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Lol, Okay, we take turn and do it in point by point, not with anything that you can think of.
I dont even know who is immature here but well point taken.
1. The fact that there is no competitor right now for this game (no other catan game online that I know of) is the only reason I (or many others) stick my ass here by now.
2. spending 180+ hours for a game in Stean is nothing, just by launching it, time counts. does not mean i have to really play.
3. I definitely call trash work is trash regardless of the effort put into it. I think you haven't got any mean boss before. It is painful but it helps (for you too).
TRASH WORK IS TRASH WORK, REGARDLESS OF HOW MANY HOURS YOU PUT IN.
IF YOU DONT DELIVER, IN MY COMPANY, YOU WONT BE ABLE TO DEFEND IT BY SAYING: I STAYED UP MY WHOLE MONTH FOR THIS. 0 point taken.
Sorry for capital letters, need to put it there so you get the point.
4. Believe it or not, I keep the game in my steam here right now just for my wife who likes to play Catan can play it.
Goodluck in your future career.
P.S I paid for the game, I can do whatever I want to the game. And I deserve to be served like a decent customer. well after all not many paid for a free game.
And again, you are focusing on something else....
Btw, how did you know that I played the game yesterday? Interesting...
LOL
Your profile shows your recently played games and date last played, something an IT Dev should be able to figure out. /LOL
It's why so many users set their profile to private.
I played last time 27th Mars on my profile. I was kinda surprised that you told me it was yesterday (should be 29th right lmao)
Now you step down to playable or get a life stuff.
Once again, if you are interested in attacking me, we can do it elsewhere.
If you are interested in having a discussion about the game and its "functionalities or bugs" we can do it here. Stay focus man
I simply argue that the game has some issues, but it's not trash, you think the game is trash, yet you have ridiculous hours in it and continue to play. You tried to alleviate your brash statement with some generic IT Dev qualifications which did nothing to prop up the validity of your statement.
If I thought it was a trash game, I would not play it for hours, I might make a post about why I'm uninstalling, but I would never play a game that I thought was trash, ever.
This version of catan is miles ahead of the last PC version and I think it will improve and I look forward to further expansions.
Catan Universe is doing a lot of things wrong that completely ruin the actual Catan experience.
Saying that this game is playable is like saying that grass is edible. Technically correct but if you want actual quality, you have to find something else.
Trading system is complete trash. There should be a faster way to trade. Trading should allow counter-offers. This has been asked multiple times and so far the official response (5+ times) has been that they do not want to implement it. Now they just do not even respond to these topics in the forums. Even if the admin is personally tagged. Completely turning the back to issues that are being pointed out. If this does not raise any eyebrows then I don't know what would.
Turn timer is horrible. Automatically ending someones turn is not a good way to handle it. What if you had to go to the bathroom? What if someone knocked on your door so you had to go FAK for a minute? For cases like this ,you should be allowed to ask for a time extension. In PlayCatan, if your timer ran out, other players would be allowed to vote what to do with you. Most players would let you have one or two extended turns per game. Much more friendly environment than the AI ending your turn.
The AI is crap. Sometimes AI has to make moves for you when the turn timer runs out. This is ESPECIALLY BAD when placing the settlements. Why would you be forced to continue the game after the stupid AI ♥♥♥♥♥ up your game by making the wrong moves? AI should never make moves in place of the human players. In PlayCatan other human players would come and substitute games. And that system worked really well. Players were much more friendly because of that. The current anonymous matchmaker system creates only bad blood. A lobby system would be much better.
Lobby is a much better thing to have... Catan is a highly customisable game. There are a lot of expansions. So far only 2 are implemented but if you add more, a matchmaker will be unable to handle so many versions. You'd have to wait an hour until you get enough players to play Barbarians with Seafarers and a Friendly Robber house rule... Oh and maybe you want the card stack too. That adds another 10 minutes. In a lobby you could just see all gmaes that are pending creation (I estimate about 20 games waiting at any time with each game taking 1-2 minutes to start).
The graphics are already 10 years behind. PlayCatan 2D graphics were not that bad. That game at least has good gameplay experience to offer. Catan Universe 3d model is a very basic 3d done by an amateur. Why even make this a 3d version? The game is draining so much battery that when playing on a tablet you will have to reload the battery after even one game. What is the point of including tablets and mobile versions if they can't even be played without constantly being hooked to the wall?
Oh and the constant problems with connection issues were never a thing in PlayCatan. Yeah, their servers were outdated and might not be able to handle as many players we see today... But if you decide to remake the game, at least try to analyze what made the previous version good and THEN create your version of it. So far after talking with the developers in the forums, it is apparent that they intentionally left out most of the key aspects that make online Catan work similarly to real life. And that is a shame.
So far it seems like Catan Universe was a 1:1 copy of the previous Catan App made by the same developers. With all the gameplay bugs included (longest road calculation has the same mistakes that had been reported ~4 years ago). Instead of trying to improve anything, they are taking the easy way out and just market the game in a way that makes you pay up front. After most potential customers have paid... what would keep them improving the game and fixing the bugs? After you pay once, you do not have to pay anymore. No-one constantly paying for running the servers. No-one paying for the developer time... The whole marketing plan is idiotic. Oh... Another thing. The cost of in-game gold is also backwards. Buying 100 gold costs 0.99. Buying 400 gold costs 3.99. It is actually cheaper to buy 100 gold 4 times than 400 gold once. Why is that? Because of completely unnecessary reasons that could be fixed if you take even a little bit of time and think out of the box. But the developers have proven to be unable to do that.
The Ore for Wool map is always the same. Players have asked why it isn't randomized. The developer answer was that a random map would not be able to provide the same scenario. It is not hard to make the map creator take some basic rules into account when creating the map. Even after telling specifically how it would be easy to make such a map generator months ago, the developers still continue with their mantra. Never listening to their customers.
Because after you have paid, you are nothing to them. You are not going to buy anything else anyway so why even listen to you? Let's be honest, new expansions are not coming in the near future anyway. And even if they do, they are going to be full of bugs and unplayable for at least another year. As has been the norm for all new features.
Arrival to Catan. Really. I think no-one automatically got the bonus for it. You have to ask the admin to unlock it for you. Over 600 posts in Catan Universe forums. About 3-4 posts per day and no official apology or acknowledgement that this is a problem. But noooo, Catan Universe is a "playable game".
I have to agree that my comment about players generally leaving after 6 months had no factual evidence to it. It was a subjective observation based on me overviewing the development of this game over the last 2-3 years. A lot of people who posted positively and were optimistic about the game realized that the developers let them down after about 6 months so they left with negative comments. It has happened quite a few times already. And because they were the active members of the community, it has more value to me rather than the silent players.
The game is very playable to me, I can jump on anytime and there are always games available. Most of the things you list below are QOL issues that don't make the game unplayable. More like a salad with no dressing vs. eating grass.
Fair enough, trade could use some improvement, I haven't found it game breaking though.
In real-time online turn based games, I expect players to take their turn quickly, I don't have all day to play so I appreciate the current timer scheme. It wouldn't bother me a bit if players were just kicked if they let the timer run out.
I've seen the AI take over on more than one occasion and end up winning, I think I prefer the AI taking over vs. another human player.
No argument there, I prefer game lobbies for custom games.
Graphics look fine to me, although the avatars could use some work and I would prefer a button for development cards rather than scrolling down to click on the pile.
Although I rarely have connection problems, other players in my game seem to, so, fair enough.
Yeh, I dunno, I like that I can pay once and own the games, if it were subscription based, I'd be out. I know they've got to make money somehow, but, yeh, I dunno what the long term solution is for games like this to stay profitable, but I detest gold and gem schemes.
Never really paid much attention, but I don't think I ever play that map.
Hope your wrong on that one, I look forward to expansions, although I'm sure there'll be bugs.
Don't know what that is, I'll have to take a look, an achievement maybe.
Ok, I guess I'm just not that picky when it comes to playing Catan, it's a fun game, but it's mostly luck based when players of similar skill are paired. Even an unskilled player can easily take down a seasoned vet if that's the way the dice are rolling. I prefer the Cities and Knights version because there's a little more skill involved, but it's sooo long. I do appreciate that you have at least stopped playing whilst berating the game, lol. Pheww! that post was long.
And to Nark, if you have no idea what other people are talking about and why there are so many bad reviews in this game, I dont think it is good that you are spending time here. Up to you then.
When you pay for something, you do not simply throw it away. In my case, my wife wants to play it then I keep it.
Last I played was on 27th and it was like 3-4 days ago, so yeah still complaining because of bugs here.
And I dont think you know why i played the game for 180h + before complaining. I went from hoping "that was only my issue state" to "Oh everyone else is having the same problem, hope the admin fix it state" and finally now, "No they are not fixing it". But then this is common for any gamers or users in general after they buy anything and cannot have money back policy
I value what you say Quality of Life much more than an average player, I guess. Especially when the previous version had much, MUCH higher standards.
Example of PlayCatan gameplay. It has some cut-offs to shorten the trading part of the game and looking at in-game statistics etc.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hcRZcNxO7ms
Overall you can see how compact everything is compared to CatanUniverse. (CatanUniverse for PC seems like a cheap fast mobile UI port)
And also that video locked up my Steam "trash store".
No doubt the current game needs work, but whining and foot stomping ain't gonna get it done. lol
I don't think it is good that someone comes in here and calls it a trash game, esp. if even their wife enjoys it, that's why I'm here.
That's pretty sad you come in here and berate something your wife enjoys.
So you tortured yourself for 180hours playing a "trash game"? IT Devs should no better.
You are attacking me again and again.
For someone being toxic like you, i will just stop replying.
That is not the way to make a discussion.
Ok, I'll lay off. If your original post was a little more like Stroom's novella up above, I'd have never started.
So, what are the things in this game you dislike, and what bugs affect you the most? And what do you think the developers need to concentrate on first/most to make the game better?