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Backpack Battles
IndieArk · 2,144 ratings · ★ 4.4
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Top complaints - extracted from 24 negative reviews
Recurring phrases mined from 1-2★ reviews. The bigger the percentage, the more users have the same problem. Fix the top 2-3 in your version and you have product-market fit on day one.
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"game"
16 negative reviews mention this · 67% of all complaints
★★★★★ "The port devs (not furcifer, creator of the game) really dropped the ball. a week or two to match pc updates? Sure. However the Engineer patch dropped 6 weeks ago, the company who did the port (indieark) stated on their Facebook to expect t…" - Tom French
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"items"
10 negative reviews mention this · 42% of all complaints
★★★★★ "DO NOT BUY ON THE APP STORE This game doesn't seem to have been updated a single time, the Steam version has a new character, balance changes, several new items, including the ones unique to the new class, and more cosmetics, this is, as of…" - Ames
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"play"
6 negative reviews mention this · 25% of all complaints
★★★★★ "don't do it. its extremely unbalanced, overpriced, menu clutter is atrocious and their tool tip display is bugged. Just dont" - Woozy Pranzini
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"backpack"
6 negative reviews mention this · 25% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Mid effort port with annoying UI flaws. Playing on an S25 Ultra. Cursor loses track of where your finger is frequently making backpack optimization way more difficult and tedious than it needs to be. You'll accidentally sell items when your…" - Edward C
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"other"
5 negative reviews mention this · 21% of all complaints
★★★★★ "the damn thing freezes can't even log in. brand new Samsung tablet. no other game freezes" - juan rosillo
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"port"
4 negative reviews mention this · 17% of all complaints
★★★★★ "The port devs (not furcifer, creator of the game) really dropped the ball. a week or two to match pc updates? Sure. However the Engineer patch dropped 6 weeks ago, the company who did the port (indieark) stated on their Facebook to expect t…" - Tom French
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"version"
4 negative reviews mention this · 17% of all complaints
★★★★★ "DO NOT BUY ON THE APP STORE This game doesn't seem to have been updated a single time, the Steam version has a new character, balance changes, several new items, including the ones unique to the new class, and more cosmetics, this is, as of…" - Ames
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"mobile"
4 negative reviews mention this · 17% of all complaints
★★★★★ "totally different than computer. half the stuff isn't in the game. there are cheats in the game that have 99999 shields you can break through in bronze. you can't report anything. they fixed the rng stuff on pc but haven't fixed it on mobil…" - Clint Pierce
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"controls"
4 negative reviews mention this · 17% of all complaints
★★★★★ "great game unusable controls most of my game time is spent fighting with item placement as it stands don't get this on your phone play it on pc" - Dustin J
10
"phone"
4 negative reviews mention this · 17% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Game does not work on Huawei phones" - Christiaan Brits
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"playing"
4 negative reviews mention this · 17% of all complaints
★★★★★ "The game is fun and I enjoy playing it on PC but this app just makes playing the game tedious. For the price they are charging, the really should've put a bit more effort to customize the game for playability on phones. Overall disappointed…" - Evan Johnson
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"finger"
4 negative reviews mention this · 17% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Mid effort port with annoying UI flaws. Playing on an S25 Ultra. Cursor loses track of where your finger is frequently making backpack optimization way more difficult and tedious than it needs to be. You'll accidentally sell items when your…" - Edward C
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The port devs (not furcifer, creator of the game) really dropped the ball. a week or two to match pc updates? Sure. However the Engineer patch dropped 6 weeks ago, the company who did the port (indieark) stated on their Facebook to expect the patch by late April. As of may 3, still nothing. This company took their bag and ran, do not support this current iteration of the game. When they do eventually get around to updating, expect it to be 7 patches behind pc.
don't do it. its extremely unbalanced, overpriced, menu clutter is atrocious and their tool tip display is bugged. Just dont
DO NOT BUY ON THE APP STORE This game doesn't seem to have been updated a single time, the Steam version has a new character, balance changes, several new items, including the ones unique to the new class, and more cosmetics, this is, as of right now 5-1-26, a waste of 10 bucks, disappointing.
the damn thing freezes can't even log in. brand new Samsung tablet. no other game freezes
totally different than computer. half the stuff isn't in the game. there are cheats in the game that have 99999 shields you can break through in bronze. you can't report anything. they fixed the rng stuff on pc but haven't fixed it on mobile. suck as class items. you can get other class mechanics still as random, which makes no sense. I just wouldn't recommend it on mobile until they fix the thousand issues they fixed on pc already. don't know why they would release this trash. 5/10 cuz pc.
This game is really boring.
Game does not work on Huawei phones
Why does a Chinese company need my personal data in order to play the game? Uninstalled and refunded. As a consumer, I'm tired of having my data leveraged with no benefit to myself.
Very very unresponsive controls, feels like it wasn't made for a touch screen at all Edit: -1 star the amount of times i sold something by mistake while trying to place it at the correct spot in the bag. . . .
Works nice, inspecting items is a bit clunky. The contrast is off, too; a little too dark, even on high brightness. If you move your items with the finger to the side, it's possible to sell them instead, even if the items are on the backpack. Update: brightness is still too low/contrast is high.
doesn't have full features of the desktop version. don't buy this
terrible backpack interface items stick and misplace and it's impossible to get a refund even if you only play for 10 minutes
terrible game, awful ui, barely functional. absolute waste of $10, do not puchase
great game unusable controls most of my game time is spent fighting with item placement as it stands don't get this on your phone play it on pc
The game is fun and I enjoy playing it on PC but this app just makes playing the game tedious. For the price they are charging, the really should've put a bit more effort to customize the game for playability on phones. Overall disappointed and wouldn't recommend in its current state.
Mid effort port with annoying UI flaws. Playing on an S25 Ultra. Cursor loses track of where your finger is frequently making backpack optimization way more difficult and tedious than it needs to be. You'll accidentally sell items when your finger is on the complete other side of the screen and there's no way I can see to reverse a sale, so get used to UI bugs ending your runs. As far as I can see there's no way to move your entire board like in the PC version. Very tedious optimization.
i bought and played the game on PC and i liked it very much and wanted to play it on my phone using s pen stylus but the game doesnt support controls to rotate items using just the stylus (the game expects 2 finger input, could be supported by dragging item to rotation icon) i wanted a refound but it was denied which is sad because i wont be playing it without proper stylus support.
The game itself is very fun but the optimization is probably one of the worst I've seen. The game drains battery and heats my phone very quickly. I have never previously had an app cause these sorts of issues. I would love to update my review with a higher score once these issues are addressed
The controls on this game are frustrating. I go to move one item and I pick up the backpack and toss all items in storage.
Great game on PC. Unfortunately the mobile port is less impressive. I had been hoping they would redesign the UI for mobile if they intended to sell the game on mobile. Maybe let the player zoom in on things, at the very least let the player increase the scaling of the text in the UI. Instead, you have a UI that's clearly just the PC UI but shrunk. Tiny text, clunky movement, this just isnt designed for mobile UIs and it shows.
It's a great game but the mobile port is not very good. Your finger blocks text and lifting the finger causes the text to disappear so unless you already know all of the items and their text by heart, it's really hard to use. Another issue is the performance, this game uses a lot of power and slows the phone VS other games I play. Also the post battle UI is unusable you cannot scroll up or down the log to review things. The buttons are so small they never got adjusted for mobile.
That privacy policy was an interesting read that I suggest more people look at closely. Sure, you guys don't "sell" the data collected on our phones but you still supply it to a third party advertisement firm. Why would an advertisement firm need my personal data? Why is that essential to development? Just saying it's interesting is all. Enough that Imma go ahead and set this to 2 stars. Imma play it anyway, bought it after all, but maybe be more honest about what you're doing.
Even if this game did the concept first on PC, on mobile its just worse in every way than backpack brawl. The UI is horrible, the screen space is used extremely poorly, and seeing upgrade paths of items is significantly worse.
Loved this on PC, and I have dozens (hundreds?) of hours playtime, so I was excited to have a portable version. However, this version is more frustrating than fun - solely due to the poorly ported\implemented UI. Unless you are playing on a tablet the screen interactions are FAR too 'fiddly' and often lead to mass mistakes in your Backpack rearranging. Items often 'leapfrog' with other items even when they shouldn't, and I keep getting crashes when I attempt to use the 'Undo' button. Fix pls.
Sentiment summary
86%
Positive (4-5★)
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Neutral (3★)
10%
Negative (1-2★)