![]() You can't change how many computer opponents to play against - it's always four players in Go Fish, Spades, Hearts and Crazy 8s, and two players in Cribbage and War (I've played three and four player versions of these games in real life). In Gin, the scoring screen is so sloppily designed with huge fonts that you have to scroll the image just to see what it says.Īnd there are no real options to customize a game. After the overturn phase, the game just tallies up the points and gives offers up the final score. Take, for example, Cribbage - this is probably the card game with the most complex scoring system, but the game never lets the player know how his or her hand scored. Unfortunately, in some cases the games have been abridged in their interface that can easily confuse a newcomer. And in Go Fish, a flopping goldfish leaps in and out of a pond to represent each player's turn - it's a nice touch. War's probably the easiest and dumbest game on the cartridge, but the designers spiced it up with tanks that act out the point structure - when all three tanks on a player's side is eliminated in the War phase, the game's over. Most of the games have a decent point and click interface that makes it extremely easy to jump in and play. The games themselves are well designed, for the most part, adding animation and style wherever possible. The game hints at individual traits for each of these characters, but I wasn't able to see any change in AI decisions from the different computer opponents. Unfortunately you cannot pick the name - it would have been nice to be able to personalize the selection. Every game also has a detailed help screen to assist you in learning the rules for each - which is handy considering the instruction manual packaged with the cartridge includes very unhelpful, horrible directions.Īt the beginning of the game you'll pick your on-screen persona - you can pick anything from a bald-headed professor to a crocodile to an inanimate teddybear. Just check out the full list of card games you can boot up and play:Īpart from the Six Solitaire options, every one of the competitive games can be played with another player, either on the same system or through the use of a link cable. The best thing that can be said about Hoyle Card Games is the fact that there's a game for everyone here. ![]()
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