App is broken
I love the idea and the stories seem to be really funny, but I‘m not sure anyone ever tested this game because several features are completely broken.
- if you click the menu button while being in any other part of the app than the story, like the options, gallery, or achievements, the "back to the story" button breaks and only takes you back to that part of the app afterwards. The only way to actually get back to the story is to restart from the beginning or from one of the checkpoints, losing some of your progress in the process
- the Yorick skulls that supposedly show the path that is closest to the real play just… don't seem to exist. I haven't seen a single one.
- the Haml-O-Meter is also broken. There are two completely white boxes moving across the screen the entire time
- the "screen mode" part of the options is not changing anything, no matter which option I choose. Maybe something that was meant for another platform and just left in here? Either way it's annoying and confusing
From what little I've seen of the story I would likely love this game if it worked as advertised, but in the current state, with several of the promised features just not working and having to repeatedly restart the game because of a misclick breaking my current playthrough, the 8€ I paid feel like theft.
- if you click the menu button while being in any other part of the app than the story, like the options, gallery, or achievements, the "back to the story" button breaks and only takes you back to that part of the app afterwards. The only way to actually get back to the story is to restart from the beginning or from one of the checkpoints, losing some of your progress in the process
- the Yorick skulls that supposedly show the path that is closest to the real play just… don't seem to exist. I haven't seen a single one.
- the Haml-O-Meter is also broken. There are two completely white boxes moving across the screen the entire time
- the "screen mode" part of the options is not changing anything, no matter which option I choose. Maybe something that was meant for another platform and just left in here? Either way it's annoying and confusing
From what little I've seen of the story I would likely love this game if it worked as advertised, but in the current state, with several of the promised features just not working and having to repeatedly restart the game because of a misclick breaking my current playthrough, the 8€ I paid feel like theft.
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EXCELLENT STORY GAME
Great story telling! The artwork is great! There are many side adventures, murders, and ghosts to follow. Ryan North is brilliant!!!
Just play Astrolagaster instead
Don’t buy this. This app has a good concept, but the stories are too short and a little too inconsequential even for light comedy. It’s very expensive for what it is and doesn’t even seem to be maintained anymore as there are obvious bugs as you play (floating white squares at the end, for one). Most of the comedy is derived from using modern English in the mouths of Shakespearean characters, which can only retain its novelty for so long. If you just cant get enough of a supposedly Shakespearean narrative voice constantly calling everything “awesome” and “rad” and ending sentences? With question marks? then you will like this. For everyone else, this is vastly overpriced. The art is good though. If this app were somewhere in the dollar range, I’d be satisfied with it. As it stands, I wish I could get a refund. I played through a number of scenarios with multiple endings for each character — and still only got about 20 minutes of gameplay.
My advice: just play Astrologaster instead. It’s better in literally every way: it’s funnier, has better stories, better music, and better art.
My advice: just play Astrologaster instead. It’s better in literally every way: it’s funnier, has better stories, better music, and better art.
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Great with some bugs
Hi! I love this game; I have it on my PC and I was delighted to find it as an app on my phone. I’ve noticed a few bugs, though.
1. When I’m trying to look through the art gallery, when I then ask it to go back to the story, it leaves me on the same page.
2. The artwork that shows for King Hamlet resuming his reign as a ghost with Gertrude is instead the same artwork you get for choosing to be upset about Gertrude marrying your brother and burying yourself in rock and digging a hole from Denmark to England.
3. The spotlights that are supposed to show on the Hamlet-o-meter are solid white squares.
1. When I’m trying to look through the art gallery, when I then ask it to go back to the story, it leaves me on the same page.
2. The artwork that shows for King Hamlet resuming his reign as a ghost with Gertrude is instead the same artwork you get for choosing to be upset about Gertrude marrying your brother and burying yourself in rock and digging a hole from Denmark to England.
3. The spotlights that are supposed to show on the Hamlet-o-meter are solid white squares.
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Help!
I’m stuck in a loop in the menu. I want to go back to the story but every time I click that, it takes me to the extras! Meh, I haven’t gone too far into the story, I can try to reset it I don’t want to get stuck again.
