Nightfall App Reviews

..now that Magic 2013 is out and free. Nightfall, the game itself is not bad, but also not good. It is needless over complicated, and the colored chain mechanic feels clunky, like the designer tried to forcely come up with something innovative.

This game is an amazing port of a deck-building card tabletop game!! The quality is very high. Great graphics and audio that satisfies every moment. Full online multiplayer including asynchronous! Campaign modes. No greedy and patronizing ads everywhere. One VERY MODESTLY priced expansion is available to date, and adds great value and is very optional. I hope theres something we can do to grow the player base, because thats the only thing lacking--players to start games with! Lets make it free or 99 cents for a while to get some peeps hooked!

But ok fun

A great card game very well adapted to the numeric format. Tutorial is a little bit confusing for new players but the rules are quite easy to understand. A translation in french would be very much appreciated, I hope to see it comes in next update. Any clue regarding the extensions which are visible ingame but still locked? Deserves 5 stars but Ill only put 4 for the lack of french translation...

Good implementation of a fun game.

Great integration, very cool deck building game - this is going to get me to buy the boxed version as well :)

This is a wild game, and a deep one at that. I really didnt like it at first but I knew there must be something there considering other positive reviews and the high quality of ios Ascension. If you are unfamiliar with Nightfall like I was, be prepared for a steep learning curve. There is a payoff though! The interface is typically awesome Playdek quality. This game will push you to think hard. Enjoy! It is annoying how moon colors are obscured in the player area by adjacent cards. There is also a bug where the Alton Hickman card is successfully blocked by AI opponents even though it supposedly cant be blocked.

Your enjoyment of this game will depend on what you are looking for. If its asynchronous multiplayer stick to two player and its a great game. Go above 2 asynchronously and it gets painful fast! There are just too many phases and subdecisions to be made back and forth that you can literally click an opponents avatar to attack only to wait for them to choose what defense to play. Having said that, if you are looking for single player vs. ai, 2 player asynchronously or if you are going to play live multiplayer with more than 2 its a fantastic game. The chaining of colors/card, the different stages that all have unique feels to them and the great production values(great art/ui etc.) all add up to a solid card style game that is 1 part ascension, 1 part magic the gathering.

My favorite iOS card game by far. It takes a bit of time to learn for those unfamiliar with the analogue version but its worth the trouble. Theres a little more going on then there is in Ascension or Dominion but it shares enough that being familiar with them will help lessen the learning curve.

A perfect execution of a great game. The expansion brings more to what is a fantastic card game. A must have

I play a lot of complex games, but between the 30 minute tutorial and all the rules I couldnt get it. Not willing to put any more time into learning it. Dollar wasted.

Full of great concept, in fact the game is bloated with it. This game is sadly way overdesigned and the lack of elegance/simplicity make this could-have-been-great game into an average one.

Takes a number of games and figuring out the possible card combos to really enjoy the strategy behind this game. Very satisfying gameplay after that. The AI is pretty good too. Hoping Playdek will support the other expansions, instead of pumping out new games.

Great game, but small game screen ,(

Lookin for new addons! ;)

Very fine card game. Up to 5 players online or offline (pass & play). Great both in single and in multiplayer

The mechanics are interesting at first, but quickly grow stale. Theme is not executed well. There are many better deckbuilding games available (I recommend Ascension). Plus, it hasnt even been updated to fit the iPhone 5s screen, and that came out years ago. Not worth your time or money.

For everything that goes on in this game... They did a great job. Everything is intuitive and well placed. The only complaint I have is sometimes when trying to switch to see the minions that certain players have can be difficult at times. But still a great product.

I love this and play it a ton, but it is way too hard for brginners to get used to. I was lucky enough to learn on the physical game, and i think this would be much improved by stopping the game each round. Still... Buy it. It is awesome.

The physical version of this game is one of my favorite board games and this has quickly become my favorite iOS game. The overall game has a significant but not impossible learning curve - so if you have never played be prepared for that. It might be worthwhile to go online and grab the PDF rule book for the tabletop version, probably a better tutorial. The interface is slick, near perfect on the new iPad but a bit too cluttered on the iPhone 4s. Because of card size it can sometimes be near impossible to select cards deep in the chain. Overall though it is quite functional if not a tad obtuse. I didnt realize I could swap out minion/deck views for myself and other players until I had played for about a week! I really cant wait for the expansions and Playdeks Thunderstone adaptation!