Godus soft launches on iOs (new zealand)

Hi,

I live in New Zealand so ill give it a go. I don't know if I can bag it just because it's a bad PC game. It will be interesting to see if its the same game with a shop or if there are material differences like longer timers lol.

I'm not an expert on the state of PC Godus (I haven't played it for a few patches) but this seems to be the same game. Peter told the truth about the "pay to invest" not being upfront. I'm two hours in and there is no shop. The game plays pretty well on a iPhone. The only issues I had was a lack of precision, I wasted some believe with accidental sculpting, and there seems to be a big where I couldn't paste all my stickers. I don't think the sticker interface makes sense on iOS. You have the cards above you timeline so why not open the card and add stickers there?

Anyway it's the same as PC so all the state criticisms apply except this the cow clicker platform so is it ok here for free? Perhaps. The truth is what was boring on the PC will doubtless be boring here. I was watching tv the whole time. Is that what gaming is about? Should a game be only tolerable when you are mutilscreening?

I can see lots of people downloading this, not sure about how many people will spend money in the shop. They are certainly getting good ratings by the looks of things. It's probably better than candy crush and more innovative so if beating that very low threshold means they deserve financial success then I guess they do.

For PC gamers I'm sure we will not forget or forgive what happened here. Perhaps that is what counts more than 22Cans success or failure.

like multiplayer on Black and white2.  a long way off, or "yeah, um, that was cut because a designer's most important consideration is a quick cash grab."

Splitterwind - you are so far off, you couldn't even see the put.


Also, I believe I can share my suspicions that since the beta in Febuary, we've been play testing the mobile version. The graphics settings alone (Imposter image graphics) were a big hint.

The vid for the iOS version seems not different from a playthrough of what the 'PC' version has right now.


Perhaps this is where Peter M. wants to go? Mobile? Leave behind the PC world, and go mobile. His words about 'tapping' and 'dragging' make so much more sense if you think Godus as a pure Mobile game. And wasn't the 'play test' (Curiosity: The Cube) only on mobile devices?

22Cans isn't 22Cans anymore, it's MobileCans if you'd ask me.

I suppose you can't enlighten us about this because you're still bound by a non disclosure agreement?



Lol. Mobilecans. Yesterday I already lol'ed when I read someone calling them 22bans on the Steam forums. How about 22phones?

Good to see you again by the way.

Good point. But then the mystery of the mobile silence gets even more mysterious.

There are 86 Ratings now, at 4.5 stars. I think it's a bit telling that those "reviews" were there almost immediately after launch (within the first few hours), and sound WAY too overly positive. It just seems questionable, but time will tell as more reviews come in. I've seen a lot of fake reviews on sites like Amazon and GooglePlay; I also use to do some content work online (AmazonMechanicalTurk, etc.) and often picked jobs for hunting down potential fake reviews, and these are certainly like one's that I'd flag/suggest get investigated further. There's actually sound reasoning for questioning the initial reviews on a product so quickly after release, especially overtly positive ones; most people do not go out of their way to give positive reviews, but many will do so to give negative ones - the extreme or harsh the experience, the more likely they'll feel the need to express it.

It's also interesting that the reviews got "tweaked/changed" later on, but still read as fairly positive - meaning either the "fakes" realized it was too positive sounding, or they really are players and will adjust their initial reaction review as time goes on (let's hope it's the latter).

I am fairly certain that it's a limitation of the game engine and will never be as reactive or as fluid as they would like (they over-promised and put foot directly into mouth). It is quite telling when the mouse or stylus is far better than a finger, despite it's mobile slant in gameplay.


Quite true, and a very good non-biased subjective observation, I'm not one to flatter this game, or it's management, but I still try to stay even-keeled and fair about it all (though, I will certainly express my dissatisfaction). Give them time tho, and I think the flaws will eventually hit home on mobile, too. They're giving it some leeway due to being "soft-launch" (e.g. early access beta) but that'll wear thin soon, as it eventually did (does) with the Steam community.

Of the now 86 reviews only three have left a written comment. Hmm. The plot thickens.