The General

HIGHLIGHTS

The The General is now available as a free download on Apple Store for both iPhone and iPad owners.The application is designed for use in English language. It weighs in at only 14.9 MB to download. It is highly advisable to have the latest app version installed so that you don`t miss out on the fresh new features and improvements. The current app version 1.60 has been released on 2014-11-16. The Apple Store includes a very useful feature that will check if your device and iOS version are both compatible with the app. Most iPhone and iPad are compatible. Here is the app`s compatibility information: Compatible with iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad.Requires iOS 3.2 or later
Bottom Line: For more information about The General check developer Sean O`Connor`s website : http://www.windowsgames.co.uk/thegeneral.html

It is a blast to play Love it But Sometimes it slows down impossibly slow Win loss total would be great                 Great game Jfabe

Great game needs to have a win and lost total added and maybe little more animation                 Darkhorse Alamo city -DVM

Great game with sophisticated AI If you like Stratego and don t need multiplayer functionality you ll love this Don t believe the haters                     Excellent AI News lover 808

The new version is horrible Very laggy and slow takes forever to play a game CPU moves are choppy and slow Such disappointment I played the old version thousands of times but now I m considering deleting the game     What the heck happened cornboxxx

You are probably looking at this app because you want a game of strategy similar to Stratego There exist dozens of variations of the same concept all over the world and over the Internet The General by Sean O Connor is one of the best I ve ever encountered in the form of a computer game I ve noticed it is very polished and works without slowdown or glitches This app has so many useful options that contribute to enjoyable play You get 6 different AI engines from what it seems Maybe it s just one engine but has 6 difficulties You get a number of themes for the pieces You also get a very good selection of predetermined arrangements to play as You can also horizontally reverse each Overall I ve found no issues with this app whatsoever It should provide lots of enjoyment to any fan of turn based strategy games and board games                     Excellent Strategy Game Drawgood

As other reviews mention latest updates made gameplay incredibly slow Game is basically unplayable now Fix or I will delete     Incredibly Slow MaggityMatey

After update it is starting up correctly but is very very slow On a iPad 2 Please roll it back to the reversion The last update ruined my favorite game Please roll it back It is way to slow now and it s smaller graphics Update July 11 still to slow to play Just put the old version back     Bad update Tattoohank

Played the gave every day until the 2 0 upgrade First time playing after the 2 0 the game would not start correctly both on the iPad and iPhone Had to delete and re install Then quickly discovered that the game pieces move Extremely S L O W In addition the opponent makes moves that are not too smart such as chasing the 1 piece with the Spy and allowing the 1 to take out the Spy Or striking a game piece that has not been identified yet with their 3 and landing on a bomb Thought that ap upgrades were to make it better not worse The game needs a fix right away     Needs a fix quick BPachom

The game was great I played it every day for 2 years Now with the latest update the game is horrible Slow and buggy and no longer fun to play I quit until it is fixed     Do not buy Until they fix the Bad update to a good game None_JST

Regarding most recent update why is the game so slow now The new animations are not an improvement Everything worked much more smoothly in the prior versions Regarding the game generally here is my initial review I had this game on my old Windows Mobile phone years ago and loved it by far the game I played the most on that phone I was hoping someone would port a Stratego clone to the iPhone and now the iPad and sure enough here it is Woo hoo This game is perfect for people who love strategy turn based war games It can be played in about 5 minutes which is ideal for a phone game The goal is to capture the enemy s flag before it captures yours The trick is that you can t see what any of the enemy s pieces are the piece you re about to engage could be the general 1 or a lowly scout 9 Lower numbers defeat higher numbers so surprise is a key element in the game The AI here is pretty good challenging but not enough to frustrate you to the point where you don t want to play anymore It s fun to come up with different placement strategies the game comes with about 20 30 different pre set placements to choose from but it s more fun to devise them on your own Thanks for a great game and keep up the good work             Bad update good game penguins66

Sean Please just revert to version 1 6 The AI is not much tougher We don t care about making the AI smarter if it means slowing the game down Vote YES if you agree     Too Slow Gimme Some Truth

What happened This update is horrible Game pieces move so slowly now and the screen size is too small now It used to be so snappy Now it s like playing in molasses I used to play this game all the time until this update     Update ruins the game cjheaford

I have been a huge fan and supporter of The General for years Love it                     Love this Best Stratego app iLikeJobis

Intermittently does not give you an opponent I removed the game and reinstalled Seems to work again                     Not working right trick2802

I too used this app for many years and have been a fan so Sean since early 2000 when Slay came out This version needs to be rolled back ASAP Opponent pieces don t appear except for the 1 Also went to the forums and they appear dead no updates on there either since several years ago     Sean come back to us Jebehs87

I ve had this app for a long time but an upgrade caused too many bugs that it is no longer playable Game starts with the AI only having the general Surrender a few times and they get a full board which is just a mirrored image of your own pieces How much fun is this     No longer playable with 2 0 Fhfdfhffctr

App upgrade destroyed the game No longer works on iOS Please fix     What the MIquelamo

Unfortunately this upgraded version has many bugs that need to be fixed Crashes on the first few moves I ve had this app for a long time and this is the first to go completely backwards Disappointed Please upgrade your upgrade     Back To The Drawing Board DJ Sugarcube

A great game completely ruined by the upgrade Opponent s pieces don t show up and then it crashes on move 3 Uninstalled     What were you thinking SteveS02

This used to be great Now it s slow even when the opponent actually has pieces deployed which is not often I am amazed that this is so bad now     Messed Up Aldinach

All of a sudden the game is very slow very slow also there are time when you hit start and no opponent shows up As for higher AI i have not seen an improvement same tricks that worked in the olde version still fool the game     Bugs since update lefortfracture

The latest update makes gameplay slower and less enjoyable I liked to play quick games before but the movement of game pieces takes away from that Not my go to game anymore         Update a step backward Mikebo1003

This app hasn t been updated in over two years Still lacking needed features to make this game replayable This one went to pasture too soon 1 star     App update too long overdue ThirdBase

IT S TIME PLEASE UPDATE 1 Harder levels 2 Challenge other players             Owned Grappledog

Local 1v1 is absolutely necessary It gets a 4 instead of 5 for that reason alone Please add it asap No one would complain if you added online pvp but its not necessary Stats would be a welcome addition as well Also huge flaw The enemy 1 piece doesnt attack unless it knows the other piece its attacking before it attacks The enemy ran out of all pieces except its 1 and it refused to attack me Even though my flag was exposed It decided to stalemate instead of taking a chance on a guess The rest is perfect                 Almost perfect Supabeing1

The game is beatable ever time Simply math Would be better if there was multi player capability Good game                 Multi player would be nice Batavian1

I never lose Game level is set too low It would be nice to be able to change the levels And yes the price is way to high         Too easy to beat Beat Bundy

UI just doesn t respond to anything I do tapping or dragging     Can t make a move MigMit

I think this is a good port of stratego Only complaint is the price There are some features I d like Stats wins loses Game Center could have which setups you ve won with Versus another player could black out screen after you ve moved and click a button to reveal for 2nd player Spotter option newest Stratego has spotter as lowest spot May want to think of adding that                 Good game Price point a bit high CC in AZ

This game hasn t been updated in over a year and has weak AI with no multiplayer         Needs better AI Reagan83

This version of the original board game is good but has a few kinks The AI is a bit questionable goofy move choice and it has perfect piece memory unlike humans No multiplayer is borderline inexcusable but part of the deal Completely 100 worth the cost of the app Also I can t seem to find a way to save my sets for use at a later date                 Almost great Homie Jeromie

please change the icon to a game piece the current one is cheesy make the gameboard a larger proportion of the screen thank you                     excellent gumkojima

Terrible game the controls makes every move guesswork     Terrible Liye Zhang

I love the game and play it all the time I love how the app is like the real game and not a stupid spinoff version However it could be made even better if you added a multiplayer mode Great game though                     Great App but Supernova 426

This is a great game however it needs multiplayer                 Multiplayer Squirrel 1382

Great game However a 2player option would be nice or at least wifi with a random opponent Also a more challenging play difficulty settings perhaps after all there are many free apps with more freedom in play than that of this one Also it would be nice to save favorite set ups                 Update soon Cat in the Hat 2.9747

Let me start by saying that I live in a tent On the off occasion that I can make it into town I check my facebook Get a new app or two That sort of thing I bought this app and it didn t download     Didn t download jakelamb92

I love stratego and the general is a great version of this old school strategy game                 Great game worthy of 4 stars The Irishmob

Very pretty but the screen locks and causes bad moves the computer player knows where all of the pieces are including the flag and cheats accordingly         I call bs OgNotadouche

Good game I recommend it I would play it more if I could save my setups Wish it had multiplayer via game center                 Good adaptation royalsmartperson

The player cannot repeat a move 3 times yet the computer is allowed to repeat its moves Computer seems to know where the bombs are placed and will avoid hitting them Please correct these issues             computer has several advantages MDIRADS

the game is fun the the setup is the same every time If it had multiplayer that would eliminate this issue and make it a 5 star game                 If this worked with game center it would be epic Enoch Forever

This is fun and perfect size on the iPad Lots of people complaining about the graphics but you can change the look of the pieces by clicking on the red castlelike icon I would like a scoreboard Sometimes i wish there was an undo button but its stratego you cant have an undo because the piece is revealed I would like a harder difficulty though the computers have great strategies                     Fun Need a hard difficulty @holanz

really fun game I also play it for the computer but on an Iphone or Itouch like I have the pecice are hard to move because they are so small which is why this would be better for an Ipad but still buy it                 great app but better for Ipad Mason Nuss

The pieces do not respond to touch and thus will not move Game is useless when you can t move the selected pieces     Not fixed ASHCON

I used to play this game all the time but now there must be a bug how in the hell can a 7 beat a 2 Until this is fixed this will stay 2 stars         Fix the bugs Mick Silver

Nice game but after playing it about 5 or 6 times you realize that the computer uses the exact same starting positions for it s men every single game Not knowing where each of his players are would make it much more enjoyable to play after the initial few times             Been there done that Cygnus_2112

Great game but needs the computer difficulty wifi and Bluetooth After you add those this game gets MORE than 5 stars             Needs 2 player badly 9999999999900000000000000

Gameplay is fun however varied CPU difficulty and online 2 player mode are musts that this game doesn t have             Good but for the price it needs updating JDB-13