Play and layout smooth and fast
Sat Nov 05 2022 MaybeDogI grew up with Spite and Malice and it's always been one of my favorites card games. I've been waiting for years for an electronic version so was thrilled when I found this a few years ago. The updates have improved the game and this version is wonderful The game play is one of the best out there of any card game, the graphics pretty and the movement smooth and fast. The option to play with peers over the network works really well and I've used it often. My complaints are: 1. Even at the hardest level, the computer makes stupid mistakes like playing from the discard piles when the same number is on the pile to get rid of. 2. The new goals thing is annoying and I thought it was an ad at first. I want the option to turn it off. This is one of the few apps I've actually purchased because I play it so much. Every time I play a game on my phone it's the first or second I choose, and I want to support the developers. I highly recommend this fun and addictive game.
Developers need to go back to the drawing board
Wed Feb 22 2023 Can't find themselves!I’ve played this game thousands of times in my lifetime. THOUSANDS. Therefore I’m very qualified to tell you about this game and it’s ap flaws… First of all… your opponent can just leave the game and not finish it and leave you if you’re winning without ANY demerit done to them. Poor sportsmanship is a problem in this game with random players and you get no reward for an abandoned game and they get no points taken from them. They need to fix that. If you leave a game, you should lose 1,000 points for unsportsmanlike behavior. Secondly… you never get the option for a new challenge and have to wait for the clock to expire to get a new challenge so leveling up is ridiculously slow and unrewarding. 3rd…. There are ZERO points awarded for winning a game, only challenges can do that. They need to fix that!!! You should gain at least 500 points for winning a real PVP game! Finally, I’ve played this particular ap game enough to be able to tell that this game is rigged to pick a player who will win. So you can sit and go through TEN or TWELVE turns before you’ll get the card you need. That’s statistically impossible unless it’s rigged. So this game, as well designed as it is, has some serious flaws that are bad enough to make the paid version not worth the price.
Fun game, good app
Sat Apr 03 2021 longhorn kI play this almost every day. I love it. I have the paid version, as to support the developers. :). It’s just as I remember from my younger days playing with family members and friends. Good deal.
Developers, please add the ability to get multiple rewards ( by watching ads) after you’ve played the days challenge. It used to be an option, but some time ago, it changed so that “no ads available right now” is all that shows up.
A suggestion for the developers - allow the players to bypass the days rewards to a different one. I don’t enjoy playing “ spiteful” games so when that comes up for the days reward, I just skip playing at all for that day. Kinda disappointing. Maybe other users and players aren’t too bothered by it, but I thought I’d let you know that it disappoints me, anyway. ✌️
Had to upgrade for decent gameplay again
Sat Apr 27 2024 _beowulfI’ve played Spite & Malice for years and this developer’s version is the best. I’m a bit disillusioned, however, because the gameplay in the older version degraded so drastically that the game just wasn’t any fun to play. It would often force just one player to sit out the game, watching their opponent (who wasn’t having any fun either), just breeze through to an easy win.
So finally, I decided to upgrade to this “HD” version to see whether the algorithm in this version would match the previous version’s gameplay I’ve come to expect. It does, but this seems like a crappy way to get people to upgrade, especially when I don’t see any actual new features in this “HD” version. It makes me wonder whether the “HD” in the title of this version means “Hostage Dollars,” meaning that if I didn’t upgrade to the new version, I’d never have another fun game? My experience so far with this version seems to point in that direction.
Large amount of strategy
Thu Jul 25 2019 guitarman70A large amount of strategy is able to be utilized in this simple game. The decision making to be able to block your phone opponent from playing their hole card is predicated upon looking at all the options that you have present and future, the options your phone opponent has present and future, the unknown vagarities of what card may turn up in your own hole pile, the possibilities of what my turn up in the opponent hole pile, can you go on a run before the opponent goes on a run, how long may the runs last, etc. Also, don’t make a false step in choosing where to place a card because the game does not allow you to go back and fix a mistake.
Well designed, but poor AI
Tue Mar 11 2025 iPad 2 FanThe game is well designed and fun to play. It is one of the card games I play most often. That being said I think there is a lot more work the developer could do to improve the intelligence of the computer. It will waste wild cards when it has other cards to play. It also plays lousy defense by often playing right up to the card I need to play, even when it is my last card. It seems to compensate for its poor play by dealing more wild cards to the computer. Still, even on the most difficult setting I win 90% of the time. The new Spiteful difficulty level is no different than the other levels. Overall a fun, well designed game. Just frustrating that after so long the developer isn't able to improve obvious flaws in the AI.
Very challenging! Plays just like the card game.
Wed May 21 2025 TommyG7Tons of fun! I've played over 6,000 games of Spite and Malice on my IOS devices. All on the Expert setting. Very challenging. Very enjoyable! But... The developers need to work with Apple on the Apple Game Center scores. It took me over a year in the Expert Level to go from the bottom player to currently #112. The players #1 and #2 literally arrived their overnight. The people who are #3 and below have been playing for months or years. There is no way the current #1 and #2 Expert Level players could have honestly earned those reviews without somehow hacking the Apple Game Center software.
Great game
Wed Apr 04 2018 Mhorn617My hubby and I love playing this game back and forth. I just feel like the app needs a rehaul. Make it more user friendly. Sometimes the game won’t work when we request a new game with each other. Sometimes it will. Also the notifications, OhMyGoodness!! I get so frustrated. I have to close the app out and open back up to get the badge icon to disappear. That’s after I have already played my turn. Also, I play with my husband, 1 game at a time, but the badge icon says I have 3 notifications even though I only have 1. Its so stinkin’ frustrating. Not going to uninstall the game just because of that but I can say I have looked on the App Store for a better version of the game.
Won’t save game if friend goes offline.
Sat Aug 06 2022 MisfitmommaI bought the hd version to be able to play with a friend of mine. We are in different time zones so we don’t play at the same time. We’ve discovered that the game can’t invite someone if they are offline and once you start playing, you have to finish the game or lose it. It would also be nice to have a chat box so you could communicate with the other player. I’m disappointed that it doesn’t save the game like my other online games do thay we play. Also when my friend gets the invite it says it is from another friend of mine who never plays. I’ve tried to delete him but the app keeps putting him back. Need to fix these issues please.
Please fix from the update
Thu May 27 2021 Lbg1632I love this game because you can play against the computer or even better against your friends online. However there was just an update that has really messed up the turn based online game. It won't bring up my all my games. The icon will show I have 5 games but when I go in there is only 1. Please fix ASAP. Also since this last update you have to click on the left versus the right to get to your next game...ok, but now you have to click in a 2nd spot again to get to the list of ongoing games. Please put it back to one click to get to your games being played. Once fixed my rating would be a full 5 stars. Thanks!
