Hostage Negotiator

Name: Hostage Negotiator
Rating: 4.02564 (39 reviews)

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Hostage Negotiator

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39 ratings

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12+

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$0.99

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User Reviews for Hostage Negotiator

No tutorial on phone

I see the tutorial when playing on iPad but not iPhone. It is enabled in the settings but doesn’t actually come up when playing on phone

Crashm0nkey, Sep 12, 2021

I prefer to the physical game in a lot of ways.

It is still quite stressful as games go, but with the physical version it is so easy to scrap a bad game when things seem like they are unrecoverable. I have twice now won in situations that seemed hopeless. The dice also seem to roll slightly more favorably than the real dice which makes this game easier to play. My preference here may have as much to do with the game itself as it does when and where I play it. I play the app when there is not much better to do and I am waiting for something. When I am playing the physical game, I have dozens of other options. Bottom line: it’s a good game turned into a serviceable app with an ugly interface and a good way to burn 20 minutes. There certainly worse ways you could blow 5 dollars.

DainGer42, Nov 11, 2021

It's okay

The game itself is pretty good, but it's luck heavy dependent on dice rolls. The app looks a little dated. When you roll the dice, the dice move really slow. Also, if the dice roll onto a corner, it's automatically considered a failed roll. They should be rerolled because it pushes the already bleak odds further away.Animation of the cards could be improved, but more importantly, there should be an option to either turn them off or dramatically increase their speed.

DaSi14, Feb 10, 2018

Good game, not buggy but needs a visual upgrade

As much as I wanna say the dice are rigged, it's a good game that works. I haven't encountered any major bugs and the dice issue is fixed.The main problem I have with it is that it looks ugly. I'm not really expecting fancy graphics and animations but it would be nice to get a visual upgrade.But for $1, it's a good game.

Farai Gandiya, Jul 04, 2018

The dice ruin the game

The game is great, or would be. The 3D dice consistently hit the sides of the screen so don’t roll many times. The physics on them is a little off and sometimes they seem to slide as much as roll. They get hung up on each other, too, and when they don’t lie flat (corner or side propped up) it’s usually considered a failure even when a success seems like what would be on top. Upshot is that the dice fail quite often—seems like well over half the time, whereas it should be somewhat under one half for a pair. Even if there’s not an actual statistical issue, the automatic rolling with no user input and ambiguous results lead to a helpless and frustrating experience. Instead of rolling the dice to win, you’re watching the game roll the dice to beat you and wondering if it’s cheating/buggy or not.

geoelectric, Apr 07, 2018

Bad use of visuals

You know, when you have one zoom feature, that’s good. When it uses less than a third of the screen, that’s bad.When you have TWO zoom features, you are already saying that your first zoom was just rubbish. And when the second still uses less than half, you are just nuts.Overall, a very bad use of screen real estate makes this feel like there was no attention at all to visual design.

Koala404, Feb 18, 2018

Darkly themed fun

The game is very frustrating, to be sure, but very compelling and original. An interesting strongly themed dice rolling card game with light deck building. I really appreciate how the game's handy advisor doesn't simply suggest moves but fully explains its reasoning in most cases.

Lord Gek, Feb 17, 2018

Good start, looking forward to improvements

I have the physical game with all expansions. This is a great way to enjoy the game "on the fly" during my commute, waiting for meetings, etc...Like most all new apps, it needs a little polish. The recent update (hopefully) fixed the irritating issue found in other games with 3D dice rolling - they roll around forever and often get "stuck" on an edge. It would be great if in the settings you could just turn off 3D dice.I would rate the app a full star higher if it weren't for the microscopic (and incomplete) card titles. I realize it's not possible to show card text at the app's resolution and that holding on a card magnifies it however, if you can't read the name of the card in the first place (the names are literally incomplete) then you wind up having to press and hold each and every card, each and every time.

Robrob2, Feb 17, 2018

Love it. Difficult. Great adaptation of the board game.

I have always loved the board game Hostage Negotiator and have purchased all of the content for my game table. I feel this app has captured the game extremely well and I love playing.

Stompy15056, Feb 21, 2018

Watch some tutorial videos

This is a great adaptation of the board game. I wish there was more variety in the cards you have access to but it’s much better than most iPhone games. You can buy more villains to go against but other than that there are no annoying pay to win micro transactions.

William Umstattd, Oct 26, 2021

Description

Official app of the board game by AJ Porfirio and Van Ryder Games. In Hostage Negotiator, you play the part of a law enforcement agent responsible for negotiating the release of hostages taken by an unscrupulous figure hell-bent on having his or her demands met. Each turn in the game represents a conversation between you and the hostage taker.

You'll play cards and roll dice to increase conversation points, decrease the threat level, and release hostages. Hostage Negotiator uses a unique "hand-building" mechanism that puts cards you purchase directly in your hand for next turn rather than leaving you wondering when the cards will show up like in deck-building games. In Hostage Negotiator there are multiple paths to victory, but the hostage taker has other plans. Will you try to calm him and get him to surrender? Will you stall and bide your time before sending in the team for a major extraction? How many hostages will you save? These are many of the exciting decisions you will make in a game of Hostage Negotiator! Features: Play against 4 villains, each, with their own personalities. Interactive tutorial teaches the rules and basic strategy as you play. The app tracks a variety of player statistics.