Tue Mar 26 2024
Fixed a bug that could occur during the loading screen
Agricola: All Creatures Big and Small is a masterclass in how to condense a complex board game into a tight, 1v1 mobile experience. Focusing specifically on the animal husbandry aspect of the original Agricola, this version strips away the stress of feeding workers and replaces it with a rewarding focus on space management and livestock breeding. It’s a 'worker placement' game at its purest, where every one of your three turns per round feels like a high-stakes decision.
The digital implementation by Twin Sails is excellent. The UI is clean, making it easy to see your farm's status at a glance, and the inclusion of cross-platform multiplayer and a global leaderboard provides plenty of longevity. For fans of the board game, it’s a faithful recreation; for newcomers, it’s a perfect entry point into the world of Uwe Rosenberg’s strategy games. It’s quiet, thoughtful, and deeply satisfying.
Faithful Board Game Conversion
1v1 Cross-Platform Multiplayer
Challenging AI
Playback Feature
Global Leaderboards
Focus on building fences early to create large pastures. Remember that different animals cannot share the same pasture unless divided by fences.
You only have three workers per round. Prioritize resources that your opponent also needs to block their progress while building your own infrastructure.
No, this is the specialized 2-player version focused exclusively on animal breeding.
While the online player community is very strong and plentiful, and this is a pretty nice looking adaptation of Uwe’s classic 2P Agricola, the AI is basically nonexistent, with the computer choosing the same response to each action, so that you can play exactly the same game every time. So unless you’re buying this to play online, you would be better off buying other board game emulators. On the other hand, if you like playing online opponents, this game is a great value, because the army of online Agricola enthusiasts will be only too ready to school you in this game. The worst drawback is that there is no back button. Once you select an action, you’re committed. As it wouldn’t effect an opponent’s virtual tabletop experience to be able to test out a move before submitting it, there is no reason for this.
The graphics are a bit weak: low resolution and half baked. The menus are not intuitive. And worst of all there is no back button. But overall it's true to the board game and runs well.
I buy digital board games to play my favorite games on the go. I don’t have a huge need for fancy graphics or sound. I even forgive a bad UI because I’m a good sport and I figure it out and just deal with it (and this game has awful UI choices). The one thing that irks me more than anything, however, is a bad solo AI. And that’s what this game has. It should be called: Agricola - the Bad AI. I have beaten the AI on hard mode every time. It never puts up a challenge. And because of that, I’m bored of the game now. I’m done with it. Bummer.
I can‘t see Chinese in game,why display in app store ? we need Chinese ,thank you
I can’t even reliably move animals around because the icon is not scaled to the screen on iPad appropriately. I never review things, but I’m frustrated enough to warn people that the UI experience is pretty frustrating in places.
Still waiting for a second expansion. :/
This game is a lot of fun but it refuses to let me log on, which is extremely frustrating when I'm trying to play it with friends.
This game offers cross platform play, but won’t allow you to use the same account on Steam and iOS. Also is not full screen on my device. What a waste of money.