Elder Sign: Omens for iPhone

What players like

• Faithful board game adaptation with strong thematic atmosphere
• Character abilities and strategic team-building add depth beyond luck
• Excellent iOS port with smooth gameplay mechanics
• Challenging difficulty levels including expansions
• Captures H.P. Lovecraft horror well

Common complaints

• Dice rolls feel heavily rigged and unfair, even on easier difficulties
• App hasn't been updated in years with accumulating bugs and crashes
• Long unskippable cinematics at start/end of every match
• App freezes when phone screen turns off during animations, losing progress
• Game design doesn't scale properly, some playthroughs appear predetermined to lose

What real reviews say

★★ meh Its fun, but i disagree with the statement from the dev saying “some games arnt ment to be beat” the fact that its hard coded some playthroughs are programmed to be doomed from the start is unfair. it takes all the skill out of the game and has you wondering through out the whole playthrough if thi

★★★★★ Excellent implementation of an excellent game Each turn, your investigator has several choices of locations to investigate. You investigate by rolling dice and trying to match them to symbols on the location card. Each investigator has their own special ability. One is immune to terror effects. Can can do more than one match with a given roll.

★★ Okay game but major balance issues For .99 cents the game isn’t bad but it’s not good either. The game has major balance issues with the dice rolls. To the point it’s frustrating and there isn’t much joy in the game. Not even the actual board game this game is based off has dice rolls this bad. Unfortunately, doubt the developers

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