Comments on: 'Boggle' – The Latest Addition to EA's Classic Games

By: David

David — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 18:13:55 +0000

If you look at the reviews by date, the 11 of the first 12 reviews were five stars. The most recent 14 reviews contain 12 one-star reviews and 2 two-star reviews.

I don't think there's any way around it: EA employees submitting five-star reviews the second the application gets on the store. Actual users tend to write one-star reviews.

By: David

David — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 22:20:32 +0000

If there's no 5×5 variation (they call it "Super Boggle" in the tangible version) it's not worth the money, imo.

By: A.A. Fussy

A.A. Fussy — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 21:01:53 +0000

Not yet available in international stores it seem.

By: Xav

Xav — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 16:34:39 +0000

Not available in french store ((
Curse you EA !!!!

Xav

By: Flopsy

Flopsy — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 15:32:55 +0000

I like the look of this, and the additional game options seem nice. I must confess though, I'd have a hard time justifying the purchase right now with both Quordy and Wurdle on my iPhone already. However, this does look very polished and slick, and I'm glad to see it finally available, and for all I know, it might be good enough to replace all the other similar titles.

By: Galley

Galley — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 14:48:08 +0000

Holy stats, Batman!

By: Jensen

Jensen — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 14:35:56 +0000

Does this game support hotseat play, or do I need multiple devices to play multi?

By: JesseArcadia

JesseArcadia — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 14:03:22 +0000

After the bollocks EA made of Scrabble, I won't go anywhere near this.

And just from the review, it sounds nowhere near as easy, fun, or feature-complete as Quordy.

Two obvious things: in Quordy, you don't need to hit any "accept" button while making words: if you make a valid word, it automatically scores it for you. Goes much faster.

And in Quordy, you don't need to do any of this "send an email" nonsense. With Quordy, you never have to bother with Apple's email interface, ever. You simply enter an opponent's email address–and only once. After that, they appear in a list of your favorite opponents. You just tap on a favorite, and boom, your game starts. Again, much faster.

Quordy FTW.

(and I have no relationship or financial interest in the game whatsoever. My wife and I play it all the time, is all. Plus I'm still really steamed about EA's Scrabble)