Istanbul: Digital Edition

I like the game but the app is pretty buggy. It's been so many years it's ridiculous they still haven't fixed all the bugs. Note: a year ago I posted this review and the developer replied to me saying they have fixed the bugs and I should try again. So I even deleted my original review to give the app another try. Well now I have given it another try and I'm sorry to say that my original review remains valid.

- Haoru He · v1.2.5

There is no more bug. It is a short games, good for short break.

- rinto sulaiman · v1.2.5

Would be really nice to have letters expansion (probably will). But i would like to say i stinky endorce if you would give us the option to have Pegasus depo and Kebap shop, because those are vastly supperior versions of the base ones. One last thing. Give us option to end the game with more than 6 gems, lots of ppl feel like 6 is too fast. Thank you for this great game and excellent implementation on digital platforms.

- Vasko Butikoski · v1.2.5

nice! ... now letters :)

- Mickey Ellis · v1.2.5

Really great adaption of the board game. Plays really smooth with no issues. If you want to play abboard game on your phone this is the best translation I've found. Makes me want to try others from this company.

- Justin Beard · v1.2.5

nags don't get good ratings. love the game but if you make me post a review by forcing me here you get 1 star.

- James Doster · v1.2.4

Just get it

- Dean Faizal · v1.2.1

one of the best board games I've played, and the app does a great job of representing the game. nice animations and sounds without becoming too flashy or distracting. However a bug with bonus cards seems to still be present even though it was claimed the bug was fixed in the latest update. still a great app but that bug is really frustrating when you encounter it.

- Rich Kilfoyle

bug makes it unplayable -- I love this game, it is exactly the right length, can be challenging, the interface is great, but a new bug makes this game impossible to play. During the play, the cards you have collected at some point can become inaccessible, you just cannot play them. At that point, you just cannot play a good game anymore, and have to stop mid-game. It totally spoils the experience.

- Hans Gutbrod · v1.2.1

love the game but the bonus card is glitching. I can't use bonus cards sometimes and it just copies whatever card you have but can't use any of the carss

- Marcel Augustin · v1.2.1

Amazing replication of the board game. Very fun to play with lots of variations of opponents and board set ups.

- Sara Johnson · v1.1.15

fun and good game. can't wait for the expansion update in the app. with that said, the recent update had a bug. occasionally in game, when you click on your bonus card, it keeps giving an animation card of "sell any 5 items in small market" bonus card that you cannot use. all your original bonus card became unusable. the bug doesn't go away unless you start a new game.

- Sai Yan · v1.2.1

Terrible UX on mobile. There are some real easy wins which could make this better to use. One: don't keep flashing that current action text. It's annoying an unecessary when you're trying to think. Two: the cards are tiny enough as it is. Why on earth would you cover the bottom 5th of the screen with a dark gradient as a background for that flashing text which doesnt even consume the gradient? Please ditch the flashing text and make the gradient sensible or removable on mobile.

- Joe Williamson · v1.2.1

great game but the mosque rules are buggy. it always costs one resource to buy a mosque tile instead of the normal price. EDIT: I've been playing wrong for years! you're absolutely right! 5 stars then

- Francois Gaudin · v1.2.1

Sometimes the bonus card have bug and does not show what bonus catlrd I have and unable to use during my turn

- Tin Long Yip · v1.2.1

Game runs great, has quite a few options, and is playable offline!

- A Cantu · v1.1.15

excellent game well programmed

- PETER MATHISON · v1.1.15

can't disable new expansion content

- Regina Ure · v1.2.0

Suddenly my app becomes the beta version and cannot continue playing my current online session ? The app says beta version cannot play online.

- Friedrich Atmodjo · v1.2.0

Bought immediately when I realised that the Mocha expansion is coming soon! So far, so good. The interface is clean, and there is the physicality of the original board game still intact. The AI seems to be strong as well, but I'll update my opinion as I get better at the game.

- Rattenus Rattoonus · v1.1.15.4

Very good digital implementation of a great board game. I like the interface decisions they made, to make the different options visually "work" on a phone. (Just pasting on the board game art/interface doesn't typically work well.) I do wish they had notifications enabled to let you know when it's your turn on an asynchronous game.

- Mike Summers · v1.1.15.4

Can't register for online, not idea what's going on. I try and sing up with my email and it says email not available. Then try Facebook and it says it's not available.. how do I play online?

- Patrick Ford · v1.1.15.4

Good game. App functions well.

- Crayton Lange · v1.1.15.4

Really love this game but for some reason I cannot access the chat feature. There is no chat icon beside the notification icon on the right hand side as there should be. I am playing with someone and they keep sending me messages and I can't respond which is very frustrating. I have search and searched the settings and cannot find anywhere that it may be turned off or something. One time as a fluke I was able to access the global chat, but I could never get there again. Please help!

- Jen Noel · v1.1.15.4

It's 2024 and I'm still loving this game. Great implementation of an already great board game that just flows smoothly. Everything is intuitive after a handful of plays. I would love to see some expansions in 2024, at least the two main ones (Coffee, Letters) from the physical "Big Box" edition. Any expansion would be an immediate purchase for me, and I'll bet a lot of others, given the number of 5-star reviews I see here!

- Ali Tavakoli · v1.1.15.4

Good translation of the boardgame. But appears you can't enable push notifications anymore, only email.

- Jelani Hinckson · v1.1.15.4

No expansions..other than that... perfection

- Dee Dd · v1.1.15.4

Fun Fact: The original working title for this game was Constantinople. You see... Istanbul was Constantinople Now it's Istanbul, not Constantinople Been a long time gone, Constantinople Now it's Turkish delight on a moonlit night Every gal in Constantinople Lives in Istanbul, not Constantinople So if you've a date in Constantinople She'll be waiting in Istanbul.

- Gregorio Munoz · v1.1.15.4

Great app implementation of one of my favorite games! However, can you all please update the app icon for Android/Google Pixel? It's just the tiny square icon surrounded by a white circle. The Istanbul icon doesn't fill the entire space. (To fix, I believe you need to upload an adaptive circle icon for Android that doesn't have anything go over the icon borders)

- Mark Allen · v1.1.15.4

The digital version is as good as the physical version! It's amazing! I think it would have been better to have added the Letter and Coffee expansions. It would have made the game mare fun and heavier. I also think there should be a harder level AI. Even hard AI is easy. Nonetheless, this game is amazing and I highly recommend it.

- Esther Ellis · v1.1.15.4

Expansions, where are they

- daniel Cardwell · v1.1.15.4

Just like the table top version. Plays well.

- Bart Trojanowski · v1.1.15.4

Best board game adaption

- Brian · v1.1.15.4

We played the game a couple of times and the interface is really good. It incorporates all the game rules very well. We only played human against human and you can play the game quickly, the app will protect the game rules.

- Ypma Klaes · v1.1.15.4

This is a fantastic port that really streamlines the gameplay and set-up. The physical game might take a group of 3 players over an hour to setup, play and tear down can now be started and completed in less than 10 minutes which is fantastic. Also, unlike other board game apps, it's very smooth and there's virtually no lag or bugs I've seen. An expansion would make this even better but as it stands now, this is pretty much everything you can ask for in a board game app.

- Stephen Lee · v1.1.15.4

Game is actually a 5 star but it stays at 3 until the 3xpansions get released!! 😁

- Chris Cimo · v1.1.8

Super

- Darko · v1.1.8

Very excellent game and design

- Talal Alsulaiman · v1.1.8

The game play is nice and smooth. The graphics are good. The only problem is that there are not many players to play with whenever you want.

- Rozhin Yasaei · v1.1.8

There is glitch that make ai stop to make a move and even i restart ai will stop move after first move

- Indra Lohita · v1.1.8

Great strategy game. Hope they release big board version of this game.

- Nicholas Taffs · v1.1.8

One of our favorite games and we live to share our with friends this way. Wish their was a way to get at least one of the expansions... but that could be hard on a phone. John David Thacker is incorrect. You can see which mosque tile you have. It is lit up on the far left side of the icons next to your cart. So if you have the red mosque tile, the red mosque to the left of the red goods is lit up rather than faded out.

- Deb Gunsch · v1.1.8

This digital version has one egregious flaw: It is not possible to see which mosque tiles you have already acquired. If I save the game and come back to it later, I don't always remember which I have.

- John David Thacker · v1.1.8

Love playing this game, even against the AI, but especially with friends. Haven't yet played online games yet. I would love and really advocate for expansion packs to be added! I'd definitely pay for them!

- Peter Lee · v1.1.8

The online play is broken. Just user not found or invalid Facebook token. Says this for all of my friends. Please fix it.

- John Dick · v1.1.8

It's a great digital version of the game. Very well worth the game.Not too many players online but since I play with family, we don't have to worry about that. Very stable multiplayer and well implemented.

- nikita kayal · v1.1.8

The AI is tough! Love it 😀

- Meg Craig · v1.1.8

Great graphics Smart AI that's challenging yet fun to compete with

- Eganki Liew · v1.1.8

One of the best app versions of a boardgame around

- Chris Perez · v1.1.8

I love this game. You must have an eye for detail. Which makes it disappointing when the when the designer miss some basics. I just played a game where when the second ai comes into a sector and doesn't give me 2 monies. Some of the select options should be more user friendly. Take for example the smuggler: pick a good then click take then select a good to discard then click to discard. Why not select what u want and what you give a away with 1 button confirmation? Another silly 1 is the 0 move

- Wolf Wehrmeyer · v1.1.8