Suburbia for iPad, the official digital adaptation of Ted Alspach's city-building board game is now available on the App Store: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/suburbia/id681966300?mt=8 The winner of the prestigious 2013 Mensa Select Mind Games award challenges you to manage a growing metropolis. Choose your strategy carefully as you compete against multiple computer personalities, your friends, and players around the world. Or take on the Single Player Campaign, and travel to real-life cities, each with unique goals. Build residential, commercial, civic, and industrial areas like stores, museums, airports, and of course suburbs. The market is always changing, so spend your cash wisely. Be careful not to grow too quickly, or you'll lose both income and your reputation. Make the right moves to grow your population and you will emerge victorious! Two to four player Pass-and-Play games Five unique AI (computer) personalities Single Player Campaign Asynchronous turn-based Online Multiplayer through Game Center Interactive Tutorial Rule Book and Tile Reference English and German language tiles Over 50 different buildings Unlock Essen SPIEL Expansion tiles Supports all iPad models, including iPad mini, and original iPad, running iOS 5.1 and higher
Very slick presentation but have to admit even after viewing the tutorial twice and making a stab at the first city of the single player campaign, I'm still a little fuzzy on the inner workings. Like the game will brilliantly show me all of the city stat changes that will result in placing tile x at location y, but at this point why half of those stat changes are resulting from this potential placement isn't clear. Also worth clarifying, much like Carcassone and Agricola, realize that when they speak of the single player campaign, they don't mean you vs. AI opponents but truly you vs. the environment. A nice way to learn basic mechanics but nothing about dealing with real opponents. The game does have AI opponents, they're just not part of the campaign (or maybe they're brought into later cities, but I doubt it). Lastly I love the idea of the public and private goals, some of which are clearly encouraging poor play (like end the game with the lowest income). I love the idea of trying to win the game while also trying to be the biggest loser as well in a certain category.
Buying within a heartbeat. Looks like something wifie would love to play with. More impressions later.
SUBURBIA City Building Game Bezier Games, Inc. "All in all, the app is pretty fantastic ... a wonderful addition to anyone’s iPad." -Board Game Geek "An accessible an… $7.99 Buy Now Watch Media Details"All in all, the app is pretty fantastic ... a wonderful addition to anyone’s iPad." -Board Game Geek "An accessible and interesting game, and we recommend it for budding strategists and architects alike." -Pocket Gamer "Overall, Suburbia is pretty awesome. It plays well, looks good, has lasting replay value ... There’s simply not much to complain about." -148Apps Ted Alspach's best selling city-building board game is now on iOS! The winner of the prestigious Mensa Select Mind Games award challenges you to manage a growing metropolis. Choose your strategy carefully as you compete against your friends or multiple computer personalities. Or take on the Campaign and travel to real-life cities, each with unique goals. Build residential, commercial, civic, and industrial areas like stores, museums, airports, and of course suburbs. The market is always changing, so spend your cash wisely. Be careful not to grow too quickly, or you'll lose both income and your reputation. Make the right moves to grow your population and you will emerge victorious! • Two to four player local pass-and-play games • Six unique AI (computer) personalities • Single Player Campaign • Interactive Tutorial • Rule Book, Strategy Tips, Tile Reference, and Goal Reference • Player Stats • Over 70 different buildings • Essen SPIEL Expansion, Game Con Bonus Tiles, and Nightlife Expansion Information Seller:Bezier Games, Inc. Genre:Board, Strategy Release:Dec 12, 2013 Updated:Oct 08, 2019 Version:2.0 Size:86.6 MB TouchArcade Rating:Unrated User Rating: (6) Your Rating:unrated Compatibility:HD Universal This looks really nice, so it was very easy pushing that buy button. Hopefully it won't take me too long to wrap my head around the game. If LG wants to edit the OP with the appinfo I'll edit and remove mine. Mr. Charley Well-Known Member Sep 6, 2008 2,629 38 38 #6 Mr. Charley, Dec 13, 2013 Any GC achievements? If so, how many? Snotty128 Well-Known Member Jul 26, 2013 654 0 0 #7 Snotty128, Dec 13, 2013 Doesn't look like it Shinobiwan Member Apr 19, 2009 16 0 0 #8 Shinobiwan, Dec 13, 2013 Bought this as soon as I saw it was released. I love Suburbia and the idea of playing a version without the fiddly upkeep of the physical version is enticing. That said, the release version is rough around the edges. There doesn't seem to be any music past the intro. Online multiplayer seems to be completely broken, as in when I attempt to join an auto-match it crashes to the springboard. During a regular game I had an error come up which made progress impossible (one instance of buying a basic tile caused an error and made it impossible to discard a market tile, with no other way to progress the game.) That said, I am still satisfied with my purchase and hope to see fixes and improvements in the near future. sapphire_neo Well-Known Member Jan 20, 2011 3,934 0 0 #9 sapphire_neo, Dec 13, 2013 Whoa... ninja release! currymutton Well-Known Member Oct 16, 2008 4,430 1 0 #10 currymutton, Dec 13, 2013 BGG has this one in the news for about a week. But crash reports over BGG has been me worried. LordGek Well-Known Member Staff Member Patreon Silver Patreon Gold Patreon Bronze Feb 19, 2009 12,282 141 63 Software QA Engineer Saratoga, CA, USA #11 LordGek, Dec 13, 2013 When playing against the AI Shelly the game consistently just locks up 3 turns or so in (even after a fresh reboot of my iPad 3 latest non-jailbroken iOS). Raph3Arts Well-Known Member Jan 28, 2013 257 0 0 Québec, Canada http://www.3arts.ca #12 Raph3Arts, Dec 13, 2013 Wow, this game looks really amazing!! Nice presentation! Seems complex and very hard though! Definitely on my wish-list! sapphire_neo Well-Known Member Jan 20, 2011 3,934 0 0 #13 sapphire_neo, Dec 13, 2013 Well, I meant ninja as in they skipped the normal course of releasing at midnight. The bug reports coming through do have a little worried. Waiting on more detailed impressions before pulling the trigger on this, I've already spent more than I expected to this week. Snotty128 Well-Known Member Jul 26, 2013 654 0 0 #14 Snotty128, Dec 13, 2013 I haven't had any crashes in campaign mode, but haven't tried playing against the AI or multiplayer yet. AI seems to be where people are having crashes. jmaher Active Member Feb 28, 2010 29 0 1 Papillion, NE #15 jmaher, Dec 13, 2013 Thanks, everyone, for your downloads and comments! Clearly some players (but not all) are having issues playing against computer opponents. I apologize, but promise that we'll do our best to get things fixed quickly. I'm hoping to add Game Center Achievements (and possibly leaderboards) in a future update. blownlowd1 Member Nov 18, 2013 22 0 0 #16 blownlowd1, Dec 13, 2013 Let's take a ride and run with the dogs tonight! Snotty128 Well-Known Member Jul 26, 2013 654 0 0 #17 Snotty128, Dec 13, 2013 I just played a full game against the Dakota AI (I lost). I'm on an up to date ipad 4. No crashes yet Snotty128 Well-Known Member Jul 26, 2013 654 0 0 #18 Snotty128, Dec 13, 2013 I've got a multiplayer game on the go, but I can't figure out how to see the opponents borough. I can see what they have built through the log, but I can't see where they have built it. It would seem critical to my blocking strategy to see what I need to block them from building. ojtitus Well-Known Member Jul 7, 2010 3,228 5 38 Male Canton, Ohio #19 ojtitus, Dec 13, 2013 Absolutely loving the game but also experiencing the game locking up after 5 or 6 rounds in pass and play mode versus AI Ted and Shelly. Hopefully it can be fixed easily because I really really enjoy this game. Snotty128 Well-Known Member Jul 26, 2013 654 0 0 #20 Snotty128, Dec 13, 2013 I finished my multiplayer game, still no crashes. There were a few issues with multiplayer though. The biggest that there was no replay of the opponents turn. It makes it difficult to strategise. Some elo or leadboard would be nice too! (You must log in or sign up to post here.) Show Ignored Content Page 1 of 7 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Next > Share This Page Tweet Your name or email address: Do you already have an account? No, create an account now. Yes, my password is: Forgot your password? Stay logged in
Bought this as soon as I saw it was released. I love Suburbia and the idea of playing a version without the fiddly upkeep of the physical version is enticing. That said, the release version is rough around the edges. There doesn't seem to be any music past the intro. Online multiplayer seems to be completely broken, as in when I attempt to join an auto-match it crashes to the springboard. During a regular game I had an error come up which made progress impossible (one instance of buying a basic tile caused an error and made it impossible to discard a market tile, with no other way to progress the game.) That said, I am still satisfied with my purchase and hope to see fixes and improvements in the near future.
When playing against the AI Shelly the game consistently just locks up 3 turns or so in (even after a fresh reboot of my iPad 3 latest non-jailbroken iOS).
Wow, this game looks really amazing!! Nice presentation! Seems complex and very hard though! Definitely on my wish-list!
Well, I meant ninja as in they skipped the normal course of releasing at midnight. The bug reports coming through do have a little worried. Waiting on more detailed impressions before pulling the trigger on this, I've already spent more than I expected to this week.
I haven't had any crashes in campaign mode, but haven't tried playing against the AI or multiplayer yet. AI seems to be where people are having crashes.
Thanks, everyone, for your downloads and comments! Clearly some players (but not all) are having issues playing against computer opponents. I apologize, but promise that we'll do our best to get things fixed quickly. I'm hoping to add Game Center Achievements (and possibly leaderboards) in a future update.
I just played a full game against the Dakota AI (I lost). I'm on an up to date ipad 4. No crashes yet
I've got a multiplayer game on the go, but I can't figure out how to see the opponents borough. I can see what they have built through the log, but I can't see where they have built it. It would seem critical to my blocking strategy to see what I need to block them from building.
Absolutely loving the game but also experiencing the game locking up after 5 or 6 rounds in pass and play mode versus AI Ted and Shelly. Hopefully it can be fixed easily because I really really enjoy this game.
I finished my multiplayer game, still no crashes. There were a few issues with multiplayer though. The biggest that there was no replay of the opponents turn. It makes it difficult to strategise. Some elo or leadboard would be nice too!
