Catan Console Edition Review (Nintendo Switch OLED)
For our Catan Console Edition Review, join us as we Acquire resources, master new strategies, and build our settlements across a board that comes to life. Challenge friends both online and in the living room or play against smart & dynamic AI to become the winning Catanian!
Catan Console Edition Review Pros:
- Decent graphics.
- 2.3GB download size.
- Cross-play support for online games.
- Resource management gameplay.
- Adapted from the classic board game.
- An optional tutorial that can be replayed.
- The tutorial is all voiced and is a series of videos.
- Two ways to play – online multiplayer and local games.
- Local multiplayer can be done with just one account and one controller.
- The local game has quick play and configures the game.
- Configure game settings – set players to local real people or Ai, counter color, avatar and name, avatar frame, and dice set.
- Six sets of dice with four available initially and two to unlock.
- Eighteen avatars each with a name.
- Four frames to unlock your avatar, two initially, and two to unlock.
- It plays very well.
- Local games can have 2 to 3 players added.
- Map settings – variable setup, combine build and trade phase and enable the second screen.
- The second screen requires a mobile phone to scan the QR code.
- Almanac is the text-based manual of the gameplay, rules, and tips.
- You can set it so no one can do the top-down camera selection.
- The whole board and all its actions are animated.
- The camera allows you to scan around and zoom in and out.
- Zooming in allows you to see farmers and miners working etc.
- Button prompts and icons show on the screen.
- Minimal Hud.
- It’s a really good way to learn the game both digitally and at Tabletop.
- Little downtime between turns even with the Ai.
Catan Console Edition Review Cons:
- Cannot rebind controls.
- Really long initial load time.
- No touchscreen support.
- The tiles are 3D which hinders dice rolls.
- You can only have one game saved at a time.
- The quick play has no options at all.
- Doesn’t have difficulties for the AI.
- Takes a while to learn for new players.
- No expansions or new boards are included in the base game and even the deluxe version is only a few boards.
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Catan Console Edition:
Developer: Asmodee
Publisher: Dovetail Games.
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