Some bugs need to be fixed
Love this game but been having some issues lately with my Live Matches freezing up, leaving me unable to play and ending up losing points. I have sent in reports. Currently I can’t even close out the current game and claim my reward.
Used to be good, very buggy now
The concept is great, the game is really fun, but the game is just unsupported and very buggy now. Have had multiple games crash in the middle and have been unable to rejoin them. Just had all of my games completely disappear out of nowhere too.
Additionally, seems like no one really plays it anymore, I get matched with the same person every game.
Additionally, seems like no one really plays it anymore, I get matched with the same person every game.
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Very fun
It’s super fun and sometimes I lose track of time. When I play it’s 10:00 and the next second it’s noon.
Fun but live play issues
Fun and addicting game! Motley Fool is still working out some bugs. Live play can be very laggy or not load properly.
Complete disappointment
Don’t bother. This game is a huge waste of valuable time you can spend doing something else. Friend links do not work not the links fault but the apps. The app simply won’t open so you can play or fails to send the link. And the 1v1 play just doesn’t work as they intended the player simply will just go once a day drawing the gameplay out excruciatingly which is fine if that’s what you want but it’s not what I want
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Love it
It’s nice to play a game that doesn’t constantly want you to spend money
Font size too small
I have 20/15 vision, don’t wear glasses, and I finally had to give up on this. Hopefully you can play this game on a desktop (and I am happy to try that) but not on my little iPhone. There’s no setting to make the font bigger. The developers thought to allow colorblind settings but no way to make the font bigger. If you can read everything without straining your eyes congratulations because it looks like it could be a fun game, but I had to give up.
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Awesome
This game just gets better and better and I learn a lot
Crappy software
I have played for several months and now as my level gets higher, I have increasingly had problems with program throwing me out back to iOS. I am now spending more time trying to circumvent errors in the program than playing the game. Have made constant suggestions via bug reports but no help. Grrrr!
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Educational Purposes
Highly Appreciate This Opportunity’s
Help!
Help! Please! I am addicted! I love the game, but I don’t know if I missed something. I can’t seem to get past level50 and my perk tree is maxed out- are you updating the game with more levels? Please hurry cause I want to continue destroying the demonbot
Missing
Extremely fun & absolutely love this game. It’s early on and needs a few installments. Truly addictive game play. I will update rating & review in coming months. A connection like Facebook or something to play with friends would be nice. The friends of my phone book meh. Better to see who else is playing. I still get matched up with some people that haven’t played in days and days. Waited almost 3 days for players to join matches. I took the Loss by forfeiting unfortunately. Started new matches and was paired up just fine. Great game overall
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Response from developer
Thanks for the review! Please let us know if you find any bugs by emailing us at investorisland@fool.com or using the issue reporting system in the main menu.
Fun Game
I’m a member of Motley Fool and their advice is priceless. This game is fun while learning about the stock market. Hoping my teenagers will play.
Great concept
Love that it doesn’t flood me with ads and teaches me about reinvesting
Fabulously intelligent game, a blend of stocks and chess
I am 39 and an active long-term investor. I listen to Motley Fool podcast on a daily basis on my commute, which is where I first heard about this game. I had so much fun that I got my seven-year-old son playing as well! He is learning about investing in stocks through this game and I couldn’t be more ecstatic!
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Cool down
Great game great concept but the cool down is not needed instead of every stock having the same cool down how about it depends on the level of the stock
Needs Work
Needs a lot of work, I had very high hopes, but maybe it will eventually get there.
Too Random, ruins strategy, Pay to Play
A part of this game is “pay to play”. So if you spend the money on gold and load up on stocks/perks you gain advantage. You don’t have to do this but it makes it harder if you don’t.
Secondly, the opponent matching scheme is deeply flawed. I was frequently put up against players rated higher than me, not just one but in some cases three levels higher. Can’t really compete in those situations, they just have more upgrades to the stocks and more perks.
Third, when you lose against a stronger opponent your ranking suffers. So it’s really hard to climb the ladder (see pay to play comment above).
Fourth, I understand why they want the stock market as part of this given it is the Motley Fool, but it ruins the game IMO. Despite the best strategy, you can still lose just because someone’s choice of stocks outperforms your selection. Also your selection of available stock is limited by your ranking which is difficult to climb unless you pay to play.
So, after six months of seeing if this could be the strategy game for me, I’ve deleted it. It came after I lost a game, where despite a great strategy (I had the lead throughout and was poised to win) the opponents stocks lit up and mine fell apart in the final three turns. Takes the fun out of it when you play perfectly but still lose.
Take the randomness out of it and make it a one time purchase and I might have bought it. It’s a fun game, well put together and the strategy aspects are sounds. But too random and pay to play ruins it overall. Plus they don’t respond to your in game comments to the support team, at all.
Secondly, the opponent matching scheme is deeply flawed. I was frequently put up against players rated higher than me, not just one but in some cases three levels higher. Can’t really compete in those situations, they just have more upgrades to the stocks and more perks.
Third, when you lose against a stronger opponent your ranking suffers. So it’s really hard to climb the ladder (see pay to play comment above).
Fourth, I understand why they want the stock market as part of this given it is the Motley Fool, but it ruins the game IMO. Despite the best strategy, you can still lose just because someone’s choice of stocks outperforms your selection. Also your selection of available stock is limited by your ranking which is difficult to climb unless you pay to play.
So, after six months of seeing if this could be the strategy game for me, I’ve deleted it. It came after I lost a game, where despite a great strategy (I had the lead throughout and was poised to win) the opponents stocks lit up and mine fell apart in the final three turns. Takes the fun out of it when you play perfectly but still lose.
Take the randomness out of it and make it a one time purchase and I might have bought it. It’s a fun game, well put together and the strategy aspects are sounds. But too random and pay to play ruins it overall. Plus they don’t respond to your in game comments to the support team, at all.
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Response from developer
We really appreciate your time and this feedback -- you make a number of valid points. I can say that we're continually balancing perks and we have some improvements to the matching system coming soon that should make the pairings more fair and allow you to climb the ladder, get more stocks and more perks! Also apologies if we missed your support request, we try to get to them all, but occasionally miss a few. If you want to drop us a note at investorisland@fool.com, I'd be glad to answer any questions.
It is kind of hard
It is kind of hard. To hard
Great
A little addictive it’s that good
