Expect the expected – Scotland Yard Review

Update 2: I saw some recent comments about the tutorial being bad. Although at first it worked for me under the general section, i decided to see why people might be having issues. So I tried the detective tutorial and sure enough there was a problem. The letters were black but was no longer in a white window. I tried Mr X section and that too was bad. Then I went back to general tutorial and it was also bad. So it is glitchy because at first it worked but now you can't read it. The AI was really bad my last game so I'm going back to 4 stars for these issues ------------------- Update: I played a few more rounds. The AI actually seems to be decent now. I beat it as Mr. X however it was very tense. The AI players were literaly only one space away several times. The second time I actually got caught! I think I was assuming the AI was that bad and I was kiling it but suddenly I got caught! That alone is priceless. Yes, sometimes the AI moves are questionable when I have to reveal my spot but for the most part they move to capture me. Bumping my stars from 4 to 5 because the last few games have been tense which I never thought would ever happen! ------------------------------------- As a kid playing this in the 80's this ios app is basically a recreation of the exact gameplay of the boardgame. As reviews have mentioned the AI is something to be desired- I only played it once so far with my fellow AI players set to hard. All worked together and and we captured Mr. X by round 11 but one AI player was off in Neverland. Am I blown away by it? No. Is the same gameboard feel to it? No. Does it play how you would expect it to play on an ipad? Yes. Graphics are nice. After one game, like I said, I'm happy with the purchase of $.99. I wouldn't probably have paid more but I would recommend it for the sale price. You can't go wrong with Mr. X! Oh and people have complained about the tutorial. I played both on my iphone 4s and ipad 3 and the tutorials were flawless. No problems reading it. People said it's black words on a blue background. I had black words on a white background for both.
Review by Friendlie on Scotland Yard.