Catan Review
This super-deep strategy game would have benefited from online multiplayer.
This super-deep strategy game would have benefited from online multiplayer.
Catan is a successful re-creation of the classic board game but lacks any noteworthy additions.
This interpretation of the classic board game isn't going to be accessible to everyone, but those willing to learn it will find the gameplay immensely satisfying.
Replicating the art of gathering in a digitized board game has always met sour ends for the past several years. Board games haven't exactly made a smooth transition to the video game world, as bringing together your fami... Read Full Review
10 of 10 users found the following review helpfulCatan is a Turn-based strategy and is one of those games that to just look at the screen shots or pics and you would say well this looks very boring and slow...In a way that is sort of true...It is slow at the start just... Read Full Review
0 of 0 users found the following review helpfulWe built this city...we built this city...on rocks and wheat! Anytime I play Catan, the board game, with my friends and manage to hold onto my ore and wheat long enough to build a thriving metropolis out of one of my ... Read Full Review
0 of 0 users found the following review helpfulThe PS3 version of this is easily accessible and enjoyable. It's missing some of the carton feel you get with the xbox 360 version, but this game appears to have more polish. I find the menus easier to navigate and just... Read Full Review
0 of 0 users found the following review helpfulThe download version of the classic board game Catan is really what you would think it is. If your a fan of the board game and have no one to play with, this is a good purchase. It is cheap and true to the game. Howe... Read Full Review
0 of 0 users found the following review helpfulCan't find any multi-player games online. Trading controls are difficult to use (compared to the Mobile Catan version which I also own). I haven't figured out a way, if there is a way, to play multiplayer offline. ... Read Full Review
0 of 0 users found the following review helpfulOverall have been quite pleased with this game, I have been playing the actual board game for years and the only thing the xbla game is missing the personal aspect of playing with some across the table. I've been playin... Read Full Review
0 of 0 users found the following review helpfulCatan is a great board game turned into a broken video game because the computer cheats. The easy and medium levels are a cakewalk that you could probably win in your sleep. Hard is the only level of difficulty, not beca... Read Full Review
4 of 4 users found the following review helpfulCatan es un juego de estrategia altamente adictivo, debo admitir que la descripcion que hizo Gamespot de el me hacia pensarlo dos veces para poder empezar a jugarlo, pero una vez que lo hice, no pude dejar de jugarlo por... Read Full Review
1 of 1 users found the following review helpfulIf you like playing tabletop strategy board games, then you should like this iteration of a popular game. You can play alone against the AI, or over Live with up to 3 friends. The game has a fairly simple principle and i... Read Full Review
1 of 1 users found the following review helpfulI bought my Xbox 360 In December of 07 along with a game. After about a month of playing the same game I decided to check out the Arcade games. Much to my surprise I find Catan, and having played the board game I decid... Read Full Review
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