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.
Dave Barry type humour, well done!
Gently cerebral, hilarious, educational (but not in a way anyone would actually notice) and great entertainment. Not for avid, “gamers”, but as a book that you pick up, and put down, then pick up again, it’s perfect — and you will pick it up again. Great fun, and filled laugh-out-loud humour. A true stress reliever (hence not for true gamers who want the adrenaline rush). Also, no in-app purchases, no subscription — gotta love that. If you enjoy humorists such as Dave Barry, you’ll love this.
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Trapped in loop at art gallery, cannot play
Played game for about two minutes, now useless. I bought the app yesterday. After a single event I chose to visit the “art gallery” and turn the sound on. these actions are meant to always be available and you can return back to your place. But no matter how often I select “back to the story,” I keep being sent to the art gallery. I have tried choosing other menu items, quitting and relaunching, nothing works. Sent feedback with repro steps to developer using their web form, received my cc but no contact yet. Will update if they resolve.
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Stuck in menu!
Very buggy. I went to change narration off and cannot get out of the menu, all buttons just reload the menu again. Trying to return to the story using the button just returns me back to the main menu. Exiting the app using the exit button brings me back to the same menu. I had to delete the app entirely to get back to the game and don’t want to change any settings for fear of getting stuck in the menu loop again.
C’mon devs, this is pretty silly.
C’mon devs, this is pretty silly.
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Love the Artists
Saw this and thought the illustrations looked familiar. Looked it up here on the App Store and saw Kate Beaton and Nedroid in the credits and I had to buy it just to support these guys. I’m excited to play it, I’m a big fan of their works.
Thank you for updating!
Okay, now I can update to 11.
good overall
but the pirate scene is kinda long and boring
Funny and Easy to Play/Read
The endings come quick and with a big laugh each time. There's never a boring moment when you're making choices for one of three Hamlet characters as you read. Hilarious, amusing, and highly addictive!
Not my kind of humor
Unfortunately, I didn't enjoy the humor of the game and apparently it's just a big joke from start to finish. Art is great and the "this is what Shakespeare did" indicator is a neat feature.
Expensive
Not enough content for the price. I feel ripped off.
Made me look like an idiot on an airplane
I laughed for the whole flight
Ripper Title
Great interactive adventure, has a big scope but pulls it off brilliantly. Worth a shot, even for non-Shakespeare fans.
TOO SHORT FOR $5.99
I hate reading but was looking for something entertaining to keep engaged and interested in reading. I thought this might do it, and it did, BUT each "choose your own adventure" that I did (just two to be fair) very quickly ended, and not because of poor choices. Its like they ran out of funny and clever ways to continue the story so they quickly wrapped it up. Fun, but not worth $6 for 15 minutes!
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Fantastisch
Wer des Englischen hinreichend mächtig ist, darf sich dieses Juwel nicht entgehen lassen. Das ist Shakespeare wie er gelesen werden sollte. Habe selten mit einem iOS Spiel so viel Spaß gehabt. Jede dänische Krone wert.
Horribly cute and enjoyable
Fun and clever little app in that "choose your own adventure" style based on Hamlet. Good writing, lovely art, and while a light little app, I for one definitely got my $5 worth. There is a lot of funny stuff in there that made me giggle but I fear anything I could say beyond that would give away too much.
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Recommended... for kids
Nice artworks, but the smart tone gets more and more annoying as I read alone. Maybe it's good for kids to develop an interest in classic literature, but I fail to get much out of it in the end.
