Poor UI – Kingsburg Serving the Crown Review

This is the rare game that's both easier and faster to play in real life. The game itself is great fun, but the user interface hampers at every turn. You must choose a starting resource before reviewing the available buildings. The function of the buildings is hidden in a not-skippable pop-up (I realize it's difficult to be both hidden and unavoidable, but they found a way), requiring far too much clicking to get simple information. There is no board overview whatsoever, making choosing an advisor a tedious guess-and-check game -- and, perhaps worse, eliminating any strategy for dealing with other players. Do I make a move to block my opponent from getting that critical wood this turn? Who knows? Unless I've memorized all 18 spaces of the board, I don't know what he might possibly have access to! Many reviews have criticized the multiplayer solitaire aspect of the game. It doesn't have that characteristic in real life, but they've created that feeling by removing your ability to have meaningful and informed interaction. One star reviews are for apps that don't work. This works, but I can't recommend any part of it. Kingsburg the game has been long since made, tested, and refined. All the app needed to do was add a digital UI; that's been done so poorly it makes the game itself less enjoyable. The AI is also pretty middling, for what that's worth.
Review by NovamationCEO on Kingsburg Serving the Crown.