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Northgard
Playdigious · 3,584 ratings · ★ 4.6
4.6
★★★★★
3,584 ratings
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Top complaints - extracted from 41 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.
1
"game"
25 negative reviews mention this · 61% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Bugs and crashes. iPhone 16 Pro Max and it crashes just as you’re getting a good flow in the game. Freezes, so you can’t save it, then crashes. Nice." - Kagehyo6
2
"crashes"
12 negative reviews mention this · 29% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Bugs and crashes. iPhone 16 Pro Max and it crashes just as you’re getting a good flow in the game. Freezes, so you can’t save it, then crashes. Nice." - Kagehyo6
3
"play"
9 negative reviews mention this · 22% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Bugs. Games starts crashing immediately after you open, issue began after playing just for a few hours" - uoyv boi
4
"crashing"
7 negative reviews mention this · 17% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Bugs. Games starts crashing immediately after you open, issue began after playing just for a few hours" - uoyv boi
5
"work"
7 negative reviews mention this · 17% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Dose not work. So laggy I can’t even play. Waste of money." - Deadsm1th
6
"doesn"
6 negative reviews mention this · 15% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Fun but really buggy. I’ve encountered the following issues with the game: 1. Game data file’s size is constantly growing, after initial 900mb it grew more than 3 GB and was continuing growing; 2. Restoring the save after reinstall and completing the mission doe…" - Aleni Innet
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"games"
5 negative reviews mention this · 12% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Bugs. Games starts crashing immediately after you open, issue began after playing just for a few hours" - uoyv boi
8
"play game"
5 negative reviews mention this · 12% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Unable to play. Game keeps crashing on my ipad." - Cdnzcpd
9
"story"
5 negative reviews mention this · 12% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Fun but really buggy. I’ve encountered the following issues with the game: 1. Game data file’s size is constantly growing, after initial 900mb it grew more than 3 GB and was continuing growing; 2. Restoring the save after reinstall and completing the mission doe…" - Aleni Innet
10
"clans"
5 negative reviews mention this · 12% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Complete shell. Made the mistake of paying for this demo and two clans. After 2000 hours in the pc version, I expected more than a choice between the same story pc offers, or basic single/multiplayer. Sure beefroast is newer but there isn’t even the conque…" - OmlEffThis
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"mode"
5 negative reviews mention this · 12% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Complete shell. Made the mistake of paying for this demo and two clans. After 2000 hours in the pc version, I expected more than a choice between the same story pc offers, or basic single/multiplayer. Sure beefroast is newer but there isn’t even the conque…" - OmlEffThis
12
"couple"
5 negative reviews mention this · 12% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Fun for a bit. Played the first couple of scenarios and now the app crashes constantly. Very disappointed" - Lord of the Ringz
📋 All 41 negative reviews
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Bugs
Games starts crashing immediately after you open, issue began after playing just for a few hours
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WHY PLAYDIGIOUS!!?
I wanted to play this game so bad but when I loaded it up it couldn’t run over 0.2 frames per second!! THIS HAPPENED WITH DEAD CELLS TOO! YOU HAVE A COMPLETELY FINE “DEVICE NOT COMPATIBLE” BUTTON, IPAD GENERATION 8 FROM 2018 SHOULD NOT HAVE THIS PROBLEM!! JUST PUBLISH MOBILE GAMES! COMPUTER GAMES CAN’T RUN ON AN IPAD!!
Edit: It’s generation 7, sorry
Edit: It’s generation 7, sorry
Games broke
Paid, downloaded, press single player and that’s it. Game freezes. Cool. Now I have to go the ordeal of getting my 7.99 back
Why did I pay you?
Half of all the menu’s in the game don’t even fit into the screen or overlap with other menus which should have closed but didn’t.
Absolutely no navigation to move them or close them except memory of where the exit button is “supposed” to be. Multiple examples of this just in the start menu.
Come on guys.
Absolutely no navigation to move them or close them except memory of where the exit button is “supposed” to be. Multiple examples of this just in the start menu.
Come on guys.
It just keeps crashing
No idea what they did recently, but the app just keeps crashing. It actually even stays open in the background but quits almost immediately. I deleted it and reinstalled it and then I reset my phone- all to no avail.
Game is pretty fun.
Game is pretty fun.
Dose not work
So laggy I can’t even play. Waste of money.
Keeps crashing
Bought this 20 min ago for iPhone 15. Can’t get more than a minute into the game before it keeps crashing. Reinstalled. Restart phone. Nothing works.
Used to work
Fun game, but the app just fails when I launch it. So, not good for me.
Complete shell
Made the mistake of paying for this demo and two clans. After 2000 hours in the pc version, I expected more than a choice between the same story pc offers, or basic single/multiplayer. Sure beefroast is newer but there isn’t even the conquest mode?
Buyer Beware
Northgard is an amazing game, and a few years ago I would have given it five stars. This iOS version, however, was passed off to another developer, and (unlike desktop versions) is no longer being updated and is effectively dead. So you would be paying for a version lacking years’ worth of added content and improvements.
Fun for a bit
Played the first couple of scenarios and now the app crashes constantly. Very disappointed
Game Crashes
Game crashes after a couple minutes and is unplayable.
No need to but to enjoy more .
The sad part is i need to buy and spend more money to enjoy the game sadly i have to buy clans and enjoy playing the game .
Please make it free so we can play the game with friends . Dont have to tell my friends to buy more and spend more to have what i have and thank u guys for this gameplay’s 💚
Please make it free so we can play the game with friends . Dont have to tell my friends to buy more and spend more to have what i have and thank u guys for this gameplay’s 💚
Not a world building game
Limited in every way not what I thought it was absolute waste of 8 dollars
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We need Chinese!
update the game
update new clans
Crashes. Refund please
iPad (9th generation A2602). Slows down, freezes up, then crashes when you have more than a handful of units. Refund please.
Stealing
I paid for clans now they locked it and are making me rebuy them.
Bug where I can’t expand to new land
Just purchased and downloaded worked fine the first few hours now I can’t expand to new land I would like a refund please
crashes every few minutes
unplayable. constantly glitches and freezes and you have to save every 3 months. expect to repeat your progress over and over and over again.
Full of bugs
Story mode won’t work on iPhone 15. Even when you beat the 1st chapter, the victory screen is messed up and just displays the option to quit to title.
Port issues
The continue button doesn’t show up on the victory screen in story mode, level 1.
Multiplayer disappoint
1 star for now until they fix the multiplayer function. I bought 3 copies of this game for myself, wife, and brother so we could play together only to find out it doesn’t work. Even worse to find out this has been a known issue for some time.
Terrible
This game is so bad, these reviews are not accurate so I’m putting true one up. Not worth a download.
对于中国地区非常不友好的游戏！
最新的更新还是没有中文，从开发者对于该产品为什么一直没有中文的回复来看，态度傲慢的他们并不在意或者就是轻视中文玩家！花了钱本以为后续会有中文，看来是大家一厢情愿罢了！删了！钱就当丢粪坑里了！希望看到评价的朋友不要再花冤枉钱给这些人！
Crashes all the time…
What I think is funny is the terrible customer support. Read the responses from the devolved regarding the crashing. It is a copy and pasted response. How does the developer expect people to chat with support in the game when the game trashes within seconds of it opening.
Apple too is to be blamed for this since they failed to vet the game prior to allowing people to download and install it.
Apple too is to be blamed for this since they failed to vet the game prior to allowing people to download and install it.
CRASH
Bought the game a couple days ago, now it won’t open. Waste of money. The game itself is fun but I wouldn’t get it on iOS
Doesn’t open on Ipad
Use to work, doesn’t anymore.
Unable to play
Game keeps crashing on my ipad.
Error while starting
I just downloaded this game. But when it starts it keeps crashing. Maybe in sign in process.
wish i could get a refund
Have not been able to play this game for months because it crashes within 30 seconds of starting a new game. DO NOT BUY IT UNTIL THE DEVELOPER ADDRESS’S THE CONSTANT CRASHES
Bugs and crashes
iPhone 16 Pro Max and it crashes just as you’re getting a good flow in the game. Freezes, so you can’t save it, then crashes. Nice.
Fun but really buggy
I’ve encountered the following issues with the game:
1. Game data file’s size is constantly growing, after initial 900mb it grew more than 3 GB and was continuing growing;
2. Restoring the save after reinstall and completing the mission doesn’t restore the position on the Story map, you’ll have to start the Story from the beginning.
Considering this, I’ll not buy any of the in-apps until the above mentioned issues are fixed.
Otherwise it’s a fun and a solid rts.
1. Game data file’s size is constantly growing, after initial 900mb it grew more than 3 GB and was continuing growing;
2. Restoring the save after reinstall and completing the mission doesn’t restore the position on the Story map, you’ll have to start the Story from the beginning.
Considering this, I’ll not buy any of the in-apps until the above mentioned issues are fixed.
Otherwise it’s a fun and a solid rts.
Very buggy crashes
Game plays smooth but then it lags and crashes as the game progresses often. Then you're unable to rejoin your game just on the cusp of winning.
Great RTS, but its abandoned on mobile
I’ve enjoyed this game as a base builder/colony/ exploration with combat, as many mobile games don’t really hit that notch of feeling full, or they end up being p2w. But there seems to be no desire or communication about ever releasing any of the PC content to mobile anymore.
It’s truly an amazing game with a definite learning curve that doesn’t feel rigged. Every clan has a strength, a weakness and ways to work around them. As a player there’s much to be able to learn and improve on later.
But, you have to accept it for what it is now, and not for what it couldve been.
We’re over a year now without a clan update despite 4 being released since, or conquest mode.
The chance of this game being updated again is unlikely. I’d recommend this game to anyone who loves the idea of a smaller “civ type”, but don’t expect anything new. The mobile and console versions are abandoned
It’s truly an amazing game with a definite learning curve that doesn’t feel rigged. Every clan has a strength, a weakness and ways to work around them. As a player there’s much to be able to learn and improve on later.
But, you have to accept it for what it is now, and not for what it couldve been.
We’re over a year now without a clan update despite 4 being released since, or conquest mode.
The chance of this game being updated again is unlikely. I’d recommend this game to anyone who loves the idea of a smaller “civ type”, but don’t expect anything new. The mobile and console versions are abandoned
Needs work
There’s a lot of potential for this to be enjoyable, unfortunately ruined by bugs, crashes, bad usability/UI, and poor accessibility
Not too mention you have to pay for anything more than a couple playable clans.
Not too mention you have to pay for anything more than a couple playable clans.
Used to be great
Man, this has got to be one of *the* buggiest games with the *worst* server issues and each update seems to make it slightly worse. I attempted 3 games today, all 3 on a very solid wifi network, and all 3 froze and disconnected without allowing me back in. Same thing happened to my teammate, except where I can get back into the game 50% of the time, he usually cannot. I’m on iOS and he’s on Android, both playing the most recent version of the game with the most recent versions of our respective OS. It doesn’t matter how large the game (2v2 or 2v2v2 or 3v3), nor the map type or size - same outcome. We can play a game to completion about half the time or less.
Super Fun but Crashed
Was really enjoying this game. Challenging but not over complicated. Pretty graphics and interesting game play. Got pretty far in story mode. Put some time into it. Was having fun with it.
Then it crashed. When I try to open it, it goes to the title screen and then closes. Numerous times. Many. Tried my phone on and off. Did a forced restart. Offloaded the app and re-downloaded it. Still crashes at the title screen.
The only remedy left is to delete it and download it again. Then I will lose all my saves and progress. Have start over. Not gonna happen. When I delete it, it will be gone for good.
Thanks for the fun while it lasted. Unfortunate it was killed by a bug.
Buyer beware...
Then it crashed. When I try to open it, it goes to the title screen and then closes. Numerous times. Many. Tried my phone on and off. Did a forced restart. Offloaded the app and re-downloaded it. Still crashes at the title screen.
The only remedy left is to delete it and download it again. Then I will lose all my saves and progress. Have start over. Not gonna happen. When I delete it, it will be gone for good.
Thanks for the fun while it lasted. Unfortunate it was killed by a bug.
Buyer beware...
Too much crashing
Fun game, a little slow paced but excellent nonetheless, BUT frequent crashes plague this game. I'd still recommend it but only for desktop. The amount of crashes make this game frustrating to play. Been playing for a couple years and crashes have never been fixed. Also there is big lag around season changes and some other map events.
Crash Bandigard
Good when it works, but it crashes A LOT lately!!
Sentiment summary
90%
Positive (4-5★)
3%
Neutral (3★)
7%
Negative (1-2★)