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Not a gamer but LOVE thisVery happy with the engine building and the challenges that come with it. Wish there was a genus expansion to match the board game!.Version: 2.0.3.12730

Excellent Game, buggy appThe gameplay is excellent but the app itself is buggy. It frequently needs to be force killed as it doesn’t show a game in the resume list, I’ve also had it get stuck or lose actions taken, a restart fixes it and nothing is lost but it’s annoying..Version: 1.4.4.12262

Fantastic game but needs workI have always loved playing terraforming mars in real life so finding it in the App Store was just a bonus. However some things that need to be fixed: 1. I like the animations of people’s moves and the card showing up…. However why do I loose so much time waiting on the animations to finish. If I want to watch them I shouldn’t be forced to loose time which when I first started playing didn’t even know you could turn the animations off. This lead me to be unable to finish my first 4 games that I got kicked out of while watching the animations being done. Instead the only way to play and keep up is to constantly check the card log of the other play rather than the game show you what has been played. Overall I like the concept of the timer to make games move fast but when the timer activates and stops should be fixed especially if you want to see the animations 2. The game bugs out a lot. I have had several games since the last update that I’ve had to forfeit because I couldn’t get the card screen to move or it would let me do any action and the timer would just keep ticking…. Please fix 3. Would love to see the ability to play the computer and not only when someone quits the game. Especially since when people quit the game the ai only works half the time. The other half freezes and you just have to leave the game. If these 3 things can get fixed it would be perfect. Thank you!.Version: 2.0.1.12595

Great AppLove the app! I was a little confused with the oxygen and temperature meter rewards at first because it looks like you receive the rewards (heat production/temp increase/water tile) before it reaches it. I’d love to see an undo button incorporated and I hope to see the expansions become available in time too!.Version: 1.1230

Almost perfect - a few bugs persistReally enjoyed playing with friends online. Great fun while in COVID quarantine. Sadly one bug got really frustrating by the end of the game. When a player is viewing their cards and the player after them completes their turn, the player who was viewing their cards loses access to their cards: the hand of cards graphic (in the bottom-center of the screen) disappears. This happens on iPad and PC. It isn’t a game breaker because when play gets back to the frustrated player the screen is refreshed and the hand of cards graphic becomes visible again. I also have a feature suggestion: add a view where all the players information is shown on the screen at the same time; instead of having to select each player one at a time. This would make it more like looking around a physical table to see which player to perform an action against..Version: 1.3.1.11322

Best board game. Even better on the app.Just brilliant..Version: 1.4.1.12038

Mostly GreatVery faithful adoption of the board game but a few things keep it from being a 5 The major pain point is that tags aren’t properly counted You could have a card that requires 2 earth tags played for example and you won’t be able to play it because their algorithm for calculating tags on cards fails when multiple tags are present on a card. Sometimes once you make a decision you’re locked into that decision with no way of undoing it and you’re forced to go through the action (such as activating space elevator) Local games are restricted to pass and play instead of a lan type of solution Only prelude expansion is available at the moment Some of the things that led to the 4 is of course the faithfulness to the board game, the ability to speed up animations, and solo play.Version: 1.2101

Needs an Undo buttonGreat game and quite artistically deployed, but it really really needs an UNDO button like most other app board games..Version: 1.3.4.11480

CrashesGreat adaptation of the board game, but crashes constantly, especially in private games. Would love to see it stabilized, and then have the expansions added in..Version: 1.1368

Great game but too many crashesLove this game but it keeps crashing on my iPad. Also seems to mess with the brightness levels I’ve set for my display..Version: 1.1718

Decent implementationDecent implementation, could use some UI improvements. (1) Actions and cards that have no effect can be activated with no warning; such as actions that add a water tile when all the tiles have already been played. A better UI would disable completely non-operative actions and cards. (2) The advancement track UI gives zero indication of exactly what thresholds need to be met to get bonuses. Only *after* one gets to -24 Celsius is there an indication that a bonus happened. If one doesn’t have the 4 advancement breaks memorized, the user is out of luck. (3) There’s no way to back out of an action or card play partway if it turns out that a mistake was made. For example, if you play a card that drops a city tile, and when the UI displays the possible city tile locations you see that all the choices are bad, the only way to cancel the action is to quit and restart the game. (4) Sometimes the game gets stuck displaying a card list. Some affordance to close a card list would be nice..Version: 2.0.3.12730

Great port of a great gameGood game well translated to the iPad. Only issues are no undo button which can be frustrating, particularly if you hit the wrong part of the screen when buying cards, when it decides you didn’t want any of them..Version: 1.1368

Substantially more stable now(See below for context) Hesitantly tried another game today, and was delighted to see that they appear to have entirely fixed the issue; played through a 2.5 hr 2-player game with no crashes on either side. Massive Success! Thank you for fixing your implementation! Solo Implementation was always great, but online RealTime play used* to be unusably buggy due to some sort of networking bug that would crash the app pretty much every turn in the late game (and horrifically bad load times when restarting). Those problems rendered this literally unplayable, 9-15 months ago. (As in, I stopped suggesting playing this due to how painful it was to play a game.) Request: any chance of a local network game mode? (Ie over direct Wi-Fi/Bluetooth).Version: 1.3.4.11480

Couple of bugs in this versionWhen deciding which resources to use to decrease the cost of a card, it doesn’t properly calculate what I should be allowed to do sometimes. For example, I’m trying to buy Space Elevator (as Cheung Shing, so it should cost 25). I have 11 steel, 2 titanium and 3 MC. It forces me to pay all of the steel (won’t allow me to reduce it in order to pay, say, 10 steel, 1 titanium, and 2 MC). Had a similar problem when trying to play as Phobolog. Also, on the map hex that allows you to pay 6 MC and receive an ocean tile, it allows the AI to go negative in MC to play on that hex..Version: 1.4.1.12038

Niveau de difficultéExcellent jeu! Belle interface efficace. Toutefois, le niveau expert des intelligences artificielles n’est pas assez fort..Version: 2.0.3.12730

Overall good, but corporate era rules mode crashesOverall, if you’re just looking to play against AI with the simple rules, then it’s an excellent app. The AI ranges in difficulty and will challenge you as you learn to play. If you’re playing a local game, you can easily add another “human” player to play on the app. However, the “corporate era” rule mode is incredibly unstable and games in that mode constantly crash. While your progres will be saved, the game won’t load fully, will consistently crash, and you’ll never be able to finish the game. This is especially frustrating, if you’re using the app to try to better your normal board game skills, since the “corporate era” cards is the most common way to play..Version: 1.3.1.11322

Great Game - when are the expansions coming?Very good implementation of the board game! Would be great to have the expansions, as the same starting corporations get tired. If you could show the actions of a card from the Log that would be useful also. Overall a very fun and interesting game and great to be able to play solo/local..Version: 1.1368

Game lockingI’ve been enjoying this game until recently My last 2 games have frozen when I try and resume. I don’t really want to start another and get the same issue.Version: 1.3.4.11480

Fix the crashingAwesome game, have the board version and have been enjoying playing on iOS too. But it crashes all the time and has such a long load screen it’s ruining the experience.Version: 1.1368

Love this game!! Few minor shortcomings and no expansions yet.This is probably the best board game out right now, and Asmodee did a terrific job with the port. If I could, I’d give it 4.5 stars because of two oversights that I think would vastly improve the game. First, It lacks an undo button for cancelling actions that you mistakenly begin (I appreciate not having an undo action for completed actions though). Second, it often auto selects your own resources when removing for asteroids, when you clearly would rather select an opponent or nobody... leading to easy dumb mistakes. And third, it doesn’t track your high score in solo mode, so when you’ve gotten tired of beating it, it doesn’t get any more challenging. I absolutely love this game though, and can’t wait to purchase additional expansions because I’m starting to tire of the map..Version: 1.1368

Great gameI love that game on pc/mobile/board game! Would be nice if other expansion come soon.Version: 1.2068

Freezing problemIt is an awesome game I love it, but when I playing in online it often freeze n would not able to do any action. And end up not finish the game after spending an hour..Version: 1.4.4.12262

Worth every pennyThis is a fantastic online version of this game. The interactions on the board are great, it hides and expands all the various components well, and is a great way to play games relatively quickly (you can adjust the speed too). Some things to look out for - it can be hard to tell the difference between cities and other board components laid down at times, you can’t zoom on the temperature or oxygen level to double check the status, and you need to pay attention otherwise occasionally you will miss what the AI’s actions were. But none of these really detract from a fantastic adaptation of an already great game. Well done team, looking forward to the expansions!.Version: 1.1368

Great game!Awesome game, lots of variation. Is worth taking the time to learn.Version: 1.4.2.12165

Almost PerfectWell it’s an incredibly faithful representation of the board game. The AI is good, but not perfect. In the last round of 2 you can “steal points and achievements “ cause they don’t play to stop you. Apart from that there’s nothing more satisfying than dropping meteors onto a planet to create oceans, plants and heat energy! Love the prelude. Love the new map expansions and new goals. There were a few tiny bugs that have been fixed. Devs are onto it! 5 stars!.Version: 1.4.1.12038

Just like the BoardgameGreat little app, same feel as boardgame. Also a fantastic way to learn the game which can be quite daunting when you see it on the table..Version: 1.4.2.12165

Would be five stars if everything workedThis is a really enjoyable game with a lovely slick interface. I’d recommend it to any lover of board games. But a couple of missing features mean it misses out on five stars. First, it’s infuriating that several of the tags which appear on the cards don’t register when you play them, which occasionally completely derails your strategy. It would also be nice to have some kind of record of games played and high scores..Version: 1.1718

Recent update (mar 13, 2023) broke solo games(sort of)First off, i highly recommend the game, even if you uave no friends to play with, it has ai opponents. however, when playing solo, and the game ends and it counts up your score, the game freezes and doesn't bring you back to the main menu or ask you to save your high scores. i noticed this happeneing a couple of days ago and thought it was weird and then today, i tried restarting ipad and it still happens. i tried reinstalling the app and it still happens . .and then i looked at the version history and see they just did an update and it says "many fixes". . but then they broke stuff. also worth mentioning, when looking at your list of saved scores, the game doesn't sort them in any sort of logical order. i would expect it to sort the highest scores to the lowest, in descending order, but it doesn't, so the list is kind of meaningless. it doesn't even show the scores unless you physically click(tap) on them. athough, there does appear to be 4 buttons on the side that look like sorting filters, but when i tap them, they don't do anything, except they do seem to collapse to the right, showing more stuff, but the stuff is cut off by the side of the screen, as if it's trying to go off the screen to the right. i have had this app formyears and this has NEVER been addressed. and for an app made for mobile devices, how the heck have they let something like stuff not fitting on the screen go for so long unfixed?.Version: 2.0.3.12730

A little glitchy but still great!There are a few bugs in the current version of the software (else this review would be 5 stars). Also, at this time, only the base game cards and corporations are available. This leads to the game feeling competitive after a relatively short amount of time. A leader board would also be greatly appreciated - so that one’s progress and high scores can be tracked. To clarify Terraforming Mars is an Amazing game and I thoroughly recommend it to anyone and this App does a very good job a digitalising it - my gripes above are just a few, relatively minor areas, that can be improved upon..Version: 1.1230

A good version of a very good board gameThe app emulates the board game well. The only gripe I have is the difficulty of following microbes etc added to cards and negative values to be applied to other people.Version: 1.1230

Faithful to the Board GameI haven’t played multiplayer yet but solo or against the AI it works really well. Disappointingly there’s no way to go back and review the endgame position once the scores are calculated and there doesn’t appear to be any stats kept for games won/scores etc..Version: 1.1205

Great Port!Great port of the pc version. It scales well with different devices as well and the gameplay is unmistakenably TF at its core. I love how they kept the solo mode despite the fact you can already play against AIs!.Version: 1.1205

The game itself is phenomenal, the app on the other hand….This game is awesome. Fun to play. Fresh every time you play it. My family have tournaments and have purchased multiple physical copies and digital copies. The digital version is bugged to hell. Constant crashes. My wife and I were playing today and the game just stopped working. We exited the app and tried to rejoin but to no avail. I’m hoping for more developer support in the future..Version: 2.0.3.12730

Please fix the bugsI love this game, and is such a good online translation of the actual board game. However, it’s been almost unplayable recently…not sure what has happened. I keep getting the ‘buy up to {0} cards’ bug, and then can’t complete the game. Very annoying when you have spent 20+ minutes building your economy! I know you guys will fix, and then it’s a solid 5 stars..Version: 1.3.2.11400

Terraforming MarsAn excellent version of the brilliant board game. Does all the fiddly bits for you with the adding and spending of resources. The AI seems well balanced and as always finds that final move to thwart you..Version: 1.1230

I want to be BLUE!I should be able to select my character color. Chris should be green not purple and I should be BLUE not green! It is so distracting to play as the wrong colors. The colors of the players should also be jewel tones. Other than that the game play is very similar to the board game and the graphics are beautiful. I would like a little bar added to remind you what you chose to do. I have a horrible short term memory and sometimes I forget that I chose to place a city instead of a greenery tile. I have to take notes on the side to remind me. I would like an undo button when I realize that I picked the wrong action before I complete the action. I LOVE THIS GAME!.Version: 1.1368

A worthy buyI picked this up a week or two ago, and have been playing the Solo mode a lot. I‘ve played the board game many times with friends, and this is a faithful adaptation. I find myself going back to play a match of Solo rather than playing other games I have available. I’d love to see the expansion that added the other side of Mars as well as the southern pole. I believe there were also some neat cards in the Venus expansion that didn’t require the Venus track or floaters that’d add some more variation to the game. Failing the addition board, it’d be nice if we could randomize the placement bonuses on the board to vary up Solo mode a bit. I find myself doing the same placement strategies, which make future plays a little samey..Version: 1.1230

Fantastic ImplementationA great implementation of the board game. Improvements could still be made to multiplayer and have some stats available (detailed like Race for the Galaxy). The iOS version allows this much loved game to be played more often as the digital mode breaks down one of the barriers for the board game and that is time! A well awaited app for the board game community..Version: 1.0

Great game, decent appAs someone in love with the physical board game who owns every expansion I feel very qualified to rate this. Pros? Can play my fave game of all time in line at Disneyland or waiting for food at a restaurant. Cons? Not all expansions available- please find a way to do that, especially Turmoil!- and more annoyingly, the game has a difficult interface. I frequently try to scroll around the map to find a place I want to put greenery or a city or whatever and accidentally click a spot then can’t undo. Also two of the global parameters are displayed in such a way that it looks like you can still increase them but can’t, then the game doesn’t stop you if you try. I have paid megacredits or heat to increase temp, lost said resource, then nothing happens and I realize it’s maxed but the interface doesn’t make it clear. Please fix this? Otherwise I am just happy to have a mobile version of my favorite game..Version: 1.4.1.12038

Basically great but.....A good looking and faithful port of the base game, but there are some real issues. My biggest issue is the complete failure of the saved games to work. This is a petty fundamental flaw really, a left me feeling frustrated many times. A couple of the cards do not work (energy infrastructure for one) which is annoying the first time, but you learn to avoid it. It would also be nice to be able to see the final game state, instead of just being able to see the scoreboard. Fix the bugs (the saving/resuming is a must), and then release the expansions - but make sure you do it in that order!.Version: 1.1230

Great game... when it worksLove this game...the app makes it faster to play and its amazing....when it’s not crashing on you. Quick tip...if the game starts to act weird on you.. draws that takes forever...a player plays a move but it is not showing on the log, a card is played, but in the log/card played is showing you something else... it’ll crash. Also, why is the timer wrong 100% of the time? It’s never displaying the right time and /or same time as your friends. Can’t count the amount of times that after a game of 2 hours, you can’t finish and see the result which for this type of slow pacing game is WRONG. Please fix this game asmodee :).Version: 1.2096

Good could use some workThe app works a lot better than many reviews have claimed. Probably due to updates and the fact that I’m using an updated phone (11 pro max). I also haven’t played multiplayer online, so we will see then. Overall a very pleasing experience. However minus one star for the fact that I’m paying $9 for the app and there are no statistics for wins/losses and other data that other games like this have within their app. Expansion packs are additional money, but for this price I feel they should be included, but really my minus 1 star is due to the lack of additional features one would expect at a game/app at this price point . overall fantastic.Version: 1.3.11244

Add more language pleaseAdd more language please.Version: 1.3.11244

Very fun, one bug is bugging meWe have this board game and my long distance daughter and I were thrilled to be able to play against each other online across the country! It plays very true to the board game, and we had the interface down after just a few games. My one bug complaint…. If I get a “battery is low” message on my iPad, or if I leave the game for too long and my backlight goes out, or if I plug the iPad in mid game, or anything else that has to do with power, the game freezes and I can’t do anything but reboot and lose the game. I always have to be sure I have well over 10% power or be plugged into an outlet before I start the game. Other than that, we are very happy!.Version: 1.4.2.12165

Nearly there for online asynchronous!Latest patch has definitely improved playability for online games; however, I would like to suggest three small changes to really improve play for online, asynchronous games. Hopefully these are all doable with minimal coding changes: - identifying within the online games menu which games it is my turn in. If I have multiple games going, there’s no way of telling which game it is when I get a notification. - removing the need for a player turn for the final card of the draft. The final card is forced, and is not displaying anyway within the interface - so it’s a completely redundant step/action, which slows down the draft a lot - either: registering draft card selections to the server out of player order (at the moment, it will only register selections strictly in player order, which slows the draft down a lot); or, if that is a major change, not displaying the cards in the interface for the next round of the draft until it is actually the player’s turn (at the moment, the cards come up, I can choose a card, but I just have to choose it again when it’s my turn) Thanks!.Version: 1.1718

Expansions please!4.9/5. I love this game and fully recommend it to anyone. BUT please bring out an update that include the expansions that exist for the real board game, Hellas and Elysium as a priority as would be great to change up the boards that can be played on..Version: 1.1799

A decent implementation5-staring because the game is very decent as is. The only minor thing for me is a little bit of polish is needed for the multiplayer side, so hold off if you’re big on the multiplayer aspect. Otherwise, if you prefer AI games like I do, this game is near perfect and Asmodee should be commended for bringing this to digital and in great shape. The multiplayer issues have already been given by other reviews. Mainly notifications..Version: 1.0

Fix the game!I dropped my rating to 3 star because this game is unplayable online, If you get a call or if you swipe up the control centre or get the low power mode notification you will get disconnected, then once you resume the game it is stuck on your turn and you can’t play. Once this if fixed I will rate this game 5 stars..Version: 1.1230

Multiplayer Asynchronous is TERRIBLE!Solo mode is good, and the multiplayer AI game is OK (though I don’t think I’ve lost to them yet). But wow, the asynchronous implementation is just horrible! - It seems that players must be online at the same time to even play a game together! Even when they are, though, many created game invitations seem to disappear somewhere into the ether! - Well, they mostly disappear: I still have a list of games I’ve tried to create in my “Resume Game” screen ... which the invited opponent doesn’t see and which I have no way to delete. - when it’s your turn, you get a notification (oddly silent for some reason) but if you have multiple games going, you have no indication as to which one you need to open!! And opening a game is so slow that it’s painful! - there’s no option to play back other people’s turns! Yes, there’s an event log, but it’s not exactly detailed! - playing draft mode: how the heck are you supposed to know which direction you’re passing? It would help so you know which cards to hate draft away! - when playing draft mode, if you open the game before the other player(s) are done, you are repeatedly taken to the buy card buttons. You can select your cards and hit buy, BUT IT DOESN’T STICK — you have to do it all over again and again! The asynchronous multiplayer game, the main reason I bought this, is utter crap. Hopefully a future update will improve this .....Version: 1.1230

Great game if it didn’t crash all the timeThe game crashes back to desktop on the iPad and will not reload. This is happening on about 1 in 3 games I start. I upgraded to ISO15 but things are no better. Jonnofin.Version: 1.3.1.11322

Terrific GameI think this is one of those games I have been waiting to discover for a long while. Initial learning curve is gentle and massively helped by the easy to follow tutorial and rule book. There is enough varied game play to satisfy the most jaded tastes. Don’t expect to conquer the game from the get go - The more you play, the more skilled you will become and part of the joy of the game is trying different strategies. One tiny gripe - kicking players out of the game once they run out of time seems a little harsh and can lead to the situation where all players run out of time and no one sees the game outcome. Why not let people continue to observe as the AIs play their position… But, a first rate game and highly recommended….Version: 1.4.2.12165

Great game. A few bugs still.Great game. A few bugs still. Some automatic actions not happening and when playing as United Nations Mars Initiative the bonus terraforming step is not available as an action..Version: 2.0.3.12730

Good adaption of the boardgameAfter reading the reviews I was hesitant at first, but I bought it anyway. No regrets. It runs fine on my tablet with no crashes. Played 12 games and I am really enjoying it. Great way to learn the game. Next online player with friends. Hope to see other expansions in the future..Version: 1.1975

Love the game and UI, still a few bugs and interaction fixesThis is a super game in general, and one of my favourite iOS ports. The recent updates have changed a few things - most notably when I use projects which give multiple temperature increases early on, the heat production bonus doesn’t always trigger (usually one does, but it’s not always the same). A different challenge I guess!.Version: 1.3.2.11400

Last patch has been a huge improvement[Updated Review after App Update] Great music! Multi player has notification and resumes from play. The game has a well designed interface, only a few small things stop this being 5 ⭐️ The meters on the right can be a little hard to read, and it is often not clear who was targeting by negative effects. Occasional notification issues..Version: 1.1718

Fantastic implementation of a great board gameThis is a fantastic implementation of one of the best board games I’ve ever played. The digital version takes care of accounting for all the “fiddly bits” in the game, really streamlining game play. The bug fixes rolled out over the last year addressed most of the problems I experienced in early releases. The tutorial is a better introduction to the board game than the game’s rules, so I recommend new owners of the physical game buy the digital version to more quickly learn the mechanics. The only thing preventing my fifth star is the lack of expansion content. Prelude is great, but I really miss the alternate maps (which provide variety in milestones and awards) and the Turmoil expansion (which adds depth for experienced players)..Version: 1.2068

Glitches stop it from being 5Updated: Solo Challenge score tracking/hiscores would be amazing - ie, being able to see your top scores with each corporation in solo challenge. Overall, accurate adaptation that works well on mobile. I’ve only played one game and ran into a pretty substantial glitch, though - the power infrastructure card doesn’t work at all. This is meant to convert energy into mC, but it simply doesn’t work. It uses up an action but no energy is lost and no money is created. Unfortunately, in this game even a single card not working correctly can be the difference between a win or loss (especially when I’m gaining 25 energy per turn, that could be converted to a lot of mC, and by association, VPs!). I’m sure there are others that people have mentioned as well. If these are ironed out then the game is pretty good as is. Other concerns are that there is no undo option, especially for city placements where there’s no confirmation - that’s pretty ridiculous, honestly. There is also no confirmation for playing tiles on the map, which should be an extremely easy implementation..Version: 1.1230

Is this a beta????Local single player play has no take back function so when you accidentally play a tile on the wrong hex you can’t back up. Unless you look at a card you should be able to take back your last action. Also only 25% of my games will save. So your forced to play the game through otherwise you most likely will lose it. There should be a save button. I’m almost ready to call my credit card company to force a refund on this app as it is like testing a beta. Also Saturn Systems comes up around 80% of the time in local play. AI is week on the highest level. Most of the time they won’t pick steel or titanium production and their placement of green tiles is dumb as they keep leaving me great options to put a city down next to their greens. I could go on, but I’m frustrated I paid for this. I’m not sure why it has all these 5 star ratings, must be trolls..Version: 1.1205

Make the AI harder.Awesome game and awesome app. I’ve only experienced one local game that crashed and have probably played dozens of matches to this point. My only request is any adjustments possible to make the AI more difficult. I haven’t delved into online multiplayer yet but I love to play against the AI. The only problem is I haven’t lost a match in quite a while, and I almost always win by at least 20 VPs. The AI is pretty predictable and often makes terrible first moves during mid to end game. I don’t know if this is a common issue but it would great for an increased challenge. All in all still fun and a superb app adaption of my favorite board game. Thank you!!.Version: 2.0.3.12730

Terraforming Mars RocksThe developers have done an amazing job taking a complex game and making it easy to play with the app. The preludes expansion is a real bonus, but I sincerely hope they figure out a way to add the colonies expansion!!! This is a must have when playing TM. Devs… please, please… you have to shoe horn the colonies expansion into this game! I’ll pay you double for it.. just offer it! :) Feb 2023, recent update broke some things. Can’t view map when needed sometimes, and can’t place cities on the board after playing a card that requires you to do so. Something went awry in the latest update… hope they figure out what they screwed up..Version: 2.0.2.12688

Nailed itNever played a game that mimicked the actual board game so well..Version: 1.2096

Multiplayer is terrible. Single player is smooth.This app is plagued with connection issues. I get turn freezes starting around generation 5 or 6. This forces you to back out of the game and re-enter or restart the game altogether. Meanwhile the game continues with the AI that will ruin your plans or waiting will eat up your time. If this happens enough times the app will drop the game and then you can’t re-enter the game. Their karma ranking system will then give you a hit for this because you “quit” the game. I’ve had cards disappear on me as well when I try to re-enter a game. There is no back button within your turn. Which has more than once hurt my gameplay as I mistakenly tap on something. Online multiplayer is just about unusable and then punished your ranking for their bugs. Offline play is smooth but the AI is a bit dumb even at the hard levels. It’s a good take on the board game. I want this app to do well because of its potential but it needs a lot of bugs fixed and UI improvements..Version: 1.1975

Almost perfect.Great implementation of the game;however, the ants card is broken. If you click on the ants' ability and there are no viable target microbes, the game does not allow you to continue. The continue button does not work and there is no "undo" option. This effectively freezes the game, forcing you to forfeit. This has happened multiple times for me. I imagine that it may be the same for the other animals (predators, fish, and birds); although I have not tested them yet. Despite this, it is still an excellent game. I am looking forward to the expansions..Version: 1.1368

Heart filled with joyThis is an amazing port of the tabletop game with an incredibly intuitive interface. I can’t speak for the multiplayer aspect but this has brought me many hours of solo joy..Version: 1.2101

Not saving games!Even after the update the local games are still not saving. Once you quit the app you lose all your progress and have to start another game.Version: 1.1205

Game bugsI have two bugs that need to addresses. I have noticed the AI can be “tricked” into not completing or terraforming the planet when the opportunity exists. I have, on several occasions, been able to keep all of the ocean cards so the AI can’t play a card to place the last ocean. Or, today, I was able to play against Helios and there was one step left for temperature and the AI would never spend energy to get the last increase. This caused the second bug, I was able to run the game out of cards and during the draft, the game just froze and I could not do anything, including ending the game. I took a screenshot of it in case the developers need it..Version: 2.0.1.12595

Decent but crashes in iOS on certain cardsA good version of base board game, but annoyingly keeps crashing - gets a ‘view game state’ when you are playing cards and you can’t move on.Version: 1.1368

Great underlying Game - implementation needs workUpdate September 2021: I had previously been very critical of this game and it’s implementation for how poorly it performed in online play. As promised when issues were fixed I’ve updated my review! 4/5 stars up from 1/5! The gameplay is now significantly improved. Notifications work pretty close to the way they should and the whole gameplay experience is largely very good! I congratulate the developers/coders for the latest patch and the work that has gone into the game getting it to where it needs to be. There are still a few small things to sort out, and hopefully they will be! I look forward to seeing some of the expansion material included (hopefully) particularly the new maps, and new cards (including prelude) and starting corps which add to the variety and therefore replayability.Version: 1.1718

Good for learning the basicsThis is a nice implementation of the base game. I have only used it to play against the AI which has been a useful way of consolidating my knowledge of the game. However it lacks the expansions and the AI is too easy to beat even on its hardest setting. Still a great way to kill a couple of hours..Version: 1.1368

Not all DLCs are thereThere are more dlcs in the board game but not in the videos game but very good game.Version: 2.0.3.12730

Bug: does not apply selected steel or titanium resourcesIn certain payment contexts not involving direct card play, the game does not apply the user-upped payment with available steel or titanium but rather subtracts payment from mega credit resources. Discovered during several solo games where at the end I’m left with loads of steel and titanium that I had tried to use in payment through a small pop up window. Also, minor quip—at the end of greenery conversion at the 14th generation, it would be nice to view the final O2/Temperature/Oceans metrics. Game ends without being able to view these. Bought the app yesterday to checkout playability from a phone towards multiplayer play. We have the actual board game and this app is a nice adaptation with cool graphics. Would appreciate a fix to the bug. Thank you..Version: 1.1368

Surprisingly well implemented and enjoyableI have found that Asmodee does not make very refined digital adaptations of board games, Scythe being a prime example. Their work on Terraforming Mars is a far better adaptation and generally looks, plays, and sounds quite good. There are definitely “quality of life” issues, such as not being able to get info on tiles on the board, not being able to see what is contributing to production values, confusion on wether cards have immediate or lasting effects, and most importantly, the lack of an undo button and no end-game fanfare or stat tracking. There is also a lack of “late stage polish”. For example, a more refined version would show the atmosphere and background landscape transforming as terraforming goals are met. Overall, I have enjoyed Asmodee’s digital adaptation and recommend Terraforming Mars to others..Version: 1.1230

Great game, weak AILove this game, but wish the hard AI was more challenging. I consistently double the score of the second place AI in games with 4 hard AI opponents. Even the hard AI just focus on building up their energy, or raising the temperature when it’s already maxed and heat resources is one of the awards… I am getting a bit bored of the game because it isn’t that challenging, please improve the AI!!.Version: 1.3.4.11480

Great adaptation of the real thingHey devs, I hope you’re doing well and thanks for all your hard work on making my favorite board game available for my iOS devices. I’ve literally played this game hundreds of times irl and online and I would like to ask if it would be possible to let the user decide the time restraints based off of 15 min intervals. So if I wanted to set the game for 1 hour and 15 min it would be easy to do so. Also there have been plenty of games where I was just moments away from seeing the score and I timed out and I felt like 2 hours of my life were wasted. Would it be possible to allow your opponents to grant you more time when you’re going to time out? Especially in private games when I’m playing with my friends. And finally there have been public games were my opponent leaves mid game with over half an hour left on his timer. I then have to wait half an hour for his timer to run out before the AI takes over. Can you give players a 5 min window to make their move and if they don’t make it they forfeit their rounds for that generation? I also wanted you to know that I would be willing to pay extra to play with the expansions. Jonathan Gomez.Version: 1.1368

Crash land on MarsGood game very well presented. The UI is incredible and so is the entire design of the game although it does take a while to load up previous games. The biggest issue for me is crashing there’s a lot of crashing I played my first game and I think it crashed upwards of four times. Great game but There seem to still be some bugs to work out.Version: 1.1368

Recent fixes make online worth itGreat recent update have really enjoyed the online games( still multitasking issue when ai enabled). Main bug I’m running into is when I’m playing a high card turnover game( generally against bots) it seems to crash when I get to the end of the deck? Never got close to the end of a deck irl so wonder if full deck is present? Would be good for it to reshuffle or just not give cards at that point as the game is generally about to end 🤷‍♂️..Version: 1.3.11244

Great GameI love the game itself. The app version like many apps has some glitches that are occasionally ironed out. One thing that could use improvement is the AI difficulty. I find that when playing against the AI it is too easy to win..Version: 1.2066

Great game but to many lagThis game is insane but the App crash to much... must of the update make bug and I have not been able to play a game in a long time !! I would love an app who don’t crash 70% of the time but it’s seem impossible.Version: 1.3.4.11480

BrilliantExcellent game for playing against the AI when multiple opponents. AI hard difficulty needs to be beefed up when playing one against one. Great value for money and very stable playing against AI on iPad. Can get a bit obsessional!!.Version: 1.3.6.11635

Having funIt’s a good app for playing AI and solo. Missing playing the board game but this is a great substitute. Imantium.Version: 1.1368

A couple of glitches……introduced in a recent update: The player’s hand of cards sometimes disappears; toggling “Cards Played” brings the hand back. When playing Lava Flows and the first temperature increase should have triggered a heat production bonus, nothing happened. Both noted in Solo mode, in which the generation 12 goal pop up always appears even in a non-tutorial game. Otherwise, still a great game. Any chance of more expansions?.Version: 1.3.2.11400

Great, but horrible bugsI. love. this. game. BUT, it has some horrible bugs. I just spent 90 minutes in a ranked game, and had plants removed from me on multiple occasions despite having previously played “protected habitats”. In addition, at final planting round I couldn’t plant. I tried closing the game and reopening but when I did that, the game had ended. This and a few other bugs spoil an otherwise amazing game..Version: 1.1368

Buggy I just want it to workSo I have this on steam already but the mobility of the iOS version was too great to resist. But, and here is the problem. On local play (not tried online yet) the app shuts itself randomly without warning. Then if you go back into the app there is no option to resume the game, it is gone! Very annoying indeed and effectively makes it unplayable..Version: 1.1205

Resume doesn’t workGreat game but you can’t come out of a local game to use RESUME button... fix soon I hope EDIT: fixed now!.Version: 1.1230


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