Sagrada

I have throughly enjoyed the multitude of options that Sagrada offers. Pass and Play, Cross-Platform Multiplayer, Solo, and Campaign modes are all here! The music is beautiful and light, appropriate given the theme. Also the controls are spot-on, very intuitive! Likewise the graphics, from the stained glass dice to even a color blind mode, really show care in their form and function. I really liked Dire Wolf’s previous adaptation of Raiders of the North Sea, the bar was set high and they delivered. Honestly I hope this app sells very well as I can’t wait to play the expansions on this app. The private dice pool drafts are sorely missed when playing against human opponents but that is a personal preference. Bottom line, the price is very reasonable for what you get and this is a great way to play while maintaining social distance. Check it out!

This digital adaption of the game is spot on. Definitely worth the cost considering normal board game version retails for $40. The AI has a little bit to be desired in terms of difficulty. I watched them use one of the in-game tools on the 2nd turn when it was unnecessary to do so. I don’t have to pay attention to their boards and can win nearly 100% of the time - by a pretty wide margin. However the real draw of this game is to play with friends and family online. Given the current events this is a welcome escape. It would be great to add simple emotes/premade comments to encourage/taunt opponents. This is one of my favorite strategy games. Enough strategy and an appropriate amount of disruption to keep if fun without being frustrating.

So polished, nearly bug-free. Takes a little getting used to in regards to utilizing the tools shared by all players but I can’t think of a better way to implement that piece of the game from a UI/UX standpoint... it’s a tough and varied series of game mechanics and they did an admirable job implementing it. There are some amazing iOS board game ports and I’ve probably downloaded 30-40 of them. This is is pretty comfortably in my Top 5 in terms of how well they implemented the base game and just how faithfully reproduced and highly polished it is. NICE WORK, TEAM!

So I had never heard of this game before (and I don’t recall how I found it on the App Store) but it’s a wonderful game. As a new player, some of the finer aspects of the game eluded me at first. For instance, for the life of me I couldn’t understand how to satisfy the shade and color variety goal cards. I figured it out with a google search—so no harm no foul—but the tutorial probably could have done a better job. This review is mainly addressing the new Solo mode of play—I take issue with being scored against the value of dice left in the round track. It makes the game arbitrarily difficult and makes low and medium goal cards particularly annoying. Is there a good reason for choosing the round track total as the score you want to beat? (That's not a rhetorical question, I'm actually asking.) I also wish that in solo mode you could pick specific tool cards so that you could practice your skills individually. Other than all that, this a great game and well worth the cost.

I was excited to learn an app version of Sagrada would be offered to the US a month or so ago. The app is every bit of what I expected and more! It took an incredible, and beautiful board game and kept all the components just as beautiful. The game plays very smoothly with no issues. There is a campaign, vs AI, and online multiplayer mode! The iOS version offers Game Center achievements as well. What more could you ask for? An amazing game now just at our fingertips. 5 stars! Bravo!