Want my money back
Game keeps shutting down, can’t get a single game for 20 minutes. Garbage.
Needs improvement
I have spent a lot of time on this app because I love the board game so well. The free version has glitches so I bought the payback. I can’t even sign into that one and it’s switches languages. So I don’t even know what it’s telling me to do. There’s nowhere to change the language. And there’s nowhere to get help with technical difficulties.
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paid but doesn’t allow me to sign in
not sure if this is a scam
Username
Brand new to this game and app and cannot register ive tried random letter for a username ive used my own made up words and nothing. So 5 dollars wasted and no game to play
Limited But Serviceable
Fine for scratching the Catan itch on-the-go or while passively watching something on TV. Seafarers and Cities & Knights are worthy expansions with various scenarios and maps to choose from. I will probably pay for and play all of them over time because the prices are reasonable and it helps pass the time; though, I do wish other expansions could be added (such as The Helpers).
However, the AI has something very much to be desired here. The “stats” don’t seem to carry over to the actual game at all; you will quickly learn which bots are jerks and which are trying to play the game, and it has nothing to do with the stats that the game touts as a feature. Furthermore, they appear to unfairly target the human player; not necessarily because they are human, but because the CPU knows what resources the human player has and what cards they have, and because victory point cards are counted automatically they target the human player even if the victory point total is supposed to be hidden from them. On the note of the CPU programming, it was abundantly clear to me right away that the AI never takes any risks, regardless of supposed “skill level” (again, an issue with the “stats” not being applied in any tangible way). At least the digital console version features CPUs that will take the occasional risks on some trades.
Bottom line: don’t expect this version of the game to meaningfully train you up on solid Catan play. It is simply too basic for that purpose. But if you want to play Catan to pass some time, it does, at least, provide you with an avenue to do so. Functional as it is, however, it’s hard to recommend it to anyone that loves Catan in any and all of its forms.
However, the AI has something very much to be desired here. The “stats” don’t seem to carry over to the actual game at all; you will quickly learn which bots are jerks and which are trying to play the game, and it has nothing to do with the stats that the game touts as a feature. Furthermore, they appear to unfairly target the human player; not necessarily because they are human, but because the CPU knows what resources the human player has and what cards they have, and because victory point cards are counted automatically they target the human player even if the victory point total is supposed to be hidden from them. On the note of the CPU programming, it was abundantly clear to me right away that the AI never takes any risks, regardless of supposed “skill level” (again, an issue with the “stats” not being applied in any tangible way). At least the digital console version features CPUs that will take the occasional risks on some trades.
Bottom line: don’t expect this version of the game to meaningfully train you up on solid Catan play. It is simply too basic for that purpose. But if you want to play Catan to pass some time, it does, at least, provide you with an avenue to do so. Functional as it is, however, it’s hard to recommend it to anyone that loves Catan in any and all of its forms.
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