Othello
Othello
Description (IGDB)
This is ancient board game of Othello (another name is Reversi). You must capture opponent's pieces, placing your stones on board. Any opponent's stones directly between your new stone and any of your old ones became captured and reversed to your color. You can play with friend or with computer. This is anonymous BASIC version of 1982, translated from TRS-80 version.
Contenu brut des sources
The Tragedy of Othello, the Moor of Venice, often shortened to Othello, is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare around 1603. Set in Venice and Cyprus, the play depicts the Moorish military commander Othello as he is manipulated by his ensign, Iago, into suspecting his wife Desdemona of infidelity. Othello is widely considered one of Shakespeare's greatest works and is usually classified among his major tragedies alongside Macbeth, King Lear, and Hamlet. Unpublished in the author's life, the play survives in one quarto edition from 1622 and in the First Folio.
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Informations Steam
Description Steam (Français)
Othello is an ageless game that takes a minute to learn and a lifetime to master. Place tiles surrounding your opponents tiles to flip them to your color. Get to the end with more tiles of your color and you are the winner!
Buy it once, play it on PC, Mac, & Linux.
This is the most full-featured version of Othello ever created. Features:
- Play locally or online.
- Play against the computer – World class "Zebra" AI with five difficulty levels.
- Includes "hot-seat"/"pass-n-play" mode for multiplayer using only one computer.
- Asynchronous play - you can play even when your opponent is offline.
- Easily switch between full 3D with camera-control & a 2D graphics mode
- Full controller and “Steam Big Picture” support
- Switch seamlessly between playing with mouse/keyboard and gamepad.
- Elo Ratings for online games – ranked on a Steam Leaderboard
- Steam Trading Cards, Badges, Backgrounds & Emoticons
- Dozens of Steam Stats & Achievements.
- Steam version has no added DRM and can run everything except the online play & Steam-specific bonuses (Steam Achievements, Steam Leaderboards, etc.), without any internet connection and/or without Steam installed.
Avis des joueurs Steam
[h1]Pas le temps[/h1] 🥄Personne en online malheureusement mais c'était prévisible vu le type de jeu. En solo contre IA, c'est fidèle au jeu de société. ____________________________ barème à titre indicatif (c'est un ressenti personnel - sans 🍴🍹...
Mises à jour et Actualités
Lost Cities Kickstarter Launched!
Hey there, Othello Fans! We at BlueLine Game Studios are happy to announce that we have just launched a Kickstarter for our newest game: Lost Cities! It uses the same great engine that we used for Othello and have been growing over the years for our other games. The game will be available for Windows, Mac, and Linux, as usual, and we hope to use the Kickstarter to fund a bunch of translations and a few other new bells and whistles. We hope you'll take a few minutes to check out the Kickstarter: http://bluelinegamestudios.com/kickstarter/lost-cities We also have already put out a demo for the game that you can check out on the Lost Cities Steam page: http://store.steampowered.com/app/520680/Lost_Cities/ Thanks for your continued support of BlueLine Games! Enjoy!
Updates, Translations, Sales! :D
We've just released a bunch of updates & new languages for Othello: Added Spanish translation (thanks dani_as0!) Added Polish translation (thanks Ti_Ichigo from our LiveCoding.tv channel!) Old "Steam Notifications" have been deleted and any games that end will now get their notification deleted once both players have seen the end of the game. GamePad support for BlueLineCloudSignupDialog is no longer broken... can fill it out correctly, or skip it and play without an account just like with keyboard/mouse. Made resizing the window conform to the ratio instead of using letterboxing. The Online Game Menu Screen doesn't flicker when the list reloads now. Made Alert dialogs center in the screen correctly (they were slightly off-center before). Made it so that asynchronously created games also have the opponent's name added to the serverName when the 2nd player joins. Also, we're running pretty significant sales on all of our other games... some as much as 75% off! Check 'em out! http://store.steampowered.com/search/?developer=BlueLine%20Games PS: If you own 3 or more of our games, when you go to play a game in Simply Chess, it will give you a FREE Steam Key for Simply Chess Premium! During the sale is a good time to stock up on our other titles to hit the 3-games mark!
Othello is released!!
FINALLY!! :D More than two years after we started trying to get this license, today we are finally launching Othello to the world on Steam! We can't thank you all enough, for all of the support! The community has been great at making our previous releases successful, helping us tune the AI to the right level of difficulty, and helping us find bugs in prior releases so that the game would be good enough that we would get the approval to bring the Othello IP back to PC for the first time in years (decades?)! This launch comes with many fixes since the last version was pushed (listed way down below). Also, a big heartfelt thanks to Othello World Champion, Ben Seeley and to Benkt Steentoft of the World Othello Foundation. Without their help, I never would have been able to navigate the tricky licensing situation and been able to capitalize on contacting Megahouse for a license, literally the same day they announced that they'd obtained the global rights. As a final note, we'd like to dedicate this launch to Goro Hasegawa (Satoshi Hasegawa) who originally patented this game in Japan back in 1971 and passed away this summer at the age of 83. Through his many years of work, along with his American counterpart James R. Becker, this great game and its community were built into a household staple and a globally-recognized source of endless fun. A minute to learn... a lifetime to master. Thank you, - Sean Colombo & Geoff Brown (BlueLine Game Studios) http://store.steampowered.com/app/307430 Updates since last build: Bugfix: The buttons for the second-player in a Lobby had regressed to not be mouse-clickable anymore (hotkeys still worked). Thanks dani_as0 and bentley_maniac for the reports. Fixed regression that was causing log-spam of loading SDF fonts. Fixed the occasional crash on Mac/Linux that occurred especially when entering the Online Game Menu screen very quickly after starting the program. Fixed a recently-developed crash when opening the Steam Overlay (eg: for Leaderboard or Achievements) in OSX. Fixed the case where you Leave a game during LoadingFromServer, then started another game (eg: local, or just a NEW online game) and the game thought it was still loading from server... forever. Fixed game-reconnections (if it says "Loading from game server..." at any point during a game, now it should succeed again. That was broken for a while... we just didn't notice because that only happens in weird cases anyway). Fixed the use-case where a host starts a game asynchronously with the opponent moving first, then a guest joins and makes a play, then the host would previously freeze in "Loading game from server...". Creating async games and having the opponent move should be fine now. Game warned "this game is rated" when forfeiting, even if it was not rated. Mac: fixed crashing that would happen in various versions of OS X on various machines. It was due to several versions of Mono crashing in different ways on different versions. We found an old version that works consistently. All users who owned this game under its previous name will be automatically upgraded and will keep ALL of their progress, stats, achievements, etc.. Thank you for being early adopters!
Avis des critiques et joueurs
Critiques de la Presse (Metacritic)
« As it stands, it’s an OK representation of Othello in video game form, but it doesn’t really do anything else than give you basic video game Othello. It’s a little bland and by the numbers in that regard, which is disappointing considering it has been forever since I’ve played Othello in any format. Still, if you’ve got five bucks to spend, and you’re looking for something to play on the Switch, it’s not a bad way to go. You can pick up and play a round or two pretty quickly, making it a solid portable experience if you’re on the go. I wouldn’t highly recommend it by any means, but if you’re in the mood for some classic board game experiences, Othello can scratch that itch. »
« Othello is a release that can certainly grab and hold the attention of those that like the core game or want a bit of relaxed multiplayer; you can easily pass a Joy-Con or even exclusively use the touchscreen. However, while it's interesting to see Arc System Works diversify itself, the title would be much more at home if it was included with a compilation of other tabletop games. It's a functional and solid release, though it's down to individuals whether the convenience is worth the price, or whether this is one of those 'when on discount' downloads. »
« Overall, Othello is a difficult game to appraise. It's certainly not going thrill or blow anyone away. However, it does have hidden depths and is very suitable for play sessions in a variety of situations. There's really nothing it does wrong, although, to be frank, considering it's essentially the type of game typically seen on tablets and mobiles, it does perhaps lack some aesthetic padding and other features. Particularly glaring is the lack of online play, which certainly would have helped longevity considerably. However, while it misses a few features, it's still a nice, affordable, and simple board game to have available on Nintendo Switch. It could just do with more additions, whether aesthetic or simple touches, for the sake of variety and contrast. Considering this is not the only way to play the game, that lacklustre aspect of the game is the most disappointing. Hopefully it doesn't set a precedent for similar simple titles. »
« Othello is a classic board game that holds up well after all these years. However, this version is so bare-bones that you may as well pick up an 8-bit iteration as it'll probably be more fully-featured. »
« This really is as no-frills as games come, and is priced to match. »
« Othello for Nintendo Switch is a digital version of the long-running board game also known as Reversi and is entirely faithful to the original, in the sense that it is simple to learn and perfectly enjoyable for short gaming sessions. While technically competent and without any execution problems, it lacks a sorely needed online multiplayer component, without which its selling price seems way too high for a game that can be easily and legally found for free elsewhere. »
« It's Othello, a board game and it can provide a little competitive multiplayer for you and your friends. It's certainly cheap, but I seriously doubt it's something you thought you'd want to buy a Switch for. »
Avis des Joueurs (Metacritic)
« The idea of porting boardgames (for a reasonable price) to the Switch is actually a really good one. Othello on Switch is simultaneously cheaper and more portable than its physical counterpart. Supporting both touch screen and single-joycon play makes this game more than worth the 5 dollar price tag. But it would be cool to see some more creative muscles like the upcoming monopoly game seems to have. Overall a recommended, above average game. »
