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just terrible

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 11 / 11
Date: November 24, 2005
Author: Amazon User

This software is just as lazily written and frustrating to play as the Hoyle collection. The bridge game is especially incompetent. Even on expert mode the players bid at random, frequently dropping bids that require a response. More remarkable is the card play, where the AI reliably gives away several tricks every hand. It was fun setting the opponents by seven, the first time, but it becomes boring almost at once.

Game is not too interesting

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 3 / 4
Date: October 02, 2005
Author: Amazon User

boring, not much too it, waste of money. Need no skill to play these games

Don't waste your money

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 3 / 5
Date: April 24, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I'm sorry I had to give this game even one star. This game pack is so full of programming bugs it's ridiculous. Don't waste your money.

I'm trying to find the Spider Game!

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 1 / 5
Date: April 22, 2002
Author: Amazon User

I'm glad I read your reviews!
I read that this game DOES NOT include the Spider Game!

bridge and cribbage very defective

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: July 12, 2005
Author: Amazon User

The bridge game doesn't adhere to basic bridge rules. The experts play as novices. A partner makes errors in plays, losing the contract. I like that you can delete the player's faces on this one game.
Cribbage rotation of deal gets stuck. I dealt 7 times in succession. Frustrating. It does count fast. You can backup and change the crib cards if the 'up' card is not to your advantage. That was is fun way to cheat

Shouldn't Have Been Released, Yet

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 9 / 11
Date: July 15, 2004
Author: Amazon User

I can't believe that Activision is charging money for this software. It's not ready for release, yet; heck, it's not even ready for beta-testing. The software I received is so full of bugs as to be almost unplayable.

THIS GAME SUCKS!!!!

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 9 / 13
Date: July 19, 2004
Author: Amazon User

When I bought this game, I knew it wasn't going to be like "NO LIMIT TEXAS HOLD EM' POKER TOURNEMENT" I knew that for sure. What I didn't know,was that it was really really crapy. The characters are a joke! You wouldn't see a mime at a card table playing cards! He would probably get thrown out! If I could give this game zero stars i would!!!! PEEPS AND HOME DOGS, DON"T BUY THIS GAME. You could get this crapy game for .26 on Ebay.

Not as good as the earlier Bicycle Games

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 19 / 21
Date: December 10, 2001
Author: Amazon User

The bells and whistles, and the silly avatars don't enhance the games on this new Bicycle card games. The solitaire selections are less interesting than the first Bicycle solitaire, and my favorites, Spider and Forty Thieves are missing. One of the games doesn't work at all, and some are quite awkward.

Spider

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 6 / 8
Date: October 21, 2002
Author: Amazon User

I enjoyed playing Spider on a friend's computer -- the game came with the XP version of windows. I looked for a copy of the game so I could play it. If that's what you're looking for, I'd suggest buying Hoyle's Card Games. It has Spider, as well as at least 25 other varations of solitaire. I enjoy this product much more! :)

Don't buy this game for the bridge..

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: October 31, 2006
Author: Amazon User

unless you are a glutton for punishment. You will be consistently dealt many bad hands. You will see many 4 - 6 point hands before you see one over 12. A quick survey of ten hands showed 7 hands with under 15 points between my partner and myself. As a result, you will be thrashed by your computer opponent. They give you three levels, easy, intermediate, and hard. You get the same bad hands with all. I don't see the difference.

In addition, your partner provide many insane bids. Very frustrating.

And its all too bad because the graphics are great, the presentation is logical, and even the music is good.

Its like they do a good job with everything but the card playing part.

It makes you wish they would come out with a new, upgraded version.

jwrit

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