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Would be 5 Star but.........
Like many other reviews say this game is addicting and awesome. I don’t even mind the matchmaking settings. The problem with this game is like many other games PEOPLE partners get set once and instantly big Nil or 13 then Quit. Easily resolve 90% of this by....... implementing a higher rank loss for bidding 13 and Nil of the person doesn’t hit their hand. For those of us who hit their hands without getting set even on a loss give us points. Even 1+ for losing without missing a bid. It’s ridiculous that I have to be punished for others players rage bids then quitting. They get -10 I get -9!!!? Please figure out how to penalize people who get set regularly or bid nil or 13 and get set. It can’t be that hard of a fix and I’m tired of getting these types of players as my partners. Will easily change my rating to 5* if any attempt to fix is made thanks!Show lessiCritmypants
Worst AI Partners & Miscounting Books
This probably sounds like a review by a sore loser, but I promise it’s one of a frustrated player. The game is easily addictive but also very frustrating. The AI users are mostly not the greatest players. They either underbid or overbid, cut your plays, or simply just play poorly. They sometimes play as if they are your opponents. I guess it makes sense because you can’t win every time but it’s making me lose hair. Additionally, there are times that the computer is miscounting books. Either I won a book or my partner but the count doesn’t change. It happens often. The first couple of times I thought it was me, but now I have seen it too many times to know that it wasn’t me. My suggestion is if you are easily agitated or frustrated, then stay away.Show lessMissEbony2U
Convinced this game manipulates outcomes
I have played countless games, as I enjoy spades, so if you are entertained this could work for you. But the intelligence of the other players is poor, especially when I bid nil. I have countless times where my partner plays a high spade to win a trick that was not needed and is then left with a low spade (or no spade) to cover me. In addition, I am fully convinced that the program just wants the game to continue on to show more ads. The computer will often bid nil when it has over 400 points, and it is way to easy to bust that nil than earlier bid nils. My partner will often bid just enough to get us to 490 so the bags add up and potentially lose the game (but get another 2-3 hands of ads to watch). I don’t even worry if I get down by 400 points, as I believe the program wants to prolong the ads. I have come back several times from that far down (especially after my unintelligent partner can’t properly cover a blind nil), it’s all fun but I can’t play this any longer knowing that it’s just manipulating for increased ads.Show lessAmityOrca
Developer Response
Thank you for sharing your thoughts on this. We really appreciate your feedback! We can understand your concerns and wanted to assure you that our games are designed to always be fair. We've worked hard to make sure that the deals are always random and AI players play fairly. We love making great games, and we only succeed if you love playing them. We are always working on ways to improve the game, and your feedback helps us to understand where improvements are needed.Fixes have made this a better App
Some of the low reviews are before the fix to the rated game. Now, the rated game is only 250 points, and no comments other than the 5 pre-programmed responses are allowed.
There are still some bad players who will always bid nil, and then when they get set, bid 13 and leave, but that will always happen - Not a problem with the app, but with other players.
Strange though. Each time I get up over 1950 points in my rating, I start getting horrible partners and will lose as many as 20 games in a row (a statistical impossibility) - that will take me down into the 1600s. I believe the apps matching is far from random - that when you reach a certain point level, you start getting paired up with historically bad bidders - ones who get set more often, or who don't understand team play.Show lessMr_Spitzohr
New ad format ruins it
Used to love this app - played it so much I finally had to delete from my phone. Definitely WAS a five star. Then recently I weakened and downloaded again. To my great disappointment discovered developers had inserted a new in-hand ad format to supplement their existing format that displayed only after a hand was finished. With this new format a blinking shrieking obnoxious ad displayed on top of screen all through the hand you are trying to bid or play is constantly distracting you. Sometimes it’s so bad I literally start to get a headache. If the developers were secretly trying to cure my addiction it worked! I’ve moved on to other games. If I could rate this a negative five stars I would from sheer heartbreak.Show lessPaj2
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)Show lessShelltoomuch
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.Show lesseaskamm
Developer Response
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.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.Show lessripoff2x2
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.Show lessannamariaD
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.Show lessDon't want to out in a name
Developer Response
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.
