Sid Meier's Colonization App Reviews

I am disappointed when I saw the performance of the game. On top of its slowness on I pad it is not even possible to play. Controls has not been developed for touch screen, loading goods to vessel is not possible, and lots more. Do not pay money for it and wait for development. I really wonder how developers let his game launched with such disabilities.

Worst game ever. Total waste of money.

Finally released! I played it several times when I was young. 5 stars is for the idea to provide it to iPad, but the playability is awful. Is really bad. You just cant play it as originally released in the iPad. You should change the control in game. I played for 30 min and give up. Try to make the pointing without the mouse. You can add arrows directly in the screen to help out.

Its the very original first version of the game, stupidly converted to iphone/ipad. Yes, it does have the ancient resolution of VGA, which was a smash twenty years ago, and, believe or not, an actual mouse coursor that you have to drag with your fingers, but "clicking" it actually doesnt work. No wonder the publisher did nit supply any screen shots. Its a no no no.

Control is very bad, but with shortcuts It can be playable, but still It is so slow, changing tours last 20-30 sec. Please fix It ipad is much faster then Amiga 500....

Doesnt work on iPhone 5s (iOS 9), fix it please.

Old game with old graphics not well adopted to iPad... Do not spend money on. I would like money back!!!!

Please adopt for iPad

Screen keyboard occupies almost all screen, no any adaptation of interface for iPhone 5S.

Seriously! iPhone 6s! It works! Ive been waited this game for years, and now its on AppStore and its works! It so cool. But. Controls are really terrible. Its good to have an ability to simulate keyboard, but it should be optional. I guess it will be better to have a small simple panel with main controls and with small button which will open full keyboard. Also, tap and hold moving works unstable too. There a things to improve, but its really cool that this game has released.

Dont waste your money to buy this, impossible to play on iPhone and iPad. They should delete this junk from store and refund all of us!!!!

Took a chance because I lived the original, but this is really not usable. No way to control your ship or take actions!

Terrible

Cannot use with iPad. They dropped the ball. Money wasted.

Unable to play.

That is when I played it on my C64. With this app I cannot get to the new world. I would prefer a running game but I would accept my money back.

This game is great, the playability though makes it difficult due the touch mouse. Would be great if i had a bluetooth mouse to connect. This is the DOS version of the game set to run in iOS, which is what i wished civilization was. It is a very long game and would recommend reading a guide online. Also you can find quick commands for the keyboard so you do not need to use the mouse so often. You must use the popup keyboard to control movements and use the hotkey commands. Settlers: p=plow/clear land, r=build road B=build colony In europe or in colony w/boat: l=load cargo, shift+l=load cargo w/choice of how much cargo to load. If you go to the internet and review the hotkeys used on the pc version you can play this game much more easily. Touch/slide mouse control and holding mouse acts as a click.

To bad they wont give refunds for an app that has zero effort put into it. Game is almost unplayable, th y even give you a cursor like you have a mouse on a smart phone. I cant believe anyone developed and released this.

This is the same Sid Meiers classic that I enjoyed playing in my childhood in 94. The music is the same but of a lower quality , and the buttons get a while to get to know which is why most people here gave the game negative review due to frustration. The game should come with a page of instructions on how to use the new controls on iPhone. Its very playable once you know what you should be doing. to load /unload cargo ,select the cargo with your finger then select the keyboard and use + or - . To move across terrain just press on the square you want to move to and hold it then release. To check a square click on the brown board on the right side of the screen until a flashing square appears, then touch on a terrain then press f1 for info on the terrain, but dont click on a city directly with the flashing square thatll take you into the city. Instead click on a terrain next to the city then choose the keyboard and move the square with the arrows to the city , then select A to get a list of the units that you want to activate that are stacked in the city. Hope this helps . Enjoy the game its lovely and addicting and the best way to pass time during long flights.

I bought this hoping that the reviewer who wrote about how the controls worked was right. My mistake. Its like whoever made this into an app has never tried to play it. All they did was import the game exactly as it was for a PC and did nothing to make it playable on an iPhone. What a waste of everyones time and money. DO NOT BUY THIS GAME.