BadukPop Go Reviews

Is it supposed to be fun for me to have to wait 50 minutes to play again every time I lose? In what way is that supposed to make me want to keep this game on my phone? How in the world is that supposed to complicate anything except make me not like BadukPopGo. There’s literally nothing fun, enjoyable, or beneficial in any way about me having to wait an hour to play another game. I can’t imagine why a developer would think that a user would ever like that. I guess the developer forgot that apps are supposed to be for what the user wants, not what the developer wants, because we are the ones who choose whether or not to have an app on our phone. App deleted.

The AI and online games are good, but the puzzle and lesson modes are unnecessarily frustrating. I am not sure you can get past them without paying for cheats - unless you are already quite good at go.

I have been doing daily puzzles for 3 months, and still can’t score perfect 3 times to open the next sets of puzzles. The problem difficulty seems to vary wildly, and when you see the solutions there is no explanation WHY the move they picked was the one true move. I suppose it is supposed to be obvious, but if it was that obvious I wouldn’t need to do the puzzles!

The lessons seem to be based on guessing until you get it right - but again, when you get it wrong (or even right) there is no explanation WHY.

“Grope around in the dark until you figure it out” is not a learning method I enjoy.

As a newbie there really needs to be a way to rewind in the match to see exactly what happened (or have some type of explanation instead of left feeling blindly robbed of pieces). I think this would help out a lot in terms of learning. Otherwise I’m just getting more frustrated by feeling more punished than actually learning anything as there’s no explanation as to why I’m doing the wrong thing/not able to put a piece in a spot while the computer can.

There’s not much learning at all. Puzzles, as in chess, are useless because they rely on on “once in a lifetime” situation. I really wish Go had as much as support as chess so there would be more attention on teaching new people.

So far the game good with 2 huge flaws. So far I’ve been playing this game for 30 minutes. Then it says that you have to wait 45 minutes until another ticket comes up. I’m just a kid so I don’t have the money to get unlimited edition. So kids, i think that you shouldn’t get it. Second i’ve been playing the game go four for years on a regular game set, and this one I always make mistakes with the touch screen, so that would mean, people of all ages, just know that the touchscreen probably wont work as well as the other games in the world. Zats why I only put on two stars as the recognition of my feelings for this game.

It’s cool that the lessons exist, but often the AI seems to play by different rules than what the lessons say is possible (I can almost never capture my AI opponents stones in false eyes or edge ko’s well after the ko move, but AI captures mine in the same scenarios). The practice lessons don’t explain the reasoning behind them that would explain these discrepancies despite trying to explain the basic patterns, so I usually end up way more confused than I end up playing with friends who know how the game works.

Also the practice lessons include scenarios that would be so unlikely to happen they are borderline illegal.

I had to look this up online, but apparently the korean system treats and counts Seki capture very differently in the scoring than Japanese Go does. Even knowing that, and having learned how to count scoring, I still can’t figure out where they are getting the crazy high score numbers the AI usually gets. Its like they’re combining capture points with territory points.

I’m still learning Go, so I appreciate any chance to look at the pieces at all since I don’t have a physical board at home. BadukPopGo is convenient. I’m just a little worried it’s messing with my comprehension of the game as I try to get a better handle on complex endgame scoring, ko, seki, and false eye scenarios.

I have found BadukPop very useful for beginners, as they can play many games against the weaker computer opponents and solve the easier problems. As an AGA 1 kyu, the harder problems and opponents still provide one convenient practice for me each day. But the problems are a bit limited, often centering on a shortage of liberties, so this should probably only be one source for your (and my) tsume-go, tesuji, and yose practice. I also find the online play too frustrating so I have stopped using it. The rankings or ratings too often seem disconnected from the players strength, and I find myself playing even games against much weaker opponents, which isn’t useful for either of us. I also dislike the one-day-a-move time controls for slow games, as I cannot always get back to a long game each day.

It’s a fun game to see different plays and understand some maneuvers. My problem is that I have no idea how to arrive at a certain play that i’ve practiced from the beginning of the game. There’s a review on here whose sentiments I share from 2y ago. I still don’t think the explanations have improved much from that 2y ago, bc I have no idea how to build an eye, or why a certain group is dead with false eyes, I just know it’s the right answer.

Once i play games I have no idea how to recognize these things because I’ve only played them in controlled levels, not when a board is spread with pieces.

A great app overall however the AI is very frustrating. Whenever you start to get an advantage the AI resigns usually before the game is even halfway over. This is incredibly frustrating when you can only play the AI once every 3hours on the big boards. Aside from that issue however everything else works great.

I get the basic rules of go and I’m really enjoying the game! This is a fun and quick way to start learning for sure. There are tutorials and some puzzles to solve. My one qualm is that I wish the AI for the beginner was a little easier. I’ve won a couple of games, and I’ve kept at it and get better daily, but for some it might be a little discouraging especially when first learning. Otherwise I love it! I encourage you to give it a go!

I’ve learned go from absolute beginner using BadukPopGo to some extent, but I’m continually frustrated by the lack of explanation or follow-through in the lessons and puzzles. The explanations given don’t really explain why “the group is saved!” or “Oops, the group is dead.” If they would only show what actually happens if the puzzle were played through to its conclusion (capturing stones, etc.) or what makes a group dead, then I think I would get a lot more out of the lessons and puzzles. I’ve honestly gotten more out of just playing 9x9 online using BadukPopGo, and have been able to occasionally even win against much more highly rated players. I still often struggle to recognize when I should stop trying to capture a group or even resign and am sometimes surprised that I scored so low (or high, as the case may rarely be). I just feel a lot of the time like I’m missing something and have to look things up on websites like Sensei’s Library, where if BadukPopGo could just explain puzzle reasoning better I may not have to.

This is probably the best app to play Go on. I have 1 main issue. To play agains the AIs you have to spend tickets that regen after a certain amount of time, this is fine. The issue I have is that if you are playing well against the AI, the AI will resign and not let you finish your match. This is very unsatisfying and it feels like you get punished for playing well since you don’t get to play for as long. It doesn’t feel like I get my ticket’s worth.

This is especially frustrating since you don’t get to see how many points you were winning by and you don’t get to practice late stage games since they all end early.

I like watching Asian dramas and this game is a constant feature in both historical and present-day dramas. So I decided to research how it’s played. The tutorials are helpful, and I appreciate the ability to collect puzzles that I got wrong. I wish it would explain why a move is wrong because I don’t always understand the correct answer. But it is still very good considering it’s free. I’m only on level 1 and I lose 90% of the time. However, the last few times that I won against AI Bobby in points, BadukPopGo said I lost to him on time. What’s up with that? Am I missing some timer rule or is AI Bobby a sore loser? I do like BadukPopGo , but I hope the developers can fix this issue so I’m not losing my game play tickets unnecessarily.

The production value on BadukPopGo is really good. I love the gamification of the user ratings with specific goals to achieve to rank up. The graphics are fun and the interface is nice. I don’t know how many people are playing online (which can be a big factor in longevity) but I definitely think the style of BadukPopGo helps making learn go more interactive and fun. Keep it up please don’t let BadukPopGo stagnate and die off!

I recently watched a show and the characters were playing go and it looked fun so I wanted to play. The intro lessons are great! I love that BadukPopGo explains answers after you play. BadukPopGo if VERY well thought out! Very helpful! I’m glad I found BadukPopGo and am able to learn the game and understand how to play and hopefully soon play very well! Y’all did a great job!

No ads!! No constant pressure to get a paid subscription!! I wish every gaming app were like this. I am using it to learn how to play. There are lessons, puzzles, online play, play v AI. The game play is excellent. BadukPopGo is easy to navigate. I learned to basic rules of the game from the lessons. You don’t see an ad between plays…you never seen an ad. It’s an actual enjoyable experience. Whoa, how refreshing, honestly. Thank you Badukpop: you have restored my faith in humanity.

It’s fun. The lessons are great and to the point if you tinker with the interface. Like in puzzles you’ll be able to check results and see how you got it wrong and how the next moves would be. It helps you improve. It’s a game I want to be able to play with my siblings so far it’s super fun learning and improve upon my mistakes

I’m an inexperienced player, and I have been enjoying learning the game with friends in person. BadukPopGo has been helpful to me with lessons that started out very basic and slowly work their way up in complexity. Making our weekly in person games more interesting along the way.

A quick and casual intro to the basic rules of go, slides right into some very basic problems, then starts on some smaller board ai games… with some hints (but just where to play, not why, still have to puzzle out some stuff on your own)

Upgraded to IPhone 15 and couldn’t remember old account info, so starting over but it’s a solid platform for Go, not overly money hungry and does great at giving you a steady drip of daily go puzzles to sharpen you skills and make u more competitive in online matches.

It’s a bit frustrating at first. You lose and lose. But eventually you start to see what the lessons are teaching. It might be faster with the paid version but time is your friend with this tool.