Scythe: Digital Edition
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Take command and turn your faction into the most powerful in all of Europa!
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About Scythe: Digital Edition
In an alternate reality in 1920s Europa, it's been several years since the "Great War", but the ashes of the conflict are still hot and the war is entering a new phase. The first conflict saw the emergence of some incredible engines of war known as Mechs. Built by "The Factory", an independent city-state which has since become the object of everyone's desire, these technological monstrosities roam the snowy landscapes of Europa. Be the hero of one of the five factions – Saxony Empire, Crimean Khanate, Rusviet Union, Polania Republic or Nordic Kingdom – and become the richest and most powerful nation in all of Europa during these dark times! To assure the victory of your people, you will need to explore and conquer new territories, enlist new recruits and deploy your forces by building formidable and terrifying combat Mechs. Replay history in a fictional past full of mechanical engines and technology, where each choice you make will be critical. Choose your battles with care, because in Scythe, victory is achieved with and for the people!
Gameplay:
• Asymmetry: every player starts the game with different resources (energy, coins, keen combat sense, popularity…), a different starting location and a secret objective. The starting positions are specifically set to contribute to the uniqueness of every faction and the asymmetrical nature of the game.
• Strategy: Scythe offers players almost complete control over their fate. The only elements of chance apart from each player's individual secrete objective card are the Encounter cards, which players draw to interact with the citizens of newly explored lands. Combat is also handled by way of choice; no luck or chance is involved.
• Engine Building: Players can improve their construction abilities to become more efficient, build structures that improve their position on the map, enlist new recruits into their faction, activate mechs to dissuade opponents from invading and expand their borders to reap greater types and quantities of resources. This aspect creates a feeling of energy and progression over the course of the entire game. The order in which players get to develop their economy and technologies adds to the unique feel of every game, even when playing as the same faction several times.
Features:
• Official adaptation of the award-winning board game
• 4X strategy game (eXplore, eXpand, eXploit and eXterminate)
• Customize the mat to sharpen your strategy
• Choose a specialty for unique games: Agriculturalist, Industrialist, Engineer, Patriot or Mechanic.
• Fight alone against an AI, face your friends in Pass and Play or face opponents from all over the world in Online Mode
• Check out artistic genius Jakub Rozalski's retro-futuristic illustrations!
You can follow us on Facebook, Twitter, Discord and YouTube!
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/asmodeedigital/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/asmodeedigital
Discord: https://discord.gg/gN7pxtKYDj
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/asmodeedigital
Gameplay:
• Asymmetry: every player starts the game with different resources (energy, coins, keen combat sense, popularity…), a different starting location and a secret objective. The starting positions are specifically set to contribute to the uniqueness of every faction and the asymmetrical nature of the game.
• Strategy: Scythe offers players almost complete control over their fate. The only elements of chance apart from each player's individual secrete objective card are the Encounter cards, which players draw to interact with the citizens of newly explored lands. Combat is also handled by way of choice; no luck or chance is involved.
• Engine Building: Players can improve their construction abilities to become more efficient, build structures that improve their position on the map, enlist new recruits into their faction, activate mechs to dissuade opponents from invading and expand their borders to reap greater types and quantities of resources. This aspect creates a feeling of energy and progression over the course of the entire game. The order in which players get to develop their economy and technologies adds to the unique feel of every game, even when playing as the same faction several times.
Features:
• Official adaptation of the award-winning board game
• 4X strategy game (eXplore, eXpand, eXploit and eXterminate)
• Customize the mat to sharpen your strategy
• Choose a specialty for unique games: Agriculturalist, Industrialist, Engineer, Patriot or Mechanic.
• Fight alone against an AI, face your friends in Pass and Play or face opponents from all over the world in Online Mode
• Check out artistic genius Jakub Rozalski's retro-futuristic illustrations!
You can follow us on Facebook, Twitter, Discord and YouTube!
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/asmodeedigital/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/asmodeedigital
Discord: https://discord.gg/gN7pxtKYDj
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/asmodeedigital
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Great app
Sep 19, 2020 Plays well versus the AI, with no lag or crashes. The user interface is well implemented and gives you easy access to the current score and eligible hexes one can move to. The undo can be a bit clunky at times (e.g. to undo a single move you have to finish the entire action). Also, not sure how to tell at a glance which resources in the bottom row can be reduced via the Upgrade action. These are minor complaints, I still think the game is well worth it.more -
Feb 8, 2021 Great game but no way to undo is a fatal flaw. There is little reason to not have a undo button during your turn. If you misclick on a move action you could have cost yourself the game. Another note, there is no deselect on your move action. If you select a unit you are forced to move it. Why?more -
Released finished game EDIT: Nevermind I’m dumb
Sep 17, 2020 You can’t use “2 move” action on the same unit (character or worker). Turn 1 of game 1 and I can’t move my character 2 spaces to pick up encounter. If this very basic action is wrong who knows what else is wrong. Please refund money or fix game. Pretty sad for $8 game. Edit: I followed the digital in game rules link and under top row move it says to move 2 different (italicized) units. I thought that was a change in a newer edition or something because we’ve played Scythe for years without noticing you couldn’t use both move actions on same unit. I opened my physical rule book and there is was. Two different units. Now I’m questioning everything I thought I knew about everything as I may have just worm holed into a parallel universe where the only difference is you can’t move the same character twice in scythe.more -
Dec 11, 2020 Good port of a great game. I'll give 5 stars once these are fixed: 1. Building bonuses don't work right (e.g. for Neighbor Tunnels, 1 building by 2 tunnels gives $4 instead of $2) 2. Can't know which 6 bottom row upgrades will be available. (E.g., if a mech costs me 4 metal now, what price can I get it down to? 3, 2, or 1?) 3. There's no Undo button for online play. One "mis-tap" can ruin your game. 4. For online play, there's no way to propose a game to a player who isn't currently online.more -
Needs some work
Oct 9, 2020 One of my favorite board games. App needs work. Having to be online just to set up asynchronous game is not ideal. I haven’t found a way to activate the “undo” button during a multiplayer game. And there is a hack I’ve found that pretty much breaks combat. When combat is decided, before you click the “accept” button to resolve the fight, just exit the app. Reload, and enter the game again. App will start combat back from the beginning...after you have already been shown your opponents combat strength used for the fight. I’ve done it twice. I’m not certain it will work every time, but it needs to be addressed.more
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Dec 1, 2020 You know, it's a good game but I'm going to have to rate it at a one star until they fix the go-back/reverse actions on the game. They're real hit and miss on what it will allow you to reverse even if no unknown info is revealed on your turn. Real amateur hour issue there that should have been fixed early on. Love the game guys but get this fixed now.more -
Jan 31, 2021 Terrible asynchronous online matchmaking...Scythe is a great game and like other great games should allow people to create games and wait offline for them to begin when others join. It's an app for a cell phone after all...how long should you keep the same screen on your phone to create an asynchronous game?more -
Crashes at load screen
Sep 20, 2020 I use a first generation iPad Air - the app quits before the game even loads and then when I log back in I get a prompt saying the save data is corrupted and I can’t resume the game. I try to start a new game and it crashes again. It’s only $9 so it’s not a huge loss but still a loss, none the less. Side note: this seems to be a consistent problem with game apps on first generation iPad Air tablets - other games I own like Mystic Vale and Evolution have the same problem where it crashes and the game is unplayable. I read reviews where older model iPhones have no issues with game apps so I’m not sure why this particular model of iPad is such garbage.more -
Kind of the bare minimum
Sep 27, 2020 I love this board game, and have been waiting for this app for months. I’m disappointed it is a little basic. The tutorial is more like a series of unconnected tips, and accessing the rules simply takes you to a PDF of the rule book for the board game, which actually doesn’t look all that much like the app does. When I press the help button (?) I would expect it to help explain what was on the screen at the time, but instead it just shows you a standard help screen. Overall, it works, but is not really great in any aspect.more -
Dec 7, 2020 Works great at first. After I log in for multiplayer the game will not open on subsequent launches. I have to wipe all data to open the app again. And once again, after I log in for multiplayer the game gets stuck on the loading screen for subsequent launches.more
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Released finished game EDIT: Nevermind I’m dumb
Sep 17, 2020 You can’t use “2 move” action on the same unit (character or worker). Turn 1 of game 1 and I can’t move my character 2 spaces to pick up encounter. If this very basic action is wrong who knows what else is wrong. Please refund money or fix game. Pretty sad for $8 game. Edit: I followed the digital in game rules link and under top row move it says to move 2 different (italicized) units. I thought that was a change in a newer edition or something because we’ve played Scythe for years without noticing you couldn’t use both move actions on same unit. I opened my physical rule book and there is was. Two different units. Now I’m questioning everything I thought I knew about everything as I may have just worm holed into a parallel universe where the only difference is you can’t move the same character twice in scythe.more -
Amazing - IFA??
Nov 17, 2020 I love this game, and I think the LoU guys did a fine job with this implementation! I’d love for some more UX enhancements that make it a little easier to access game information, particularly modals or slide outs that can be toggled, or perhaps a small icon-based hud when an entity or icon is tapped. Most importantly, I’m hoping we can get Invaders from Afar for this platform - being able to practice Albion or Togawa on the go would be incredibly helpful for my game!!more -
Nov 24, 2020 I am a big fan of Scythe tabletop game and fully loved the transition of the digital edition. Spot on! I hope the expansions will come out very soon for Android. Please hurry up!!! The only deficit is that I have unlocked all game achievements (including the hidden one) on Android but the final one "Teleporting back to homebase" (Complete all achievements) does not unlock. I have also emailed you about it. Kindly have a look into this matter. Thank you!more -
Great Fun!
Jan 5, 2021 A really fun and accelerated way of playing this great board game. The only issue we have is the camera, which auto-snaps to each player whenever they take an action. It appears there had been a fix for this in a previous patch, but that may have only been for the Steam version. On the version downloaded from the App Store, there seems to be no way of toggling this feature off.more -
Dec 26, 2020 Severe flickering on brand new high-end Pixelbook Go, as mentioned in another review. I'll update this review when that gets fixed, but so far I haven't been able to play the actual game. UPDATE: As of the Oct. 12th update, the game now runs perfectly on my Pixelbook Go. Great game!more
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Great app
Sep 19, 2020 Plays well versus the AI, with no lag or crashes. The user interface is well implemented and gives you easy access to the current score and eligible hexes one can move to. The undo can be a bit clunky at times (e.g. to undo a single move you have to finish the entire action). Also, not sure how to tell at a glance which resources in the bottom row can be reduced via the Upgrade action. These are minor complaints, I still think the game is well worth it.more -
Jan 13, 2021 Beautiful version of one of my favorite boardgames. Unfortunately there are a few control issues during multiplayer that can really mess you up. Not having any sort of undo, even inside your turn, can easily loose you the game. Clicking a mm off on the screen, will lead you to an unintended move that you can't take back.more -
Lazy graphic port
Sep 19, 2020 Playing on: • iPad 2020 Pro 12.9 • iPhone 11 Pro Max 4 ⭐️ because looks nothing like Steam PC version, and steam pc version is nothing to begin with, graphics-wise. Barely any shadows & detail on worker models, pulls away immersion of an actual piece on a board. Faction Models (shiny, bright white pieces) with some sculpted features. No shadows or details. No graphical effort. For an Asmodee developed game - I’m shocked. Their quality used to be higher. I own majority Asmodee titles. Scythe deserved better. To me... this comes across like a rushed job. Get the money from the board game designer and dump all production values & team efforts on Gloomhaven. Scythe could had definitely used a tad more visual polish to produce stronger immersion. Game play is solid 5 stars!more -
Oct 22, 2020 Great game, and good adaptation to the mobile. I have two complaints. 1) It is a bit hard to understand the faction mat and upgrades on it. 2) It is missing the ability to revert actions before ending the turn for online games. Since the screen is relatively small, it is easy to make mistakes during the action phase and there is no way to revert them. In Terra Mystica for instance, you can refresh your turn unless you hit the end turn button. This type of functionality may help online gamers.more -
Great First Version of the App
Sep 20, 2020 Would love to give this game 5 stars. It’d be nice if you can see other players’ mats, the upgrades that can be done, and if the slide where you can see people’s previous moves was inverted where you don’t have to scroll all the way to the bottom to see what the other player just didmore
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Feb 8, 2021 Great game but no way to undo is a fatal flaw. There is little reason to not have a undo button during your turn. If you misclick on a move action you could have cost yourself the game. Another note, there is no deselect on your move action. If you select a unit you are forced to move it. Why?more -
Dec 11, 2020 Good port of a great game. I'll give 5 stars once these are fixed: 1. Building bonuses don't work right (e.g. for Neighbor Tunnels, 1 building by 2 tunnels gives $4 instead of $2) 2. Can't know which 6 bottom row upgrades will be available. (E.g., if a mech costs me 4 metal now, what price can I get it down to? 3, 2, or 1?) 3. There's no Undo button for online play. One "mis-tap" can ruin your game. 4. For online play, there's no way to propose a game to a player who isn't currently online.more -
Needs some work
Oct 9, 2020 One of my favorite board games. App needs work. Having to be online just to set up asynchronous game is not ideal. I haven’t found a way to activate the “undo” button during a multiplayer game. And there is a hack I’ve found that pretty much breaks combat. When combat is decided, before you click the “accept” button to resolve the fight, just exit the app. Reload, and enter the game again. App will start combat back from the beginning...after you have already been shown your opponents combat strength used for the fight. I’ve done it twice. I’m not certain it will work every time, but it needs to be addressed.more -
Dec 17, 2020 Samsung Galaxy S9 - app regularly locks on load screen requiring a system restart, but once I'm in it's great. The load screen issue had been resolved for weeks but has returned today. I'd forgotten how frustrating this is, but hopefully it will be fixed soon.more -
Great iPad version, constantly crashes
Sep 23, 2020 I’ve been playing this game for a few years in all its versions. Been awaiting the iPad version for a while and very happy that it has arrived. Looks beautiful, plays great, but it crashes constantly. I’m talking multiple times per game. It’s very frustrating, especially if playing online with others. I would recommend waiting until they get the bugs worked out before buying it.more
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Kind of the bare minimum
Sep 27, 2020 I love this board game, and have been waiting for this app for months. I’m disappointed it is a little basic. The tutorial is more like a series of unconnected tips, and accessing the rules simply takes you to a PDF of the rule book for the board game, which actually doesn’t look all that much like the app does. When I press the help button (?) I would expect it to help explain what was on the screen at the time, but instead it just shows you a standard help screen. Overall, it works, but is not really great in any aspect.more -
Dec 7, 2020 Works great at first. After I log in for multiplayer the game will not open on subsequent launches. I have to wipe all data to open the app again. And once again, after I log in for multiplayer the game gets stuck on the loading screen for subsequent launches.more -
Works on iPhone but crashes on iPad
Sep 18, 2020 Played on iPhone and it is good if you have a lot of experience with physical board game, otherwise you may miss a lot. For example I knew I should be able to specify how many workers I want to carry with mech so I put the effort in to figure out this is hidden under tapping the label. Or how to find details on your objectives or the building bonus. I then tried it on iPad to see if it utilizes the larger screen, but it just crashes even after a hard restart. I expect they will improve it with time.more -
Not a legible GUI on a phone
Jan 6, 2021 I wouldn't recommend playing this on a phone. It might be better listed as iPad only, unless you've played the board game before. Having never played the game, I'm not familiar with the iconography. I think I might rely too much on being able to read rules and descriptions. But on a phone, everything is crammed to the point where it's impossible to make out half of the text or the iconography. If you've played the board game before, I'm sure it might be easy enough to conclude that an icon could only mean one of a few things, and you probably don't need to read much/any of the tutorial text. It feels like trying to learn Civ 6 by playing a direct 4k resolution PC port on a 6" screen. The GUI just doesn't fit unless you have a microscope to see it or know what you're looking for already.more -
Oct 9, 2020 As an adaptation, it's great, but the multiplayer is too clunky. A friend and I bought it when we heard it had asychronous multiplayer, but you have to both be in the app at the same time, making it very clunky and kind of cancelling the appeal of not having to schedule time to play together. If you could invite a friend to start a game without having to be online at the same time, I'd change to 5 stars.more
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Dec 1, 2020 You know, it's a good game but I'm going to have to rate it at a one star until they fix the go-back/reverse actions on the game. They're real hit and miss on what it will allow you to reverse even if no unknown info is revealed on your turn. Real amateur hour issue there that should have been fixed early on. Love the game guys but get this fixed now.more -
Jan 31, 2021 Terrible asynchronous online matchmaking...Scythe is a great game and like other great games should allow people to create games and wait offline for them to begin when others join. It's an app for a cell phone after all...how long should you keep the same screen on your phone to create an asynchronous game?more -
Crashes at load screen
Sep 20, 2020 I use a first generation iPad Air - the app quits before the game even loads and then when I log back in I get a prompt saying the save data is corrupted and I can’t resume the game. I try to start a new game and it crashes again. It’s only $9 so it’s not a huge loss but still a loss, none the less. Side note: this seems to be a consistent problem with game apps on first generation iPad Air tablets - other games I own like Mystic Vale and Evolution have the same problem where it crashes and the game is unplayable. I read reviews where older model iPhones have no issues with game apps so I’m not sure why this particular model of iPad is such garbage.more -
Dec 30, 2020 Poor implementation of a good game. Asynchronous online games are unplayable as all players need to be present to start the game which defeats the purpose of the mode. This combined with undersized UI buttons and a bland color palette make for a bad game.more
What’s Groovy
Great game, good adaptation of the real board game, although maybe not as good as the one in steam. However, many of the achievements are broken, like winning with the different factions or achieving the highest tier on buildings. If that was fixed, this game for me would be 5 stars.
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What’s Subpar
Scythe is an excellent board game. This app looks good so far and I was able to log in via my Asmodee account and add friends within the app, which is more than I can do in other Asmodee games (Terraforming Mars).
HOWEVER, that’s all I’ve seen so far. Why? Because for some nonsensical reason you cannot invite friends into an asynchronous (here called Play & Go) game unless everyone is online. We have been trying to coordinate via forum for four people spread across 7 hours of time zones to all log in at the exact same time just to start a game. We still haven’t managed to do this. Is there a reason Asmodee can’t figure out how to do something that other developers figured out nearly a decade ago at this point?
I’ll update my review accordingly should the experience improve, but when you spend premium money on a top-rated board game made by the biggest board game app developer in the world you expect basic functionality without having to jump through asinine hoops.
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Great app
Plays well versus the AI, with no lag or crashes. The user interface is well implemented and gives you easy access to the current score and eligible hexes one can move to. The undo can be a bit clunky at times (e.g. to undo a single move you have to finish the entire action). Also, not sure how to tell at a glance which resources in the bottom row can be reduced via the Upgrade action. These are minor complaints, I still think the game is well worth it. -
Great game but no way to undo is a fatal flaw. There is little reason to not have a undo button during your turn. If you misclick on a move action you could have cost yourself the game. Another note, there is no deselect on your move action. If you select a unit you are forced to move it. Why?
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Released finished game EDIT: Nevermind I’m dumb
You can’t use “2 move” action on the same unit (character or worker). Turn 1 of game 1 and I can’t move my character 2 spaces to pick up encounter. If this very basic action is wrong who knows what else is wrong. Please refund money or fix game. Pretty sad for $8 game. Edit: I followed the digital in game rules link and under top row move it says to move 2 different (italicized) units. I thought that was a change in a newer edition or something because we’ve played Scythe for years without noticing you couldn’t use both move actions on same unit. I opened my physical rule book and there is was. Two different units. Now I’m questioning everything I thought I knew about everything as I may have just worm holed into a parallel universe where the only difference is you can’t move the same character twice in scythe. -
Good port of a great game. I'll give 5 stars once these are fixed: 1. Building bonuses don't work right (e.g. for Neighbor Tunnels, 1 building by 2 tunnels gives $4 instead of $2) 2. Can't know which 6 bottom row upgrades will be available. (E.g., if a mech costs me 4 metal now, what price can I get it down to? 3, 2, or 1?) 3. There's no Undo button for online play. One "mis-tap" can ruin your game. 4. For online play, there's no way to propose a game to a player who isn't currently online.
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Needs some work
One of my favorite board games. App needs work. Having to be online just to set up asynchronous game is not ideal. I haven’t found a way to activate the “undo” button during a multiplayer game. And there is a hack I’ve found that pretty much breaks combat. When combat is decided, before you click the “accept” button to resolve the fight, just exit the app. Reload, and enter the game again. App will start combat back from the beginning...after you have already been shown your opponents combat strength used for the fight. I’ve done it twice. I’m not certain it will work every time, but it needs to be addressed. -
Amazing - IFA??
I love this game, and I think the LoU guys did a fine job with this implementation! I’d love for some more UX enhancements that make it a little easier to access game information, particularly modals or slide outs that can be toggled, or perhaps a small icon-based hud when an entity or icon is tapped. Most importantly, I’m hoping we can get Invaders from Afar for this platform - being able to practice Albion or Togawa on the go would be incredibly helpful for my game!! -
I am a big fan of Scythe tabletop game and fully loved the transition of the digital edition. Spot on! I hope the expansions will come out very soon for Android. Please hurry up!!! The only deficit is that I have unlocked all game achievements (including the hidden one) on Android but the final one "Teleporting back to homebase" (Complete all achievements) does not unlock. I have also emailed you about it. Kindly have a look into this matter. Thank you!
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Beautiful version of one of my favorite boardgames. Unfortunately there are a few control issues during multiplayer that can really mess you up. Not having any sort of undo, even inside your turn, can easily loose you the game. Clicking a mm off on the screen, will lead you to an unintended move that you can't take back.
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Great Fun!
A really fun and accelerated way of playing this great board game. The only issue we have is the camera, which auto-snaps to each player whenever they take an action. It appears there had been a fix for this in a previous patch, but that may have only been for the Steam version. On the version downloaded from the App Store, there seems to be no way of toggling this feature off. -
Severe flickering on brand new high-end Pixelbook Go, as mentioned in another review. I'll update this review when that gets fixed, but so far I haven't been able to play the actual game. UPDATE: As of the Oct. 12th update, the game now runs perfectly on my Pixelbook Go. Great game!
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Released finished game EDIT: Nevermind I’m dumb
You can’t use “2 move” action on the same unit (character or worker). Turn 1 of game 1 and I can’t move my character 2 spaces to pick up encounter. If this very basic action is wrong who knows what else is wrong. Please refund money or fix game. Pretty sad for $8 game. Edit: I followed the digital in game rules link and under top row move it says to move 2 different (italicized) units. I thought that was a change in a newer edition or something because we’ve played Scythe for years without noticing you couldn’t use both move actions on same unit. I opened my physical rule book and there is was. Two different units. Now I’m questioning everything I thought I knew about everything as I may have just worm holed into a parallel universe where the only difference is you can’t move the same character twice in scythe. -
Amazing - IFA??
I love this game, and I think the LoU guys did a fine job with this implementation! I’d love for some more UX enhancements that make it a little easier to access game information, particularly modals or slide outs that can be toggled, or perhaps a small icon-based hud when an entity or icon is tapped. Most importantly, I’m hoping we can get Invaders from Afar for this platform - being able to practice Albion or Togawa on the go would be incredibly helpful for my game!! -
I am a big fan of Scythe tabletop game and fully loved the transition of the digital edition. Spot on! I hope the expansions will come out very soon for Android. Please hurry up!!! The only deficit is that I have unlocked all game achievements (including the hidden one) on Android but the final one "Teleporting back to homebase" (Complete all achievements) does not unlock. I have also emailed you about it. Kindly have a look into this matter. Thank you!
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Great Fun!
A really fun and accelerated way of playing this great board game. The only issue we have is the camera, which auto-snaps to each player whenever they take an action. It appears there had been a fix for this in a previous patch, but that may have only been for the Steam version. On the version downloaded from the App Store, there seems to be no way of toggling this feature off. -
Severe flickering on brand new high-end Pixelbook Go, as mentioned in another review. I'll update this review when that gets fixed, but so far I haven't been able to play the actual game. UPDATE: As of the Oct. 12th update, the game now runs perfectly on my Pixelbook Go. Great game!
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AI Change
Scythe is one of my favorite games, and this is an amazing format. I love being able to forego the setup required with the board game, and I like to be able to play on my own schedule. The only thing I wish this game had was a stronger AI. I’m a decent Scythe player (but not the best), and I have beaten the hard AI every time I have played against it be about 30 coins. If there was a harder AI, that would make this app even better. -
Scythe is one of my favorite board games, and the app makes it so convenient to play. I was most impressed by how different the factions and boards are, yet end up quite balanced. The fantastic artwork also deserves special mention.
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I have really enjoyed this game:) the one update i would recommend is the ability to see how many times each quadrant can be upgraded. Other than that I have had a blast with it
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I love Scythe and this app certainly scratches the itch. No expansions yet, but I imagine that will come with time. Rise of Fenris would be a great addition for sure! The gameplay is smooth. The graphics are good. The interface is a bit tight, but with how much information they have to give you, it's really a great job. Great game. Love the app!
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Great app
Plays well versus the AI, with no lag or crashes. The user interface is well implemented and gives you easy access to the current score and eligible hexes one can move to. The undo can be a bit clunky at times (e.g. to undo a single move you have to finish the entire action). Also, not sure how to tell at a glance which resources in the bottom row can be reduced via the Upgrade action. These are minor complaints, I still think the game is well worth it. -
Beautiful version of one of my favorite boardgames. Unfortunately there are a few control issues during multiplayer that can really mess you up. Not having any sort of undo, even inside your turn, can easily loose you the game. Clicking a mm off on the screen, will lead you to an unintended move that you can't take back.
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Lazy graphic port
Playing on: • iPad 2020 Pro 12.9 • iPhone 11 Pro Max 4 ⭐️ because looks nothing like Steam PC version, and steam pc version is nothing to begin with, graphics-wise. Barely any shadows & detail on worker models, pulls away immersion of an actual piece on a board. Faction Models (shiny, bright white pieces) with some sculpted features. No shadows or details. No graphical effort. For an Asmodee developed game - I’m shocked. Their quality used to be higher. I own majority Asmodee titles. Scythe deserved better. To me... this comes across like a rushed job. Get the money from the board game designer and dump all production values & team efforts on Gloomhaven. Scythe could had definitely used a tad more visual polish to produce stronger immersion. Game play is solid 5 stars! -
Great game, and good adaptation to the mobile. I have two complaints. 1) It is a bit hard to understand the faction mat and upgrades on it. 2) It is missing the ability to revert actions before ending the turn for online games. Since the screen is relatively small, it is easy to make mistakes during the action phase and there is no way to revert them. In Terra Mystica for instance, you can refresh your turn unless you hit the end turn button. This type of functionality may help online gamers.
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Great First Version of the App
Would love to give this game 5 stars. It’d be nice if you can see other players’ mats, the upgrades that can be done, and if the slide where you can see people’s previous moves was inverted where you don’t have to scroll all the way to the bottom to see what the other player just did -
This is a good game. The AI is very strong, even in Easy. The biggest problem, though, is that the player board disappears. If they'd fix that, it would be awesome.
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Excellent digital version of one of my favorite games
I love Scythe but can’t always get it to the table. This app helps “scratch the itch” for when I want to play but am not able to organize a tabletop game. The main benefit I find is the ability to try play strategies with different combinations of factions and player mats. It gives me the ability to experiment without wasting valuable tabletop time. The interface can get a little cramped feeling on a phone but it’s not anything game breaking. I would absolutely love to see the option to add the expansions! At the very least, the Invaders from Afar expansion for the additional two factions and player mats. -
Please add tutorial play thru
Picked this game as it’s not my normal board game style and am very pleased. I appreciate the game reminders as I find myself about to skip certain turn aspects. I will print out game instructions to reference but it would be great if the developers could add a tutorial to play thru. The how to play is great but for me the interaction of a play thru is needed. Great game and APP! -
Fun Gameplay, Fix the undo
The undo button and interface needs to be simplified. I keep accidentally losing a turn because it makes you finish an action first. Also, too many in game menu buttons to find info you need real time. Great gameplay though! Been waiting for this for a while. -
Increased Difficulty Setting and Expansions
I love the game, but the more I play it, the easier I find the AI to beat. This is on the highest difficulty setting already. I’m not incredibly good or anything. I just think the highest setting for the AI could use some improvement. Besides that the game is great! Really hoping for the Invaders from Afar expansion at some point.
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Great game but no way to undo is a fatal flaw. There is little reason to not have a undo button during your turn. If you misclick on a move action you could have cost yourself the game. Another note, there is no deselect on your move action. If you select a unit you are forced to move it. Why?
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Good port of a great game. I'll give 5 stars once these are fixed: 1. Building bonuses don't work right (e.g. for Neighbor Tunnels, 1 building by 2 tunnels gives $4 instead of $2) 2. Can't know which 6 bottom row upgrades will be available. (E.g., if a mech costs me 4 metal now, what price can I get it down to? 3, 2, or 1?) 3. There's no Undo button for online play. One "mis-tap" can ruin your game. 4. For online play, there's no way to propose a game to a player who isn't currently online.
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Needs some work
One of my favorite board games. App needs work. Having to be online just to set up asynchronous game is not ideal. I haven’t found a way to activate the “undo” button during a multiplayer game. And there is a hack I’ve found that pretty much breaks combat. When combat is decided, before you click the “accept” button to resolve the fight, just exit the app. Reload, and enter the game again. App will start combat back from the beginning...after you have already been shown your opponents combat strength used for the fight. I’ve done it twice. I’m not certain it will work every time, but it needs to be addressed. -
Samsung Galaxy S9 - app regularly locks on load screen requiring a system restart, but once I'm in it's great. The load screen issue had been resolved for weeks but has returned today. I'd forgotten how frustrating this is, but hopefully it will be fixed soon.
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Great iPad version, constantly crashes
I’ve been playing this game for a few years in all its versions. Been awaiting the iPad version for a while and very happy that it has arrived. Looks beautiful, plays great, but it crashes constantly. I’m talking multiple times per game. It’s very frustrating, especially if playing online with others. I would recommend waiting until they get the bugs worked out before buying it. -
Hi I just installed the app and its frozen on loading screen Device : Samsung Galaxy S20 SM-G980F Android ver. 10 I had to manually grant (allow) storage permission to resolve the issue. I was not prompted to do so when I started the app
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Needs work
This was release so far after the steam version of the game I would have expected they fix some of the bugs by now.... only easy ai is silly, not being able to look at your action mat, not being able to skip all animation, the upgrade system and much more is all junk.... moreover there is a big rule exploit that happens if you are saxony, their mechs aren’t supposed to move to uncontrolled mountains....but the game allows it -
Very nice art, pretty cool concept, but the little models on the board 1 have no colour and 2 move around and make it feel like a kids biard game than a fight. My biggest downer was the combats just abrupt, theres no battle really just victory or loss. No battle effects is kinda a downer :(
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Impressive but weak AI
The production values and UI are great and playing solo play runs smoothly, even on a phone! My biggest complaint is that the AI seems too easy. I’ve played physical scythe less than 10 times (a couple years ago), and I never studied or prepped any strategies or know any opening combos. I have now played 1 on 1 against the hard AI 3 times and easily won by a large margin each time. My last victory was 49-18! I also find undo a little clunky, but that’s not a big deal. I’m not interested in multi-player, so I’m not sure I’ll get many more plays out of this without AI improvements.
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You know, it's a good game but I'm going to have to rate it at a one star until they fix the go-back/reverse actions on the game. They're real hit and miss on what it will allow you to reverse even if no unknown info is revealed on your turn. Real amateur hour issue there that should have been fixed early on. Love the game guys but get this fixed now.
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Terrible asynchronous online matchmaking...Scythe is a great game and like other great games should allow people to create games and wait offline for them to begin when others join. It's an app for a cell phone after all...how long should you keep the same screen on your phone to create an asynchronous game?
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Crashes at load screen
I use a first generation iPad Air - the app quits before the game even loads and then when I log back in I get a prompt saying the save data is corrupted and I can’t resume the game. I try to start a new game and it crashes again. It’s only $9 so it’s not a huge loss but still a loss, none the less. Side note: this seems to be a consistent problem with game apps on first generation iPad Air tablets - other games I own like Mystic Vale and Evolution have the same problem where it crashes and the game is unplayable. I read reviews where older model iPhones have no issues with game apps so I’m not sure why this particular model of iPad is such garbage. -
Kind of the bare minimum
I love this board game, and have been waiting for this app for months. I’m disappointed it is a little basic. The tutorial is more like a series of unconnected tips, and accessing the rules simply takes you to a PDF of the rule book for the board game, which actually doesn’t look all that much like the app does. When I press the help button (?) I would expect it to help explain what was on the screen at the time, but instead it just shows you a standard help screen. Overall, it works, but is not really great in any aspect. -
Works great at first. After I log in for multiplayer the game will not open on subsequent launches. I have to wipe all data to open the app again. And once again, after I log in for multiplayer the game gets stuck on the loading screen for subsequent launches.
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Works on iPhone but crashes on iPad
Played on iPhone and it is good if you have a lot of experience with physical board game, otherwise you may miss a lot. For example I knew I should be able to specify how many workers I want to carry with mech so I put the effort in to figure out this is hidden under tapping the label. Or how to find details on your objectives or the building bonus. I then tried it on iPad to see if it utilizes the larger screen, but it just crashes even after a hard restart. I expect they will improve it with time. -
Poor implementation of a good game. Asynchronous online games are unplayable as all players need to be present to start the game which defeats the purpose of the mode. This combined with undersized UI buttons and a bland color palette make for a bad game.
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Not a legible GUI on a phone
I wouldn't recommend playing this on a phone. It might be better listed as iPad only, unless you've played the board game before. Having never played the game, I'm not familiar with the iconography. I think I might rely too much on being able to read rules and descriptions. But on a phone, everything is crammed to the point where it's impossible to make out half of the text or the iconography. If you've played the board game before, I'm sure it might be easy enough to conclude that an icon could only mean one of a few things, and you probably don't need to read much/any of the tutorial text. It feels like trying to learn Civ 6 by playing a direct 4k resolution PC port on a 6" screen. The GUI just doesn't fit unless you have a microscope to see it or know what you're looking for already. -
As an adaptation, it's great, but the multiplayer is too clunky. A friend and I bought it when we heard it had asychronous multiplayer, but you have to both be in the app at the same time, making it very clunky and kind of cancelling the appeal of not having to schedule time to play together. If you could invite a friend to start a game without having to be online at the same time, I'd change to 5 stars.
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This app/game is awesome until it crashes. I've been playing online games for a week and those far 2 of the 3 games we were unable to finish when one of the players game locked up and couldn't end a move. It happened to me on Android and the other game it happened to my opponent on iOS. Both times the game could not be finished. Save your $8.99 until they fix this bug.
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Kind of the bare minimum
I love this board game, and have been waiting for this app for months. I’m disappointed it is a little basic. The tutorial is more like a series of unconnected tips, and accessing the rules simply takes you to a PDF of the rule book for the board game, which actually doesn’t look all that much like the app does. When I press the help button (?) I would expect it to help explain what was on the screen at the time, but instead it just shows you a standard help screen. Overall, it works, but is not really great in any aspect.
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Kind of the bare minimum
I love this board game, and have been waiting for this app for months. I’m disappointed it is a little basic. The tutorial is more like a series of unconnected tips, and accessing the rules simply takes you to a PDF of the rule book for the board game, which actually doesn’t look all that much like the app does. When I press the help button (?) I would expect it to help explain what was on the screen at the time, but instead it just shows you a standard help screen. Overall, it works, but is not really great in any aspect. -
Works great at first. After I log in for multiplayer the game will not open on subsequent launches. I have to wipe all data to open the app again. And once again, after I log in for multiplayer the game gets stuck on the loading screen for subsequent launches.
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Works on iPhone but crashes on iPad
Played on iPhone and it is good if you have a lot of experience with physical board game, otherwise you may miss a lot. For example I knew I should be able to specify how many workers I want to carry with mech so I put the effort in to figure out this is hidden under tapping the label. Or how to find details on your objectives or the building bonus. I then tried it on iPad to see if it utilizes the larger screen, but it just crashes even after a hard restart. I expect they will improve it with time. -
Not a legible GUI on a phone
I wouldn't recommend playing this on a phone. It might be better listed as iPad only, unless you've played the board game before. Having never played the game, I'm not familiar with the iconography. I think I might rely too much on being able to read rules and descriptions. But on a phone, everything is crammed to the point where it's impossible to make out half of the text or the iconography. If you've played the board game before, I'm sure it might be easy enough to conclude that an icon could only mean one of a few things, and you probably don't need to read much/any of the tutorial text. It feels like trying to learn Civ 6 by playing a direct 4k resolution PC port on a 6" screen. The GUI just doesn't fit unless you have a microscope to see it or know what you're looking for already. -
As an adaptation, it's great, but the multiplayer is too clunky. A friend and I bought it when we heard it had asychronous multiplayer, but you have to both be in the app at the same time, making it very clunky and kind of cancelling the appeal of not having to schedule time to play together. If you could invite a friend to start a game without having to be online at the same time, I'd change to 5 stars.
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This app/game is awesome until it crashes. I've been playing online games for a week and those far 2 of the 3 games we were unable to finish when one of the players game locked up and couldn't end a move. It happened to me on Android and the other game it happened to my opponent on iOS. Both times the game could not be finished. Save your $8.99 until they fix this bug.
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You know, it's a good game but I'm going to have to rate it at a one star until they fix the go-back/reverse actions on the game. They're real hit and miss on what it will allow you to reverse even if no unknown info is revealed on your turn. Real amateur hour issue there that should have been fixed early on. Love the game guys but get this fixed now.
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Terrible asynchronous online matchmaking...Scythe is a great game and like other great games should allow people to create games and wait offline for them to begin when others join. It's an app for a cell phone after all...how long should you keep the same screen on your phone to create an asynchronous game?
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Crashes at load screen
I use a first generation iPad Air - the app quits before the game even loads and then when I log back in I get a prompt saying the save data is corrupted and I can’t resume the game. I try to start a new game and it crashes again. It’s only $9 so it’s not a huge loss but still a loss, none the less. Side note: this seems to be a consistent problem with game apps on first generation iPad Air tablets - other games I own like Mystic Vale and Evolution have the same problem where it crashes and the game is unplayable. I read reviews where older model iPhones have no issues with game apps so I’m not sure why this particular model of iPad is such garbage. -
Poor implementation of a good game. Asynchronous online games are unplayable as all players need to be present to start the game which defeats the purpose of the mode. This combined with undersized UI buttons and a bland color palette make for a bad game.
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