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Viticulture App Complaints & User Negative Comments 2024
Viticulture app received 38 complaints, negative comments and reviews by users. Have you ever had a bad experience using Viticulture? Can you share your negative thoughts about viticulture?
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Viticulture for Negative User Reviews
✓ So much promise, such poor executionSmall things like poor UI choices for actions, music playing when app starts even if I’ve turned it off, and broken notifications (most of the time) hinder what could have been a good implementation of one of my favorite games. The biggest problem? Out of time game ending triggers for casual async play. As far as I can tell this is not configurable..Version: 7
✓ Great game let down by poor UIIn my opinion viticulture is one of the best board games but the app feels so dry and uninspired. I wish it had some more imagination to make it more engaging like root or wingspan..Version: 14
✓ A poor experienceThis app is a collection of what not to do when porting a board game. First, the AI is painfully slow and obstreperous. Not only is it slow, it gets in the way. It would be one thing to wait on the AI (which, by the way, is brutally difficult, even on easy) while checking your own cards and your engine. But you are prevented from even seeing what card you just drew until every single AI opponent is done futzing about. The AI is incredibly difficult to beat, even on easy. It does this by hogging memory and therefore battery life on your phone. From a full charge, two games will completely deplete the battery on on iPhone 10. The AI also seems to also have a knack for drawing some opportune cards at just the right moment. The game does not let you pause or take a break. If you navigate away from the app and tale a call, send an email, etc, your game will be lost and you will have to start over. There are some weird, beat-style glitches the app has as well. I’ve had it get stuck on the loading screen, gotten a blank tableau, or been cheated out of windmill points when taking a Summer action in the winter to plant vines. I’ll also address an issue with the game mechanics as well: No one at Stonemaier has done anything about the Yoke. It is a useless “building,” taking two moves to make use of it, which is a waste of workers. The yoke should uproot and plant in one move. Even better, it should uproot, replant the old vine if needed, and plant a new vine, and maybe cost a bit more. I absolutely will not play a game where I’m dealt the yoke. Another gameplay problem that the AI takes great advantage of is, you can win without filling wine orders. Instead of filling orders, the AI sells, buys, plants, sells, buys, plays cards, and gets up to 20 points without filling a single order. This is both a gameplay problem, and a problem with the AI using a cheap exploit. This is an ok game made far worse by some terrible programming. Wish I could get my $10 back.Version: 14
✓ No Tuscany board?Why make this app without the far better Tuscany board? Disappointing.Version: 1.0
✓ Good game, hampered by bugsThe app is a faithful recreation of the board game. Love that it was brought over to digital. At present, the app suffers from bugs while playing online. I am yet to finish a single online multiplayer game (Human + AI) without the the AI getting stuck at some point during the game Frequent reloading is required to prod the AI along, but this also eventually fails. Please fix this!.Version: 1.0
✓ New experienceI enjoyed this app quite a bit, but it definitely was a new experience. I have never had to deal with Analysis Paralysis from an AI opponent before. I would forget what I wanted to do on my next move by the time the computer got half way through its turn. Speed up the AI, And you’ve got your 5* review! Otherwise a great translation of a great board game. Just wondering why you didn’t use the Tuscany board? I have always found it to be superior in every way..Version: 3
✓ Nice game, terrible appIt’s a shame that the board game developers went with this app developer. The game itself is really good, but the app is so frustrating. Playing against the AI is pointless (not how a real player would play the game at all). The app is clunky, buggy, and time-consuming (too many flashy effects that don’t really enhance the player experience). I won’t be purchasing any more apps from this developer..Version: 8
✓ So many bugsThis game is crawling with bugs and is basically unplayable. Doesn't update when your town. AI freezes. Game ends suddenly..Version: 8
✓ Clunky UI needs workEven as someone who knows the board game well, this game is hard to parse in action. You’ll ‘commit your turn’ several times each move, instead of, for example, ‘commit action’ and then ‘commit turn’ to finalise. Every selection has you press another button to confirm. You never know if you’re ending your move. When multiple actions occur on a placement or card, the app gives no clue that you’re making your first selection of two. Everything uses the same interstitial animations in succession, and it feels clumsy, it would be more friendly to aggregate more info on each transition, rather than using loads in rapid succession. Also, the AI updates pass by quickly, so you constantly have to watch closely and then interpret what they just did for yourself or go look at history, rather than the game summarising it for you. Worst for me are the AI wine and card displays, which layer over other panels and become unreadable for the short time they’re visible. Lots of work to do, it’s playable but very clumsy at present..Version: 1.0
✓ Casual async multiplayer needs workThe UI is sufficient to play but definitely lacks polish. Certainly a good start, but I hope they add more incremental undo and do fewer jarring state resets as the game moves from phase to phase. But, casual multiplayer has a bunch of problems. It’s fine for a synchronous game, but the timers are way too aggressive for casual, multi day games. Currently set to 24 hours with no reset per player, it will time someone out unless everyone is right in front of their devices waiting for their turn. Further, players don’t get a notification pip on their badge, so if they swipe away or can’t deal with a turn as soon as it comes up, they are likely to forget it is their turn. Network session connectivity for the games listing is spotty. I’ve never opened the app and had it load successfully without restarting that listing. The app lacks polish in presentation of the listings. The font is small even on my spacious iPad, the games don’t have a clear enough connection to the timer, player statuses are green for everyone who is waiting and red for the player the game is blocked on, and player avatars are shrunken in favor of a box that shows score for each player..Version: 2
✓ Not Up to Stonemaier’s StandardAs mentioned in another review, this is a great game let down by a poor UI. There are different AI difficulty levels (maybe that review was written before they were implemented). You can “fast forward” the AI action, but then the screen flickers as they resolve. It’s quite painful. Also, you can’t look at your cards if the AI is taking actions (boo). It’s not always clear when you’re playing a card that gives you multiple actions if you have to “end your turn” to take your other actions, or if it will indeed end your turn (gah!). If there’s a way to know how many turns are left in the game, I’m yet to find it, so games often end abruptly without me being able to tell this is my last chance to do things (boo). I expected better quality from Stonemaier. : (.Version: 14
✓ Crashes randomlyLike all Stonemaier Games apps this crashes randomly. Games from other publishers and the same digital developers work just fine. For some reason it’s only games from SM that constantly crash like this..Version: 30
✓ Needs a Lot of WorkI was really excited to see that Viticulture had come to iOS. However, the implementation is underwhelming, especially as it relates to the AI. The AI takes forever to play its turns, and it’s impossible to figure out what it’s actually doing. It’s usually just a bunch of sub menus popping up on screen, but it’s not clear what they’re trying to indicate. There’s potential here, and at least it didn’t crash, but it needs a lot of polishing..Version: 3
✓ Great game let down by poor UIGame itself is an all time classic. Well worth your time. Games is solid all round with lots of depth and replay value. Let downs are the incredibly slow AI, lack of saving offline games, and lack of Ai difficulty levels..Version: 14
✓ Separate appsI was excited to get this and purchased it on my iPhone when it came out expecting to play primarily on my iPad. Turns out that you have to pay the $9 separately, even though the beta worked on both. I wouldn’t recommend purchasing until they make it one price for both..Version: 1.0
✓ Rugged ExperienceGreat graphics, but the by the time you have tapped the fast forward option you are ready to quit. Love the board game but the random AI makes this a pvp game only..Version: 7
✓ Viticulture is amazing, adaption is “meh”I don’t know why 7/10 digital board game adaptions have horrendous UI, but it persists. Presumably, because it isn’t always intuitive to transform a physical 3D interaction into a 2D one. That’s where developers need to invest time in creating their own elegant solutions to bring the game designers concept to life on a digital platform. I feel that DIGIDICED hit the mark better than many digital board game ports, but it still leaves a lot to be desired. It shouldn’t take a veteran Viticulture player nearly as long as it does to intuit the game flow! Otherwise I love this..Version: 14
✓ Ugh….It pains me to give this three stars… because viticulture is SUCH an amazing game. But, you know whats ironic about this digital adaptation? For me, one of the high points of the physical game is that Stonemaier made it absolutely gorgeous: quality components, art - it’s seamless. This app is unfortunately pretty clunky. Everything from the font, the menu, the animations, the audio… it’s all kind of clunky. So, I get that’s not all going to change, but here is a couple ideas to improve what this app is built on: 1) Add slider controls for FX and sound separately 2) remove that drop down player turn prompt- why do we have to watch that ever single time? 3) move the AI speed to somewhere where people can find it easier- I can’t believe how hard I had to search for this. the game is practically unplayable until this is sped up- it should be front and center for everyone 4) having to press the check mark to confirm I want to do the next action for EVERY SINGLE THING is so monotonous. Especially when doing actions like creating wines or filling orders. There has to be a more fluid way of getting these actions out. Thanks!.Version: 12
✓ BugsOccasionally the app will hang after telling you that you haven’t met the requirements for planting a vine, even though I have. Cannot play it in its current form..Version: 1.0
✓ Poor implementation of a great gameI’m surprised the same studio that did the amazing castles of burgundy app also put this out. Castles did a wonderful job of making the experience of playing seamless and intuitive. Viticulture just barely chugs along. Hopefully future updates will fix some of the issues but this was a waste of nine bucks..Version: 4
✓ Save Game FeatureIf there is one, my apologies, but I don’t see one or how. This needs to be implemented. Even on Fast game speed, the AI turns are too slow. Graphically, and gameplay wise, it’s a solid adaptation from the physical game..Version: 1.0
✓ Impossible to playZero stars. Having downloaded the game this evening, I was unable to even finish the tutorials because the game glitched and closed every 2 minutes. I thought perhaps it might just be the tutorial mode, so I tried playing a game, twice. It glitched and closed before I was even able to start. After 7 tries, I’m annoyed and angry that this is so poorly programmed. An absolute waste of my evening..Version: 10
✓ Not ready yetI always get confused about which version of Viticulture is which. This is the simpler game, which is fine. The bigger issue is that using undo froze my game and I had to abandon it. Maybe wait a few patches before buying..Version: 1.0
✓ Horrible update maybe because of mobile devicesThe layout was the best part it was nice and big especially on the iPad. Now the update shrunk everything down so I looks like a mobile game now. Another dumb thing, rules state first worker gets the bonus and you have to select it?! Ridiculous..Version: 10
✓ Great Game Awful AppThis app is beautiful, and the music is great. It’s viticulture on iOS. What’s wrong with it is that if you buy this to play board games with others, then AVOID this app! Unless you finish a whole game in a single sitting, it won’t let you actually complete your turn. With this typically being a longer game, I specifically use the apps to be able to play at my own convenience but not with this app. Also the UI is very clunky and not organized well. Most things even on the Home Screen only have icons and no words. Overall the only good of this app comes from the game and the music. The music isn’t needed, and the game is just viticulture. The app fails to provide any of the benefits a board game app usually provides.Version: 28
✓ Doesn’t work quite rightI am finding that the game is very pretty, and works pretty quickly on my iPad mini. But, there are a lot of problems with the cards not working as they should, and some of the options don’t work as they should. Makes the game not very enjoyable.Version: 4
✓ Toooo SlloooowViticulture is one of my very favorite board games, and I was incredibly psyched to see this app show up. It looks great, but the AI is way, way, way too slow. Even discounting the AI, the animations are too slow. Why do I need to watch the screen reset for each individual grape that I harvest off a field? Why do I need to press a button once to tell the compuer I want to draw a blue card, and then press another button to tell the computer that, yes, I wasn’t kidding, I really do want a blue card? Too slow. I’m taking a break for a while..Version: 3
✓ App no longer sends notificationsThe game is good (but missing the Tuscany expansion), but now it’s frustrating because you’ll miss turns and subsequently lose games online because the app no longer sends notifications. I like this game and I’d like to give it 5 stars, but with the notifications missing now and an inability to adjust how long a player has to respond to a move, I can’t give it more than 3..Version: 14
✓ First impression is really negativeI’ll continue trying to play this because I love the physical board game that this is based on but right off the bat the UI feels really amateurish and not well organized. It’s not even clear what the worker placement spots are, like which is which..Version: 8
✓ Should be 5 starsI encountered a bug that essentially destroyed my chance of competing in the game. You can have at most 5 workers and you need all 5 to have a chance. There are 2 special workers you can train, one of those is a Merchant. He has the power to take an action in a season that has already passed. With the latest update they curtailed his power a lot, but he is still very useful. I am in a game where I could not play my Merchant. I tried all the remedies in the in game help faqs and in the community help all to no avail. That puts me down one worker and puts me out of the game. So I filed a bug report and got no response. Meanwhile my opponents are complaining to me that I'm not taking my turn. So I took an action which works in ever other game I have tried it with, and I have tried it with around 10-15 different games. I deleted and reinstalled the app. It came back and lost my game... sort of. I am only in one game and the main screen can't find it but the menu on the side sees it. When i do the refresh selection, the main screen comes up with no games found but the menu on the right side pops up with a yellow one indicating that it found one game. So at least one programmer did his/her job correctly. I sent in another bug report but again I got no response. Sigh. Please fix this bug, it is a game killer..Version: 32
✓ Great board game, bad appI wish I could give this app a better review because Viticulture is one of my favorite board games. Unfortunately the developers seem to want this game to be as unintuitive as possible to play. I get it, there are a lot of complex decisions you need to make during the game, but the way information is presented is needlessly confusing while also managing to be redundant and super time consuming to play. The amount of times you have to tap and the number of screens you have to go through to take some of the actions in the game is ridiculous. Then on top of that, you have to sit and wait for all other players to take their needlessly long turns with almost no indication of if they’re thinking or fighting with the bad UI of if they’ve already completed their turn and forgot to press the completely unnecessary “my turn is over” button (which if you’ve played the game, you know that once you’ve taken the action for a worker, there is usually nothing more you can do, so why I then have to confirm to this game, which knows I’ve done everything possible on my turn, that yes, I’ve done everything possible on my turn, is completely beyond me). I just played a 5-player game with friends and it took 3.5 hours! That’s insane! The fact that phases like choosing your Mama and Papa or discarding down to 7 cards at the end of a season are done in turn order rather than simultaneously (and you aren’t even able to look at your cards to think while others are making their decisions) means that even some of the quickest parts of the game take forever! There is no reason a digital version should take two or even three as long to play as a physical board game. The only reason is bad design. The games I’ve played vs. one other person or against AI have faired a little better, time-wise, but you still have to sit through animations at the end of the each real or AI player’s turn showing what they did... a feature that would be helpful if these animations gave any context for what was happening, but ultimately end up just adding to the confusion (there also isn’t, as far as I can tell, any way to see exactly what other players did on previous turns—there is a board you can bring up that shows where workers have been placed, but not in what order or what they did/what cards they played/buildings they built/etc.) In the end, I can’t give this only one star because the app does work and I can play a game if viticulture on it. The app has crashed on my numerous times, but my games were always saved so all I lost was a little time (okay, it seemed like a lot, because you have to watch all of the other players’ turn animations again before you can go). And I can play solo against AI players—which is about the only redeeming quality. If you’re planning on playing this with more than one other person though, I’d recommend saving your money..Version: 4
✓ Good but not greatA few bugs: AI is at times slow...sometimes very slow. AI got too many points for the Bottler card. When playing Mentor, the real player didn’t gain the benefit from the AI taking the action of the card. When real player 1 played cards that gave choices to other players, real player 2 didn’t get the chance. The card flashed up on the screen and immediately receded before the choice could be made. I’m sure all will be fixed in time. Great game, and it will be a great app once these small issues are fixed. Hope the Tuscany expansion makes it to the app..Version: 3
✓ AI is too easyEven the hardest AI is not difficult to beat.Version: 32
✓ Please fix itIt was great, if somewhat slow. Now it just crashes. Two updates back to back, and I can’t get past set up..Version: 10
✓ Slowest A.I. YetI want to like this game but the ai takes way to long to think about its move for this to be an enjoyable experience..Version: 1.0
✓ GarbageUgly, game gets rules wrong constantly, buggy..Version: 3
✓ Game crashesThe game crashes after selecting amount of players on AI. it used to work but after IOS update its broken. Disappointed!.Version: 14
✓ Nothing like the board gameThe game is pretty basic, I’ve encountered a few bugs and I doubt they’ll ever get sorted if you look at previous reviews. Simply put, the AI breaks the game. Viticulture is supposed to be a game where everyone’s focussed on winemaking; that is literally the theme of the game what people expect. However, the AI just continuously milks random cards to get VPs so that by the time any player sells their first wines, the AI have nearly won, it ridiculous!!! When I play with friends it’s all about the winemaking, it’s always neck and neck until the finish. In this app the scores are all over the place and the AI just follow the same pattern to get a really boring victory..Version: 4
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