Software : Hoyle Puzzle & Board Games 2008

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Rating: 1 out of 5 stars - CAUTION! product info is not clear!
This is a DVD, not a CD. If you don't have a DVD drive, you can't use it!



Rating: 2 out of 5 stars - Feels like a beta
The game may claim to work with OS X, but that's stretching the definition of compatible. If you have multiple users with their own account, each user must register the product separately, and cannot see the other scoreboards.

In just an hour or so of play, the chess product was revealed to be buggy, especially about end game rules. It declared a draw due to insufficient material when the human player had a queen, a rook, a knight, and a pawn or two. (There were also legal moves for the computer player). The mahjongg tiles product was trying to do matches against buried tiles.

Don't expect even a passable chess opponent on the normal difficulty setting. As an unrated chess player, I should find the normal mode at least a passable game, instead of beating it so readily as to be boring.

I haven't even had the time to look at the other games. We wanted a couple of the popular board games, a decent mahjongg solitaire game, and maybe one or two more. Instead, we got what might eventually be a usable product, but certainly isn't one yet.

The scoreboard was more primitive than what I'd find on the freebie mahjongg games that come with some Linux desktops.

The patch that is listed on their website is a Windows .exe, no mention made of a Mac patch. If you want a Mac puzzle/board game, don't select with this product unless you are truly desperate, or have tried many other options and they are even worse.



Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - The wait is over
This was my favorite game by Hoyle but getting a new powerbook left me game-less. Thank you we all enjoy the games on this new CD. It includes a good varietyof puzzles and games. We would like to see more items to purchase as you win points. That has been fun. Well worth the price.



Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - BEST puzzle collection EVER!!
The Hoyle puzzle collection just keeps getting better and better. Fast and challenging games and puzzles, lots for one, two or more players.



Rating: 3 out of 5 stars - forensic buff
This Hoyle isn't that good for this amount of money. If you could get each game individualy it would be better.


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