Desert Fox: The Battle of El Alamein App Reviews

You would think that for $10 you would get a game that is playable. Unless you want a game that crashes every 5 minutes in addition to being tedious beyond belief, then I recommend you not download this.

Certainly worth $10! Fantastic strategy game!!

This is a well thought out game and very enjoyable with one exception. The battle odds system is inherently inaccurate at calculating the outcome of a battle. More often than not the least likely outcomes occur. Id be okay if this happened once or twice a game, but it happens way more often. Too often, in fact, for me to believe that its just bad luck. Also Ive had issues with it properly allocating the elite unit bonus for me (though the computer AI seems to have no issues). For those reasons I have to give this game three stars.

This is an excellent game. It is beautifully crafted and clearly built on the basis of much research. The game rules have lots of nuances, which make it both interesting and fun. The constraints imposed on play by the limitation of supply make it challenging, and gives it a feel of being true to life. I found the tutorials to be very helpful; and the rules were comprehensive without being too difficult to master. The tips for each side were also useful to get going. It is definitely a strategy game, and you might want to check out Shenandoah’s website to make sure this is the type of game you like. If you do, this is an outstanding product; and, for me, very good value for money.

Game locked up after 5 weeks when reviewing an axis turn. Needs addressed and updated. Great game, but hesitant to start another campaign for fear of a lockup after a lot of time investment. Ipad 4.

Ya got any more of these CIC games comin out..??

This game is fantastic. Tons of depth, difficulty and polish.

This is possibly the best strategy game Ive played on iOS. The simplistic nature of the game, its historic accuracy, and possibility for amazing tactical decisions is great! The price is a bit steep but I think it is worth it.

Pretty and well presented, but it reminded me of why I quit playing this type of war game. The mechanic of having only units in one sector before the enemy does the same is really annoying. Coordinated attacks from different sectors should be possible. Many units dont move at all because of the time constraints. If you enjoy moving little counters on a map and swearing at the die rolls, you might enjoy it. I didnt.

This game lives up to its predecessors, and more. The AI is a little lacking, but in this game terrain and supply have to be watched much more carefully, as well as the minefields, which are a fantastic edition! I was worried about having the game unfairly balanced against the Germans, but with the use of the refits, its really not! All in all, the game keeps everything great about bulge and moscow, but with some really great improvements!

I put off writing a review of Desert Fox until I had played a bunch of games, so that I could see how it compared to its predecessors, Drive on Moscow and Bulge. The verdict: nowhere near as good. Desert Fox uses the same tried and true system but with a few tweaks. The short Ruweisat Ridge scenario is balanced and fun, but the campaign is a total slog. There are 22 weeks of seven turns each, with possible pauses to build up supply and lay mines etc. These pauses are essential to making the game a reasonable length and to simulate the actual campaign, but the Commonwealth player soon learns its better never to take them, which means the game just slogs on and on, with the Axis player able to do little due to lack of supply. Also, the weakened state of many units at 1 or 2 steps means the luck of the die often has a far greater impact here than in previous games, especially since those units are worth 5 or 6 vps when killed. In short, Ive played Shenandoahs other games hundreds of times and consider them some of the best competitive games on iOS, but I dont see myself playing this one much more if at all.

I agree with many other reviewers. A simple tweak to ensure balance in the Campaign and preventing it from becoming a quagmire would be to force interphase refit pauses, rather then leaving that in the hands of the commonwealth player. The game also needs a bit of "chrome" for the Axis, similar to the air superiority that the Commonwealth has. Perhaps a Haboob assault once per campaign which inflicts command confusion on the Commonwealth. I eagerly look forward to more titles from Shenandoah in this series. I highly recommend to the developers a "Race to Tunis" or a "Kasserine Pass" game, possibly combining the two with one long intermission-like refit.

I love this game, but since upgrading to iOS 8, the game crashes after playing a few turns in campaign mode. Closing and reopening the app doesnt help -- it crashes again on startup. Reinstalling the app doesnt help, either. Anyone else experiencing this? Any insight into updating the game to fix this bug?

This is a well designed game with greater depth to the strategic choices than the first two titles. The crashing has worsened since iOS 8 which makes it almost unplayable... Please fix SS.

Fun game, not quite as good as Bulge and Moscow, but nice change of pace. Unfortunately, I can no longer play as it crashes on start up. Happened before 8.02, and no relief reloading.

Overall fun game until it crashes. Which it does repeatedly since OS8. Stay away until they fix that.

Was Quite enjoyable. Has depth. AI is reasonably good though not as good as drive on Moscow. Overall excellent game... until the developer stopped supporting the app with iOS 8. Now weeks have passed since iOS 8 was released, the game is broken crashing regularly, and nothing other than "well get back to you" posted every week or so in their forums as response to numerous reports of problems. (If only Apple had a developers program to release updates to iOS months in advance... wait a minute, they do, dont they!)

I loved bulge and Moscow -- this latest one is a disappointment.

Couldnt complete the tutorial without a crash, now it crashes constantly. Not up to the standards of the other titles. I wish i would have saved the money.

Gets to turn 7 and crash. All attempts at a fix fail. Otherwise the game is "OK", not great.