Dized - Board Game Companion | Game Brain

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Dized - Board Game Companion is a single player action game. It was developed by Playmore Games and was released on October 11, 2015. It received mostly positive reviews from players.

Learn to play Tabletop Games with Dized

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Audience ScoreBased on 237 reviews

monetization22 negative mentions

The app offers clear, step-by-step interactive tutorials that make learning new board games easier and more enjoyable.
It provides good organization and well-produced audiovisual elements, including music and narration, enhancing the user experience.
The app is praised for helping groups and new players quickly understand complex games, often speeding up gameplay and reducing rule confusion.

The app suffers from frequent crashes, heavy lag, and stability issues, which significantly hinder usability.
Excessive, intrusive ads disrupt the learning experience, including unskippable, loud full-screen videos that often appear mid-tutorial.
There is a very limited library of games available with poor search functionality, forcing users to scroll through disorganized lists and missing many popular titles.

monetization
23 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
4%
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The monetization approach is heavily criticized for excessive, intrusive full-screen video ads, often unskippable and disruptively placed even during tutorials and paid experiences. Users find the ads frustrating, harming immersion and gameplay, with crashes and freezes linked to ad loading exacerbating the negative impact. While the developer offers responsive support for in-app purchases, the overwhelming ad presence severely detracts from the game's value.
- “I had a minor hiccup with an in-app purchase and the developer went above and beyond to sort it out as quickly as possible.”
- “Full screen video ads with tiny X marks that are hard to close without accidentally opening some random app in the app store.”
- “The tutorial was pretty helpful but the frequent, long unskippable ads are so intrusive they drive you to frustration.”
- “App has many ads without the in-app purchase for the premium upgrade, and ads that appear in the middle of videos cause the app to crash.”
stability
11 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
The app is generally useful for learning boardgame rules but suffers from significant stability issues, including frequent bugs, freezes, crashes, and lag. Purchased content sometimes fails to work properly, making the experience frustrating and unreliable. While the organization of rules is appreciated, the overall buggy performance strongly impacts usability.
- “Backed on Kickstarter and have never used because too buggy or does not work at all.”
- “The app freezes a lot, and half the time purchased content will not work.”
- “Massively buggy, crashes, laggy.”
music
8 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
38%
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The music is generally praised for enhancing the gameplay experience with enjoyable tracks and clear instructions, though some users found it too loud during narration. There are also complaints about technical issues with purchased soundtracks needing to be rebought.
- “I've only used it for one game but it was an incredibly simple way to learn to play, the music was awesome.”
- “It's been easy to understand and the visuals along with the music are quite nice.”
- “Amazing with the official art, music and clear instructions.”
- “The music was too loud when the narrator was speaking (and just not good music in the first place).”
- “I paid for a soundtrack only for it to work once.”
- “After I closed the app and reopened it, it said I needed to buy the soundtrack again.”
graphics
5 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The graphics are generally praised for their quality and visual appeal, but some users note occasional graphical errors and slow loading times due to heavy visuals. A lighter graphic option would benefit those with limited internet access. Overall, the visuals enhance the experience when combined with the audio.
- “The visuals were great, the audio engineering was subpar.”
- “It's been easy to understand and the visuals along with the music are quite nice.”
- “The tutorial that I used has a few graphical errors that can make the walkthrough hard to understand without sound.”
- “The tutorial that I used has a few graphical errors which can make the walkthrough hard to understand if you don't have sound on.”
- “It's rather graphic-heavy so it loads slowly.”
- “A less graphic-heavy design option would be appreciated for users with limited WiFi access.”