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Kool looking graphics and fast action play
The fisrt thing I noticed and liked about this poker game was the graphics! I like the ambiance and controls of the selections of table color and card color and whether you use an overhead view of the table or the 3/4 view that exposes more poker room furniture. The play is quite fast or you can slow it down. Card shuffling and chip sounds are present and NO LAME PLAYERS FACES, just name placements for the other players at the table. In tournament play {selection} you start with 10 players and as play continues players are eliminated, just like in real play, and you have the neat little option to see your opponents hole cards at end of hand. Fortunately you have no option to see while in action...otherwise you'd be tempted to cheat, so thats just as well; it would probably ruin the game for me being so larcenous anyway.
Also there are plenty of selections {dozens} of play you can make to keep this interesting. Percentage chart is present with "all in" hands. I like that this is not complicated like other "hold em" games out there. They just try to teach to much and I just want to play for an hour with out being feed a bunch of info! ALL IN!
Just like a casino
I have a couple other Texas Hold 'Em games but this one is the best simply because it reveals only what you'd see if you were playing a live game at a casino. No clues pop up telling you how much is in the pot; what your odds are of making a flush, straight or other hand; what your percentage is of winning that hand. YOU have to figure it out. This game has raised my skill level immeasurably.
I'll be a winner the next time I play!
The hands are dealt over and over again for me and I get a chance to bet or not (using Poker for Dummies)...without losing any money. After all this practice, next time I'll win. Lots of fun for $4.95.
From the Manufacturer
This set contains two games: Text Twist and Super What Word.
Text Twist
How many words do you know? Make as many words as you can with the letters provided. Use all your letters to make a word and you'll move on to the next round. If you get stuck, click on Twist for a hint. Don't worry, we've already thought of all the words. You just have to tell us what they are!
Super What Word
Swap letter balls in a 5x5 grid to form words. Form the special "WHATwords" to move onto the next level.
makes Wordtris look like "chump"tris
What Word looks a bit like boggle, but don't shake the monitor. :-)
You're given a board of 5 rows by 5 columns - 25 letters. Some letters have a brighter glow, making them worth more points - this is a random occurance. On the right panel is a list of words and their point values, below that are the words you must complete before you run out of turns (depending on the number of letters you've used) and below that is a super "what" word that can only be completed by making words with special orange tiles.
Challenging and addictive!
Text Twist is almost like Hangman on steroids. You're given jumbled letters and you try to get as many words as you can. You can click a button to randomly shuffle your letters over and over again to re-order them to see if it stimulates your brain into spotting new words. You can play an untimed mode in which you have to find all possible words, or a timed mode in which you have to find the longest word to survive, and all other words are bonus points.
You can use your mouse, but an easier method is to just type out the word and hit enter. Easy and fun - and a great way to speed up your typing skills!
If you played Wordtris before, but got bored - this is the next level and you won't get burned out!
Like Word Games? This one is great!
This is a great package - two fun word games! You can challenge your mind by looking for words -- or you can REALLY challenge your mind and play with a timer! Either way, it is fun, and you can make excuses that it is also educational. What more do you want?
addicting
Very fun and challenging. Can be Addicitive and waste a lot of time! Uses your brain though so that makes it a good excuse when you get lost in it.
A stupendous piece of software
My four-year-old son has tired of mere level editors in video games. He asked me how to make his own games from scratch. There's no way a four-year-old is going to learn Java or C#, so I downloaded ClickTeam's Games Factory 2. He has created five simple games already.
It's all dragging and dropping. There are no file handles, IO streams, inheritance, polymorphism, or other other sophisticated programming concepts. In fact, there's really not any scripting, just clicking.
The level of sophistication you can create is on par with the average Intellivision or Atari 2600 game. However, the graphics can be high resolution and in full color. You can import WAV files for audio. It has options for creating multiplayer games, connecting to the Internet, saving high scores, and many other extras.
You could easily recreate your favorite 2D games: Rootbeer Tapper, 1942, Donkey Kong, etc. My son created an original game where you traverse mazes, collect cheese, and battle giant skulls. You're not going to use Game Factory to write the next installment of Halo, but you can certainly have a blast. It's way more creative and engaging than just playing video games.
One thing that could be improved is the documentation. The instructions are good, but not flawless. Sometimes we had to figure a feature out by trial and error when the manual was not clear.
Good, but There's an Alternative...
This product is great for beginning game developers. I would say 90% of the activities that one carries out in this softwared are "Drag-n-Drop". There are plenty of tutorials that are easy to follow.
However, if you are an experienced game designer, or are totally enthusiastic toward game design/development, then you might prefer investigating a less expensive alternative, yet one that may prove to be more flexible... "Game Maker".
The "Game Maker" software follows the same drag-n-drop philosopy, but also incorporates the use of a scripting language if you find the need for this. The basic software is free with unlimited use. In addition, upgrading to the Pro edition, from the free, is only $20.00! You might want to give this software a try before you purchase TGF, at $50+ dollars.
Exactly what we wanted
My son wanted to "build his own" video games. This is easy and fun for him.
Install problems, little publisher support
This may or may not be a great game. After many tries at installing and much troubleshooting, still no luck in getting it to work. I haven't had any problems installing any of the other games, so this came as a bit of a surprise. From now on I'll be sure to try the demo versions before buying the full version.
Buyer beware-- although Amazon's excellent customer service came through with a refund, I was told that this would be a "one-time" exception. When you buy one of these games, it's yours, broken or not.
Free download did not work
I'm glad I read the reader's review about problems running the program before buying this product. I downloaded the 30 minute free trial into my XP system and also could not get the game to start properly. Saved some money, time and trouble thanks to the review a previous purchaser.
Will not work for me either
I, too tried to play this game and it would not load for me. I get to the main page where in the book it asks to click on the first case and everything just closes on me. I contacted Amazon to request a refund and they just gave me a zillion ways to blame it on my computer and didn't honor the refund. I recommend testing all games out with the free trial's first.
Many Faces has helped this new Go player
The basics of the game of GO a very simple (think Othello) - but has more intricacies than chess. Yes, there are plenty of free games on the net - and a downloadable version of Many Faces of GO is available. SEARCH I GOWIN. For a newbie like me, I highly recommend learning the basics of GO and many important classical moves from the free software IGOWIN.
But when you have the basics down - you can try a book. I'm more visual and the software has been easier way for me to learn "hands-on" with a Hint button. Plus, when I play on the software, I learn more of the basic strategy which has been hard to learn from the books.
I love the game of GO more than chess. I play with my 23 yo son who understands the strategy better than I do - so, between games, I am learning with this software which is very user friendly. Since this is a game that will take a life-time to learn, I find that the software gives me patient learning that the even the lowest ranked on-line players can't give me - including the time to think things over and take back dumb moves.
If you want to learn the game of GO - BEWARE, it is VERY adicting. Try the free 9 x 9 version to learn the basics. Then graduate to this program. It is good enough for beginners and higher levels of play.
I havn't seen this product
Hello,
I have not bought this product, but anyone who was considering purchasing it in order to get an introduction to the game of baduk (or go) should first look at http://www.pandanet.co.jp/English/
The reason that I say this is that, a big selling point of this software seems to be that it includes an Internet Go Client that allows you to play over the Internet. There are many freely available such clients. All you need to do is follow the above link for a pretty good introduction to the game, a free Internet client or two, and a free server with many fellow players, of all skill levels, to play against.
This is not to say that this product does not do an excellent job of getting someone involved in the game of baduk, I am in no way trying to discourage anyone from buying it. After all, as I have said, I have never even set my eyes on this product. I am sure that it offers a very nice experience, but at $89.00, I am almost as sure that the same sort of experience can be gained by freely available means.
Cheers.
Its only fun for a little while.....
While I am sure the developer meant well in trying to create a game that captures the fun and original spirit of the gameshow, It falls short in a way.....
The music is dead on the spot, as it sounds like on the TV. Video clips... hmm where have I seen that clip before, oh wait! Its from a former episode of the Price is Right! Most of the prices from those video clips in game, were incorprated into the video game, so Price fanatics may see little challenge if they can remember the exact price of that item from the episode when it was aired.
The gameplay is too repetitive and its easy to memorize the wrong-doings in the game and get a perfect score almost everytime. Why does it seem like when you start the game at the beginning, it comes up with the same video prizes up for bid?
Its not a bad game, I mean I like the Price is Right, its just too much of a repeater to want to play it all the time. 3 out of 5 for repetitive gameplay.
Lame!
This game has absolutely no depth whatsoever. It's extremely disappointing! Keep your money, you would have more fun to watch Drew Carey on the actual show.
Fun for a while
The game itself is pretty fun. The graphics are good, game play is good. It is a pretty good knock off of the show. However, I have to admit that I haven't played it since the first day or so. I quickly grew tired of it. Maybe because the Price is Right doesn't appeal to me much anymore, but I just couldn't keep playing.