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Catan iPhone app Review

Description Catan iPhone app:

The “Settler of Catan” board game has been one of the most popular games of the last decade or so.  It has won all kinds of awards and has garnered attention from fans that are located all over the entier world.  This game has been translated into 30 different languages and has been successful all over.  This is the virtual creation of the game and you will find that it completely lives up to all of the hype and now you can play with friends and family or with complete strangers from around the world.

Features:

• This game is a virtual remake of the wildly popular Settlers of Catan board game.  One of the best things about the app is that i uses the original rule from “Settlers of Catan” so that you don’t have to learn an entirely new game scheme and strategy
• The multiplayer mode in this game is pretty awesome too.  There is a section of the app called the “Hot Seat” multiplayer mode where your skills will be put to the test against other people from around the world
• If you decide not to do the multiplayer but enjoy the single player mode then you can just play against the computer opponents.  The computer AI is actually very smart and you will find that they each have individual strategies they try to accomplish
• The board game for the virtual edition is completely scrollable and it also includes a zoom option that you can use to look at different parts of the board
• The game settings in the app are also great because you can customize and personalize them quite a bit.  you can combine all of the game settings
• The music in the game is also pretty smart because it is based on the situation that you are in and the sound effects are also that way
• At any point in the game you can also take a time out and check out the game statistics that have been generated and tracked by the app
• If you have never played the game before then you will also find that there is a great tutorial that you can watch that will be very comprehensive and in depth.  That way you can learn some basic strategies so that you can even hang with the big wigs who think they know everything about the game

Conclusion:

This app has been given a rating of 4 1/2 out of 5 stars and can currently be downloaded onto your iPhone for only $4.99.