- 71.1LEGITIMACY SCORE
- 71.6SAFETY SCORE
- 12+CONTENT RATING
- $1.99PRICE
The Machines App Complaints & User Negative Comments 2024
The Machines app received 50 complaints, negative comments and reviews by users. Have you ever had a bad experience using The Machines? Can you share your negative thoughts about the machines?
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✓ ConfusingThe game overall is really interesting and a nice way to use the new AR technology, but it does have several flaws. - if im in singleplayer how come I can't pause the game? - if I moved like from a kitchen to outside, why can't I recalibrate the board.? - there are several bugs with the tutorial and the game, even with an A10 chip. - there need so be a better explanation of why certain heroes are locked. - can there be a way to not have to use a camera and instead just use the screen with pinch to zoom and other ways like how clash of clans does it? - I think it's a little too pricey for all these issues. In my opinion great idea but under developed..Version: 1.0.1
✓ Great Idea, Players Needed.The AR functions work great and the controls are easy enough to use. Unfortunately, after several games I’ve noticed that almost every opponent is a bot. I’ve only played against 2 opponents that might have been players. I really hope this game takes off, I’d love to see some more heroes, maybe a few different maps, or game modes. It was a fun experience, but these bots are easily defeated, so it’s getting boring..Version: 1.6.1
✓ Amazing startJust getting started with this game. Looks amazing when you actually get it working. Has a hard time detecting planes for placing a game board (camera is really dark. Not sure if that matters.) Also doesn't seem to be any way to change the game board placement once it's set besides quitting and relaunching the game. Maybe I'm missing it. No settings? Looking forward to seeing where this goes..Version: 1.0.1
✓ The game crashes a lotI start playing this game early. Based on leaderboard I am first in world now in single player (“HiBye”) (12 wins out of 14). It is too easy. I want to play multiplayer. But it start searching and nobody found. Just i play once which I win. There are not much players or there is a bug? This is really a cool game. But without PvP it is worthless and boring. And... when other heroes will be unlocked? Tnx Its now about a month from the release of the game and still no proper multiplayer match making I most wait a lot I wish i can refund my money on this game It is really worthless Even there is no guild The heroes wont unlock I am still the first in multiplayer in world But i am not satisfied with the game Thanks Its about two months from the start of the game The game can’t start a multiplayer. Sometimes the field loads, but the players are not there. Apple dissatisfied me with announcement of your junk game in its AR release. I wish i can refund my money But at least make the game work Please....Version: 1.3.1
✓ Don’t botherI can see why they don’t let you try it first Awful game low quality plenty others out there already.Version: 1.0.1
✓ AR anchor not workingThis update ruined the AR anchor brought by ios 11.2.5. Now the map keeps shifting from one are to the other and the app becomes difficult. Its like chasing the map so i keep on recalibrating to move it back to the same place. Please fix this asap. I love this game but now I can not enjoy it the way i did before this last update..Version: 1.4.0
✓ Ambitious but poorly executedDoesn’t nder well on a flat surface Doesnt execute well once rendered (commands don’t execute or are very delayed). If it has that many problems on a new iPad Pro, god help those with the older versions.Version: 1.0.1
✓ Promise is thereI think the only issue I really have is that about 3-5 minutes into the first battle the AR plane began to walk. By the time I was done the playing field was completely off my table and very gittery. Like it couldn’t find points to hold to. Could be a really fun game soon, but was giving me a headache as it moved and jumped around the table. Was using a very bright and evenly lit room to. And was perfect for the first few minutes..Version: 1.0.1
✓ Needs a better tutorialAfter seeing this game at Apples keynote, I was really excited to try it. Unfortunately, that excitement quickly faded as I began to try and play it. At first, you’re greeted with a tutorial that attempts to explain the game controls. However, the tutorial is incredibly short and barely scratches the surface of what you should do in an actual game. Once in a game I became quickly confused as to the fact that it looks like you control two sets of troops. Also, each set has some moves, but you can only guess their purpose based on the icons. Nothing within the game tells you what they actually do or are called. There is also what I’m guessing to be a specialty move that (from what I can tell) randomly pops up on the right side of the screen. Some games might not need to explain all of this if their interface was more intuitive. But, as it stands right now, the developer needs to do a much better job at conveying the game controls. I’m hoping that this game gets updated and gets much better. It has a lot of potential, just needs a clearer vision..Version: 1.1.1
✓ Very cool gameGame is very addictive and experience is amazing at first. However, after a while multiplayer fun wears off because player matching isn’t great that great. I even got an impression i played against bots all the time because players i was getting matched to were totally lame (and i am a newb myself). I never played someone in top100 where player ranked 100th had less than 5 battles won. Also ranking system is very weak. All that counts is how many battles you won..Version: 1.4.0
✓ A waste of money & totally pointlessThis is a very badly designed game. There’s no instructions on how to play it, and when you do play it, you can’t see what your supposed to be doing. If it was free I wouldn’t have minded but having paid £5, I would like refund!.Version: 1.6.1
✓ Really disappointed for $4.99The app runs on my 1st gen iPad Pro but the experience is so disappointing. I was able to start playing but it didn’t detect my table properly, so the game platform looks like it is hovering above the table surface instead of sitting on the table like a board game. I was also not very successful at placing the game correctly where I wanted it and couldn’t rotate the board before placing it. The result was a game sitting weirdly on the table and just not a great AR experience. Finally, the scale of the game just feels very unnatural. It feels like it is too large for the room and I was unable to scale it to make it feel more proportional to my living room. I’d like my money back, because this isn’t the AR experience I was expecting for $4.99. I hope the developer takes my feedback into consideration and makes some improvements for future releases..Version: 1.1.0
✓ Struggling to load on a plain surfaceDoesn’t recognise my plain table with nothing on but can recognise a messy coffee table or my girlfriends feet on the floor?! Really need to update this app to correct these issues!.Version: 1.0.1
✓ A lot of ProblemsLet’s see where to begin. I installed the game on both my iPad Pro and my iPhone 7 Plus. So my devices meet the minimum hardware needed for the game to run. A few reviews mention the inability for the game to detect a game plane. I aim my devices on conference room tables and pan around slowly, making sure to show the edges, and still it doesn’t detect the table surface. I aim the camera on the carpet and it was successful in finding a plane. When I finish the tutorial portion and I enter a player name I’m taken to the battlefield with other players and their mecs, standing around. The menus are no longer on the screen nor is the cross-hatch for aiming the camera. I can’t move my robot because I don’t have the cross-hatch to select the part of the game board to go to, and my profile isn’t displayed on the bottom corner of the screen. They rushed this game into the App Store!.Version: 1.0.1
✓ Unresponsive... can’t even get through tutorialIPhone 7+ iOS 11 and the app is poorly responsive. To move through the tutorial tapping the next on the info bubbles requires a precision tap in the right spot at the right time lol. Finally got to the “To move your Hero” bit and no matter how I positioned the cursor in the highlighted area and tapped on my Hero’s portrait in the lower corner... no dice. To buggy and not responsive enough for a $5 app out of the gate. Will be requesting a refund..Version: 1.1.0
✓ THe AR does not work very well.The AR is crap when running the game on the iPhone 8. (perhaps the iPhone X is better?) The game is unable to distinguish between near and far objects in the real world and so ends up overlaying the game board on top of everything in the camera frame. For example, your leg gets in the camera frame? The game board draws over top of it in a way that completely breaks immersion. Additionally, the game board never seems to really mesh well with the real world and always look like it’s floating weirdly on top of whatever surface has been selected. Basically, for an augmented reality game, it’s quite bad at augmenting reality..Version: 1.3.1
✓ AwkwardNo real need for the air interface. Everything so small and awkward.Version: 1.3.1
✓ Interesting, but crashes.The game crashes everytime I try to destroy the last piece of monument of the enemy, the energy source or something. iPad Pro 10,5, latest version 1.1 of the game. Will this game get diversity or is it as simple as pointing the screen ? It will get boring..Version: 1.1.1
✓ Does not align on my big tableI bought this because past reviews said it was awesome and that updates really improved this game, but I downloaded this game on my iPhone 7s plus and my 12 inch iPad Pro and it does not align on my table properly. There’s no way to make battle field smaller. The border does not let you shrink it. This field is much larger than my 3 1/2 by 3 1/2 foot table. Therefore this game is not enjoyable because playing field is over the edge all the way around my table. Hope this can get fixed soon so I may enjoy it. Then I will give it 5 stars..Version: 1.1.1
✓ Needs updatingLove the concept of the game and the visuals, however definitely needs some updating. For one, multiple times I’ve seen hero’s shoot through objects like rock and mountains. Like, really? And, like other people have said the hero’s require way to much control to be able to play the game effectively. I had to launch the tutorial 5 times in order to complete it, as if you pressed the hero icon to move it, before the you pressed next on the tutorial message the hero would just stay where it was and the button couldn’t be pressed again, so you were essentially stuck there until you completely reopened the app. Further more, again, like others discussed, the tutorial needs to be more helpful, you get put in a game without any knowledge of the objectives or what to do. And finally the set up of the map is way to difficult and in accurate, like why can’t you make the map smaller so that it would fit on whatever surface you were playing on, instead of going over the edge. Overall I see massive potential for the game..Version: 1.1.0
✓ Two stars for how cool it is. But that’s itDuring the tutorial I was unable to direct the players to their designated location in the tutorial. So summary. I started it up and got the player board. Clicked a few things. And that sums up my experience. I’ve submitted a question to developers to ask if that’s a known issue. Hardware 7 plus.Version: 1.1.0
✓ This game + me = Richard + VR on Silicon ValleyIt might just be me, but I feel sick when playing this. Things bounce around and there’s a shakiness that makes me turn off the app before I finish a game. I haven’t heard many people have the same complaint. Maybe I’m just the anomaly. I haven’t had much luck with other AR games... so maybe it’s not for me. I’d suggest people try out a free AR game before spending a few bucks on one... just to see how they feel about the whole thing..Version: 1.1.1
✓ Boring game looking forward for updatingBoring game looking forward for updating.Version: 1.0.1
✓ Good, but.....The game is good, very immersive. However it crashes so much. I’m using my iPad Pro 10.5 and its lagging.Version: 1.0.1
✓ Be careful when playingI played this game for a while. ARkit is great . this game is great but for now the implementation is somewhat average (not amazing cuz those glitches here and there). it crashes on both my iPhone 7p and iPad pro 10.5 from time to time. oh BTW, playing this game would be really like playing billiards which means miles walking around the plane(table).Version: 1.1.0
✓ Objective still unclearThe graphics are amazing and I love this new AR experience. Unfortunately I have no idea what I’m actually supposed to do or how to actually play the game. Edit: The update has not added any changes for me. There’s no tutorial in the main menu or help or anything. I even tried to delete and reinstall the game, but it didn’t refresh as though I’m a new player. I assume that the new 'boarding experience' only is for people playing for the first time? But I need something too because I really don’t know what I’m doing or how to play or win..Version: 1.1.0
✓ Too much and too smallSome of us need glasses or contact lenses and frankly despite the cleverness of the games concept, it’s so small on the iPhone-X that I found it impossible to play for more than a few minutes at a stretch. The concept is great, but it’s all too much for such a small screen despite the luscious details. I’m not sure it gains much from being VR either, clever, but almost too clever to be usefully playable..Version: 1.3.1
✓ Great game if it wouldn’t crash!The game itself is really cool and innovative, but the experience is ruined by the game crashing 30 seconds into each battle! I haven’t even been able to complete a single battle! Please fix crashing on iPad Pro 10.5 inch! Will rate it higher when fixed..Version: 1.2.0
✓ Can’t invite friendsGame looks amazing however the option to invite and play against friends doesn’t work. I’m disappointed as that’s why I bought the game in the first place.Version: 1.6.1
✓ Still CrashingUnplayable. Still crashes on iPad Pro even after applying the update 1.1.0. Needs more testing.Version: 1.1.0
✓ Almost there guys...I really hope you actually take time to read this. I have 3 stars for the reasons as follows. 1. Please, please, I beg of the developers to add an option to toggle a zoom feature, because I feel a good amount of the player base has trouble handling the phone or would at least appreciate a zoom feature without using physical motion forward and backwards. I knot that this is possible for the simple fact that the standard camera has a zoom function. Just utilize it. 2.I do enjoy the characters and the graphics are great. But the ai system 🤔 not so good. A player who is well educated in mobas would appreciate a decent ai system in a single player setting. Give meaning to the game with some action wanton story with certain scenario is maybe. Idk. Maybe a little much but I know it’s there. I also know that this system could bring the MOBA genre into the light. So much of our new generation plays on mobile now. It’s the perfect market to get new ppl in the community. In conclusion, I do appreciate you takin the time to actually read out a wanting to be loyal fan of your remarkable make of a game. I truly can’t wait to hear back and hope to eventually give this piece of art what it deserves..Version: 1.1.0
✓ Never worksI never can get it to work always say it can’t find a flat surface even when I do it on a table floor desk or any other flat surface very disappointed.Version: 1.4.1
✓ Has some issuesThe game is awesome when it works, I’ve found I have to walk around the room at times following the board. Needs fixing then will get 5*.Version: 1.2.0
✓ ReviewCool concept; just not fleshed out yet. Graphics aren’t smooth. Gameplay is mediocre, feels more like a tech promo. Camera angle can be worked on. Game mode itself wasn’t fun. Think more brawl less Moba. 3/5.Version: 1.3.0
✓ Crash crash crashI have the newest iPad Pro 12.9” this game crashes every single time about 2-3 min in..Version: 1.1.1
✓ I can't play！I downloaded the game yesterday, but until now I can't even play for a minute. Every time I am prompted to disconnect from the server, my mobile phone is iPhone X, I use the LTE network, and the Wi-Fi at home is 200MB. Fiber optic network, but always keeps prompting and disconnected from the network. The picture of this game is very good. I am very eager to play this game with my children, but I don't know what to do!.Version: 1.4.1
✓ The AR is twitchy.Game could be good. The AR is faulty, tried to use it but the game board would disappear. Game play should not be solely rest on the game to identify a flat surface. There should be a default setting for the board setup..Version: 1.3.1
✓ Map moves into distanceI have yet to finish a game where in the middle of the game the map didn’t just randomly take off and end up through the wall in a different room and well below me, way too far away to be able to play. Was hoping update would fix it, still happens. iPhone 6s which it says it still works on..Version: 1.1.1
✓ Lots of bugs & bugsTrainer need better explain because I don’t know what to do because it get stuck on iPad Pro 12.9 & iPhone 7 Plus & to many crashes & glitches like screen going crazy. This game not ready..Version: 1.0.1
✓ “Can’t find flat area”... ever.I’ve tried everything: kitchen table, coffee table, floor (carpet and linoleum), all of the above with a blanket/sheet, changed the lighting brightness and angle on all of the above, and it won’t find a flat area. I can’t find any instructions ANYWHERE, there’s no tutorial, and if there is it’s useless because there’s no way past the “finding flat area” part to even see if there is a tutorial. Developers, please help, otherwise I’ll be requesting a refund..Version: 1.3.1
✓ Great tech demoPurpose built to demo some cool AR gameplay but not the greatest gameplay possible. Crashed in the middle of my first game. Tracking the units and getting a good view becomes the game which feels more like fighting the interface. I suspect you need to run around like a wii fit game to get much out of it. Mechanics end up feeling a bit button mashy. There may be a decently designed game somewhere in there. Perhaps a tutorial of on boarding would help. Great looking and the AR perspective placement seems decent but it seems at this point the core ARKit tech is a bit jittery..Version: 1.0.1
✓ Disappointed (hot game)I was very excited to try what I had seen in the keynote, but two pretty serious problems seem to be occurring for me. The game crashes on my iPad Pro after a couple of minutes and becomes very hot to the touch. It hasn’t crashed on my iPhone 7 Plus because the phones becomes almost too hot to touch within a minute and I haven’t been able to play it long enough to see if crashes also. The heat was very surprising. The plane detection and rendered art look great however..Version: 1.1.0
✓ DO NOT WASTE YOUR MONEY!!!The graphics on this are atrocious! Blocky and laggy. I also have no idea how to play it. There are no instructions! It looks nothing like it looked on the Apple Keynote. I want my money back!!!!! STAY AWAY FROM THIS SCAM!.Version: 1.1.0
✓ Disappointed by ARI have been playing for two hours both on my iPad Pro and iPhone 7 Plus. The battlefield frequently drifts outside the table on the iPad version and shakes around quite a bit on the iPhone one. I have been trying to play a multiplayer match, but the game cannot seem to pair me up with others. Strange! I wonder if these problems could be resolved..Version: 1.3.0
✓ No refunds?This game us far from what is advertise, it crashes, it does not lock well on the AR zone. Apple hyped this game as revolutionary but is not ready yet. No refunds ?? Seriously ?? I feel like I fell in a scam and there is nothing I can do about it. Is ridiculous..Version: 1.4.1
✓ Multiplayer still brokenI want to play with my kids but multiplayer is partially broke. Selecting games close by works after update. Can’t play online because friend linking server is offline. Will rate 5 star when fixed. Game crashes randomly..Version: 1.6.1
✓ Good game, graphics need workThis is a good game for iOS, but it needs some work. When I saw it at the Apple keynote, I immediately got it on my iPhone SE. The game is good, but I think that you should have the ability to move around the battlefield with your finger. Also, the graphics on other devices look pretty good, but on the iPhone SE it looks all fuzzy, blocky, and somewhat pixelated. If the developers could fix these two issues with the game, this would be a 5 star review..Version: 1.3.1
✓ Awesome game, however...When I received a call mid-game my Baird moved! It started to float in space... pls fix. Otherwise great game. Update for developer: I declined the call when it came in. But I understand what your saying. Next time I'll try to keep the phone in the same spot and let you know what happens. Thx.Version: 1.3.1
✓ Badly designed and poorly explainedSure it looks pretty cool and the AR is nifty. But what the hell am I doing? The “tutorial” briefly explains the controls and UI and the says “you’re ready to play” and dumps you in without explaining what the objective is. I’ve played two games where I destroy more towers, kill more heroes and gain more points than the AI opponent and I... lose? What the hell? What’s more your heroes do nothing unless you explicitly direct them and are useless without their abilities meaning you have to run around (literally) and micromanage them. TL;DR it looks cool but for £5 it better be more than just a tech demo and that’s all that this is good for. If this is the future of gaming then I am not sold.Version: 1.0.0
✓ Not working on iPhone 6S+Hi, just downloaded this game and paid $7.99 it’s not showing a plane when asked to move slowly, I touched the screen and it says hit test failed. Is my phone not compatible or is it something else..Version: 1.0.1
🙂 The Machines Positive Reviews
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