Lost Cities

Although the game has been around for 15 years or so and I am a self proclaimed game geek, I had not played this game before downloading the App’ a few days ago. Within minutes of playing, I won my first game; albeit on the first level. What makes this game so good for the mobile in particular is the fact that a full game is over in minutes, unless of course you choose to ruminate and cogitate for long periods which shouldn’t be necessary. Now, okay I won my first game, but on going onto the second level I got put back in my place very quickly. I have won a couple but my losses are significantly greater. I’m a Noob okay; so suffering defeat is a part of the process. The graphics on my IPhone 13 ( basic) are good and pleasant to play on. The App has recently been updated for OIS 15 which will hopefully deal with any earlier issues. I played Carcassonne by the Code Monkeys online for two years on a daily basis and never had any issues. Hopefully they will continue to maintain Lost cities . I haven’t tried to play online yet as I need to improve my play first. As the game is perhaps no longer topical in view of its age I don’t hold any great expectations for online activity levels although I have a female friend ( behave ) showing as a current player on the Play centre. For the price this game shouldn’t be overlooked. Even if you despise it you will only have lost circa £1.79 which is about the price of a postage stamp these days.

Now works on iPads!

Really needs updating for the latest phones and OS looks awful on my screen!

It’s an addictive sort of game and I play it sometimes but to be honest, I don’t really like it that much. I know that sounds contradictory but it’s true. I don’t mind the tactics and stuff like that but the goals aren’t easy to work out. I mean, draw from table well, don’t you do that all the time? The draw stack is surely on the table isn’t it? Also, if the game is in speak mode is there really any need for the tutorial to be so damned offensive? You’re trying to learn and it’s meant to be fun but it sure doesn’t feel like fun to me. Also like another reviewer I think the game is somewhat loaded in favour of the computer at times. I’m certainly not all that good at it but then I only started playing it about a week ago and I have won a few games though not by much, don’t know how people get massive scores but I’ll learn maybe.

I love the board game of this and wanted to play against my sister but the app will not allow me to log on and therefore I cannot play online- only against the computer. Really disappointed

A great game, very enjoyable to play but please add player v player which would be an excellent addition

Firstly, this is a great game and playing against the computer opponents works perfectly. That siad, we bought this game so that we could play on multiple devices within our home. The game is supposed to let you do that over the new apple implementation of game center that uses messaging; This just doesn't work easily! We got it working once, after much difficulty, where more often than not it drops you in a live game with some random online opponent instead of the firend you are inviting. It now no longer works at all. It states we are in a game but it is waiting for the other opponent to decide on a rematch; selecting yes just drops out to the main screen. Since aplle have recently been attempting to self-destruct with there implementation of hardware and software "improvement", it may be that resolving this is currently outside of the developers control.

I've been really enjoying this app - the graphics are great, the gameplay is quick and the AI opponents are well balanced. The one thing missing from this game, and it's a real shame, is the ability to play a "pass and play" game. If that were added it would earn its fifth star!

but too much luck.

One of my favourite 2 player card games! Very nice port to iOS. Short games but fun 👍 Only downside is no pass-and-play, need to play online with friends.