Good game with some minor, but frustrating, issues
Sat Apr 03 2021 DLS987612345I LOVE this game and definitely appreciate the app. However, the computer sometimes makes plays that would make no sense in real life....
1. Computer will lead off a new hand with off suit aces instead of playing the joker first to start to draw trump out.
2. When opposing team is obviously out of trump, computer/partner will pull me out of trump even when there are boss suit plays (they have an off suit ace, off suit king is good, etc). This happens even when it is shown/known opposite team is out of trump (not just because of the card/trump counts).
3. There are lots of issues where no trump or misere is called. Partner will use joker on my ace (messing up a run) or will use joker instead of throwing off on a misere defense. I’ve been trying to particularly practice those types of hands so I can play better the next time I play with my family and it’s hard to hone tactics when the computer will make bad plays.
Best 500 game but.....
Sun Nov 29 2020 PrairieDog0472Love the game and play a lot. It is the best 500 bid game I’ve found. However there’s a couple of things that need fixed in the algorithm. Computer players can bid Misare (we always called it Nello), even when it’s a lower bid than my bid. No matter what I bid, if one of the computer players bids misare they get the bid. Also, would like to see your computer partner not play the joker on No Trump when I play an ace. Happens all the time on No Trump. Those are the 2 biggest flaws that I have found.
Suggestions...
Mon Jun 24 2019 jim27462527Hi James - great work on the game, it’s awesome! A few minor improvements to the partners game-play could make it so much better however.
1. Calling as many tricks as needed to win: Why does my partner insist on calling the highest number of tricks possible when we only need a smaller number to win? Example - we’re on 490 points, no one else bits yet my partner goes straight to 8 hearts (invariably losing) when only 6 was needed?
2. Wasting high cards. The partner seems to play their highest card even if it is going to lose. Example - the opposition plays the joker, although my partner cannot win they still play a jack/ ace etc while they hold lower cards. The next hand the opposition plays a lower card which we could have beaten...
3. In line with the above, when the opposition is leading my partner seems to treat jacks of the same colour (left or right) as regular jacks - and as such throws them off instead of the queen, king or ace trump cards (if they’re holding any).
Thanks
Better than most but extremely glitchy
Sun Aug 07 2022 KilopilotI don’t know who wrote this program but they obviously have no understanding of how to play it. All my comments are with me playing the computer only. The programmer has no comprehension as to how to make bids. For example we may only need 10-30 points and the opponent is way behind, and they both have passed, so logically you would at most make a 6 bid to win the game. But not this programmer he has my so called partner bid 8 and then really didn’t have the cards to bid even 6. Then as previously stated in a review my partner will play a card that the hand is already mine and then cause us to be set. It is very frustrating playing this game with the programmers total lack of understanding on how to play cards!!! I would recommend this game only if you are going to play online and then that brings another total set in illogical programming idiotic things.
Not completely realistic play by partner.
Thu Apr 05 2018 Ucantcme12Not bad but there a couple things I don’t like. It’s almost impossible to win with a partner. My partner is constantly making bids where he gets 3 tricks but he bid 8 or 9. It’s ridiculous! Also, sometimes your partner plays cards very stupidly. Anyone who plays the game holds onto higher cards when they don’t lead. My partner always throws high cards no matter what. One game I threw a card in the suit and my partner threw an ace in another suit. The next hand I threw a card that was in the suit he threw previously, he threw a 4 in another suit! No one who plays the game, whether throwing off or not, would not play the game that way!!!!! You make the partner super dumb and the other computers super aggressive and smart. At least smarter than my partner.
Not bad, but could be better.
Mon Nov 20 2017 A NonamouseI enjoyed playing 500 but some of the things needed:
1. The screen overlay when you are bidding tells you the highest bid but also HIDES your partners bid - which is a very important thing to know when playing 4 player. Also helps to know any other bids for planning strategy.
2. Cards still move off left of screen
3. Rearrange my cards in a meaningful way. If you take hidden cards, they are place where the cards you replaced were. So, you wind up with the joker in the middle of your diamonds and spades and your heart run looks like 6,7,8, 5 of spades, 9, 10, queen of clubs. Diffuicult to plan out when you cant areange your cards.
4. Partner has bid 8 of a suit with no jacks or jokers in their hand. Not good AI.
A few more small features?
Tue May 08 2018 zoobdubeI’m really enjoying the app, it’s good for me to keep me in the game between get togethers with friends. It’s simply designed and it works easily. I would like to see a review feature. There are card game apps with the functionality that reviews the hand played as it’s played, and after the hand as a review. The game goes around so fast, a look back on what cards were played would be very helpful. Also, a running score as the game progresses. But mainly the review of cards played. I think that would be a great addition. Thanks!
Moving and pick pile
Mon Jun 20 2022 Fourth grade incusionI am still unhappy I cannot move my cards around before I bid. I like to put my cards in the order I want to see them to bid. The only time you can move cards is if you take the bid. I have not played the actual card game with friends for quite a while. Rather than 3 cards to change when you get the bid, I thought it was 5. Hope you can change these things because I love playing the game. I like the new changes you have made to show bids on the table.
Why doesn’t your player give you 3 of her cards when Nelly or misere is bid? That is what happens in the real game
500
Wed Jul 11 2018 LowerbsnowIt would really be nice if the cards were put in a suit order. And the trump Suit place at the right side.
Also, when trying to set the one that has the bid, when the trick is already won by someone who isn’t the bidder, the remaining players still try to win the trick. It is very annoying. Please do something about that so the game will be realistic and a lot more fun to play
Needs fixing
Thu Apr 01 2021 onwisco48There are some serious issues with the algorithm.
No-Trump: The joker is always played by the computer players when you play a spade. You can play the ace of spades and even your partner will take the trick with the joker! (Not how it should happen). It goes vis versa as well—you play the joker and everyone else plays a spade if they have one. Oh, and the opponents won’t play the joker until the last card, if you happen to not play a spade in the round.
There are other quirks as well, but I don’t have the time to get into it. If you play this app too often, you might forget how to play in real life.
