Takenoko: the Board Game

A good example of someone getting hold of the digital adaptation of a great game, messing it up and then abandoning it. This game looks fantastic and plays very well (when it works) but it’s got issues that stop you completing a game. It doesn’t seem to be getting any more updates so we’re stuck with a game that’s badly in need of some work. Asmodee / Twin Sails appears to have a habit of doing this.

Everything is just like the real game, good effects, plenty of different options to play, either online, with the computer or with people at home. Never had any issues with game play like the previous review suggested. Really good game!

My lil one loves the panda on the title screen, though she presses the other buttons to see the chibi pandas., then needs me to click back… Could we just add an interactive panda thing aimed at 2-3 year olds 😅 Pretty much every game., the AI is able to complete objectives twice as fast as me.. have to wonder if it has extra cards or picks from 4 tiles (so if it started with 5 cards - so more likely to have something to claim, though would always keep 2 hidden and need to draw to more before it could claim.. We all know AI needs to cheat., but I like my AI thick unless I pick hard… 🎸

Very useless waste of my money. The AI doesn’t work, you can’t play with friends because that doesn’t work either.. nothing ducking works but you put a price on it, who does that? You can only play with yourself

I seriously don’t know what they’re doing! For such a good looking game they’ve messed up the game play so bad. I won’t list all the flaws because to be honest I could have lived with them and wouldn’t have minded. However, 9/10 starting hands are all the same. (Gardner:4 green bamboo. Panda: pink,yellow,green. Tile: 3 yellow curved) This is completely unacceptable. All they need was to put the full list of cards in the game (which they may have, who knows) and put a decent random starting hand selector and this game would have comfortably got 3/4 stars. The way the game currently is, it doesn’t even warrant 69p let alone £2.99 (what I paid).

This game is broke. Try and play against the AI and nothing happens. They literally don’t take their turn. Come on Asmodee fix it!

I bought this to try and help my daughters learn the real game It’s really nicely animated but the main issue is you can only play a game online (no solo feature) and there are very few people online to start a game. Of course That’s an obvious risk but a shame Asmodee haven’t included a computer to play. It’s a great game, but the app is a bit of a disappointment.

Unfortunately I found this game to still contain bugs and stops working mid-game when playing the AI. It’s a great game but seems a poor implementation on IOS.

After getting into the board game scene. My partner and I have started to dive into board game apps before buying a physical copy. The game mechanics are great. Graphics good but the online multiplayer crashes. Constantly. I think after about a couple dozen times trying on separate occasions, on data and wifi we can safely say this game is broken and in need of a update. DO NOT BUY IF YOU WANT TO USE THE ONLINE MULTIPLAYER. Seriously don’t bother.

It’s a good game but the app is horrendous. It freezes constantly, it randomly closes and the multiplayer just doesn’t work 90% of the time. It’s not worth it. It needs to be updated to fix the bugs but looks like they don’t care about the app at all. Disappointing.