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Two New Card Games

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 168 / 174
Date: October 01, 2004
Author: Amazon User

While the 2005 version is much the same as 2004, there are two new games. Spite & Malice and 500 Rummy have been added to the mix. In addition, while there are no new characters to play with, the Facemaker has several new characters that can be bought with Hoyle Bucks. These, like the others, can talk and are animated.

One major improvement is that after installation, the games can now be played without the CD.

Still great fun. Highly recommended.

good value

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 70 / 76
Date: November 02, 2004
Author: Amazon User

This is a fun game and the price is right. 33 card games total. Installation was a breeze. I don't know how to play some of the games included but this will serve as a training tool for me to learn. It features in-game tutorials & tips. I only wish there were more choices to customize the look of your player. Bare bones inside the box, no CD cases for the 2 discs & no manual at all. works on windows 98/Me/2000/XP

Great Investment

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 20 / 21
Date: October 03, 2004
Author: Amazon User

I was reticent about buying this after the reviews of 2004. I have often bought each updated version. One thing I like about this is that it is 20 bucks instead of 30 like the previous versions were. I think there is a good cross section of games as well as a good format for solitare. The music is good. I also like the way one can accumulate Hoyle bucks to buy new backgrounds, cards, etc. It gives an added incentive to play the games.I haven't been smart enough to figure out the more complex games but I like the characters. Sierra no longer exists as it's company was restructured so I recommend buying this while it is available. Hoyle has been the best in terms of software stability, presentation, and variety of various games. Friday Night Poker which was included wasn't that great. I don't play that stuff. The 20 dollars for the main disk is well worth it.

Very addicting

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 18 / 20
Date: October 22, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I was so happy to see Hoyle come out with a new version, and boy is it better. A lot more games and new characters. You can even create a character that actually looks like you. This is great when nobody in the house feels like playing cards. I play it CONSTANTLY...in fact, I gotta go play some cribbage right now.

This program can play cards.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 14 / 15
Date: October 08, 2004
Author: Amazon User

I played the poker and hearts games right away, and was very impressed with the competition. I liked the build-a-player feature where you can create your character with any look you want from dozens of choices. The computer players each have their own personalities and are pretty funny.
The game has quite a bit of choices to customize the look, feel, and sound (The betting chips in the poker game I played consisted of cheese puffs, pretzels, dog bones, etc.) There are 13 poker variations, plus 20 complete games to play. Well worth the investment.

Best yet with lots of room to improve.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 10 / 10
Date: May 20, 2006
Author: Amazon User

This is the best version of Hoyle cards yet. All games play reasonably well. There is still a lot of improvement needed in the bidding and play of the hands in Bridge, Pinochle, Spades, and Euchre. The new Hoyle Bucks adds some new purpose in trying to win. If you are into playing cards, this is the best bang for the buck.

Great game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 9 / 14
Date: September 20, 2004
Author: Amazon User

This game is great, and you can install it all to your hard drive , so you dont have to mess with the cd. takes 550 mgs of room . well worth the price if you like card games.....

Hoyle Card Games

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 7 / 7
Date: July 13, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I like the characters and even 'talk' to them. They have their own 'Personalities'. I also like the convinience of not having to use the disk whenever I play. I enjoy this game very much!

Just great

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 6 / 6
Date: August 04, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I had the older version 2002, this new version has lots more characters and facemakers,,backgrounds are super and many more games to play. Also has very good background music, if you want to listen to it. Colors are super also. all around good game package.

Hoyle Card Games 2005

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 5
Date: March 09, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Great fun! Especially enjoy playing Euchre. Even the game of Fish is fun.

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