘Okay’ each time the notifications appear. Which can mean you’re clicking dozens of times every game instead of just playing.
- The game doesn’t have an individual turn time limit so if a player isn’t active you have to wait the entire 10-15 minutes of their game clock until the robot jumps in.
- The game has some cool graphics when you complete a route or have the longest train but it slows the game down too much, especially since it already is frustratingly slow from the above items.
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Response from developer
Hello, Thank you for your detailed feed-back. Could you please make sure that you update your app to the latest version (2.6.3 or above)? The first items you describe about the stalls are really surprising and absolutely not normal. The workflow of online play is normally very smooth. About the animations that you find too slow, make sure you check out the speed settings (the Settings screen can be found in the Station). You can speed up the animations there. Hopefully this will make you feel better about the game. Have fun with the game!
Excellent game design, glitchy app
I really enjoy the tabletop version of Ticket to Ride, especially playing with my parents who have grown a bit bored of the scrabble-and-monopoly board games but don’t really want to sit through a half-hour rules presentation either. It’s strategic enough to be interesting but not hard to understand. The app version is 100% faithful to the board game, and it’s been a lot of fun to try out the different maps that I’d hesitated to get physical copies of due to space constraints. Definitely worth it if you like board games, and want to play with people far away.
That said, the process of setting up invitation games is clunky and kind of hard to navigate (not to mention troubleshoot over the phone) and the scoring glitches on some of the maps have really detracted from the fun. It’s also a lot of information on a small space, and it would be really handy to be able to up the font size, especially when playing on an iPad mini. I hope to see these problems improve, as I’ve seen some of the older bugs get fixed.
That said, the process of setting up invitation games is clunky and kind of hard to navigate (not to mention troubleshoot over the phone) and the scoring glitches on some of the maps have really detracted from the fun. It’s also a lot of information on a small space, and it would be really handy to be able to up the font size, especially when playing on an iPad mini. I hope to see these problems improve, as I’ve seen some of the older bugs get fixed.
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Lots of bugs
There are lots of bugs with this app. The biggest one happens when you play with friends. Most of the time when I’ve played with different friends, the computer just takes over for the friend. It happened to every game that I was playing with a friend. The friend would just somehow become the computer and we couldn’t ever finish the game. It got to the point where none of my friend games were every being completed between me and whichever friend I was playing with and so we stopped playing. Second, the bonus 10 point card isn’t rewarded based on the rules of the game. This has also happened most of the time I’ve played the game. It seems to just be handed out arbitrarily rather than what the rules state. Too many bugs for a rating beyond 2 stars. And it’s only 2 stars (and not 1) because I would actually love playing this game if they would fix it.
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