Stratego® Online 4+

Great game, but could be way better

I have loved this game since childhood, and I currently play my grandsons regularly on the original board. The digital game creators have done a fantastic job replicating it! The graphics are awesome! The gameplay however could be greatly improved. Right now the only option is the original version, which often times equates to exchanging pieces and hoping you have that last 1 or 2 power piece to control the board. It also favors, albeit slightly, the non-aggressor. Other style’s of play should be added, shut as; attacker advantage ( where the attacker wins when the pieces are the same rank), and/or you get to choose a piece you lost when one of your pieces gets to the opponents back row (two per game). Either one of these simple improvements would make the game so much more dynamic. For those that prefer the original it would still be an option.

Developer Response ,

Hi SGT270, thanks for the positive review, compliments and feedback! Good points about adding some custom features that make the original game more entertaining for some players. We will definitely take this into account for future releases and updates. Please note that you can already select a different game mode when you create a custom game. You can select 'Barrage' and have a version of Stratego with only 8 starting pieces. Hope you have fun with the game! Regards from team Wanted 5 Games!

Great reproduction but…

A wonderful remake of the board game! Easy to use and great graphics.

But playing the classic board game gets boring quickly.

Create new digital experiences:
- different maps
- random maps
- bots of different levels

Allow for permanent reveal of enemies
- stratego shouldn’t be a memory test.
- Make memory aspect optional so stratego can be 100% strategy!
- once you make memory optional, you can allow multiplayer games with 24 hour window to make next move. This is what many games do.
- memory aspects means you need 30 min to play nonstop game. Remove memory and now players can submit one move and make next move later. Much more flexible.

Also, your app doesn’t come up in App Store searches for “Stratego” bc you put that (R) on the end. Remove that R and watch your downloads go way up.

Critical Bugs Ruin Game Experience

I’ve always loved the Stratego board game, so was excited to download and play this app-version of the game. However, it’s unfortunate that this game is basically unplayable in its current state. There is a bug that makes it so you can’t move your game pieces. Only way to fix is to close the app and reopen. But it only takes 4-5 moves before it happens again… The latest update notes CLAIM that this is fixed but it isn’t. The problem is incredibly persistent.

After 20 minutes of gameplay, I’m giving up on this app until new updates. It has potential, but seems to have been haphazardly put together after getting the rights to the game.

Developers, please work on this and fix! Until then… 2/5 stars.

Developer Response ,

Hi Kelinja23, thanks for taking the time to share your bad user experience and for flagging that the same issue isn't fixed in the latest update. We are very sorry for this and I can tell you that the whole team is working on only this issue at the moment. We fully understand this is frustrating and we do all we can to fix it. As soon as we have a new build we will update the app and hopefully everyone can play again without interruption...