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Disappointing Bridge Software

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: January 17, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I had hoped for an even better Bridge section on this 2003 (vs. 1996) Hoyle Bridge game CD. You can have a lot of fun creating your computer players with a wide selection of facial, hair, and clothing styles. But when you play the game, there is no fun left---you are unable to easily replay a game--can't redo the bidding--and the bidding used by your "partner" does not correspond to the accepted conventions or even basic bridge play! Lots of visual razzle dazzle with very little content!

Card games are very bad

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 4 / 9
Date: July 20, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Solitaire is not fun at all, I play solitair for relaxiation, and hoyle's solitaire is like playing in a championship. I feel that I upgraded from the 2001 version to the 2003 for nothing. I cannot recommend this card game disk.

Bad Software

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: December 09, 2004
Author: Amazon User

Couldn't get to load on my XP-Pro System. Crashed my computer every time I tried something to get it to load. When I called the number for tech support, I was told that the free tech support expired and I'd have to pay for help. NEVERMIND! I returned software for refund.

Program incorrectly reads the WRONG value of Poker Hands

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 8 / 8
Date: December 07, 2002
Author: Amazon User

While playing Omaha Hold'em or Omaha Hold'em Hi-Lo periodically
the program with state the one player has two pairs and the player has only one pair.
(No Good).
Or the program will state
that the player has a straight and the player only has a 4 card
straight. I stop playing this game because you can't gamble with
the program incorrectly stating wrong value of hands. Therefore,
not until Sierra remove the bugs or completely checks out Casino
2003, I advise you to wait for the corrections. Otherwise it
could be a great game.

Don't waste your money

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 5 / 7
Date: May 24, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Nice graphics, and clear audio. But, many of the games are poorly programed. In the case of hearts, I doubt the programmer had ever played a game before he programmed this joke. The computer plays very similar to the hearts game built into windows (poorly) The characters make comments, but half the time they are inappropriate. Like gloating when they're losing, and complaining when they're winning. Over the years, I've never had a Hoyle game that really "got it right." This is no exception, and is the last one I'll buy.

Mac users watch out

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 13 / 16
Date: January 05, 2003
Author: Amazon User

As a Mac user, I was very disappointed to find out that these games are not native under MacOS X. It'll be two years in March that OSX was released, and the folks doing Mac development for Hoyle are way behind the curve. It's not going to be sufficient to keep cranking out slightly different Hoyle games each year so long as OSX support is missing.

All that aside, the net play is misleading, to say the least. The games in the package do not allow for net play. Rather, it launches a website that has a selection of games, some very different from those in this set. Furthermore, small print on the back of the box again adds disappointment for Mac users - the web site does not allow Mac users to play.

You're playing against your partner too!

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 3 / 4
Date: April 24, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Characters are very stupid especially when playing a Spades game. After playing for a while, you discover that your partner is stupid and is getting you in trouble. You end up playing against your partner, by correcting his/her mistakes, as well as against the other team. Overall, the game is not bad; looking at its graphics and comparing it to other card games on the market.

Bridge

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 7 / 7
Date: February 16, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Like another reviewer. I found that this game needs a lot of work. While playing the game is fun, the biggest problem is that the partner fails to bid with good cards, bids with bad ones, and does not follow the conventions provided in the game's help package! This game should be revised as an offering by itself, I would be prepared to pay more, if it simulated correct bidding. With Vb.Net and the collection objects, programmuing this game should be much simpler than in the past.

Just like Super Street Fighter 2: The new characters!

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 8 / 14
Date: December 09, 2002
Author: Amazon User

This is just like Super Street Fighter 2, the new characters.

I know that that game came out quite a long time ago. But my point is that the game allowed for more features, such as the group battle and the tournament mode.

They also included 4 new players: Thunder Hawk, Dee Jay, Fei Long, and Cammy.

But they took all the balance out. Ken and Ryu, before powerful but survivable, could dominate the entire game with ease. The very concept of defending yourself was tossed out the window, and wouldn't be returned until Street Fighter Alpha created the "Alpha Counter."

It's the same with Hoyle 2003.

The computer ai hasn't been improved much. At least, your partner's ai hasn't.

And they removed the characters I liked, except for Elayne. What they did to Elayne was worse.

I have always been a big fan of Hoyle. I play this game too, though I only play it because they made a single improvement.

It's now possible to play Omnibus hearts (jack of diamonds.) Beyond that, the only really added features are the new characters. And some of the new characters shouldn't even be in it!

Tony is a fireman. How disgusting and commericalistic can one get? Hedda is so cruel that no one wants to use her, and Rhett is pretty much ridiculous.

Also, the programs used to give you nearly complete control over a great many things. Now, you can hardly do anything. Even the facemaker system is ruined, since you can't save your face like you used to.

I wish that they would drop the price. I'd pay about ten dollars less gladly, but it doesn't rate the full price until later on.

If you really want to play Hoyle, you'd do best to buy either 2000 or 2002. (Avoid 2001. It wasn't worth it.)

Not much improvement

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 4 / 4
Date: November 19, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Other than different computer people to play with there has been no real improvement. Your team mates still work against you while the opposing team helps you. The revenge button does help but I really want to hit the programmers who apparently don't know how to play cards. You won't get real life-like play like you do online playing with real players or at a card table but it's a decent diversion.

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