Where is controller support??
Game looks good, but I can use my MFi controller…. Please get this fixed
Please add controller support.
I picked this game up to play with a controller. No such luck. The game looks really nice. Please add that feature. I hate the awkward swiping and screen tapping stuff.
THIS GAME BLEW MY MIND NO CAP
Best game I ever played i tell ya what
outstanding
I'm enjoying this game, and I'm quite comfortable with the controls. I hope if the devs change the controls at all for all the people complaining about them, they make the change optional and not mandatory - I'd hate to suddenly have this game go from great to sucky for me because the controls were changed to something that doesn't work for me.
if the character is "staggering around like a drunkard" on your screen, you might consider whether your phone can handle the game. I'm running this on a 128 gb iPhone 6 Plus with all graphics options maxed out, and not only does it look gorgeous, but it runs beautifully. totally smooth, everything happens at the right speed, no complaints. a lesser device might have more difficulty - understandably. this game is nothing if not graphics-intensive.
And for people having a hard time with the controls, you might also consider whether they just seem a little laggy, and if they do, just keep playing until you upgrade your sword. One of the things that makes the lowest-level sword the lowest level is that it's not very responsive. I haven't noticed this issue with the wooden staff or the axe that are acquired later in the game.
so no complaints from me! on the contrary - it's utterly replayable (i've completed it about five times now and it still gives me chills), and all this with no in-app purchases and no ads! *and* I got it while it was free! yowza. :)
I could lodge a very minor complaint about the quality of the voice-acting – it's pretty poor – but there isn't much of it and what there is is certainly more than bearable.
*Update, June 2017: I've completed the game 100 times now if not more, and I still enjoy it and it STILL manages to give me the occasional chill. And there are still zero ads or other obnoxious distractions, and neither have I ever seen a warning that the app won't work with future versions of the iOS. This is, very unfortunately, unheard of anymore. But you can still experience it here in this game. Quite an accomplishment, this. Thank you, devs!! I only wish now that they had produced a sequel (or two, or three, or…).
**Update, August 2019: I couldn’t even hazard a guess as to how many times I’ve completed the game now, but I continue to play it on my iPhone XS Max running iOS 12.4 and it continues to run flawlessly from start to finish. It’s just amazing to me that anyone could be so compliant with Apple developer guidelines as to build a game that would run without a hitch on every iPhone and under every iOS developed over a period of this many years - however many it’s been now since I started playing this game. Eight? Ten?
I just noticed that one reviewer who doesn't like the controls was talking about sliding his fingers around on the screen. I hope when he says "finger" he means "thumb". Anyone trying to control this game with their fingers – as opposed to their thumbs – will naturally find it difficult. That's not what the game – or the iPhone, really – is designed for. So I just thought I would add this note to anyone who is actually trying to play this game with their fingers: use your thumbs, silly! I bet you'll find it a lot easier.
And to the person who couldn’t figure out what the objective was: you just haven’t played long enough. There are lots of small objectives to be completed along the way toward attaining the much bigger final objective.
And I would advise anyone reading these reviews not to be dissuaded by the negative ones, because you might find that your experience of the game is as good as mine has been for all these years, and continues to be today.
Enjoy!! =)
***Update, September 2019: I’m disappointed to relate that I am today, with the release of iOS 13, seeing the first evidence (in about eight years of playing this game on every device and iOS version that’s come out in that time) of incompatibility between this game and the OS. The game doesn’t take up the whole screen, and the header bar icons and the clock are appearing in their usual place. Sadly - very sadly indeed, for me - this could mark the beginning of the end for this game. As yet, it still plays fine, but the first problems have finally appeared. We’ll see what this portends.
if the character is "staggering around like a drunkard" on your screen, you might consider whether your phone can handle the game. I'm running this on a 128 gb iPhone 6 Plus with all graphics options maxed out, and not only does it look gorgeous, but it runs beautifully. totally smooth, everything happens at the right speed, no complaints. a lesser device might have more difficulty - understandably. this game is nothing if not graphics-intensive.
And for people having a hard time with the controls, you might also consider whether they just seem a little laggy, and if they do, just keep playing until you upgrade your sword. One of the things that makes the lowest-level sword the lowest level is that it's not very responsive. I haven't noticed this issue with the wooden staff or the axe that are acquired later in the game.
so no complaints from me! on the contrary - it's utterly replayable (i've completed it about five times now and it still gives me chills), and all this with no in-app purchases and no ads! *and* I got it while it was free! yowza. :)
I could lodge a very minor complaint about the quality of the voice-acting – it's pretty poor – but there isn't much of it and what there is is certainly more than bearable.
*Update, June 2017: I've completed the game 100 times now if not more, and I still enjoy it and it STILL manages to give me the occasional chill. And there are still zero ads or other obnoxious distractions, and neither have I ever seen a warning that the app won't work with future versions of the iOS. This is, very unfortunately, unheard of anymore. But you can still experience it here in this game. Quite an accomplishment, this. Thank you, devs!! I only wish now that they had produced a sequel (or two, or three, or…).
**Update, August 2019: I couldn’t even hazard a guess as to how many times I’ve completed the game now, but I continue to play it on my iPhone XS Max running iOS 12.4 and it continues to run flawlessly from start to finish. It’s just amazing to me that anyone could be so compliant with Apple developer guidelines as to build a game that would run without a hitch on every iPhone and under every iOS developed over a period of this many years - however many it’s been now since I started playing this game. Eight? Ten?
I just noticed that one reviewer who doesn't like the controls was talking about sliding his fingers around on the screen. I hope when he says "finger" he means "thumb". Anyone trying to control this game with their fingers – as opposed to their thumbs – will naturally find it difficult. That's not what the game – or the iPhone, really – is designed for. So I just thought I would add this note to anyone who is actually trying to play this game with their fingers: use your thumbs, silly! I bet you'll find it a lot easier.
And to the person who couldn’t figure out what the objective was: you just haven’t played long enough. There are lots of small objectives to be completed along the way toward attaining the much bigger final objective.
And I would advise anyone reading these reviews not to be dissuaded by the negative ones, because you might find that your experience of the game is as good as mine has been for all these years, and continues to be today.
Enjoy!! =)
***Update, September 2019: I’m disappointed to relate that I am today, with the release of iOS 13, seeing the first evidence (in about eight years of playing this game on every device and iOS version that’s come out in that time) of incompatibility between this game and the OS. The game doesn’t take up the whole screen, and the header bar icons and the clock are appearing in their usual place. Sadly - very sadly indeed, for me - this could mark the beginning of the end for this game. As yet, it still plays fine, but the first problems have finally appeared. We’ll see what this portends.
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Better than expected
Truly this game has a dark souls feel, excellent graphics and smooth gameplay. One of the few games on mobile that run so well. Underrated and hidden gem.
