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This... this... is... i don't have words... this is a sad joke not an.. app...? Please note that: High Frontier - board game - IS my FAVOURITE GAME! I not mad... I'm dissapointed Will request refund...

This is my favorite boardgame so it was an instant buy so i can play with friends who live in another city. Immediately we were all frustrated trying to figure out how to do anything that we knew how to do in the physical copy. I haven’t had this much frustration since I tried to use FreeCad for 3d modeling. I know how to use other CAD programs but nothing made sense. Operations failed and I didn’t understand why? In this implementation there are NO tips or hints. No search function or how to’s. High Frontier is massively complicated yet there are no rules available in here???? Why put out this version without rules? I love and know the game, imagine how a newbie would find this? It felt nearly impossible for me. The interface is so frustrating. The only way I could view this without feeling irritated was on my 65” tv. On my laptop it was far too busy with stars and hardly visible routes. Adjusted path colors which helped however common routes and signposts were missing. The menus and rotating action dial are so intuitive. Why has the fuel strip been changed from the original game? I’ve Played for hours and still don’t really understand visually how weight is affecting the…

I saw the reviews but thought "maybe I'm less fussy" because I really would love automation support and for solo play just having all the labels facing me would be great. Well...refund requested. As a random example of how truly bewilderingly bad the UI is (like 'how did anyone think this was good for even a moment?' bewildering) The list of things you can do on your turn is in a round menu at the lower left and only 3 things are shown, if you want to do something not shown like sell cards you have to think to rotate that control (that doesn't look at all like it's meant to rotate) so a menu of just 6 things only shows 3 at once and you have to do extra operations to get to other options. Fail at just the most basic usability. As for the sorts of niceties you might wish for from digitalization like "tell me how many cards there are that support this" or even just right click context info of any sort--zilch.

Unfortunately, this feels like a clear cash grab from the developers. The game is painfully incomplete, lacks any AI opponents, has a clunky and confusing UI, and is missing basic features that should be standard. Even after release, there hasn't been a single meaningful update to improve the core experience. If the developers had made even a small effort to make the base game feel complete and playable without needing to buy additional modules or DLC, I might have reconsidered my opinion. As it stands, I cannot recommend this in its current state.

Similar to the board game and fun to try ideas on. You can't build patents at factories in scientific mode which detracts from the game. Also, the automatic routing always wants to do pivots or hit fly-bys. Still, I enjoy the overall game play.

I was hesitant to buy this given the previous negative reviews, however it was on sale so I went for it. My son and I have played a few hours of the board game and are still mastering the various operations and such and I thought this might be a good way to learn the nuances and gain some valuable practice time while saving on table space. Clearly they have done some work on the game since launch because I found that I could jump right in and get my rocket going with relative ease. The board looks great and the patent cards are easily legible. I am in that grey zone of having some knowledge of the rules but not being a purist or fanatic yet and I have really enjoyed my time so far. If you are in the same boat I highly recommend it. One feature that I would love to see incorporated is a "hover over" tooltip option so that the user can see what the various icons on the cards and map are. This would a really valuable QOL improvement.