Ancient Go

[h1]Go and Ancient Go[/h1] Ancient Go is a barebones Go client for Steam. If you don't know about Go, it's an abstract strategy board game that is thousands of years old yet still popular today. It is unique in many respects; you can learn more and try it out free at [url=online-go.com]Online Go[/url]. The rest of this review will focus specifically on this software, not the game itself, which is excellent. Ancient Go features a 3D model of a Go game, a rudimentary AI, and can function as a basic client for the Online Go Server. OGS is a large and established community of Go players so you should be able to find a game at any skill level any time of day. I was not able to get that feature to work (it kept saying my username and password were wrong, though I was able to log in on my browser just fine) but I'll give it the benefit of the doubt and assume this is just a temporary bug. This software has the features any Go client worth installing *must* have, but it lacks the features ...

Early Access Day 1 review: Edit: Thumbs up because it looks promising. (I'd hold off getting it until counting method issues are resolved, hopefully.) Project seems promising. It includes basic tutorials for rules and scoring, a VS. AI mode and an Online multiplayer mode. The AI is not particularly strong on any setting (Hard is when it starts playing slightly better moves, maximum tends to take a bit more time to play moves, but not a LOT of time.) So (at least at this stage) the AI is really meant for beginners. It would be nice to get a stronger one later down the line, but I'd rather see good multiplayer added than the focus be on AI. The UI is polished and pretty. It seems simplistic, but in the same way that Go is "simple", giving it a nice "relaxed", almost elegant look. A few notes: At the current stage, it does NOT appear as though you can do the following: *You cannot Select custom Komi values (7.5 is way too much on small boards! I usually play with 6.5 komi on 19x19 a...

The scoring system needs an overhaul before i can reccomend this game. I lost a game due to the fact that i dislike playing dame moves(end game moves that make no points between groups) and I hadn't read that the opponent gets a point everytime you pass which is mostly my fault for not reading. 8 dame moves later and their komi and I lose. I also was not reimbursed for capturing stones that were dead in my territories but had to be captured for the games counting system( I was looking and was at 76 then after the capture I was at 75?). I enjoy Go and want this game to succeed on Steam but i just dont like the counting system as it is. I don't have any complaints about the aesthetic or the AI speed. It's nicely paced music and gameplay to match for a nice relaxing round of Go.

"Ancient Go" aims to be an app for total beginners to Go, which is great. Currently, outside of "Ancient Go," the only other app out there on Steam is "Crazy Stone Deep Learning -The First Edition-," which is $79.99. However, "Crazy Stone" is arguably meant for committed Go players, who are much stronger at the game. So, "Ancient Go" is a cheaper alternative for "Crazy Stone" that allows the Steam community to start playing Go at a cheaper price. That said, "Ancient Go" has its strengths and weaknesses. + A relatively flexible and potentially strong AI. + Access to the Online Go Server (OGS) via a free account, which allows for getting a rank. + Tutorials to get started. + Allows for changes in board size. + Can change scoring rules. + Beautiful GUI. + Steam achievements for encouraging beginners. + Can play against friends on Steam (I have yet to try this.) + The developer seems to listen to user input, judging by changes made in the past. + The app helps bring awareness of Go to th...

If you're looking for an offline AI to just take around, sure, it's an ok small purchase. If you're looking to play online, I think I may just suggest using online-go dot com instead of this, since this only acts as a client for the already free website. A few nit picks with it: the options menu is woefully lacking. Resolution would be great, and it's not quite clear whether 'in' or 'out' is on or off with the options (out is 'off' since I got an achievement for turning off hints) And speaking of hints: I don't think it's quite fair to have a client for another website provide hints, even optional, when the website doesn't provide them. I'm a noob, no bones about it, and I've overlooked an easy atari more times than I can count. This program points them out for you, optionally. That just doesn't sit right with me for online play, but I wouldn't complain if it were regulated to AI matches. And a last big complaint: there is no chat functionality in the program. If you want to talk t...

Nice intro to Go, with tutorials and indicators for illegal moves and territory, and AIs to start experiencing moves and patterns for the game. Great learning tool.

The AI is terrible even on maximum. It should be 2dan but even i can beat it easily as a 10kyu player. (This means the AI should be 12 levels higher and theoretically win wit 120 points) It keeps making bad moves, attacking dead groups and invading your territory were there is noting to gain. this means you should not use this to learn to play go. You can change if a group dead is dead at the end of a game but the territory will not be recognized. So unless you plan to only play online against human players, DO NOT BUY THIS GAME!

Nice to play Go. If it works. you cant togle the grafics down. the first few minutes i works, then the game changes itself to the best grafic-Settings it can. and then the pc goes to hell. the game views better then it was but with 0.5 dps is the game not playable. not only the game the whole PC slows down whil the game runs. And you cant change it.

I bought this game in purpose to sharpening my focus and my emotional state.

If one of the players (AI or human player) are clearly winning, the AI will continue playing until there is almost no intersection filled. It doesn`t matter if you it the pass button 5 or 6 times. You can`t choose the color you want to play, there are no time controls and there is no resign option either. I know it´s very cheap in price but I would not recommend it.