| Description | Ignore the fact this is supposed to be a card game. It could quite easily just play itself, as the player only ever gets literally one choice to make. There's no consequences at all in pressing the wrong key. Soon after commencing play, I discovered that it's much quicker to just keep repeatedly hitting the T key to turn the next card, as this is usually the only option available. Eventually, pressing the T key gets the response 'you must move'. This indicates you have a card you can use, so it won't let you turn any more. The only key now that gets a response is the M key. You then have to tell the computer which of the four suits to put the card on (S, H, D, C). Don't worry about getting it wrong, because there's only one suit you can choose - the correct one. If you press the key of the wrong suit, it tells you you can't put it on that pile. Therefore, simply press all four keys in a random order and you can't go wrong.?Once in a while, you cannot move OR turn, you have to press D to turn the deck. Such amazing interaction! So to recap, this means you can play the game without paying attention at all, as follows...
1) Press T repeatedly.
2) When the computer says 'You must move!', press M, followed by S, H, D, C (in any order) or simply look at the second digit on your card, as this is the key that you must press.
3) Once in a blue moon, you cannot turn or move, this means it's time to press the D key to turn the deck.
4) Repeat from step 1. In a sense, this is just like the real card game, in that no decisions ever need to be made - winning is pure luck. But at least with real cards, the player has to pay attention to what he/she is doing in order to play the game properly! As an interactive computer game, it's a 100% POINTLESS KEY?PRESSING?EXERCISE! Still, at least the author has compensated for this by including some stunningly beautiful graphi... oh no hang on, he hasn't. It looks shit. Green background, black or red text - that's it. Also, input responses from the Speccy tend to be messily left behind on the screen, causing confusion (or would do if anyone actually bothered trying to play the game properly). Bonus marks for incorporating a completely useless scrolly message that contains nothing but the title of the game. That's classy crap, that. |
