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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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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 Hotseat or face opponents from all over the world in Online Mode
• Check out artistic genius Jakub Rozalski's retro-futuristic illustrations!
Please note that Scythe: Digital Edition app requires a device with a minimum of 2GB Ram
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 Hotseat or face opponents from all over the world in Online Mode
• Check out artistic genius Jakub Rozalski's retro-futuristic illustrations!
Please note that Scythe: Digital Edition app requires a device with a minimum of 2GB Ram
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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 -
Oct 27, 2020 Great adaptation nice graphics and I'm glad that there's multiplayer option. Can't wait gor expansions :) I have 2 issues though: 1. Notifications sometimes are missing and if there is any, it dissapears without explicit dismiss. The 2. Is that it's really hard to check other other players' info during matches especially on smaller screens.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 -
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 -
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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Idiotic Online
Sep 18, 2020 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.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 -
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 -
Sep 28, 2020 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.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
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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 -
Sep 19, 2020 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!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 -
AI Change
Oct 4, 2020 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.more -
Sep 23, 2020 I LOVE THIS APP! It's got a great offline mode to go bots against varying difficult or, what I didn't expect, to have the people play the different factions, you just have to pass the phone around. I haven't tried it yet since of course the quarantine, but it's a great way to play the board game, especially I don't own it yet. It's great to scratch the itch to play the game and experiment with different strategies as you get used with the game mechanics, especially the objectivesmore
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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 -
Oct 27, 2020 Great adaptation nice graphics and I'm glad that there's multiplayer option. Can't wait gor expansions :) I have 2 issues though: 1. Notifications sometimes are missing and if there is any, it dissapears without explicit dismiss. The 2. Is that it's really hard to check other other players' info during matches especially on smaller screens.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 -
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 -
Please add tutorial play thru
Oct 8, 2020 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!more
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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 -
Nov 2, 2020 I really love this game and the implementation is near perfect. Unfortunately the lack of an undo button in online multiplayer (even as an option for private games) is a serious issue when playing on a small device. It is too easy to accidentally moved a unit to a hex when attempting to click on a different unit.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 -
Needs work
Nov 11, 2020 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 itmore -
Impressive but weak AI
Oct 17, 2020 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.more
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Idiotic Online
Sep 18, 2020 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.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 -
Sep 28, 2020 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.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 -
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
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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 -
Sep 25, 2020 Was excited to play this on my Pixel Slate, after playing on Steam and the physical board game with all its expansions. But unfortunately it's unplayable, with severe flickering. I'm surprised there wasn't a warning from the Play Store about incompatibility. I guess I should have read the reviews, but I was excited at the prospect of playing it on a mobile device and I've never had an issue playing other games on this device (including Viticulture). Hope this issue gets resolved.more -
Oct 12, 2020 I've bought the steam version, and I decided to buy the android version to play with my friends from abroad. But the asynchronous mode is pathetic. We have to login at the same time to start the game. How is that asynchronous? I'm deleting and getting a refund. For solo mode, the app is great.more -
Oct 30, 2020 There are bug issues with the loading screen. For a game where I need to open the app multiple times for my turn, it needs to be able to open. It stays stuck on the loading screen and occasionally gets to the main menu. Please fix it!more -
Nov 7, 2020 Multiplayer not ready for prime time. Cannot invite friends that aren't also online. No "friends list" function. No undo button in multiplayer. Does not run on Galaxy Tab S2. Several updates later these issues still stand.more
What’s Groovy
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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What’s Subpar
I love this game, absolutely HATE HATE HATE this app. I have to uninstall and reinstall the game every few hours as it gets stuck permanently on the loading screen. It's hard to see details like what costs are associated with producing, and it's irritating you can't start a game in play and go mode without everyone online. Plus so many other disappointing aspects to it. Sad that this is a PAID 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. -
Great adaptation nice graphics and I'm glad that there's multiplayer option. Can't wait gor expansions :) I have 2 issues though: 1. Notifications sometimes are missing and if there is any, it dissapears without explicit dismiss. The 2. Is that it's really hard to check other other players' info during matches especially on smaller screens.
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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. -
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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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. -
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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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 really love this game and the implementation is near perfect. Unfortunately the lack of an undo button in online multiplayer (even as an option for private games) is a serious issue when playing on a small device. It is too easy to accidentally moved a unit to a hex when attempting to click on a different unit.
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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. -
I LOVE THIS APP! It's got a great offline mode to go bots against varying difficult or, what I didn't expect, to have the people play the different factions, you just have to pass the phone around. I haven't tried it yet since of course the quarantine, but it's a great way to play the board game, especially I don't own it yet. It's great to scratch the itch to play the game and experiment with different strategies as you get used with the game mechanics, especially the objectives
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A社游戏也有有中文的一天，爷青结！
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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. -
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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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!! -
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. -
I LOVE THIS APP! It's got a great offline mode to go bots against varying difficult or, what I didn't expect, to have the people play the different factions, you just have to pass the phone around. I haven't tried it yet since of course the quarantine, but it's a great way to play the board game, especially I don't own it yet. It's great to scratch the itch to play the game and experiment with different strategies as you get used with the game mechanics, especially the objectives
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Amazing to now also play on mobile. Especially useful when playing on the go. You get notifications when it's your turn, so you don't have to check the game regularly. Also the mobile UI seems a little more intuitive to me than on the pc. It has less space for errors (e.g. change your mind when choosing a mech, and similar sub menus) All in all, really nice, thanks guys :D
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I love this app. I've recently bought the board game with the intention of mainly playing solo. I was on the fence about getting the digital version in case it made me not want to play the physical, but that hasn't been the case. The digital game helps with letting the rules sink in, and for a beginner like me it's ideal as it's very fun to play, while still wetting your appetite to play the board game.
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Such a beautiful digital version of the board game. It has a few bugs still but has worked without a problem. Practice against the computers or play with friends online. It's superb.
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Buggy
When moving a Mech with workers you are not given the option to leave some workers behind on the territory. It’s all or nothing. If I’m missing something please fill me in. Update: After emailing the developer they promptly messaged me back with the fix. Great game. -
Fantastic Port
So far I am having a great time experiencing this game on the go! One update I think would be awesome though is during online play with a friend, if the game would notify you when it’s your turn! Otherwise, so far it’s been great!
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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 adaptation nice graphics and I'm glad that there's multiplayer option. Can't wait gor expansions :) I have 2 issues though: 1. Notifications sometimes are missing and if there is any, it dissapears without explicit dismiss. The 2. Is that it's really hard to check other other players' info during matches especially on smaller screens.
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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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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! -
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! -
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 -
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.
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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. -
I really love this game and the implementation is near perfect. Unfortunately the lack of an undo button in online multiplayer (even as an option for private games) is a serious issue when playing on a small device. It is too easy to accidentally moved a unit to a hex when attempting to click on a different unit.
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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. -
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 -
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. -
Super annoying bug right now where I have to clear data for the app to start. Fun game, looking forward to the expansion being available.
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Doesn’t make great use of big iPads.
It’s too hard to play, compared to the physical game, because not enough is visible at once. More scoring conditions should be visible at once, and you should be able to more easily switch between views of scoring conditions.
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Idiotic Online
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. -
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. -
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. -
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. -
Was excited to play this on my Pixel Slate, after playing on Steam and the physical board game with all its expansions. But unfortunately it's unplayable, with severe flickering. I'm surprised there wasn't a warning from the Play Store about incompatibility. I guess I should have read the reviews, but I was excited at the prospect of playing it on a mobile device and I've never had an issue playing other games on this device (including Viticulture). Hope this issue gets resolved.
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I've bought the steam version, and I decided to buy the android version to play with my friends from abroad. But the asynchronous mode is pathetic. We have to login at the same time to start the game. How is that asynchronous? I'm deleting and getting a refund. For solo mode, the app is great.
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There are bug issues with the loading screen. For a game where I need to open the app multiple times for my turn, it needs to be able to open. It stays stuck on the loading screen and occasionally gets to the main menu. Please fix it!
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Multiplayer not ready for prime time. Cannot invite friends that aren't also online. No "friends list" function. No undo button in multiplayer. Does not run on Galaxy Tab S2. Several updates later these issues still stand.
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Idiotic Online
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. -
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. -
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. -
Love Scythe and have pretty much everything related to the game. Own the Steam version and it plays just fine. This version is GREAT on my Pixel 4XL however sadly it's unplayable on my Pixel Slate as it has severe flickering. I know it isn't designed for a Chromebook but please this game would be perfect on the Chromebooks!
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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. -
Was excited to play this on my Pixel Slate, after playing on Steam and the physical board game with all its expansions. But unfortunately it's unplayable, with severe flickering. I'm surprised there wasn't a warning from the Play Store about incompatibility. I guess I should have read the reviews, but I was excited at the prospect of playing it on a mobile device and I've never had an issue playing other games on this device (including Viticulture). Hope this issue gets resolved.
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I've bought the steam version, and I decided to buy the android version to play with my friends from abroad. But the asynchronous mode is pathetic. We have to login at the same time to start the game. How is that asynchronous? I'm deleting and getting a refund. For solo mode, the app is great.
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There are bug issues with the loading screen. For a game where I need to open the app multiple times for my turn, it needs to be able to open. It stays stuck on the loading screen and occasionally gets to the main menu. Please fix it!
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Multiplayer not ready for prime time. Cannot invite friends that aren't also online. No "friends list" function. No undo button in multiplayer. Does not run on Galaxy Tab S2. Several updates later these issues still stand.
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