Addictive
Good addictive game only problem can’t play solo have to pair with another player 🙄
Love Spades
I really enjoy playing Spades and the vast majority of players are genuine. However I get really annoyed when people quit mid-game if they are losing but, worst of all, are the idiots who bid 13 then quit. Grrrrrrrr
This is my favorite spades version
I have played this daily for years. It is only getting better. This game has the best computer players out of any of them. It is the closest to reality thus far and I am the queen of spades. It is not perfect, but other versions do not compare. The only dislike I have is the new layout is visually hard to see. I prefer the other layout before this new update.
Suggestions- I do wish I could play varying rules though, like 10 for 200 or blind any number... Have a kitty. Have jokers wild. Stuff like that.
July 2019 update- I still love the game, but there should be no sandbags if your computer partner cannot recognize that you are dumping high cards.. A human can (who plays alot)
Suggestions- I do wish I could play varying rules though, like 10 for 200 or blind any number... Have a kitty. Have jokers wild. Stuff like that.
July 2019 update- I still love the game, but there should be no sandbags if your computer partner cannot recognize that you are dumping high cards.. A human can (who plays alot)
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horrible partners!
the game itself is great and addicting but it gets very aggravating because the partners in solo mode are absolute idiots. I bid nil and invariable my partner leads a two or four. the opponents bid nil, and my partner plays his highest cards. he plays a higher card or overtrumps my tricks when he plays last and then we don't make our bid because he has used up his good cards to take tricks I would have won. he always plays his highest trump the first chance he gets, even when he is the last player and a low trump would win the trick. doesn't matter if you configure your partner conservative, regular, or aggressive--they don't know how to play the game!
UPDATE: This game gets NO stars! Rather than improving the AI partners, they get worse and worse. They have no idea how to bid--often bid 1 with 2-3 aces--and seem to think the goal of the game is to get as many bags as possible. They wait until the other team makes it's bid, then grab as many extra tricks as possible. Can't make it through a whole game without losing at least 100 points for 10 bags. I'm so aggravated by the poor play, this app will be uninstalled as soon as this review appears.
UPDATE: This game gets NO stars! Rather than improving the AI partners, they get worse and worse. They have no idea how to bid--often bid 1 with 2-3 aces--and seem to think the goal of the game is to get as many bags as possible. They wait until the other team makes it's bid, then grab as many extra tricks as possible. Can't make it through a whole game without losing at least 100 points for 10 bags. I'm so aggravated by the poor play, this app will be uninstalled as soon as this review appears.
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Response from developer
Thank you so much for providing this insight. In designing our games, we’ve made sure that the game is always 100% fair, and the deals are random. We’ve designed the AI players to play similar to the way a human would play. It may help to go into the Options page of the app and adjust the Opponent Skill level. The AI players at the easy skill level are designed to make an occasional mistake the same way that a human player of that level would. We are always working on ways to improve the game, and your feedback helps us to understand where improvements are needed.
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Excellent game. Perfectly set out. But I think it cheats SOME times!
Stupid, ultra stupid AI
Spades is a game I enjoy to kill the time BUT, the Artificial Intelligence, is definitely sub par. When you go for a zero hand, your partner doesn’t always play a card to beat yours. Just happened to me again...... The sandbags are something that happen from time to time but Come On!!!!! When I bid zero my “partner” should ALWAYS throw a card to beat mine when it is available...that definitely needs fixed....I do seriously question the deals also, it seems that most of the time I find the cpu opponents consistently get better hands. It makes the game challenging but unfair nonetheless. Fix the zero hand issue and the game would be immensely better, then at least you can make up for getting weaker deals consistently. Two stars, no more without an update that fixes the problem.
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Poor AI
The online component of this game is very enjoyable.
Sadly the AI players are not particularly intelligent and will make strange decisions. For example, my partner was last on a trick and chose not to duck under just to make their bid, even though it would have caused a nil-bidder to win a trick and I had already taken an overtrick.
Sadly the AI players are not particularly intelligent and will make strange decisions. For example, my partner was last on a trick and chose not to duck under just to make their bid, even though it would have caused a nil-bidder to win a trick and I had already taken an overtrick.
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Computer partner bids nil, then trumps tricks unnecessarily
This game would be a lot of fun if not for the fact that your computer partner frequently spades tricks—even when it has other suits available to play—after it has bid nil, thereby costing your team 100 points for absolutely no good reason whatsoever. I have complained to the support staff about this, and received a totally lame reply: “I’m sorry you’re frustrated with how the AI chooses to play sometimes. Please know that the AI works very hard to make the best play it can, but sometimes doesn’t see the same moves a human would.” But this is not a case of an AI “not seeing the same move a human would”—this is a flat-out flaw in the programming. If the AI can’t play a nil hand the way a nil hand should be played, it shouldn’t be able to bid nil, plain and simple. In short, your computer partner will shoot you in the foot, because it is not programmed to play the game properly, making this game very frustrating to play.
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AI is terrible
I’ve tried the single and multiplayer games multiple times. On single player, the AI is terrible. It constantly leads with spades that more often than not results in the opponent “running spades” and eliminating my ability to cut. Why is it programmed to lead with spades EVERY TIME if all the AI has are low level spades or only a couple? Also, when the opponent goes nil... the AI partner never tries to set them. There have been a few times that I’ve set it up to where the opponent has to play a high card in a suit just to have the AI cut the book.
I’ve played spades a long time. There are few people that I know that make nil such a big part of the rules. Where are the blind 6, 10 for 200, 4 book minimum bid, and jokers as wild cards options? Those are bigger displays of skills than the nil... which is just trying to go lower than the cards played.
On multiplayer, not sure what you can do but it’s annoying to play with folks that stall/take too long to play. Either be in a position to devote your attention to playing or don’t play.
I’ve played spades a long time. There are few people that I know that make nil such a big part of the rules. Where are the blind 6, 10 for 200, 4 book minimum bid, and jokers as wild cards options? Those are bigger displays of skills than the nil... which is just trying to go lower than the cards played.
On multiplayer, not sure what you can do but it’s annoying to play with folks that stall/take too long to play. Either be in a position to devote your attention to playing or don’t play.
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Response from developer
Thank you for providing this insight. The AI players at the easy skill level are designed to make an occasional mistake the same way that a human player of that level would. It may help to go into the Options page of the app and adjust the Opponent Skill level. We also try to make it unappealing to quit a game as we know that this can be frustrating for the other players. We really appreciate you sharing this, and we will take these suggestions into account as we continue to improve the game over time.
I am a 63 year old working full time man
I feel that when 0 is chosen
by me,my partner chooses unwisely and most often goes way over in the bag limit even in normal play
by me,my partner chooses unwisely and most often goes way over in the bag limit even in normal play
