Scotland Yard - (by Ravensburger) - Universal App

[Echoseven]

NZ Release info :

The Game is out in New Zealand. It should be out in US at about 11 PM EST and Europe at around 12 AM UK time. Size of the app is 65 MB.

Price in NZ is $6.49 which should translate to USD $4.99

Requirements : Compatible with iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4, iPhone 4S, iPod touch (3rd generation), iPod touch (4th generation) and iPad.Requires iOS 3.1 or later.

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Scotland Yard is the digital version of the award-winning board game ("Game of the Year" 1983, etc.). Since its creation 30 years ago, Scotland Yard has sold over four million copies. Now the game enjoyed by millions of people is available as a universal iPad and iPhone app!

This is a very tricky case for Scotland Yard: Mister X has disappeared in the heart of London's nightlife. The only clue for the investigation: his discarded tickets. But in which part of London did he use them?

Set off as one of five clever agents on the hunt for the legendary Mister X, or step into his shoes, diving into the heart of London's nightlife to escape the agents.

Features:

✔ Completely new setting in London by night
✔ 3- 6 Players
✔ Razor-sharp HD graphics (with iPad 3 Retina support!)
✔ Single player mode
✔ Multiplayer mode with Voice Chat: Local, Wi-Fi/Bluetooth and online/Game Center
✔ Universal app (Game Center Multiplayer with iPad & iPhone devices)
✔ Interactive, user-friendly Tutorial
✔ Easy to understand instructions for both beginners and experts
✔ No need to assemble or put away!
✔ Endless fun with family and friends!

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NZ Release info :

The Game is out in New Zealand. It should be out in US at about 11 PM EST and Europe at around 12 AM UK time. Size of the app is 65 MB.

Price in NZ is $6.49 which should translate to USD $4.99

[slewis7]

This looks interesting. I will be curious to see how compelling the single player mode is.

[thevagrant]

I have a lot of good memories of this game from my childhood. I wonder I'll find this as compelling as it is in my memories now that I've moved to more complex boardgames. Anyway, sur buy if no awful bug is reported before tomorrow morning.

[eudell]

Is online multiplayer asynchronous? In other words, can you leave the game and come back after a push notification?

[QuickWit]

Looks pretty good. Will definitely pick it up... And after watching the video I'm excited for the Rah-Tina display!

[LordGek]

Originally Posted by QuickWit

Looks pretty good. Will definitely pick it up... And after watching the video I'm excited for the Rah-Tina display!

All hail, Rahtina, god of displays!

So does it track single player stats?

[ColeDaddy]

Looking forward to this game tonight! Love boardgames!

[MarkHerm]

I played the board version back in the days and it was a great fun game. Hopefully, the iOS touch control version and especially the multiplayer implementation will do the game justice... we'll see!

[abstractgamefreak]

Hmm, just won my very first game as Mr. X on "normal" difficulty against five (!) detectives without problems. (In the real boardgame, I never escaped four poorly talented human detectives...) Maybe the multiplayer part is where this app shines, but for solo-players I'm afraid is the Nintendo version still the better choice (where the computer player gave me a hard time already on the third campaign level). Stronger AI, Quick game and Campaign modes and more city maps... (It already had wireless multiplayer, too, which came in handy on our long holiday car drives back then.)

While the "isometric" night view on the iPad is beautiful, it is not without problems, e.g. when meeples block the view on other squares, or when you try to see, where the bus, metro etc. connections go (sorry for my mediocre english). The primitive NDS graphics, which were much more like the actual boardgame btw, were also much more functional in comparison, even on the smaller display. But then, graphics candy is important nowadays, and you get it here for sure.

[CygnetSeven]

Thanks AGF for the impressions.