The Manhattan Project app good for
The app has received a lot of love over past few updates and is looking very good in its current state. As a veteran player, my only complaint is that I wish that the hard AI was just a bit tougher to beat. Other than that, its a great implementation of one of my favorite board games.
If you already know how to play this game, youll like the app. If you dont know how, dont bother. Lack of tutorial makes this really tough to start (for me at least).
Ai is NOT a great player. After playing once on tabletop, I came back to this app and creamed the AI ten times in a row.
Some aspects like "moveability" of cards and workers is not great... Why let me move other players stuff around... Although more "real" this is just not helpful in the virtual world.
Great game though, and I found it good for practice of the concepts, again AFTER I learned the game via cardboard.
Some bad moments
Excuse me but is it a joke? I love the boardgame so much but this app is a pain to play with. I have never wanted to be refund so much.
At least on the iPhone, the UI is terrible. (might be ok on iPad). More importantly, unfinished games arent saving (offline). Twice tried to come back to a game but could only start a new game.
Quite straightforward implementation of boardgame:
- Very basic graphics (mostly scan original items).
As result overall view is not so good.
- no tutorial inside
- AI only have one level and it is quite basic
- only synchronous multipleer
- cannot find even way to give players real names instead of p1,p2
Lets be honest - this is not an adaptation of the board game for your iPad. This is a scan of a board game on your iPad. While the actual board game might be good, this implementations feels more like a game concept rather than a final product. Make it fit on the screen, make the UI more intuitive. Actually, make a UI. Its really a pain to play at this moment.
What it does do - it shows what the game looks like on a real table. Do you really want that? Most likely - no. We need a game that looks and plays good on iPad. There are many many games that prove it is possible and I hope that game designers will put some more effort into this product and actually make it both playable and enjoyable.
I was excited to see this finally hit the App Store! Love the art style, and the music is rather soothing. A bit of a learning curve, but very enjoyable. If you are in the market, I highly recommend picking it up. It is so choice.
Interface is clunky. If you dont know how to play - its nearly impossible to learn through the app. The rules are a simple PDF import - not searchable. There is no tutorial. So much potential... I know the kickstarter for this failed, and the lack of funds probably hindered the devs ability to devote dev time. But man - to charge $6.99 for what is, at best, an incomplete experience? Not good.
