Game relies 2 basic cheats – Catan HD Review

After playing dozens and dozens of games I’ve notices some distinct cheats that the game relies upon to make the game challenging. First the dice. Dice roll probabilities are weighted against you. More specifically they are weighted against numbered tiles you control. If you have tiles 4 through 12 (excluding seven of course) 2 and 3 will be rolled a surprising amount. The only way to combat this is to try and get as wide a range of tiles as you can. Traditional expectations that 6 and 8 are good tiles go out the window. Second, the AI will robber you to death, even if you aren’t in the lead on points. It seems if you are the first to get to 3 points the AI will relentlessly target you with robber rolls of 7 and from cards. It gets old quick especially when you get hit 4 or more times in one round. The AI likes to buy up all the cards early, at the expense of building anything. The moment you build your 3rd settlement they start using the robber. The game looks great, but lazy AI development has lead them to rely on crutches that just kill enjoyability.
Review by Kurashiki12 on Catan HD.