This is a well made 500 game, and well worth your time. At this point I have put several hours into this, and have played a total of 127 games, around 8000 tricks, so safe to say I've gotten my money's worth. The deals are consistent, and i havent found any bugs with the game so far.
I have a couple of complaints however. Firstly, the presentation is quite lacking- there are no complex animations which is fine, however the background, fonts, and the cards themselves look like they have been put together with minimal effort, which is disappointing, however this issue becomes redundant after enough play. The second, and more enduring issue is the AI. Generally speaking, the AI is good, they play in consistently and there are options to turn up bidding aggressiveness. They don't learn or play like a real person but this isnt much of an issue, however the way the AI manages predictions is frankly ridiculous- the AI (especially the enemy AI) clearly knows that certain cards are in their partner's hand, with no possible way of them knowing as much. This generally occurs in off-suit leads, where if the leader's partner has an ace they will always lead the correct suit, mysteriously predicting correctly. An example is a recent game I played, in which the AI bid 10 clubs (one i hadnt seen before) and proceeded to win every trick, including an incredible off suit lead that their partner won with an ace. This kind of thing is ridiculous and incredibly frustrating, not least because a 10 clubs win is an entire game's worth of points. This phenomena means that it is very difficult to deny the AI anything below an 8 bid, up to risk 1 at least. As a result i would suggest anyone who plays this game turn the bid risk up to 2, however be wary that your partner will make a number of stupid bids as a result.
Aside from this (relatively minor) issue, which only becomes a huge issue with a large amount of play, this game is fantastic and well worth your money
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