The Trail in IOS

★★★★★

★★★★★ Some ideas for an update

Overall I love this game, the graphics are beautiful, and I love the idea. My whole family has started to play it. I have a few things that would improve the game as a whole. First, I wish that we could make different kinds of pies from the pie machine. So far you can only make apple pies, but it would be awesome if we could make chestnut pies, strawberry pies, blackberry pies, juniper pies, pot (meat) pies, and others. Second, I wish that the dog could guard our stuff when we pass out, and things fall out of our bags, I think that would be very handy. Third, I wish that you could train your dog to pull raccoon tails, that would be very helpful for completing tasks. Fourth, I with that we could give our dog treats, like we do the bird, I don’t want it to be mandatory, but more of a choice like it is for the bird. Fifth, I want to be able to send money home. We get letters from our father/mother and we get some sad stories about our family’s hard times. I would like there (if not already) to be a way to send chits or favors home. Especially since we get thousands of dollars from the crates and trading, i feel it’s only fair that we at least have the choice to give our family money.

★★★★★ READ if you are thinking of downloading!!

Ok so here is the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth. This game is awesome. I LOVE it and can spend hours on end playing it. The reason why this does not get a 5 star rating is the problems it can have. Now, I think the newer the device, the less glitches, but that may not be true. I myself find that this game isn’t that glitchy, but I know for some people that is really a problem. Another big thing is that the “mini games” such as chopping logs, etc... are hard, and I have been having this glitch where they are not working. I have not been able to chop logs or hunt at all. This makes the game hard but not impossible. Just buy the logs in trading or get them through adds. Also, how fast clothes where away is a little ridiculous. I think that if your clothes where away you should just go back to your original set which has no benefits, not just run around in your undergarments. The final problem is some people are getting frustrated that when they get to Edan Falls there are no available houses. Not to worry, just go back to the previous campsite and walk there again. I know it is junky but this will reset the town and maybe there will be a house available. Keep repeating until a lot is open. Have fun playing, (if you download it.)

★★★★★ Incredibly satisfying, but needs revision

After putting about 8 hours into the game, I can honestly say that it’s an overall pleasant experience. There is much that can be accomplished without paying for anything. With time and determination you can craft the upgrades needed to continue without passing out on the trail. The free ad supported bonuses are very generous in this aspect. Some areas that I would like to see improvement in are: 1: slingshot hunting, at times the camera angles get unaligned and it becomes impossible to see the animal you are hunting. Also the slingshot can be unpredictable to aim. 2: wood chopping: the accuracy of axe strikes can be INCREDIBLY unreliable often leading to broken tools without felling a tree. 3: item splitting: when you unlock the storage container and bigger backpacks. Items can be stacked, which is very convenient. However, there doesn’t seem to be a way to separate them other than in crafting, which can make organizing somewhat difficult. Honestly so far, those are my biggest gripes. Otherwise there is a lot of content to explore in a beautiful environment, many upgrades to pursue, and when you settle in a town there’s fulfillment in helping each other grow the settlement. I’m eager to see how the developers will grow the game as time goes on.

★★★★★ Awesome! Game!

This game is so fun!!! I named my character Mary, if you want to try to find me. It’s basically, when the USA was forming. You walk a long distance, to get to a campsite, not a big place where you can use the bathroom, or such. You never need to used the restroom! But it’s a great game, I have no glitches. But, I’m not very far into the game, actually. I haven’t even got to a town yet! But I heard they are fun. I luv how every time you come off of a camp site, it shows you, how many feet until you get they’re, how many feet you’ve been walking, and it tells you, something you get to do, at a town! Great game. I love how your clothes wear out, and you need food. You can cut down trees, and even throw a rock at a bunny, to kill it, to get food! Oh! You can trade! Other players might have some thing you need for your quest, and you can get rid of your stuff, and get money! Oh! And they’re is quest! This lady with birds in her hat, a bird that flys around with you, and she is so quick, to the next camp sight! You will find out, what she does, with my clues, and the games clues. You can also craft. Crafting is fun! You can make, clothes, a wood bird, tools, and so much more! Hope you think about getting this amazing game! Bye!

★★★★★ dear god please fix it

the fact that i'm here, years after downloading this game, begging for ACTUAL fixes, should communicate the potential for this game. it is fun and cute, until you try to craft things. any things. i opened the app for the first time in months about two minutes ago, after seeing there were some recent "bug fixes". i enter my home, making sure to swipe into the house quickly to avoid the bug that makes you stuck on the porch and unable to go any further back into your home, and try to craft a bag of flour in an attempt to free up space in my bag, which is overflowing from all the wood and bits from the last time i played where it glitched out and undid all the crafting i had spent the previous 20 minutes doing. and whataya know, the first thing i try to craft, that bag of flour, and then glitch: the bag is stuck in the middle of the screen, none of the info about the crafted item pops up, just... stuck. i should not be getting glitched out of a game within a minute of opening it. that is legit stupid. i don't understand how something so fundamentally flawed is an "editor's choice". to say nothing about how the lack of special events within the last year or so to allow newer players a chance to acquire the special gear and dyes. ALL of this is just wrong. just fix it. you're app developers, this is your job, please do your job.

★★★★★ Good when not begging for your money

This game has some great ideas, mechanics, and leveling. The basic game, where you travel around a nice looking world collecting items you can make into more items you sell or use, is very enjoyable and a great way to relax. This makes the issues this game has even more of a shame. The biggest of these is that this game so desperately wants you to spend real money. This would be fine, it’s free, if they were just always asking you for money. Instead it openly punishes you if you don’t. Your items are constantly breaking if you don’t spend real money on unbreakable ones, which again would be fine, except this makes a game that should be relaxing more hectic and at times unplayable. If you run out of HP on the road (avoidable if you buy an item) it not only makes you sit for about a minute doing nothing, it’s also allows others to steal all the other items youve collected. This is only one example of this game making itself harder if you don’t spend your money. On a much less important note, and speaking of others stealing your items, some people who play this game are weirdly aggressive? It’s just strange to have somebody taunt you while playing a travel walking sim. Maybe this is how all games are, but it’s not fun

★★★★★ A Disappointing Mixed Bag....

I really wanted to give this five stars but the glitches are so bad. The game strategy is fun and could keep me playing for hours but every 15 minutes I get automatically backed out of the game. Also, the developers changed the stamina so your character immediately runs out of life. Like, two steps away from camp and your already in need of food. Finally, making your customers pay for game favors with real money cheapens the game. It's like I am playing one of those lame Facebook games or at a video gaming cafe. The dev team should allow people to tap into their screen money. I have nearly 86,000 chits accrued but can't purchase food in town or buy "favors" or gold with the game money. UPDATE: After a few months of playing and really attempting to develop my town (nearly single-handedly, I might add), I finally accepted that this game is so poorly programmed, it isn't worth my time. I now get bumped out at each trail, about every 8 minutes, sometimes without completing the trail so I do the same trail over and over without going anywhere. Items have regularly disappear from my backpack and you still have to purchase gold with real dollars, not game money. In the end, it's an original and fun concept, just poorly designed in some ways and definitely poorly programmed that it's full of glitches. It has become exhausting and boring to play.