Agricola All Creatures 2p

While the online player community is very strong and plentiful, and this is a pretty nice looking adaptation of Uwe’s classic 2P Agricola, the AI is basically nonexistent, with the computer choosing the same response to each action, so that you can play exactly the same game every time. So unless you’re buying this to play online, you would be better off buying other board game emulators. On the other hand, if you like playing online opponents, this game is a great value, because the army of online Agricola enthusiasts will be only too ready to school you in this game. The worst drawback is that there is no back button. Once you select an action, you’re committed. As it wouldn’t effect an opponent’s virtual tabletop experience to be able to test out a move before submitting it, there is no reason for this.

I buy digital board games to play my favorite games on the go. I don’t have a huge need for fancy graphics or sound. I even forgive a bad UI because I’m a good sport and I figure it out and just deal with it (and this game has awful UI choices). The one thing that irks me more than anything, however, is a bad solo AI. And that’s what this game has. It should be called: Agricola - the Bad AI. I have beaten the AI on hard mode every time. It never puts up a challenge. And because of that, I’m bored of the game now. I’m done with it. Bummer.

The graphics are a bit weak: low resolution and half baked. The menus are not intuitive. And worst of all there is no back button. But overall it's true to the board game and runs well.