What a great implementation of Root! Easily a top 5 mobile game… and one of the most interesting board games. The Challenges are awesome. As Root learner, they helped me utilize different elements of the factions and prepared me to problem solve in a pinch during games. It’s so nice to have the computer keep […]
Reviews for Root Board Game
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It has fatal bugs. If they fix them I will update this review, because the game itself is truly a masterpiece, the animation superb, the stylistic choices completely on point. You just can’t finish a game. Of the 15 or so games I’ve started with friends thus far, maybe 9 or 10 have glitched out […]
I have bought all the expansions, yet I’m still greeted with ads or as Dire Wolf calls it ‘news’ every single time I open the app. There’s no way to invite specific friends to a game in the game. There’s no ‘next game’ button after you’ve taken a turn in one of your games. There’s […]
Love the game but it has some discrepancies with the actual board game rules. For example, while playing as the Eyrie, I went into turmoil because I could not recruit (it was a bird card so I could have recruited at any roost) because I maxed out my number of wartiors, but when the AI […]
Absolutely love this game. Bought the board game and am so happy that it exists in digital form. My only gripe is that the other AI turns (haven’t played with other people) move WAY too fast, and I have no idea what’s going on. It would be really nice to be able to enable confirmations […]
Exceptional game. Many ways to play and win and online multiplayer matches make it a real challenge. The purchase is surface value and any addition can be bought down the road after you familiarize your self with the base game package. Any negatives to say are minor. Chat features have been improved. Only gripe is […]
TL;DR: Great game, app has some bugs. Root is a fantastic game, and the digital implementation (when it works) is generally speaking great. When it works. However! It can be buggy sometimes. For a while I couldn’t use the phone app *at all* for playing async games because the “Active games” tab was untappable. This […]
This is a great game! They did a good job turning the aspects of the boardgame digital. You’ll need to do the tutorial even if you know how to play to learn what the buttons are. They have single player challenges which i appreciate and are load of fun, as they push you to think […]
Great adaptation of a great game. Worth the money if you like Root. I have a few suggestions for how the app can be improved, though. 1) Have a setting so that the in-game board looks the same as the physical board. I know it can do this when you are zoomed all the way […]
I LOVE Root, but there are definitely a few things that could stand to be improved. Notably we need the Underworld expansion content, 6 players, Marauders eventually, basically all the stuff that the tabletop version has, because while I love Dire Wolf’s adaptations, I play on Tabletop Simulator a lot because this version is missing […]
This adaptation of the board game is very well executed. Art and animation are enthralling without being so much that the game would loose focus on what was important. The mechanics and navigation are quickly intuitive. For the most part, the automatic zooming in of the screen is exactly where you would want to be […]
One of the best, most enjoyable, entertaining, and replayable strategy games out there. Anthropomorphized medieval woodland creatures at war over control of the forest—also one of the best settings for a game. Root digital does have a few bugs, but a lot was fixed in the most recent patch so they’re now mostly with the […]
A functional port of a great board game. This is exactly like the PC version, so the UI can be too small and sluggish. Like with the PC version, any art taken from the actual game is fantastic, but any art they had to make themselves is terribly phoned-in (such as the scoundrel’s scorched earth, […]
Very sleek and smooth, amazing translation of the board game. One of the best iterations of a board game in digital form. I only have 2 quibbles with it. 1) please have an option to lock the zoom all the way out. Having to redo it every time I reopen the game is annoying, especially […]
awesome little game. played the board game then got this since I wanted to play with others and I gotta say I enjoy the app version to. Async mode is a really good idea for those with a busy schedule and of course solo play is nice if you just wanna practice with AI. only […]
fun game – I think the app system could be a bit better though. when I click on a turn notification, take me straight to the game. also perhaps let us access tutorials as we choose, instead of making us learn the cat first. but that’s a small thing. Also the app’s chat could probably […]
Brilliant asymmetrical engine-builder. The blend of deckbuilding elements, bluffing, and personal objectives make each game play out differently. Each faction essentially plays as its own game with its own learning curve, and the real nuance is in the online mode. The AI, unfortunately, does not do it justice and are more suited for learning factions […]
God bless I love this game. It took me awhile to learn. Frankly, I had to watch a tutorial on YouTube even the tutorial didn’t seem efficient. Asymmetrical board games are weird. But it’s well worth learning. It’s so much fun, and it’s so much more convenient when the computer takes care of all the […]
Currently there’s a bug that makes playing against AI almost impossible. Seemingly at random the AI player will just freeze on their turn and do nothing. Saving and exiting the game and returning to it doesn’t fix it so it basically just softlocks your current game. This happens in challenges and tutorials. If that bug […]
This is my favorite board game. The physical game and the app are both very well-thought out, just like the game itself. Tons of fun! If you like strategy, this game has something for every type of play style. I also appreciate how the app guides you through the rules as needed, has tons of […]