Board Thread:LOC General Discussion/@comment-5428123-20131012092358/@comment-98.15.201.135-20131013034514

Beboper wrote:

...And interestingly enough, Cygames' recruitment page lists positions for everything a game company should have (planners, programmers, testers, etc.) with full information on benefits and such, while Applibot's recruitment page amounts to simply mentioning that they are looking for illustrators... I must say I agree completely with your overall assessment of Cygames vs. Applibot from a company management standpoint, but I would like to draw attention to this one statement here, because I personally feel it is paramount.

It really all boils down to this one fact:  Applibot is a one-trick pony. It's all about the artwork, and nothing else.

I've played just about every mobile card game out there, and can honestly say that there's no other game out there that comes even remotely close to the quality of art featured in LoC. I even logged on to my RoB account that I haven't touched in about 6 months, and lasted about 5 minutes of looking at gawdy, cartoonish garbage cards before I closed the app and did something else.

If applibot put at most half the investment and effort into quality assurance and a real development process, I have no doubt they could make LoC not only immensely profitable, but also a game that remains popular for many many years. As is, I question whether it will last another 6 months.