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Needs improvement
I’ve been playing spades for years with actual people and love the game, so I saw this and downloaded it. At first playing it seems pretty good. But the more I’ve played the more I see huge flaws. For example just as others have stated going nil with low cards my partner will throw a lower card than me in a suit causing me to take a book; then the next hand throw an ace or king.
The opposing team somehow “instinctively” knows their partner is either out of a certain suit, has the next highest card in a suit or the highest spade and will throw accordingly. If it were humans I’d cause them of cheating or being psychic.
Out of 20 games - not hands, games- I might win one. I play at hard level but it doesn’t matter which level you play at the ai still plays the same. Very frustrating.
Developers need to look at this and make better ai response.Show lessBeachGirl2462
Used to be a good app
This is no longer the top Spades app for a reason. It let’s literally anyone join “the round table” competitive table, including completely incompetent, zero common sense having, players who completely waste everyone’s time who legitimately enjoy playing this game. There is zero chance these morons have a career win percentage higher than 20%. So when you tell the person they play like an amateur, they repot you and the app suspends your chat privileges indefinitely instead of doing anything about players who intentionally tag bags or go nil with King and Queen of spades. Their AI isn’t much better. Bids 1 with two aces and a King. There’s never any lag, it boots players who take too long, but it’s very frustrating dealing with players who don’t have an ounce of common sense at the most competitive table and the app refuses to do anything about it.Show lessgannon824
Player reporting inaccurate
I have played this game for years and I have always liked it despite a few flaws. However, recently they have added a feature allowing players to report one another’s abuse. The problem is that you get reported for doing nothing. Example, if someone doesn’t like your profile picture, they will report you. If your user name is associated with someone or something they don’t like they will report you, then without any investigation of the matter, your ability to talk to other players is disabled for a few days. This has happened to me twice. I literally changed my profile picture to a cartoon because I think people just report someone because they don’t like their race. I may find another app to play on. I miss the old days on Yahoo Spades.Show lessKix716
Rigged
The game will boot your partner and replace with a bot who will make sure you lose so you’ll purchase more coins to play. It’s so obvious!!! Last game I played, had one hand left to win. The other team was over by 8 and we just needed 5 cards to win and make them go over by 2. My partner got booted, I bid 3, my new computer partner bids 1 when we only needed 2 more cards. The other team bids 0 and 3, which is a sure win and my computer partner throws down all aces, kings, queens, etc. Other team only goes over by 9 and wins the game.
I’m deleting this app because this has happened too many times and it’s ridiculously obvious. Lost that game and guess what?! I was out of coins and needed to pay money to keep playing! What a shocker!! This money hungry crap takes the fun out of the game! Is it not enough that we have to see ads the entire time we play PLUS a commercial during each hand?? Guess not!Show lesscst1973
It is good BUT
I really like your game but i almost deleted it after playing quite a bit for some time. The computer team was able to go Nello almost every hand. When my computer partner went Nello, he usually got a book.
After i reached a higher level this decreased but there are games that one of the computer team goes Nello most hands douing the game.
I have used this to increase my skills in going Nello. But, quite often i am prevented from going Nello due to having one or two aces and am left with going with betting one or to books.
Also my computer partner will recognize when i have the trump card but when it comes to the high cards, especially spades, he will trump me and we lose a book. This has caused us to not meet our bid several tomes.
You have made a much better games than others have and i than you. DadShow lessSweet little lady N Texas
Developer Response
Thank you for your review and for providing this insight. We have shared this information with our development team. The AI players will make the best play they can, but we are always working on tweaking and improving their performance. Your comments allow us to make our games even better, and we really appreciate the feedback.Ever play spades 3-1?
Good luck, your parter is just bad. Bad coding leads to bad logic. Partner always under bids or over bids and you can’t tell which. Don’t ever assume they use logic when you go nil because they won’t cover anything. I’d almost prefer to see my partner’s cards so I can bid for them. I had 7 hearts, 3 diamonds ( 2 low and the ace) and 3 spades (all low). Zero clubs. Easy Nil right? Nope, my partner leads and throws 3 diamonds in row!!! Like he’s trying to get me set 😂 a real person (or 1/2 decent coded computer) would see the ace hasn’t been played so it means the person who went nil probably has it, so throw anything other than a diamond and it will work. But no, can’t use logic in a card game based on logic.
Wouldn’t recommend unless they release a major update with your partner.Show lesslooking for a new spades game
My Partner on the computer
I feel overall the programming of the partner is good, however, here are some considerations:
1. If I have an Ace and Queen (some suit) and it’s my play (my objective would be to play the Queen. If my partner has the King (in the same suit) he does not need to play his King (I’m trying to split). It’s programmed to play the King. I realize that in some instances, I may play the Queen and I may not have an Ace but partner should not play his King unless it’s his only card.
2. Partner cuts when my card is good. He is not trump tight. If I’m keeping up with past cards, I know the programming is keeping up. I don’t mind if the other players cuts. I have lost many hands because of the above.Show lessOJ Walker
Having a Partner is more like opponent
Overall the game play is fine and it does what it is supposed to. There are no lags. I like to play solo (AI version). So this review is based on that. I have the free version and honestly couldn’t find a paid version, if that would make a difference. The biggest, most frustrating part of the game is your team player. It is like you are playing alone but have to also suffer poor decisions of partner. Here are some examples.
1. Going nil: I went nil. Yes it was a stretch, but it was just a game. My partner also went nil. So that means there is no way we could cover for each other.
2. Covering Partner: In real play, a partner would cover their teammate if it were a possible move. I went Nil. A suit was called that I had to play and it was only a mid range number. My partner, who was NOT going nil, threw a card less than mine so I won the trick cost our team 100 points. Turns out, they had the Ace of that suit.
I could go on with examples like this where having a partner was worse than being a single player. Even if I could sort of get the first scenario, the second made no sense. If it was smart enough to know it didn’t have to over play because the partner had it, it should be smart enough to know the bid was nil and it shouldn’t use that tactic. Every time I play I get frustrated for those reasons. I got over the fact you couldn’t count on the partner. But final straw was when it bid nil when I already had.Show lesslovespite
Developer Response
Thank you for taking the time to share this experience, and we are sorry for the frustration. The AI player is designed to make the best play it can, but it sometimes doesn’t see the same moves that a human would. We are always working on tweaking and improving the performance of the players, and we really appreciate you sharing this example of areas we can focus on. The Spades++ app is a paid version of the game that is the same as the free version but doesn't include ads.Too many foul players
Edit: 7/1/20 Developers did respond to my review and thanks for taking the time to do that. One easy fix you could do that would greatly benefit everyone who plays in rated multiplayer is eliminating the 13 bid.
Original review below with grammatical corrections.
This is a decent app for spades, and I appreciate the clean aesthetic without a lot of extra clutter on the screen BUT players will bid 13 if you make a mistake, or abandon the game, and even though they penalize the player who leaves, you still lose points on your rating when you lose. I’ve seen players completely sabotage games out of spite if they get set or get a book when the bid nil. It looks like you can’t get above 1700 points without spending money on more coins or the game will give you hands that are guaranteed to lose unless someone on the other team makes a serious mistake. And if your partner leaves and you decide to play with the pc partner, the ai will sabotage you too - by overbidding/underbidding. I recently had “shark” as a partner in multiplayer when it bid nil and proceeded to cut with a spade to win a book in a game I could’ve won. They need to fix that ASAP. It’s not fair to be punished for staying in the game when your partner quits or losing points because they left or sabotaged your game.Show lessTreblecliffton
Developer Response
Thank you for providing your review. In designing our games, we’ve made sure that the game is always 100% fair, and the deals are completely random. We are considering ways to discourage other players from intentionally making a bad play. We are always working on ways to improve the game, and we really appreciate your feedback as it helps us to understand where improvements are needed.Great app, but AIs and adds are terrible
This is a great app to play spades with friends when you are not all together. Disappointed that you cannot trade a card for blind nill and first round is not led with lowest club, but otherwise game play is the same. The chat feature is fun and useful. Biggest complaints are the overwhelming amount of adds, between each round, and the horrible game play by the AIs. My partner dropped out of the game, the ai bids nill and then throws a spade on an off-card hand? The programming for game play on these characters needs some serious improvement. Only real way to play is with people you know. Playing with other real people is decent, but some people are terrible and you never know who you will get paired with.
A feature to be able to block players or add friends and improvement of the AIs would improve game play 100 fold.
An option to pay for no adds and unlimited tokens would be smart too.Show lessMadison5837
