Portable Gamer: Strategy games have long tried to break on through to the iOS platform. Then the iPad came along and gave these games the perfect screen size for all their strategic tapping fun. The Settlers HD is Gameloft’s attempt to bring the famous PC strategy game to iPad owners everywhere. Was this a worthy port, or does this need to skip a turn on your iPad?
Pocket Gamer: Complicated strategy games wouldn't strike many as an obvious fit for the casual mini-screen of a mobile phone.
There have been a few strategic successes over the past few months (Majesty and Starfront: Collision to name two), but the real-time strategy genre is still one that's rarely pulled off well on the touchscreen.
Pocket Gamer - Originally released on the Amiga in 1993, The Settlers was a curious blend of strategy and sim, wrapped in a blanket of cute graphics and hypnotic melodies.
It was the kind of game that could easily swallow entire evenings, with maps that lasted for hours at a time and deeply engrossing gameplay.
SquareGo writes:
"You could say it was only a matter of time before there was a Settlers game on iPad. After all, there are iPad representations of the Civilization and Command & Conquer franchises.
Unfortunately, Settlers HD makes a pretty poor first impression"
