Colonist.io 4+

I loooove this game and this app EXCEPT the dice algorithms are very predictable and uneven. 7’s are not distributed properly, meaning one person will roll every 7 while the other gets none. Depending on the times of the month or something idk what it is but the numbers rolled often change and stay changed until the next cycle? Idk how your system works. Each game whatever numbers are selected to be rolled over and over will completely shatter the other player. Last game I played 8 and 6 were rolled over 10 times while numbers 9,3,10 were only rolled 2 or 3 times. This makes the games completely unfair. Please level out the dice more so one player can’t powerhouse every game thank you <3

I’ve been playing the web version for years. It’s really fun and well done. I’ve been keeping track of when the bot rolls a seven. It’s almost always right after I make an action: build a road, settlement, city or buy dev cards. What I will do each game is track how many times A) the bot gets a seven after I make a move or B) if the bot rolls a seven after me making no move. It’s stunning how the bot will roll a seven after I make a move. It’s consistently 80-90% of the time and oftentimes 100% for several consecutive games. Very rarely is it ever under 50%. So I play the game with that in mind. Buying robber cards is the way to counteract that programming. And the bots will get on a wild streak of buying dev cards so you have to be ahead there too.

We all love Catan, right?

This app is hardly close to the game we know and love. I’ve been paying it for over a year now. Sure it’s got a nice easy interface and it’s UX is manageable for all, but some major fatal flaws come with it…

First off, the probabilities are not balanced within games, they almost add like a “if you lost last the last few games” balancing effect to the game where it will give one person landslide effects and can essentially chose who wins ultimately in the end. Its got a nasty habit of handing a win to someone even if you have a better setup statically and make every right move.

Let me explain…. you’ll never ever ever win on your first game on but you’ll have a close loss, which will get you to play one more just because, and you do, so that second game you’ll play so that it keeps you on a dopamine high of getting a close win. Usually by game 3 you’ll have a W.

Another problem is the dice are rigged, meaning if you have more than 7 cards you’re more than likely to roll a 7 just because… and numbers DON’T hit, they only tend to hit more when that number is blocked.

Do not download this game, it will save you so much headache and time with the frustrations of a portly coded strategy game that is less about strategy and more about manipulation of the player experience.