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Ancient Hearts and Spades
Love to play Hearts or Spades? Play anytime, anywhere - without a foursome! Discover the world-class card playing action of Ancient Hearts and Spades! Novice players will love the simplicity at which they can learn while Grand Masters will find it a challenge to win. Ancient Hearts and Spades brings a fun and exciting gaming experience for the casual player to the hardcore tournament lovers, that will have everyone coming back for more!
I am a humungous fan of Hearts and there's not that many versions out there. I like the fact that this has my two favorite card games instead of having to buy a game that has mulitple games when all I want to play is just a few.
Having said that I'm a avid fan of any kind of Hearts games, it's time to get down to the nitty gritty.
I noticed this game doesn't have the features like some of the Hearts have, like TRAM. I shot the moon but the wording is different. It said something like 'Put Up' and something else. I'm not familiar with those phrases. I'm just familiar with the 'Add 26' or 'Subtract 26'. I'm a little dismayed that it does nothing special if you shoot the moon. I don't know if there's a feature for shooting the sun. Once the game is complete, it's complete.
You can't do a view 'Tricks' like you can in other Hearts versions either.
Of course I'm never down with the music. It is truly irritating to hear the same diddly over and over.
The game play isn't as fast paced as I want it to be but it's better than most.
Now the question is would I buy this or just deal with the demo?? I have no idea. Since it doesn't have anything spectacular about it, maybe I'll just wait to see if a better version comes out.
This review has an average score of 3.7 - Based on 6 ratings Login to rate this review
talgaby's Review - June 27, 2007
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Two in one
Well, I have to admit, I was expecting some slightly better reviews about the game. I agree, that the music should be turned off in the first second, but that isn't really new about games like this. But otherwise, it's a fair Hearts (or Spades) game. The AI is ridiculous on Easy, but on more difficult settings, it can pull out some tricks. The graphics are nice (but for some reason the better card backgrounds eat up a lot of recources), so overall I would rate it an average game. If someone is a big fan of Heart and/or Spades and want something that looks better than the Windows version, this game is for them.
This review has an average score of 3 - Based on 1 ratings Login to rate this review
karter's Review - June 20, 2007
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oh my gosh!
this one is good except playability, graphics, AI, sound and design. All in all one of the worst games in reflexive. The AI plays the game like a 5 year old. The black cards are nearly unreadable. The graphics should be more variable. Two of my favourite card games are in their worst shape. The music is a simple loop that goes on forever. This is not my game.
This review has an average score of 2.5 - Based on 4 ratings Login to rate this review
