Brass Reviews – Page 6
5/5 rating based on 71 reviews. Read all reviews for Brass for iPhone.
Brass is paid iOS app published by Cublo Sp. z o.o.
Too hard
Todd 1
REVISED one of the most difficult games you will play, but the company support is patient and will answer any questions you have. After learning best tactics every game is close and I can win. It is not easy, but it is rewarding and the tactical nuance is interesting. Every game is different and playing well doesn't depend on dice rolls, rather on in game adaptation to the cards and what other players do... So the game has endless application. One of the very best strategy games around and the company who develops and supports the game is top. -------------------------------------------- I have played about 50 games and watched every tutorial. I know how to play the game. I am very good at strategy and games typically. I have yet to win even one game and have not even come close. Computer typically doubles my score. I don't understand why I can't step forward, I match computer on income and money in the bank but get killed on victory points every time. Then I try a new strategy and spend so I get beat on money and income but there is no gain on victory points. I am an educated man, I still can't make sense of the scoring. Games should be fun, not discouraging.
No 2 player
Stormy8cheese
No 2 player version. Pretty well built program. I wish there was an undo button as well.
Decent implementation of a bloody hard game
QuakerInstant
The UI is pretty, and mostly works well. It's a fun, complex game! There are some inconsistencies about what moves one can make and roll back before committing and what moves immediately get executed... for new players, expect it to take several games to get the hang of it. The tutorial is no worse but certainly no better than most iOS games.
Beautiful implementation, though a few improvements needed
mfwesq
The artwork and animation are perfect, in my opinion. It is great to be able to see where you can take actions given your cards, industries, resources, network and developments. The game has been very stable on both my iPad Air and my iPhone 4S (both iOS 9). As others have noted, a few improvements are needed: UPDATE: The AI play has been markedly improved since the game first came out. It can still be beaten, but you have to adopt a longer term strategy than the AI seems capable of doing. UPDATE: You CAN view other players' stacks to see their stage of development by clicking on their icon at the top of the summary chart pop-up. (I discovered this by accident.) It is hard to see how industries develop. In particular, you can't see how many higher-level industry counters are available until you have reached that level. The development action seems to require an inordinate number of clicks to complete. The online play matching and interface could be improved. There is no rating system and there is no kind of search or auto match feature. The ability to give a game you start a title is handy, though.
Non-intuitive game mechanics / omitted rules
Aaron22213
Update: 1 star to 3 stars With all of its raving reviews, my expectations were way too high. I just couldn't get into this even after probably 15 games. It was a frustrating mess. But, then I stuck with it and played another 15 games. I finally started to get the mechanics intuitively. The tutorials and in-game rules are kind of worthless. In trying to learn the game, I went through the tutorials 3 times and read the rules 4 times. But, only after playing dozens of games did the rules finally make sense. The rules seem quite simple at first, but because of the dependencies on game state, the rules are actually quite complex. For instance, it's challenging to plan ahead because one's ability to take an action requires several prerequisites. I wouldn't recommend this to a casual board-game player. It requires some tenacity to understand the strategy and tactics. But, it becomes more satisfying after many plays. It definitely goes against the grain in a world of attention deficiency. There are bugs that make the gameplay more difficult to understand. Sometimes the UI will show that certain actions are available. But, after taking all steps, you still can't complete the action! This makes it even more confusing. Also, the game needs more settings. For instance, I want to skip all animations always. I don't want to have to keep clicking 'skip animations', I just want a summary of all actions taken before my next turn.
Decent but still needs work
scottij
This is a fairly good implementation of Brass. However there are some gaps and rough edges that made it hard to start playing. The rules are incomplete and vague, as is the tutorial. It was very difficult to figure out how to play at first. Also, there doesn't seem to be a way to see how many coal/iron you have sitting on your coal or iron mines that still need to be shipped. There is also a weird bug where some of the test hasnospaces which was very annoying. Despite these rough edges, once I figured out how to play it was fun and a reasonably good adaptation of the game. I just hope the developer can polish it a bit more to make it a 5-star app.
Great Implementation
TheRealMNolte
Undo functionality is a little weak and sometimes it's difficult to know what resources are available on the board but otherwise it's a great implementation of a fantastic, difficult game!
Helps if you've played the board game
Ajporter08
I own the board game and really enjoy it. It's great to be able to play the game now when I can round up my friends for a game night.