Board Thread:LOC General Discussion/@comment-5428123-20131012092358/@comment-5428123-20131018065728

199.188.86.228 wrote: Do you really think Cryptids is that much worse than the other trading card games? I've played tons of Mobage, Gree, etc games, and they all seem pretty similar as far as network issues, developer decisions that seemed geared toward driving players away, poor compensation, etc.

I'll admit to not having played very many of these games. Based on comments from others, I agree that Applibot isn't necessarily unique in their issues, as I've heard pretty negative things about Gree and their support for their games. And obviously, many of the games on Mobage will be very spotty since many of those games are developed by small independent developers. But from what I've heard, most of the popular ones like Rage run fine without network and technical issues (mostly). The main complaints with those games are usually the same ones you see in every card RPG (too expensive, need to spend money to get good, etc.). You do have to admit that Applibot has done a good job at least keeping LOC alive and afloat compared to Gree and their practice of abandoning games after a year. But since LOC is the only thing Applibot has going for them (in North America at least), they are pretty much obligated to keep it going. And it should be noted that LOC does seem to rank decently high in iOS and Android, so I imagine it must still be pretty profitable.

Regardless, just because there are worst games out there, that doesn't mean that developers of LOC should be content to simply be 'less bad'. And since there are games out there that do do a better job in terms of technical and network stability, that is something that Applibot should aspire to.