Summoner Wars App Reviews

I have to admit it - I love Summoner Wars and I love Playdek. I own the physical game and all the factions up to the latest Core Set (which cost me well over 100$), so when I heard that Playdek was making the iOS version I was thrilled. I got it as soon as it was available today and I almost fell off my chair when I saw that the base game was free (the physical Pheonix Elves starter was around 20$ when I first purchased it)! And then, they go and give you all the rest for a puny 8$??? Man, take my money! There arent a lot of apps out there that will give you this kind of value for the money. To sum it up, stop reading and get this game... NOW!

This will not replace my physical copy but it is a blast to play with my Internet buddies. Looks nice an plays smoothly.

The wait was worth it! Its flawless!!!!

My initial impression of this game was meh, and after a month with Magic I thought it was king, until I actually played Summoner Wars! This game is so cool, love the cards and effects, smooth play and great strategy. And the game is under 50 MB & Free to download!!! what are you waiting for?

The graphics, music and online play are amazing! It instantly became my most played game on the iPad. Cant wait for even more factions.

Some questionable interface choices turn this from being a potentially great port of the board game into something that is frustrating and confusing. Im sticking to the physical version until this app can get cleaned up.

This is an amazing, fun, and faithful take on the board game. A nice blend of customization, magic, strategy and luck. Right now, my only issue is some glitches. When playing with custom decks the game may crash and you wont be able to get back in. There is also cases where you wont be able to move or attack as much as you are supposed to and you are just forced to the next phase. I also cant figure out why sometimes archers will shoot 4 spaces away and other times only 3. But this is nothing a patch couldnt fix. Despite these issues, this is a great game and an incredible value. A tiny fraction of what the physical equivalent costs. Cant wait for an expansion to get the master set races. Aside from that...Maybe a campaign mode would be nice.

This game is very simple, yet deep in strategy. After playing over 200 games, I am still learning little things I was unaware of before. Theres no point of not trying this gem, the demo is free!

Being a huge fan of the Summoner Wars board game I was looking forward to the iOS app release. I havent been disappointed. This game is pretty much my favorite iOS game at the moment. The interface is very well done, playing this app feels like the real thing. Good job Playdek!

I suspect this is a five-star game, but it crashes way too often for me to be sure. Even after deleting, reinstalling and rebooting, it crashes when I try to open a local game in progress, when I try to scroll between factions in the deck builder, and seeming at random throughout the game so often -- much more often than any other app I have installed to date -- that it makes trying to play an exercise in frustration. I look forward to trying it again after the bugs are worked out, and giving it a higher rating.

Summoner Wars rewarding gameplay and distinctive, balanced armies made it a hit. Sadly, this adaptation so utterly fails to exploit the advantages of the digital format that it feels like it was deliberately crippled to make the (much more expensive) physical version preferable. (The only improvement I noticed in this first update to the app was that highlights now use colors that are easier to see.) - The game manual has been gutted, and is missing basic information. (The weird symbols on the dice mean "six", FYI.) - Cards are blurry and hard to tell apart (even on the Retina iPad!). The obvious choice should have been to use symbols on the cards to indicate their special abilities with the full explanation text only appearing when the card is zoomed in, but instead Playdek somehow decided it was better to always show the cards as miniature, pixelated versions of the physical cards with their UTTERLY illegible text wasting precious screen space. - Hand size is FIVE cards, theres plenty of space to show five, but only FOUR are shown (on my iPhone 4 - iPad shows all five) to make room for a "menu" button that could have easily been moved out of the way. (And needless to say in the frequent case that you have multiple copies of the same card in your hand, the app isnt smart enough to hide the duplicate.) - When using an ability that allows you to recover certain cards from your discard pile, you have to manually dig through the unorganized discard pile to find the cards youre allowed to take. - Theres no dice roll animation, but youre forced to tap on them to continue. - A special abilitys name appears when it takes effect, but you cant tap on it to find out what it actually does. - Cant look through a factions event cards in the store, when youre deciding whether to buy them. - Deck building is such a hideous MESS that it makes the actual battles seem slick in comparison. Instead of the industry standard of showing each type of card and how many copies you have in your deck, each copy is shown, and its hard to tell where one group of card ends and the other begins because the cards are just shrunken versions of the physical ones with no modification for the tiny iPhone screen. And every possible add-on card is shown, including ones that you cant use because you havent paid the extra real money for them yet. Classy!

As a fan of the board game first, I thought this would be a good way to practice and be able to play when no partners are available. The iOS version definitely delivers! The music is great too! Cant wait for them to add the Master Set Factions!

Great implementation. New factions would be an insta buy.

I will not go on the details of the game itself. Its based on a board/card game by plaid hat games. The gameplay itself is amazing, lots a fun and right now my most played game in my iPad. Unfortunately, the ios version has some limitation and bugs that prevent this game from being a 5 stars game. First, there are no undo bouton. If you miss click something by mistake, you can go back. Second, there seem to be some issues with the touch responsiveness. You often have to try clicking the dices multiple times to acknowledge them and often have to slide multiple time for attacks to register. There are also a few bugs with some cards special powers especially the ones who are suppose to reduce their cost of summoning. Despite these bugs and annoyances, the game is very addictive and fun. I ended up buying the real board games after playing this so I guess the mission was accomplished. This ios version is a great introduction to summoner wars for anyone wishing to try it.

Couldnt finish the tutorial as the blaze step failed. Pretty bad gaphics. Obviously the goal here is to get you to try out the game then go buy the board game. At least I hope thats the case... Otherwise the graphics are bad because someone was cheap or lazy.

Really nice app to practice factions for the boardgame

Love it. Online or against CPU, I can always find someone to play against any time. CPU opponent is challenging although it does, on occasion, resort to rigging dice rolls. No crashes or bugs on my phone to date. Only wished it was optimized for iPhone 5s larger screen. Wish there was an undo button for actions and moves. Definitely will be buying future factions and expansions once theyre available. All minor quibbles in an otherwise excellent game.

I liked the game through the tutorial but as soon as I realized that you have to pay half or any other faction I was completely turned off of the game. Just buy the board version

Really enjoy the board game, this was actually the first app that I downloaded on my new iPad 4th gen. Unfortunately it will not low me to make in app purchases, (yes, I checked my restrictions). If the issue is fixed Im sure I would rate it higher. So disappointed as it stands right now.

Not a huge fan of the port