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Hoyle game cd will not install

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 6 / 9
Date: December 28, 2007
Author: Amazon User

The CD software is not recognized on the CD ROM drive. It will not self install and it will not install from the "RUN" menue. In "My Computer" the CD software is not recognized. I tried several other CD's in this CD ROM Drive and they all worked fine. I returned the software where I purchased it and obtained another one. The same thing occurred with this CD software. The CD Software version is 14310-DVD v1.0. I called the support software number listed in the manual and a recorded message said that this software is not supported by phone.
I went to there support website and posted a problem message, still no response ??

CAUTION! product info is not clear!

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 5 / 6
Date: April 16, 2008
Author: Amazon User

This is a DVD, not a CD. If you don't have a DVD drive, you can't use it!

Very poorly designed game. Don't waste your money!

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 5 / 5
Date: March 20, 2008
Author: Amazon User

The real tragedy is that this could have been a top notch game if programmed correctly. It seems as though in any of the games that are based on chance, particularly the ones that use dice rolls, the game seems to be programmed to choose a "lucky" player at the beginning of the game. That player will roll doubles every other turn, or high numbers or whatever that player happens to need. You can tell who the "lucky" player is within a few turns. I can tell within 5 or 6 moves in one of these games who is going to win. It really makes the game very boring after a while and not much fun to play. It's gotten so annoying that I only play the games that rely on skill only and don't play any of the games where luck comes into play.

I know it is possible to do a good job programming software for random selection because I have played many good games of this type. It is just a shame that the programmers who work for Encore(the company that makes this game)are either too lazy or not skilled enough to create such a program. Because this could have been a great game instead of the waste of money that it is.

HOYLE PUZZLE AND BOARD GAMES

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: July 12, 2008
Author: Amazon User

Have not used it because it absolutely will not go on to my Vista computer. Help line at Vista has been zero help. Have to say Amazon is great in that it came quickly.

Many many many bugs - don't even bother buying

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: August 13, 2008
Author: Amazon User

There are quite a number of bugs in this game. The most noticeable ones are:
1) In chess, the game will frequently end on a 3x repetition when this has not occurred (and usually when pounding the computer)! Come on - it gave me that once after I captured a piece!
2) In pachisi, it is very difficult to move the pieces - it frequently does not register where you have dropped it.
3) Many of the Hoyle Bucks goals do not register when they occur.

There are other minor irritants, but these three are the major ones.

Know way of knowing

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: August 29, 2008
Author: Amazon User

The disc was empty so I was unable to install or use it. The seller would not respond to my emails or snail mails. I also left a bad review with Amazon for the sale. I really wanted this game disc, but am reluctant to make further purchases, since this was a total waste of money. I am bitterly disappointed through no fault of Hoyle.

Beware

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: January 18, 2008
Author: Amazon User

This does not work on Windows Vista, it says it is compatable with Vista but it will not load. I tried to get tech help but they never got back to me. I loaded it on my desktop that has XP and it works but the Sudocko doesn't work at all. I kind of wish I hadn't tried to upgrade, they did get rid of the music glitch and it is all on one thing now, but still not sure if it was worth the cost.

Feels like a beta

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 4 / 4
Date: April 14, 2008
Author: Amazon User

The game may claim to work with OS X, but that's stretching the definition of compatible. If you have multiple users with their own account, each user must register the product separately, and cannot see the other scoreboards.

In just an hour or so of play, the chess product was revealed to be buggy, especially about end game rules. It declared a draw due to insufficient material when the human player had a queen, a rook, a knight, and a pawn or two. (There were also legal moves for the computer player). The mahjongg tiles product was trying to do matches against buried tiles.

Don't expect even a passable chess opponent on the normal difficulty setting. As an unrated chess player, I should find the normal mode at least a passable game, instead of beating it so readily as to be boring.

I haven't even had the time to look at the other games. We wanted a couple of the popular board games, a decent mahjongg solitaire game, and maybe one or two more. Instead, we got what might eventually be a usable product, but certainly isn't one yet.

The scoreboard was more primitive than what I'd find on the freebie mahjongg games that come with some Linux desktops.

The patch that is listed on their website is a Windows .exe, no mention made of a Mac patch. If you want a Mac puzzle/board game, don't select with this product unless you are truly desperate, or have tried many other options and they are even worse.

Older version just fine!

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 4 / 4
Date: April 20, 2008
Author: Amazon User

If you own an older version, I would recommend you stay with what you have. The graphics have been improved but the sound effects in the new version, specifically Triple Yacht are annoying.

moving pieces is annoying

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 4 / 4
Date: February 28, 2008
Author: Amazon User

First I have 2003, and upgraded to 2008 and am glad I did not uninstall 2003.
Cons my favorite game isn't in 2008. My major con is moving pieces in games like checkers and pachisi. it takes a about a minute sometimes to get a piece to be released where you want it to go and twice now in pachisi when I was trying (my last piece both times) to get a piece in the home stretch, I must have put I too near the regular area and it planted the piece around the board, so the piece would have to go around again. In checkers, and I checked that it was a legal move, it wouldn't release at all.
Pro a lot of new games

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