I LOVE the physical and steam versions of this game, but the mobile version is unplayable for me because I keep losing my green arrow. I havent been able to finish a single game, which is dissapointing since I spent actualy money on this. Also, as far as design goes it feels like everything is just cut and pasted from the steam version without taking into account its a mobile game now- the icons are tiny and hard to read even though there's definitely space to make them bigger.
Reviews for Wingspan: The Board Game
Good, BUT needs a zoom (pinch zoom) or magnifier. There is a lot of fine print. Changing the text size would mess up the game's look and layout, so being able to zoom in when needed would be great. It would also be nice if the Archive, showed (numerically) the wins and number of games played and other stats. Counting out of a long list is worthless. Even then, when you've played a number of games, scrolling on the list is impossible to control because it moves through them so quickly.
I love the game itself (played the boardgame first) but the app is buggy. I play on either a stable wifi or stable 5g connection but when playing online multiplayer I CONSTANTLY have games disrupted. Either I receive a message that I did not take my turn within the 5 minute limit (when I did) or that another player didn't. Out of 10 games I believe I have played 1 all the way. When playing online there should be an option to go back to your online menu not *all* the way back to the main menu!
My brother and I LOVE this board game, so we almost constantly have a game going in the app. Problem is, about every 1 in 10 games, the AI gets "stuck" and we can't finish the game. SUUUPER annoying bug, hopefully it gets fixed eventually. Update 9/16/23 - I now officially can't get into the game at all, even after a full reboot, then reinstall. Dunno if y'all are favoring iPhone users or what, but us Androids would also like to be able to play, please.
The game itself is well-designed and if it worked correctly even half the time, my review would be 5 stars. However, I get Online Error 128 every single time I try to open the online play. I get it 3-4 times before it finally works. This morning, I got the error nine times before giving up. The problem is not with my internet. Please fix this issue which is also a problem for those I play with online.
Already a fantastic board game, this is probably the best video game adaptation of a board game I have seen thus far. The art work is simply beautiful. The music is tranquil and relaxing. The fact that they got every single bird call for each species as well as fun facts. And then the different backgrounds you can choose. This is the game I play before I wind down for bed. Bring out more backgrounds and faces for purchase, and I will throw my money at you! Beautiful game.
Update is terrible. Can't log in most of the time. Lots of lag. The update was poorly thought through and how it will effect those that were using the game. All games prior to update disappeared and now the timer displayed is nonfunctional and constant issues logging in. Extremely disappointed for a game we had to pay to play. This app keeps getting worse. Expect a loss of access to any current game on a regular basis with no warning.
Love the game, but 2 suggestions: 1. Give a warning when you are out of time to play on the online real-time play. It is frustrating if you aren't watching the tiny clock, and all of a sudden you are kicked out of the game. Also, it is frustrating for the 2 remaining players that now have to quit the entire game or finish completely versus the AI. 2. Make it so you can enlarge the cards to read the print on some of them, especially during other player moves so you can strategize more easily.
Super cool game. Fun to play with the wife. We destroy each other often. Pros: Super fun! Easy setup and cleanup 😊 Convenient! You can play it anywhere. We can always have 5 players if we add some bots. Cons: At $10, it's not cheap, but I used Google play credit, so who cares. It takes up 1GB. Lots of unneeded animation. The AI bots are really dumb. In the overall view of the reserve, you can't quite see the egg spots on the bird cards in your hand. Please fix that for 5 stars, creators.
Awesome game and beautifully made! Although I found that people with smaller android phones like the Pixel 4a are unable to see the game in the play store. I'm guessing it's because their phones are too small because the text on the bird cards is very small even on a larger screen device. Maybe add a button to show all cards in your hand so you don't have to touch each one just to see what it is (when you have lots of cards in your hand, this is super annoying). Maybe touching the face up cards in the deck could pull up those cards so you can see them better without having to press the draw cards area, and when they are not pulled up, just show the top half of the card instead of the whole card. Doing the things I suggested and shifting some things around on the screen to better use empty space could allow you to increase the size of everything on screen so people with smaller phones can play this game too!