Metro gets a digital port

#1

Hey Gang,

I just stumbled onto a new Queen Games release in the Appstore, Metro

Metro - The Board Game by Queen Games

(the link isn’t showing up here, just search Queen Games and you should find it)

A nice port of the base game, but doesn’t include any of the real board game’s included advanced variants like shares, hidden owners, rotatable tiles, etc.

I’ve only played 1 game vs. the dimmer AI (losing on the very last turn) but am confident this should be a big hit with fans of pathy tile laying games like Tsuro.

Here is a link to a YT to a review vid of the real game

#2

Hey @LordGek, this is a wonderful post and totally appropriate, and I’d like to play, but wondering if it should go in the Citizen Journalism thread rather than being it’s own thread?

#3

Please move to wherever it fits best. :smile:

#4

as Alhambra by Queen is async, i dare to ask if Metro might be async too?

#5

Fair question, but unless it’s only the game’s creation when all opponents need to be online together, I’m going to guess it does not support async.

When creating a game I’m shown available players (even if not already friends) I can invite to join me for a game. I can’t leave the game creation screen unless I start a game or cancel my search for active players.

As there are no interrupts, I can’t see why they wouldn’t support async play for this.

#6

thx for trying to find out, Lord Gek.
i remember that we had great problems to get an Alhambra game started with friends. UI is a mess (too).
the option to start an Alhambra game with friends is well hidden like a secret safe.
what a nonsense.

#7

Good work Mr Gek & Statelyplay, I posted on toucharcade the other day but hasn’t had any feedback. I was keen but busy, so nice to get some impressions :slight_smile:

I don’t have Alhambra but TreasureHunter is a great game, made a bit confusing by the app. I still love playing it multiplayer but only because I managed (somehow) to navigate the labyrinth of sign up and getting some friends!

#8

Currently on sale for .99.

I don’t own it and I don’t know if it’s beem improved any since launch. I also don’t know whether it is asynchronous or not.

#9

I haven’t been able to make it through the registration process to play online yet, partly because it’s mostly in German and partly because it’s a very Byzantine and Alien and possibly buggy on iOS process flow. The game seems interesting enough I would play more if it is async and if I can figure out how to register completely.