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Go is a single player and multiplayer casual strategy game. It received positive reviews from players.

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82%Audience ScoreBased on 1,060 reviews

gameplay9 positive mentions

monetization164 negative mentions

Excellent app for beginners to learn and practice Go with various difficulty levels and board sizes.
Good AI scaling providing a challenging yet educational experience across skill levels.
User-friendly interface with helpful features like territory visualization, undo/redo, and local multiplayer.

Frequent, intrusive, and sometimes unskippable ads greatly disrupt gameplay and user experience.
Limitations in free version such as the 180-move cap on 19x19 board feels restrictive and monetized.
Lack of online multiplayer, game saving, comprehensive tutorials, and occasional UI glitches reduce usability.

monetization
169 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
3% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 97% negative mentions
Monetization relies heavily on ads, which vary from minimal and unobtrusive to excessively long, unskippable, and intrusive, often disrupting gameplay and frustrating users. While a premium, ad-free version is available for a reasonable one-time fee, some users report aggressive ad behaviors including forced app installs or paywalls limiting full game access. Overall, ads are necessary for revenue in the free version but their implementation significantly impacts user experience.
- “No ads during the game is a big plus point.”
- “No ads, works well and consistently.”
- “No ads and fun to play.”
- “I've seen comments from the developers that the ads are skippable after 5 seconds, but if you click the x or fast forward, it automatically takes you to the app store instead of back to the game. If you exit the app store and go back to the ad, you have to wait for the ad to finish or go back to the app store.”
- “The game was ok for a while but now the ads are entirely impossible to close without exiting your game and losing what you were doing.”
- “Unskippable ads are an automatic 1 star.”
gameplay
19 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
47% positive mentions, 37% neutral mentions, 16% negative mentions
Gameplay is generally smooth and enjoyable, offering good options, challenging AI, and a helpful territory mechanic, though some users find the controls and UI problematic. Ads are present but infrequent and do not disrupt gameplay. However, the lack of an interactive tutorial and forced memorization of lengthy rules can make learning difficult, and the free version has limited gameplay to encourage purchasing the paid version.
- “I've never played Go before, but I felt like it provided a great time as I learned the mechanics of the game.”
- “The AI is difficult but not unfair, and the territory mechanic makes it easier to visualize what you are doing and what your actions cause.”
- “Options for gameplay are not lacking, and two-player functions well, although being able to play against other devices would be fun.”
- “Rather than a tutorial, there are paragraphs listed in the 'how to play' portion of the main menu that tell the reader how to place a piece and some gameplay tips, leading to a button at the bottom of the page that guides you to an actual set of rules, which are also paragraphs long, that you must memorize in order to understand anything about the gameplay.”
- “The sound effects are obnoxious, the UI is terrible, the placement of the stones mechanic is buggy and horrible... what a terrible playing experience.”
- “They want us to buy the paid version by limiting the gameplay.”
graphics
12 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
58% positive mentions, 17% neutral mentions, 25% negative mentions
The graphics of the app receive mixed feedback, ranging from being described as excellent and aesthetically pleasing to fairly basic and somewhat outdated. Some users appreciate the clear and functional design, while others find it either too cluttered or not visually appealing. Overall, the graphics support gameplay well but could benefit from refinement to improve user experience.
- “However, the graphics are excellent and the moves of my opponent happen quickly and seem to be well placed.”
- “A one button touch always shows who is winning and losing, and it is worth repeating to say the graphics are excellent.”
- “Good overall experience with a well-built AI and good graphics but lacks a good tutorial.”
- “It is nice that it's completely free to play, but the graphics are really bad, and when placing a stone it selects the space above the one that I touch.”
- “The game itself is pretty nice, though graphics are a bit outdated, but unskippable ads ruin the overall experience, switching to another app.”
- “The art style can use work because it does not feel easy on the eyes.”
stability
2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
0% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 100% negative mentions
The game struggles with stability issues, including buggy mechanics like stone placement and occasional glitches that disrupt gameplay. Additionally, the user interface is poorly designed, contributing to a frustrating playing experience.
- “I can't tell if I'm really at a 15 kyu level or if the AI just has jarring moments of glitches.”
- “The placement of the stones mechanic is buggy and horrible, leading to a terrible playing experience.”
music
2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
0% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 100% negative mentions
Users note the game lacks an in-game music option, and while ads aren't intrusive, they lower their background music volume instead of pausing it, which disrupts the listening experience.
- “Could use a music option.”
- “The ads aren't intrusive, but they do turn my music down instead of pausing it, which I hate because then I miss some of my song.”
optimization
2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 0% negative mentions
The game runs smoothly with generally good optimization and interface. Users suggest adding a performance percentage per match, considering factors like territory and pieces captured, to better track progress beyond simple win rates.
- “Runs smoothly, with a mostly good interface.”
- “Just a suggestion: Instead of win percentage, there should be a performance percentage for each match based on territory, pieces captured, etc. This would be useful when losing against the computer but still wanting to know your progress and ability improvement.”
grinding
1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
0% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 100% negative mentions
Grinding in the game can be somewhat tedious, but players can easily avoid interruptions by turning off connectivity.
humor
1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 0% negative mentions
The game's humor is well-received, with users finding it genuinely funny and enjoyable.