Could have been great, but its not even close.

I love Khet. Its a great game. This plays, more or less, as the board game does. It doesnt look as good (it could), its not as expensive (but boy is it), and it functions (basically).

Major complaints:

1) Board isnt reversible--so in standard iPad recline mode or standard iPhone "gamer" orientation (headphones up), its upside-down. Very annoying and such a simple thing to implement.
2) The iPad and iPhone apps ARE THE SAME! At least make the iPad version universal--but buying both I feel truly ripped off. Ticket to Ride nailed it--they made a brilliant conversion with tons of polish AND an iPhone game. They are different and have different features. One is for home--the other for travel. Thats how they play. But its worth it to have both at the same cost.
2) You cant play as red (second player) against the AI.
3) The manual is literally copied from the board game. Nothing else about the interface is discussed.
4) AI is very competitive and a little slow, even on the "Noob" level--the difference between the AIs is subtle and not described.
5) There should be pick-up games. Playing friends is fine--but playing strangers for ranking is where its at. For the price point, I think the feature should be included.
6) They made one of the most positively beautiful board games totally boring to look at.

So the game is great. The game itself gets points. 2. But the iPhone and iPad conversions pale… *PALE* in comparison. And thats tragic.

And $11 for the iPhone and iPad version when they are IDENTICAL? Highway robbery. Just buy the iPhone game and play it in 2X. Thats all this is. 2X the size, 2X the price, SAME THING. Zoom it and save your change. Get Ticket to Ride, maybe.

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