THE 2048 Reviews

2048 is cool. The achievements are a little difficult, but achievable.

A pretty fun 2048 game. Has a "Modern" Isometric grid that I like the look of, also has a 4x4 and 8x8 version of the 'Classic' grid. Music can get repetitive fast though. Anyway, the game is fun and it's only $2.

Well, you get what you pay for. That's basically it. I mean, I assume that you heard about this game before purchasing it, so there's not much novelty. Of course, the developer added this modern mode (which, for the record, I never really tried), some achievements to be unlocked and some other options where you can get to choose a custom size for the grid. There's a song playing in the back, but I really didn't care for it. The resolution of the screen isn't really that friendly, so be careful when you return to the desktop, you might think that your PC has shrunk or something likely. Overall, it's a basic 2048 game, with some extras and usually sold for a very affordable price. If you're a fan of the style, go for it.

I played this game excessively on android some yeas years ago. That Steam implement is nice and minimal, just the way I like it. And I'm big fan of isometric 3D perspective in Modern Mode! I had few kiks with it initially, but now everything appears to work as intended and so I can recommend it There's a bit strange selection of resolutions for the game window, but it's minor. Fullscreen works perfectly through Menu or Alt+Enter. And minimal stuff like that can easily be played in window mode Game features nice selection of different modes 4x4, 8x8 as well as different rules to go with. There's Classic 'android' grid mode and a Modern isometric mode which I found quite appealing Perfect cafe game. 4/5 easy

The premise of '2048' was originally created from scratch over a single weekend by a 19 year old Italian Web Designer named Gabriele Cirulli back in 2014. He just wanted to see if he could do it as a personal project and wasn't really interested in making money from it because it was a borrowed concept of an app called '1024' which in turn was also a borrowed concept of 'Threes!'. So instead he made it open source software and also placed it for free as an app and within a week he was surprised to discover that it had already received 4 million downloads and high praise. Gabriele made the source code public specifically to encourage other developers to make money from the game by being creative, adding new and interesting modifications and concepts. The pinnacle of such being this gem 'The 2048' created by a Ukraine developer 'Thick & Thin'. It stays faithful to the original premise, the main game being a 4x4 slider where your required to keep combining the totals of '2' and '4' and their totals until you can make the score of 20,000 to unlock one of the games hardest achievements. On top of that he has created a more stylish modern version changing the numbers for colours and also added a few other game modes including one based on a countdown timer. Also he added an 8x8 grid on all of the game modes with the need of unlocking a further achievement for getting a score in the million. Personally I hate maths, literally have a morbid fear of it, as much as I do spiders. Normally when I see a spider I run away screaming like a little girl. If cornered, I’ll stand on a chair or table yelling 'kill it, kill it' while pointing at it with one arm and concealing my eyes from its hairy foreboding appearance with my other. I can assure you when it came to maths teachers at school it was a similar experience. Hence you can imagine my surprise that I actually enjoyed this one and it didn't end up with me needing to ring up a friend to come around and unplug the Computer while I stand on my computer chair shouting 'kill it, kill it'. If you’re having trouble with the concept, personally I found that the secret to winning this was not to use 'all' of your directional keys, three should suffice if you plan your moves properly. In final, happy for having played the challenge and would sum it up as 'Candy Crush for Nerds'... Below is a sample from me... https://youtu.be/snb8ZXrnWLg If you enjoyed reading this review please subscribe to my curator page. Thanks... http://store.steampowered.com/curator/6843548/

Well, you get what you pay for. That's basically it. I mean, I assume that you heard about this game before purchasing it, so there's not much novelty. Of course, the developer added this modern mode (which, for the record, I never really tried), some achievements to be unlocked and some other options where you can get to choose a custom size for the grid. There's a song playing in the back, but I really didn't care for it. The resolution of the screen isn't really that friendly, so be careful when you return to the desktop, you might think that your PC has shrunk or something likely. Overall, it's a basic 2048 game, with some extras and usually sold for a very affordable price. If you're a fan of the style, go for it.

rant start. I love this game - played it to death on iOS However - they have given it 5 achievements - none of which are skill or attempt based, just open the option menu or play this style. It's a positive thumbs up, as it is a fun game IMHO anyway, and there are more options for the $1.79 asking price than the free iOS version, but please add some achievements related to game play - or, don't have them at all. rant over.

Simple 2048 game with 16 achievements. I used this game to get my 20,000th non-restricted achievement. Besides that, it's not very special and 2048 is already free....

2048 is a paid version of the [b]free[/b] https://gabrielecirulli.github.io/2048/, standalone for the desktop and with controller support. In addition, it features an isometric display mode (featured in the video, and the first screenshots). I'll go ahead and admit it, this display mode was more than half the reason I bought the game. I really like 2048, and was interested in getting to play with more appealing graphics. I also was mildly interested in getting the achievements, to "show the world" that I rock at 2048. Now, the game is more or less a clone of the free version, but the controller support, isometric display mode and achievements may be worth a buck, so why the negative review? In a few words: [b]because of the poor quality of the game[/b]. For such a basic game, in 2019, it should not matter what machine you run it on, as long as it can run steam. Yet, I found the game to [b]severely lag[/b] at times, on a [b]gaming rig[/b] (i7-6770HQ, 32GB DDR4 and EVGA GTX 1080 SC). Worse, I found that the game's logic is so poorly designed that one can predict where the tiles are going to appear (which is not the case with the original, free version): it is always at the opposed edge of the direction you are moving in. I suspect this is done to minimize the impact of the terrible (lack of) optimization, so that instead of having to check the entire grid for free slots, the game only has to check one line. Unfortunately this has serious consequences for the gameplay, and changes the game entirely. So, unless you want (very) easy achievements, I simply cannot recommend the game. Just go play the online version or try to write the game yourself as a teaching project, it's not that hard and the chances you will do better than this version are really really good.

Having played around 11+ hours, I'm sitting at the top of all of the 4x4 leaderboards and feel like I can speak to the game. I've also unlocked most of the achievements (I've played plenty of 2048). I like having a good version of the game to play on Steam but let me give some criticism and suggestions... EDIT - The Dev has continued to update the game to get many things added or fixed. ALL OF THE # ITEMS BELOW HAVE BEEN ADDRESSED. 1. The "Modern" mode is at an odd angle and lacks actual numbers to see your progess easily. You're going off visual 3-D bars that have similar colors at the higher numbers. Honestly, this mode hurt the hell out of my eyes after a while. Either add some numbers or change the colors drastically between numbers. 2. Add a dark theme to the classic 4x4 and 8x8 modes 3. The screenshot button with Steam (F12) does not appear to work with this game 4. Add an option to play without the undo button on Classic mode and have seperate leaderboards for those modes. The undo button is like playing the game on easy mode. ;) 5. Allow us to use the directional pad on a controller. I'm currently using the arrow keys on a keyboard because the analog stick is too easy to accidently make a mistake. 7. $1.99 isn't much to ask but .99 would be better. You can play this game MANY places for free so need to add more features and options if you're going to ask for $1.99. If you can do a lot of the requests that might be asked, I'd glady say $1.99 is more than fair.__EDIT__ This game is worth $1.99. EDIT - Dev continues to update the game! Great work. He added Survival mode, Time Trials, and Unmistakable (which is what item #4 above was asking for). The only outstanding item from my list was a wish for trading cards. This will be up to Valve to allow and really isn't a big deal. 6. Trading cards with badges would be nice. Badges could be numbers going up to 2048. 64, 128, 256, 512, 1024, and then 2048 as the foil badge maybe? Or start with 128 and hit 2048 on fifth badge with foil being a 2048 with cool difference.