1sland

This game is a great game, it is a slow paced relaxing game that requires lots of play time (or 1 purchase) to complete rewarding goals that pay off. There is a lot of grinding time wether it’s fishing for 20 minutes to find all species to driving around for hours to achieve mile goals. With that being said there are many boats and boat upgrades that can assist you in achieving more goals and getting more oysters (in game currency). My worst experience with this game is wasting oysters because they are very hard to get. The most annoying glitch is the Position flare, I don’t know if the developers are aware of this glitch but you cannot use a second buoy/position flare. The first one shows your distance from the point you placed it but the second one you drop doesn’t show you the distance which is a complete waste of an oyster. Now if in game currency (oysters) were easily acquired and surplussed this would not be a big problem but all oysters are very important and critical to progression because of how they can be used and how tedious it is to get acquire them.

Pretty fun game, but it is nearly impossible to win unless you have an IAP boat with upgrades. I suppose, given enough time, you might be able to level up enough and earn enough in-game currency to purchase something to level the playing field. However, the season is only about 60 days, and I do not think the average player will be able to afford the upgrades in that time period without coughing up some real money. I am all for supporting developers, but I don’t think winning should be an outcome of that support. Maybe customizing your sailer, boat, etc., but not winning.

No joke, I have been playing this game every day since I found out about it. At least once every six hour cycle I’m opening up 1sland to try and be the first to win. And I don’t even like battle royales! The pay to win format most of them have is unbearable to me and for the longest time I just gave up on them. I picked up this game on a whim and now I’m never looking back. Even with season passes, all they really do is speed up your progression. You can do almost anything a paid player can do, it’s just a slower grind. Yes, pass holders do get exclusive boats, but a non pass holder still has the ability to buy slightly different boats with the exact same advantages. My only problem with it is that right now there are only two kinds of mini games you can find to earn extra exp, and some more variety would be nice! Overall, it’s refreshing to see this new “paddle royale” and it’s much more relaxed and fair atmosphere brought to the table. I cannot recommend it enough!

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Great concept- one competition per day to find an island. After you find it- I haven’t- you get to decorate it so the entire world can see....? And your name shown on world ranking. Okay, but that’s about it. I’ve been playing for two days and not to name the player who starts with the letter P- he/she always finds the island. And once I see the island has been found, why bother playing. It is a slow game that starts with a slow boat, unless you buy a “Pass” for $2, $5 and $9 to get a head start. If you wish to grind, complete mini missions and side objectives will take a long while to earn money or “oysters”. Things like collecting little orbs, fishing, and breaking icebergs will earn you “1” Oyster, and when you reach the object quantity, you’ll have to collect a lot more to earn “1” Oyster. I don’t mind grinding, but so I can decorate and island and get my name on a ranking list is not very enticing. But, if slow tempo game is your favorite, or Monument Valley type of graphic is your thong- give this game a try.

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This game is pretty fun. The only issue is there seems to be a pay-to-won issue here. You basically can never find the island unless you put money in to your boat. I just started out. Within the first minute of the round beginning the top global player found it. Tobiaskm(2780) and I’m a level 1. The flares practically do nothing. I bought a distance flare. Used it. Went that direction. Used another one. And it said it was the opposite direction all of a sudden. I think each match should be paired with people if your same skill level. Instead of playing with the number one global player. Pretty ridiculous we don’t even get a chance to try and find it and on top of that have to wait 5 hours to play again.