Medieval Merchants - A historical trading simulation
| Category | Price | Seller | Device |
|---|---|---|---|
| Games | $2.99 | rapidrabbit GbR | iPad |
TOP 2 ON THE GERMAN OVERALL CHARTS
--- ON THE MEDIA ---
"Medieval Merchants is this young year's discovery for us."
- Article on apptalk.de
"David: A lot of developers are entering into freemium models, but we decided not to. Were going into flat rate gaming: Pay once and play as long as you want to because we believe a gamer doesnt want to pay for every single step in a game. He or she should enjoy the gameplay, the story and have fun while playing, not paying."
- Developer Interview on phonerpt.com
"Things are fixin to get Hanseatic up in here: Deutsch devs Rapidrabbit have been in touch about their forthcoming trading simulation Medieval Merchants. (...) Trading simulations are yet another I cant believe no ones made one of these yet genres on iOS."
- Article on pockettactics.com
--- THE GAME ---
Do you have what it takes to become one of the mightiest merchants of the Hanseatic League? Prove your trading skills in this multi-device trading simulation which is one of its kind on the App Store.
Discover the Hanseatic League of the 14th century and fight for gold and prestige - transition-free on your iPad and your Mac.
Take on the role of a medieval merchant and allow the City of Lübeck to rise from a little fishing village to the most important trading center of Northern Europe.
Build ships, sail the Baltic and the North Sea and compete for valuable trade goods throughout the Hanseatic League. Invest money and resources in the City of Lübeck and become its mayor - but only if your competitors aren‘t faster.
SHOW YOUR SKILLS AS A SINGLE PLAYER OR COMPETE AGAINST OTHERS
If you like to play against the computer, the extensive singleplayer mode will guide you through the historic development of the Hanseatic League with a character driven story. You prefer to compete with other players? Here you go: In the multiplayer mode you can go for the gold against up to three fellow players.
CLAP ON YOUR SAILS - AT HOME OR ON THE GO
With the help of a fresh technology, taking advantage of Apple's latest OS Mountain Lion, you can play Medieval Merchants not only on your iPad but also on your Mac – transition-free with iCloud and Game Center support. That way you can fight against pirates and competitors from anywhere. And if you have to manage battles in your daily life, just save your score on one device and continue the game on another one.
OVERVIEW
• experience a round based trading simulation in a historical setting
• see Lübeck grow and invest in major buildings to improve the city
• send ships to 18 historic towns and trade with 16 different goods
• play the same save game on iPad and your Mac with iCloud and Game Center support (multi-device)
• demonstrate your trading skills against the computer (singleplayer) or against other players (multiplayer)
Reviews
Fun economic sim
Fuzzball65
Fun game. Closer to oldschool games like railroad tycoon than the newer fluff that tries to pass itself off as an economic sim. There are a few bugs that can crash the game, but luckily it autosaves frequently.
Known bug
Smores182
Other than the known bug it plays fine. Although it is not a anno or pratrican it is still the closest thing I have found yet. 4 stars due to crash bug..
Really?
Topher dd
Played literally 10 minutes and had 9 CRASHES. Minor bug does not make the game unplayable. Don't release with bugs such as these, save your cash.
I want my money back
Fritzplace
All it does is crash. Play maybe 2 minutes and it crashes... Reopen, play maybe 2 minutes and it crashes. Repeat. Playtest the game before you sell it, please!
Needs work....
Mammabree
The bug seems to be a little more than crashing if you do not have a ship in transit. It crashes constantly even when not ending a turn. Think with some adjustments it would be a really good game.
Unplayable due to frequent crashes
AnkitDesai
Crashes frequently to the point that you can't play three turns in row and sometimes after every turn! 2.99 price is so we early adopters can file bug reports so the dev can fix the various issues. Stay away from this.
Ah...Patrician for my iPad!
devxx
—— Update: Crash bug is GONE! Not making excuses but if you read their blog they had issues with Apple getting the update out in a timely manner. But! crashes are now gone, game is fun, lots to do, presents a challenge, and is very well made. A great simulation and highly recommended.
Improved from "unplayable" to "don't buy this game!"
Radish5555
Update for v1.1: I figured I'd try to play the game since the crash bug is allegedly gone. I write "allegedly" because now I can't even get a game to start. I tried starting a new game, the loading screen came up, music played, and the progress bar eventually reached 100%. Then...nothing! The loading screen remained, the music kept playing, and that was it. After quitting and restarting the app I finally got a game going. As I wrote before the tutorial is very weak...you'll spend some time trying to figure out what to do and how to do it. The UI makes little sense. Try closing the trading screen with the red X at the bottom...won't work. You need to use the red X at the top left (top left? Who puts the close button there?) If you like the sound of coins just keep hitting the green check mark. And if you like the sound of real coins then keep them in your pocket and don't buy this game. There are better trading games out there --------------------------------------------- v1.0 review As others have written, the game is completely unplayable as-is. The bug is not "minor"...what the developer fails to mention is that early in the game (including during the rather anemic tutorial) you will never have a ship in transit. This means the game will crash every turn. It does not matter that there is a fix in to Apple. There is no excuse for releasing a game in such a state...the most basic level of testing would have revealed this issue. Clearly the developers have no understanding of test plans or regression testing. As a professional software developer I know of what I speak. Unfortunately the developers lived up to the name "rapidrabbit". They should pay heed to the fable and not rush their products out the door. As for the game itself, based on the few turns I've played I don't think it's worth full price, especially if rapidrabbit was as careless with game design as they are with software quality.
Bland game
Lodell
Thanks for fixing the crash bug, I am finding this to be a very stable game now. I have put some hours into it, trying to see if it gets more interesting with time, but I feel this is a very bland game. There is no tension during play, there is no direct interaction with the computer opponents, there is little sensation of town growth, the difficulty is too easy with no option of making it harder, the random events are too few and uninteresting, the quests are uninspiring, and there is just not much depth. I enjoy the trading genre, and really wanted to like this game, but for me it falls flat.
