Action Solitaire Review

Must Have Lots of Time and Motivation or Price is Too Steep!

Submitted by funcia on Wed, 2008-07-23 04:55.
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The lowest price: 22.45$
You can buy it at RegNow for that price.
Pros:
Number of Games, Help Files Informative, Ease of Use
Cons:
Price(Must learn about 20 new games to make it worthwhile.)
Review:

I toyed around with this tonight, and I'm really impressed! I'd actually buy it for the price if I were able to buy games when I can just play them with all my spare decks.

The timing might be a problem for those who like to actually think about their moves, thinking many steps ahead, taking every scenario into account. However, for those who play chess against the clock, and those who perhaps are always a bit too impatient, even when playing plain old solitaire in the office, this is the "solitaire" card game software for them! [Practice mode is one way I found to get around this, but for the competitive people who decide to do this, the fact that high-scores aren't saved might be frustrating at first.]

A major problem I had, when thinking about this game for "users" was: there are too many games! Sure, it's definitely worth the price, but unless you've completely submitted to card games, you problem will only know five or so of these games. The people who don't know five will have to read the help files, and, although these are extremely informative, it will still take some time to fully learn the game. Of course, if you're getting paid for sitting at a desk and just looking for something to do, this might just be the product for you!

Conclusion:

This is definitely worth it if you've been playing MS Solitaire for more than 1.5 hours a day. If you just like to play a few card games for less time, there are definitely better (possibly free or cheaper) options.