A Great Digital Adaptation of a Modern Classic
Thu Apr 02 2020 Br0kenNickI have throughly enjoyed the multitude of options that Sagrada offers. Pass and Play, Cross-Platform Multiplayer, Solo, and Campaign modes are all here! The music is beautiful and light, appropriate given the theme. Also the controls are spot-on, very intuitive! Likewise the graphics, from the stained glass dice to even a color blind mode, really show care in their form and function.
I really liked Dire Wolf’s previous adaptation of Raiders of the North Sea, the bar was set high and they delivered. Honestly I hope this app sells very well as I can’t wait to play the expansions on this app. The private dice pool drafts are sorely missed when playing against human opponents but that is a personal preference.
Bottom line, the price is very reasonable for what you get and this is a great way to play while maintaining social distance. Check it out!
A great adaptation of the board game, with one annoying thing
Mon Apr 18 2022 Hypnotic717Game works pretty flawlessly for the most part. Great visuals and overall the game is simple and addictive. Aside from random disconnects to the server(which are annoying due to it force “resigning” you) I haven’t run into anything major.
My biggest beef(and also an issue I have with the physical version) is how punishing the Solo game can be. I am unsure if this was fixed in future expansions, but the target scores you need to get to win are near impossible to achieve. Needing to not only sacrifice a die to use a tool, but said tool is only usable once per game is a bit too punishing. Not to mention only benefit from one of your private objectives really limits the player. I understand these are the rules as written, but if expansions managed to fix this, I’d love for them to be added in future updates.
Overall the game is great, but I tend to favor solo play when I can in most board game apps. Bummer it isn’t less punishing.
Almost perfect.
Thu May 07 2020 Hb0mb1This digital adaption of the game is spot on. Definitely worth the cost considering normal board game version retails for $40. The AI has a little bit to be desired in terms of difficulty. I watched them use one of the in-game tools on the 2nd turn when it was unnecessary to do so. I don’t have to pay attention to their boards and can win nearly 100% of the time - by a pretty wide margin. However the real draw of this game is to play with friends and family online. Given the current events this is a welcome escape. It would be great to add simple emotes/premade comments to encourage/taunt opponents. This is one of my favorite strategy games. Enough strategy and an appropriate amount of disruption to keep if fun without being frustrating.
Enjoyable with some small issues
Tue Mar 02 2021 Meija1I have been enjoying playing this game very much! My friend lives about 5 hours away and yet we both play it as the day winds down nearly every evening. The few bugs I’ve noticed have been lag related (I think)
1- when the game tells me I have a game waiting and ‘would I like to go to that game now?’ I click yes and nothing happens. I can click yes 15 times and still nada. I have to click no, exit back to the main menu, go to my games and then open it from there.
2- sometimes the bouncy die goes on for much longer than I believe it’s supposed to. It’s fun to watch in the beginning as you’re waiting for your game to load but it grows tiresome quickly. I’ve had to close out the game and open it again to get the board to load faster.
Also my friend and I have found some of the game objectives tedious. When I play versus the A.I. or play the campaign there is a good variety in the objectives. But when I play my friend sometimes we will get all numbers and sometimes all colors. We rarely get the chance to enjoy the diversity from Sagrada multiple objective pool.
All that being said the game is lovely to play. The colors and windows are beautiful and I enjoy playing the game in one fashion or another nearly every day. Thanks for reading.
Great adaptation- accessibility could be improved
Sun Aug 15 2021 ToochmanA faithful adaptation of the board game and a great way to learn and practice your strategy against the AI. My only criticism is that the color-blind mode isn’t that helpful. It applies patterns to the dice, which is nice, but not to the colored spaces on the game board. The placement aides work when those colored spaces are available, but it’s hard to plan ahead when they aren’t and you can’t tell the differences between some of them and your dice. An option to apply patterns to the game board spaces would be helpful, or to change out the color options as other games have done would also be an improvement. Oddly enough, this is only an issue with this digital version. I don’t have any color issues with the physical board game. All in all, a fun game though!
So Many Bugs
Tue Jan 17 2023 Beeyonkaaa13I would easily rate this game five stars because I think it is super fun, but I find myself getting frustrated by the bugs. I often get unstable internet connection warnings in daily challenge mode, and the game will not load, but I will still lose one of my five daily plays each time. If I’m on the same “unstable connection” but open any other mode, the game will run fine. I am also unsure if this is a bug or my misunderstanding of the rules, but in solo mode, I have four objectives listed above that don’t all count towards my total score. I watch the totals as they happen and tend to see only 2-3 objectives receiving points. I’ve never even been able to win on very easy mode even once despite setting up a board that adheres to all objectives and includes numerous of both target colors.
Amazing adaptation
Tue Oct 12 2021 Jaycklein03This is exactly what I want when it comes to making board games into apps. The UI is super intuitive and visuals are excellent.
My one bit of feedback is I would like to see the end scoring separated out to better see where my opponents and I scored for our private and each public objective. The scoring happens so quick at the end that you barely have a chance to see what you ended up with for the objectives. A stats button below view windows that takes you to each players’ scoring stats would be awesome.
Thank you for making an awesome board game into an amazing phone game!
Something is bugged
Sat Jan 06 2024 SsaurusI love this game, I have gifted a few times and gotten it for myself, so I was excited to find it has a app version
Lately I’ve played and wondered how my friends have been playing with me so quickly, their moves are instant after mine. It wasn’t until yesterday when I was sitting next to my friend that we realized he wasn’t even playing and his side was responding and playing immediately after I chose my dice.
When we compared our boards we would be in the same game, same boards we selected but none of the pieces we had chosen for our own were the same, and one of us would have a game where both of us would be many moves ahead of what he had on his phone, so we clearly aren’t actually playing with eachother like we should be 🫣
Fun game, app has some issues
Wed Aug 24 2022 Gob2171The game itself is very fun, and I enjoy playing it a lot. I love that I can play the daily challenges by myself, and a regular game with my friends. I have noticed a couple issues/annoyances so far, that make it slightly frustrating to play -
Inability to see history of scores/boards. It’s very frustrating to have a game end with friends, and not be able to go back and see the score after it’s complete. Even upon clicking notification that the game is complete, it does not bring me to the closing/scoring sequence.
The game will freeze sometimes for 15-20 seconds, usually in daily challenge mode.
If you leave a daily challenge (even just close the app) it will disconnect and you lose your progress. Not a huge deal, but this counts towards your 5 games for the leaderboard.
General lagging when connecting to an ongoing game with friends, there seems to be a disconnect with clicking a notification and the app opening the game itself.
Beautiful, but concern about crashing!
Mon Jul 29 2024 Em | appreviewsFirst, this is a beautiful, aesthetic, satisfying and enjoyable game. However I have been facing a frustrating issue. Part of my daily ritual, while eating breakfast, is playing Sagrada. More often than not, I will lose at least 1, sometimes up to 4,of the 5 allowed attempts due to the message "Lost Connection To Server". In the evening I like to play with my spouse, and our games crash then too. We are so disappointed with how often the server crashes. Is this an issue that the team is working on? The issue really detracts from how calming and beautiful this game can be, without interruptions. I hope to keep enjoyjng it with less issues. Thank you!!
