This game can’t be more aggravating because computer players are more than just dumb but engaging in sabotage. For example I’m partner with 5 trump to the Q-diamonds, lead a 7-diamonds with picker on the end. Comes to picker with a diamond ace and J-hearts on the trick, and he plays the 10-diamonds under the jack to lose a 20+ point trick. Worse is the lead coming back is a heart 7, picker uses Q-spade to trump in, and plays a Q-clubs next. Computer intentionally lost 27 points to blow what would have been a no tricker. Don’t play this game, I’m going to find a different game
Recently- I’ve seen my ‘team’ when we aren’t the picker act dumb and sacrifice points when later the have trump in had. For example; Comp picker sets hearts as partner. I win a round and choose hearts to show the partner. One comp player who has the 10 of diamonds plays the 10 of clubs effectively giving the picker an extra 10 points. When they could have played 10 of trump(which they played later in their hand that still went to the computer picker. And, they choose when they don’t even have a single queen in their hand. And loose catastrophically. But if they pass I could have a regular win. Or a close one. Which make the game fun. It’s not fun when I’m playing with.. computer that are distracted.
They aren’t doing a good job of giving p you points when you will obviously take the half and the partner has been revealed.
AI gameplay needs major improvements. Things I’ve noticed:
1. Partners will often not trump called suit trick.
2. Partners will often not smear where appropriate and in known smear situations.
3. VERY consistently poor hands.
4. Almost always lose when partner.
5. Ridiculous picks by the AI.
6. EVERY time I get back close to 0, the game makes sure I lose about 10x times in a row.
7. Had a situation where AI players went alone 5 times in a row, all producing 0 trick hands.
It’s “sheepshead” in name only. Gameplay itself is reasonable about 20% of the time. I did notice a bug though where if you pick and click the discard pile the game crashes. That seems to temporarily reset the horrid play.
Gameplay is solid! The players are tough; this feels more like the first round of tournament sheepshead at Germanfest, less like social drinking sheepshead night.
If the implementation allows for it, maybe the developer could create less worthy NPCs having personalities to allow for a beginner PC difficulty ramp.
This game must have been created by someone doesn’t play the game. Like, when the called suit is played the picker can’t trump it!! Also, picker always leads with trump! Go back and fix these obvious errors!
I enjoy playing Sheepshead and this app is entertaining to play. But. There are some issues with the logic the ‘bots’ use. Also, would be nice to indicate the partner (when known) and list the called suit by the picker. Would also be nice if the game moved faster.
I used to live this game, but then started noticing how ridiculously it cheats. Tell me how 93% of the time, yes 93%, because I kept track over hundreds of hands that the pickers partner has covered the pickers fail, unless of course I pick, then it’s about 9%. Why is it that I get less than 2 trump almost 88% of the time, and when I do get a decent picking hand the AI picks in front of me with absolutely nothing for them to pick on. Don’t get me started on the AI picker leading low fail when I’m in the partner, there’s no reason a picker should lead if a game with the 8 of clubs when he has a handful of trump. But again, it only seems to be when I’m partner. I don’t know what happened to this game, but it’s pretty much unplayable at this point.
Game is ok, though sometimes the bots play really stupid. My main complaint is the number of sleazy ads. Maybe the app owner has no control but I don’t see all the same sleazy ads on any other app.
As pointed out in other reviews, trump is lead way too often by the team against the picker. Why would you want to consistently run your partners out of trump? Please fix this logic error.
First of all, thank you for creating an app which you know going in will not have a large user base!
There are a few small tweaks which would improve the app - 1) fix the bug which causes it to show 2 pickers sometimes; 2) have the option to review the called suit after the first trick is picked up. If I have to stop in the middle of a hand, I often forget what the called suit is.
As far as play, as others have said, it is fairly rare to get the opportunity to pick. Also, it seems rare to me that I am called as partner (Ace rule). This results in far more hands where you are playing against the picker which can be a drag over time. This makes me wonder if it was easier to program the AI in that situation.
Bottom line is that it is enjoyable enough to pick it up and play. If you like the game, it’s worth the download.
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