Kingdom Two Crowns+

Maybe the most beautiful pixel art I’ve ever seen. Also, deceptively simple—only complicated by the fact that there is no tutorial, no explanation, no tool tips for what things are, etc. But you can run back and forth until you figure it out. Rendered more or less unplayable by bizarre glitches, like NPCs disappearing. You can carry on your mount NPCs that do special upgrades. Seems to be the only way to get them back and forth to different islands. Except sometimes they vanish. It’s annoying that they occasionally jump off your mount (presumably out of fear?), and you have to pay a coin to get them back. But sometimes they vanish from the island completely. You have to rebuild a boat and sail back to where they came from to rehire them. The worst glitch I’ve found so far (and the one that prompted me to leave a review) is the disappearance of all the builders. It doesn’t matter how many recruits I bring into town, the hammer rack is full. I’ve marked trees for chopping, paid to upgrade walls and arrow towers. The ship is a husk, unable to be completed. This was the thing that finally forced me to resort to scouring the internet—maybe I was missing some vital step. Maybe I’d inadvertently marked all the town’s inhabitants as warriors. As far as I can tell, the internet says the only way to move forward is to give up my crown. :(

Good management/strategy/exploration game with a good difficulty until you figure it out. However, I am a parent and have to put the iPad down suddenly and usually forget to lock it when I do, which has resulted in so many deaths because my monarch was outside the walls. I just need an option to auto pause at sunset. I wouldn’t care so much if the greed difficulty didn’t drastically lower for the new monarch, so when I pick it up again I just breeze through the remainder of the islands and it’s not fun. Yes I know this is my fault, but it would be nice to have and would make the game 5 stars.

I recently bought the game on steam and absolutely fell in love with it, especially the art. Though it is hard to get started i spent some time watching tutorials and looking at the wiki for help. A more thorough tutorial would be much appreciated but still not too bad of a first encounter. I’ve seen many people complaining about the stamina feature but I really don’t think it’s too much of a deal. Personally I like it because, though it’s annoying, it makes you think when venturing near the portals. I love the fact that it’s come to Apple Arcade though and I haven’t encountered any bugs so far. I have a couple suggestions as well. Maybe add upgrades for items like your coin bag and maybe add ports or something so every time you visit an island your ship doesn’t break. The game is extremely fun but needs more end-game stuff to increase playability once you’ve gotten everything. Overall a super fun game and I really enjoy playing!