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Gambonanza
Stray Fawn Studio · 1,852 ratings · ★ 4.9
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Top complaints - extracted from 8 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"
8 negative reviews mention this · 100% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Dragging controls are awful. And its hard to see which tile is under figure! AI IS DUMB AF. Lagging when opening menu, broken mechanics (stare gambit doesn't even works, tooth gambit shown as legendary but it isn't), late game on high diffi…" - Андрей Малышев
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"chess"
5 negative reviews mention this · 63% of all complaints
★★★★★ "I feel like this game could be very good, but all the gambits feel very underwhelming, and you have to get a very specific set of gambits to have a shot (maybe if you're not very good at chess like me) at winning. I failed my first run gett…" - Nicholas Stanford
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"pieces"
4 negative reviews mention this · 50% of all complaints
★★★★★ "I feel like this game could be very good, but all the gambits feel very underwhelming, and you have to get a very specific set of gambits to have a shot (maybe if you're not very good at chess like me) at winning. I failed my first run gett…" - Nicholas Stanford
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"gambits"
3 negative reviews mention this · 38% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Dragging controls are awful. And its hard to see which tile is under figure! AI IS DUMB AF. Lagging when opening menu, broken mechanics (stare gambit doesn't even works, tooth gambit shown as legendary but it isn't), late game on high diffi…" - Андрей Малышев
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Dragging controls are awful. And its hard to see which tile is under figure! AI IS DUMB AF. Lagging when opening menu, broken mechanics (stare gambit doesn't even works, tooth gambit shown as legendary but it isn't), late game on high difficulty based on pure luck, most of gambits are useless and similar Very wrong balance - for example, gambit when pawn skips a turn when capturing is legendary, but same gambit with bishops is epic(???). Cloning first tile gambit is common, but it is OP.
less fun than I was hoping. regrettable purchase. yeah, played some more. terrible game.
I feel like this game could be very good, but all the gambits feel very underwhelming, and you have to get a very specific set of gambits to have a shot (maybe if you're not very good at chess like me) at winning. I failed my first run getting to 5/5 5/5 because the boss completely countered my strategy and it was too late. It feels way too punishing to lose pieces.
The AI in this game is absolutely stupid. As someone who really likes Chess this has nothing to do with chess apart from the pieces and how they move.
The game is really fun. But the game always hang during the time draw & pick the chess. The only thing I can do is reopen the game. But that is another possibility that the game will hang again during the draw & pick chess process.
I thought this would be Balatro + chess. Unfortunately, the Balatro elements are lacking. Sure, the store is there and gambits feel kind of like Jokers, but this is a different game. Balatro Jokers made crazy combos. In this game, Gambits are more balanced, with many usable only once per round. Most require specific pieces, which you might not have. Meanwhile, the chess puzzles can be brutal: 4 queens on a board, or 10 pieces with a queen that must be captured last. Meh...
This game feels like it was made by a chess bro who likes watching twitch streams and posting chess memes, but started making this game before they actually learned to play. The game feels like one of those many mass-market chess games while attempting the visual style of Balatro. This game spoon feeds everything to the player. It is based purely on how the pieces move. The game only increases in difficulty by increasing the number of queens on the enemy side. Not a roguelike.
it's fun but it sutters really badly I have a s22 ultra and it's the only game that doesn't run smoothly
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