Pandemic: The Board Game
Pandemic: The Board Game
Pandemic: The Board Game, développé et édité par Asmodee Digital, est sorti le 3 octobre 2013 sur PC, Android, iOS, Nintendo Switch et Xbox One. Il s'agit d'une adaptation numérique du célèbre jeu de plateau où, en tant que membres d'une équipe de prévention médicale, les joueurs doivent contenir quatre maladies mortelles en voyageant à travers le monde, en traitant les infections et en découvrant les remèdes avant que des épidémies ne propagent les fléaux. Le titre propose un mode solo permettant de réunir une équipe de spécialistes disposant chacun de compétences propres, parmi sept personnages disponibles tels que le Médecin, la Scientifique ou la Spécialiste en mise en quarantaine, et offre cinq niveaux de difficulté. Classé dans les genres simulation et stratégie, il affiche un temps de parcours de l'histoire principale d'environ une heure et d'une vingtaine d'heures pour un profil complétiste, avec un score OpenCritic de 63 et une note agrégée de 61,83. La presse a salué sa fidélité au matériel d'origine et son gameplay captivant, comme le relève TouchArcade qui juge le package soigné, ou Arcade Sushi qui souligne qu'il ne s'écarte pas du jeu de table tout en l'étendant légèrement. Certains joueurs sur Steam apprécient son côté stratégique demandant anticipation et esprit d'équipe, tandis que d'autres regrettent son acquisition si l'on possède déjà la version physique, et un avis Metacritic évoque la difficulté de gagner face aux réponses parfois imprévisibles du logiciel.
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Critiques de la Presse (Metacritic)
« Whether you are an iOS board game fan or a puzzle game fanatic, Pandemic: The Board Game deserves a look. It is a tight, focused package that demonstrates some of the best that tabletop and iOS design can offer. »
« Pandemic: The Board Game is great. It doesn’t stray from the tabletop version’s awesome gameplay, and expands it a little with the addition of a couple of new characters while adding in the option of flying solo. »
« Work together to cure the world of disease in this cooperative translation of a popular board game. »
« Pandemic: The Board Game is a tense and tricky strategy game that's surprisingly well suited to solo play. »
« You and up to three additional players hold mankind’s fate in your hands as you attempt to cure four diseases that threaten our continued existence. »
« Pandemic is a great port of a co-operative board game port that works fine when played solo, but better when played with friends. »
Avis des Joueurs (Metacritic)
« Get ready to lose if you play this game! I'd be interested to learn more about how the algorithms work, but it seems that sometimes the software responds in-kind to decisions I've made. Maybe I'm just being paranoid. As the player, your decisions can certainly lose you the game, but sometimes it doesn't matter how well you play, you're not going to win. At a guess, my success rate is around 30%. You can select your team. I've found the strongest combination is Medic, Scientist, Researcher, but even then when the game software loads up outbreaks into a small area your position can change from pretty strong to a loss within just two turns - and there's nothing you can do to prevent it. As long as you expect to be losing more than you're winning, regardless of how well you play, you won't be frustrated. Technically it's a good app with only one serious bug that I've found so far (when eight cards appear in a player's hand sometimes the card display panel on the right gets stuck and won't pull out and you cannot see what city cards the players hold. By hitting Exit and then Resume you can usually reactivate the right-side info panel). The music is horribly repetitive, so I just keep that muted. It would be great to have an option to swtich off the rule and gameplay reminders. An experienced player doesn't need to be told every game what the rules are. »
« Full disclosure: I'm one of the developers of this app. However, having played this game probably over 300 times, I can really say that it is a top-notch app. The workflow is smooth, needed information is easily accessible, and the interface is really nice. Most things in it fade in/out or grow/shrink when appearing/disappearing. The undo system works flawlessly, and the save-game system is completely invisible. With the coming update (the first bit of On the Brink expansion content), several small issues are getting a cleanup, so it will be even better than before. As far as iPad boardgame adaptations go, this is as good as they get. »
« Pandemic for iOS is pretty darn good. It captures all the feel of the board game and, I think, all of the rules. It allows for a very fast set up for single player. The UI is super easy to use. Seeing all of the pieces of the games (cards, board, special rules, event cards, etc.) at one time is a little challenging, but the designers did a great job of making everything sensible and accessible. The game looks great. It mimics the look of the board game while adding visual effects that add to the experience. Great job all around. »
