I bought this as part of the Monopoly/Clue/Life bundle and let me explain why it’s become my favorite. Turns out it’s way too easy to cheat on Monopoly/Clue multiplayer because all you need is a 2nd/3rd device joining the same session as you and you already have an advantage against the other players. With Battleship, it’s 1v1 so that element is removed. This was my original rationale when trying out BS because I otherwise enjoyed the other games. I was pleasantly surprised that I actually liked the game a lot!! Particularly multiplayer Commander mode! The last time I played BS was the actual board game so I can only speak for playing this app. I like the different classes, maps ect. I found this way more fun than the original “classic mode” I expected. I haven’t encountered any bugs really and there always seems to be people playing. I hope they expand upon this game with further character/class customization. Message to developers: please allow people to customize their Name/Photo/Avatar without having to use Facebook connect AKA, the data theft company.
My dad bought this app first so he could play with my kids and then told me about it answer me to download it. I never would have paid $4 for an app for which there are many free versions available. But since he already had it to play against my kids I had to buy it. I have never been so disappointed with an app, and cannot believe I paid $ for this. Every single game there comes a point in the game when the computer takes over and finishes the game for us. We know it’s happening because we FaceTime while we play and suddenly for one of us it shows we are waiting on the other player to take their turn but on the other person’s end they already took their turn and the computer took over and is playing against them while the first player waits around until the game shows it’s over or the computer takes over on their end too! I cannot explain how frustrating it is to explain to my kids every single game that the one they played was taken over or they finished the game against a computer because Grandpa’s end still shows he’s waiting for you to take a turn. It is so messed up. We waste hours sometimes because we will start a game again when we realize the computer too over. And I can only assume that’s what’s happening is that the computer took over - that or someone hacks into every game. Worst purchase ever.
Despite what the developers claim, the AI definitely cheats. Even on easiest settings the AI *always* wins, because it *always* knows where your ship starts and ends. For example: I was playing the other day, and my long 5-ship was hit in the center spot. It took shots to the right for the remaining two spots, which makes sense, but then it *magically* knew that it had to shoot at the opposite side even though it never missed by shooting the spot *after* the end of the ship. And this happens all the time. It strikes the middle of a ship, but it somehow knows it hits the middle and finishes one end and magically switches to the other end after the perfect amount of hits in the first direction, never getting a miss, and miraculously sinking the ship all in one turn. I don’t mind the “bonus” move after making a hit; those were literally the only rules I ever knew growing up, so apparently my family always played it wrong. However, the AI *magically* knowing exactly which spot of your ship it has hot every single time is a load of bull crap. If it hadn’t been too long since purchase, I would definitely get a refund.
Battleship performs flawlessly!. I have it installed, via Family Sharing, on 4 iPhones and 2 iPads. My 4-1/2 year old grandson is obsessed with this game. He loves playing against his Mimi and Pop, as well against the "puter" (Single Player mode). We all espcially love the "Commanders" version of the game as it makes the gameplay much more interesting than the "Classic" version. All three modes (Single Player, Friends, and Online) work well. As I right this review, he and his parents are on vacation. My grandson has my old iPhone (with Battleship installed) and plays against his parents and cousins (who also have the game installed on their phones). I find myself playing the game online whenever I have some idle time...
Obviously this game has to be compared to the previous iteration of Battleship, and it’s that comparison that makes this only so-so. On the good side; game play is very fast, graphics are sharp and the game seems to be stable. But some pretty big knocks on the minus side. The biggie, gameplay itself uses some optional multi-shot rules (get a bonus shot after every hit) I don’t really care for. And it ONLY uses this odd rule for “classic” game play. I miss the old “salvo” rule of one shot per ship afloat. I also don’t immediately see how to choose a player name? Weird. I’m sure I’ll figure that out. After living with this for a couple weeks I have a couple additional gripes. First, when playing sequential games, especially after forfeiting a game, a crash is almost a sure thing. Second, which explains why the first one matters, this game CHEATS something awful. I know this is common with AIs because mostly, computers are stupid. But the cheating here is shameful; you get a follow up shot when ever you score a hit. Well, depending on where you hit, a follow up shot at the same target should normally have a 25-50% of scoring a hit. The ap hits easily 80-90% of the time. At this point, I call it unplayable against the AI.
First, the AI modes are very annoying. The way that it hits a ship and then knows exactly how to finish it is baffling. It will hit a ship in the middle, finish one way and then magically switch to the other and sink the ship. Why would you program an AI experience to feel like being cheated? Second, the current rules do not follow the traditional ones. Their new rules allow another shot if a hit is recorded. I prefer the original version where each player gets one shot per turn, regardless of outcome. There should be the option available for either way. Third, I would prefer a system that would let me highlight where I want to shoot and then hit a button to confirm. I often select the wrong square because they are so small.
I have about 150 games in with battleship. I very much enjoy it, but I don’t believe that when I go to play someone online that I am actually playing someone online. I had my suspicions that maybe it was more AI I was playing against, but I have no way of knowing for sure, but today I started a game against a supposed online opponent, but I ran out of juice. I came back, thinking I was going to start a new game, but it ended up going right back to the game I was playing before I lost power. There is no way the person I was playing hung around for hours to finish the game. I will still keep playing, but I don’t trust the online play
This game is fun but it is very irritating to me that when I want to play an online game, if the other person doesn’t click play and you already have, then you are left sitting there waiting. It doesn’t give an option to skip to another person or back out and you have to completely close the app and restart. Then you can end up matched to the same person who still doesn’t accept so you have to redo this over and over. If they don’t except within like 30 seconds you should automatically be repaired with someone else. Otherwise I really enjoy this game. Especially the commanders mode.
Gameplay is as expected, but lacks the option for “salvo” shots. Salvo mode requires different strategies so it would add more replayability. Another issue is that the initial purchase only allows the computer to randomly select 3 of the 7 captains. We should b able to play against all of them in commander mode, and it would b nice to have the option to select our AI opponent in offline mode. Developers should pay attn: this would give customers a preview of what the IAP commanders offer, and likely increase sales. The worse part is that I purchased all the boards/captains thinking that i would b able to play against all of them. Nope. Still only play against the same 3 AI captains. If they correct these issues it would b a 5 star game.
Happy to be playing Battleship again. But I wish it wasn’t so confusing about how to choose commanders, arenas and such. Maybe it’s just me, but I’m spending a lot of time pushing buttons, trying to figure it out. Frustrating. And I think the commander/arena packs they offer is a rip. Paid a hefty price for the game, didn’t expect to have to pay again. Hasbro sure knows how to milk you. Still, enjoying it, though I guess I’ve gotten about as many stars as I can for my commander. I’m at the point where 2 out of the 3 missions require I play online. I don’t want to play online, thank you. Prefer solo. Oh well...
Either this or that, huh. AI. Single player mode. Sinking animations, good. Commander skins, great. Objectives could need a bit of work. Ranking, awesome. New update, looks good. But my favorite of all, winning games, E P I C . 1.2.9 is a whole new world. AI always cheating, bad. I’ve played somewhere between 10 and 20 games and failed. It really breaks my heart. I hope you do fix this issue. I once had my ships in a strand and he just took out my ships easy as pie in, like 2 turns or something. You’ve gotta fix this. I set it to Easy but it feels like hard. Probably add these difficulties. 1. Poor child 2. Weak 3. Normal 4. Insane 5. Extreme 6. Nightmare 7. Almost impossible It would be something like this on the scale. Poor Child - Weak - Easy - Normal - Medium - Insane - Hard - Extreme - Almost Impossible That’s the Difficulty Scale. Once again, please fix AI always cheating and give them 0IQ.
My mom and I both bought this so we could play each other because she doesn’t have Snapchat. The game constantly disconnects on one of our ends or both. We tried using mobile data and WiFi and still the game constantly crashes for one of us. And what’s worse is it doesn’t notify the other player that the opponent dropped out, it just automatically plays for them. So if we went in the same house, we’d never know and think everything was all fine and fun competition. What a waste of money. I feel bad my mom spent the money from her account so I’ll reimburse her. :/ Now she’s downloading Snapchat so we can play the free Bitmoji version that I never have issues with.
This is a flash to the past and fun to play. It’s commander mode with unique ship shapes, fleet abilities, etc is a cool addition to the traditional game of old. However, I had to take 2 stars off of my rating for the following: 1. NO TIME LIMIT FOR TURNS WHEN PLAYING ONLINE - this is a major overlook on the part of the developers. When playing online your opponent can take as long as they want to make a decision. I’ve been forced to wait as long as 5 minutes for an online opponent to take a shot. And if an opponent has a bad connection it should not extend any imposed time limit if/when the feature is added. 2. NO BENEFIT FOR RANK OR MEDALS EARNED - you can continue to earn medals and improve your commander rank but it’s a complete waste of your focus or effort; because, it provides absolutely no advantage in play or even any sort of discount on purchases. Another major overlook of developers. If they fix these two major opportunities I will be happy to change my rating to 5 stars.
Great game. Engaging graphics. Classic strategies. Thoroughly enjoyable. That is, until you reach level 60 (or thereabouts). At this point the game no longer appears to try match you with online opponents at the same level - or online opponents at all. All you get are opponents suspiciously ranked exactly at level 60 or an impossibly high (158) or low (try 1) level. And the bulk of these play like AIs anyway. It’s a shame, because as simple as the game is, it’s a ton of fun to square off with an opponent who has an interesting approach to strategy. I guess the only thing to do is start over at level 1?
Like the game but would like to see a female commander option that was free.
Played this game with my daughter. Was surprised that in this day and time there was a need to pay more to play as a female versus a male. If there are going to be gender roles associated in the game and clearly there are in this one, female options should be available for free. I’m not sure it would take much to address this quickly. Outside of that the game play was fun and clearly reminded me of the classic game. Both my daughter and I enjoyed ourselves.
I agree the old version was better and I’m annoyed an app I paid for is no longer available. But this version is growing on me. Two things I don’t like: number one biggest issue is no pass and play option. Huge huge flaw. Number two minor nit is I want more time to review opponent board if I lose. They flash it for like 1 second. Not good enough. Other than that it’s pretty good. Oh yeah — the online opponents are somewhere between 90%-100% bots. It’s very obvious. But true online might stink unless they created a very sophisticated system. Still it’s weird that they lie about it.
Great looking game.....however there’s 2 things I don’t like. First, in the single player mode, the computer opponent is nearly impossible to beat, and second...this game lacks the ability to play the mode where you get a shot during each turn for every ship you have still afloat. Example: if all 5 of your ships are still afloat, you can fire 5 times per turn. It’s makes the game more fun as you want to quickly sink your opponent’s ships to diminish how many shots he gets per turn. That was a standard option on the old version as well as the electronic table top version.
Great bundle of games (Life, Monopoly, Battleship), I would have given it a five but I found two big issues that give it a 3. All-around awesome bundle, however, the game of LIFE you can't play with another player unless they are on Facebook, everyone is not on Facebook, but if you're not on Facebook you can't a friend. Next, the Battleship and Monopoly games both have reconnecting issues during the games, it will delay your current game or it will kick you out completely. I purchased additional pieces and characters and the game Dont work properly I feel duped. 😢🤓💋 Monroe Flix💋
I purchased this game to be able to play with friends online. We play several other games from the same company, however, i have yet to get to finish a game! The design seems great, but I only get to play for about 5 minutes before I get kicked out! If i join a game, i will get a message about 5 minutes into it saying “trying to reconnect.” It doesn’t matter if i have full signal or if I’m on WiFi! If i try to create the game, the first time the enemy plays, its done, it doesn’t register that the other player made a move! We’ve tried to play at least ten times, always the same result! I do not recommend this game!
First off, this game is great it’s as simple as that. It’s classic battleship but better in every way. My only problem with the game are the micro transactions. There shouldn’t be so many micro transactions in a game I already paid for. For those that haven’t played yet you only get half of the maps and only a fourth of the commanders. Commanders are different characters you can choose from that all varying different abilities. The multiplayer works well and you can even play with friends.
The game works as you’d expect and pretty well, but a couple design decisions really bug me. Why is there the banner with “Your Turn” and “Enemy’s Turn” each time? It gets annoying and wastes so much time. There should be an option to turn this off, or a different way to designate who’s turn it is. Similarly, why can’t both boards be shown at once and be the same regardless of whose turn it is? That’s how the original game was. Personally I’d do it in portrait mode too because there isn’t really a reason to use two hands.
I like nice short games with mindless fun and this fits the bill. There is some strategy in commanders mode which I play the most. I didn’t write five stars only because I have not played in online mode. The other reason is that when I play in commanders mode, I’m unable to move my cursor in my arsenal for sonar and bombardment. There seems to be a glitch so its frustrating when I want to use them in my game and I can’t place them properly.
Pretty fun and well made, and the commanders mode is creative and fresh. My only issues are customization options are locked behind a facebook connection and, more importantly, theres no pass and play option like there are in the other boardgames by the same company. I hope they add that in soon as it was my favorite part of the EA version of the app
First I am going to say that the small price for this game is worth it. This game is just like the original game we had as kids. One thing is lacking. . .maybe in an update. The game either needs to automatically say, “You sank my battle ship!” Or a button if the person whose battle ship is sunk can push if so inclined.
This has all the fun of the original board game with a new commanders mode. This is the main reason you should buy. Commanders mode gives you control of one commander with different shaped ships on different shaped arenas. Each commander has a special power up you can use. However, this game has yet to implement support for X, XS, XR, or 11/11 Pro screen sizes. It doesn’t affect gameplay, but some buttons and text aren’t visible on these screens
I love the commander feature. I think if this was just the classic it would be worth no money but the commander option definitely makes it fun. I love having goals to make however I wish completing those goals helped to open a new arena or a new commander. If meeting those goals did open up a new commander then this game would get five stars. Usually I take off way more than one star for games that seem to be a little money hungry.
Worth buying for sure! I wish the commands boards on line were a bit bigger. More characters and chances to win them would be awesome. Short chats with pre selected saying would make it feel like you are actually playing against someone and would make the game more fun. All in all really good!
You know it’s a bad sign when the developers haven’t done an up date in over 7 months. The battleship game when played with friends is constantly getting disconnected and the computer ends up finishing your game for you. Doesn’t Hasbro care about there game that’s not even playable? Does Apple even care that it’s not working and I used my hard earned money to attempt to play this garbage. Doesn’t even appear that the developers even reply to these poor reviews because they have no plans to fix the broken unplayable game that is just a money grab for them.
This is a functional version of the game you grew up with. The more modern version adds fun extra features. Where it all goes sour is for a “turn based” game, you have to stay logged into the game the entire time. You can’t exit and go into another app while you’re waiting on your opponent or you will split off into a game with a replacement computer opponent. Plus, after paying for a game, they nickel and dime you by making you buy more content if you want to unlock all the features.
My 7 grandsons and I have been playing this for years until it wouldn’t work on my older iPad. We suffered through all of the other crappy battleship games and when I got this new IPad I was so excited to see it available. But.... so disappointed that it doesn’t have pass and play! Now we have to have 2 iPads to play? Really? Would have given 5 stars but not now. How hard would it be to have kept that option?
I would give 5 stars if multiplayer was actually multiplayer. It’s so obvious that 90% of the time it matches me against bots. I’d rather wait at least a few minutes to get matched with a person instead of defaulting to a bot after like 5 seconds in queue. If it can’t find anyone to match up with, then I can switch back to single player mode myself. But multiplayer mode is mostly just single player. Love pretty much everything else.
More often than not, when playing against the A.I. character they not only win the coin toss, but their very first shot is a direct hit about 70% of the time. Also, earning medals - I can earn a medal playing 3 online games, which honestly, I’m not about to do. I’m not about to open access to some random people online. Sort of like just leaving the front door open so anyone ambling by can just pop on in. Got this as part of a game pack. Overall, underwhelmed.
I really enjoy the commanders mode EXCEPT the AI opponents OBVIOUSLY know where the human ships are. 10 times in a row I am down to 1 two or three square-sized ship and of 30-40 empty viable squares to choose from the machine hits you first time. Just not fun. Second there is no way I found to monitor the computer's energy level in commander mode. Both energy levels should be visible. Agree with another reviewer the torpedo ranging tool is not clear or consistent.
I love this game. It is everything I hoped it would be. Fun, not boring, and most of all It Doesn’t Have Garbage graphics like the developers these days. Go ahead and hit the game tab and look at all the new garbage Atari 1 megapixel graphic games made these days. Nothing but pure garbage, but not this game! This game has excellent graphics, gameplay and way above what I expected it to be! GREAT GOING, GUYS! AWESOME GAME!!!
Both the online version against other players and the single player against the computer are both really great. I really enjoy all the versatility and combinations. The game seems super stable and well thought out. this takes the board game to the extreme!
I purchased the app in addition to a $3.99 character. Do not purchase this app if you intend to play with a friend. Four out of five games timed out over the course of me trying to play my boyfriend for a couple of days, once you’re booted out of a game you cant get back in because the app will take over and the AI is ridiculous with cheating. Oh, and you’ll get assigned a random screen name that you cant change. I’d expect better performance from an app that I’ve paid for.
After you achieve a good level of dexterity, the system starts cheating to make it challenging, but in a very obvious and stupid way. As soon as it senses an impending defeat (like when you have spotted all of the enemy’s ships, by hitting at least one spot on each of them) it magically finds all of your remaining ships without a single miss. It isn’t even subtle, up to 3 ships in one single turn, while being as far from each other as it is possible to go. It does it so often, it’s incredibly obvious and disappointing. Very poor programming.
Win or lose in classic mode—should be able to view the grid when DONE—to see where your shots were and where opponents boats were...the older iPad version does and when you the original game you always share grids so the loser can see how close they came. This app needs that. It also does not track rewards well...I have played the forts for at least four games and have credit for one game.
Fun game if you play by yourself or with someone else who purchased it as well. Unable to play offline with friends on one device where you are able to pass it back and forth. I understand it may be difficult but it’s not impossible to figure out how to keep the wrong person from viewing your board.
I bought this game to play with a friend last week and we’ve yet to be able to have a successful game. First of all, you have to be online at the same time to play, can’t play at our leisure like Words with Friends. Then when we actually got it to work, all three times I was told I had connection issues and it kicked me off even though I had no WiFi issues, and I lost the game. He was able to continue to play as if I was there. Don’t buy this game, not worth the money.
I love this!!!! U can play with your friends,or play online, and if u don’t have internet u can still play it because u can play with the computer. I play all the time it can become addicting. It is super easy to play anywhere u go I highly recommend this and it is very worth the money😊😊😊❤️❤️❤️❤️
Some moves the AI makes would never happen in real life! The AI is able to blindly hit each of my ships on the start of each turn. This has happened multiple times. The AI rarely misses when it shoots blindly. Definitely takes the fun out of the game.
I downloaded battleship in the 4 board game bundle and man was I surprised. I couldn’t put it down. I can’t stress it enough that it brought my family closer when we played this game. This is a must buy when it comes to connecting to family when it’s hard because of Covid- 19.
My son is 5 and hasn’t exactly figured out how to call coordinates on the actual board game so this is perfect for us to play against each other. We play in play with friends mode on two iPads and it is just like a digital version of the actual board game.
We bought the package upgrade so worth the variety. We play the with friends version, it’s the best!we do play each other in the same house but also with family out of state. So fun!
I preferred the previous hasbro battleship but am glad to see they brought back something
Battleships always been one of my favorite phone games. The previous version stopped working and was no longer supported. I’m glad they came out with this one although to be honest I preferred to last one.
Don’t waste your money or time. Frustrating app that disconnects every single game I play, even if I am sitting next to my gigabit WiFi router. Somehow the connection is always lost at some point, and once it’s disconnected, you can’t rejoin the game. Bought this to play with family but it is unplayable. What a scam. I paid for it thinking that buying the “real” version from a big name in toys would be the most solid experience. Shame on Hasbro for having the gall to charge for something this broken. Especially when there are a ton of comments saying the same thing. Also doesn’t let you change your name. And there are no free female characters unless you want to pay for one. Guess that’s why it’s Has”bro”
Pros: Good graphics Cons: Lots of IAPs. The game will magically switch over to an AI opponent when you are playing a person in multiplayer and your opponent disconnects - I don’t know how that came to be, but maybe one of the worst options to handle a disconnected player. Terrible rule where if you hit, you get to go again, which means the AI can quickly make a come from behind victory half the time.
Purchased the Hasbro Game bundle with Life, Battleship, Clue, and Monopoly to play with my girlfriend during quarantine as a fun online game date night. It is IMPOSSIBLE to connect to each other, start a game, and you can forget about even coming close to finishing an online game against a friend. This is a complete waste of money and time and it will only lead to a frustrating experience if you’re planning on trying to play virtually with your friends online. 0/10 would recommend.
I have never played battleship where, after you hit a ship, you can continue your turn until you miss again. I wish there was a way to turn that rule off in this game because it makes the game go by in about two minutes, no matter the difficulty. Otherwise it’s a great app. I’ve just never heard of playing this way.
