Comments on: Review: Texas Hold’em for iPhone http://justanothermobilemonday.com/Wordpress/2008/10/03/review-texas-holdem-for-iphone/ A Practical Look At Mobile Life Fri, 09 Jan 2009 09:49:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: birdsoft http://justanothermobilemonday.com/Wordpress/2008/10/03/review-texas-holdem-for-iphone/comment-page-1/#comment-37688 birdsoft Mon, 06 Oct 2008 22:32:44 +0000 http://justanothermobilemonday.com/Wordpress/2008/10/03/review-texas-holdem-for-iphone/#comment-37688 Fair enough.. I guarantee you I would be a pro poker player if real live poker was like this though. :) It is very weak. Yeah, I never tried switching back and forth. If I did something it would be more All-In like and always still be top down, unless I go with an option for another format too... Your idea on "package" is noted, though I wont confirm or deny anything at this point... :) For some reason I actually liked their betting system spin wheel... Though partially because accuracy of bets just isnt important as the AI would make entirely too big a bets almost every time in late position. I liked the flicking of the cards too, but the fact that you could flick the cards but occasionally catch the chips instead(and go all-in with that motion) was a little scary.... Actually, just got my Developer Program Ok, so I just loaded up my first iPhone game on my iPod Touch like 10 minutes ago, and gave it a go... Neat.... Should be submitted by Friday. Fair enough.. I guarantee you I would be a pro poker player if real live poker was like this though. :) It is very weak.

Yeah, I never tried switching back and forth. If I did something it would be more All-In like and always still be top down, unless I go with an option for another format too…

Your idea on “package” is noted, though I wont confirm or deny anything at this point… :)

For some reason I actually liked their betting system spin wheel… Though partially because accuracy of bets just isnt important as the AI would make entirely too big a bets almost every time in late position. I liked the flicking of the cards too, but the fact that you could flick the cards but occasionally catch the chips instead(and go all-in with that motion) was a little scary….

Actually, just got my Developer Program Ok, so I just loaded up my first iPhone game on my iPod Touch like 10 minutes ago, and gave it a go… Neat…. Should be submitted by Friday.

]]> By: dgoldring http://justanothermobilemonday.com/Wordpress/2008/10/03/review-texas-holdem-for-iphone/comment-page-1/#comment-37687 dgoldring Mon, 06 Oct 2008 19:56:23 +0000 http://justanothermobilemonday.com/Wordpress/2008/10/03/review-texas-holdem-for-iphone/#comment-37687 Brian, I agree with you that the AI is not as good as many of the Poker games I have played. But it is still not the worst. :) I think if you make a game with good graphics and AI then there is absolutely room for another Poker Game. One thing I would like to see is more of a Poker package where you can play different variations. There are a lot out there, as you know. I really liked the approach of letting you choose between portrait and landscape and switching between them was pretty seamless. Like I said, though. My biggest complaint was the betting system. What's wrong with just tapping stacks of chips. Can't wait to see your update of All-In. Doug Brian, I agree with you that the AI is not as good as many of the Poker games I have played. But it is still not the worst. :)

I think if you make a game with good graphics and AI then there is absolutely room for another Poker Game. One thing I would like to see is more of a Poker package where you can play different variations. There are a lot out there, as you know.

I really liked the approach of letting you choose between portrait and landscape and switching between them was pretty seamless.

Like I said, though. My biggest complaint was the betting system. What’s wrong with just tapping stacks of chips.

Can’t wait to see your update of All-In.

Doug

]]> By: birdsoft http://justanothermobilemonday.com/Wordpress/2008/10/03/review-texas-holdem-for-iphone/comment-page-1/#comment-37686 birdsoft Mon, 06 Oct 2008 14:43:01 +0000 http://justanothermobilemonday.com/Wordpress/2008/10/03/review-texas-holdem-for-iphone/#comment-37686 Thanks Doug. This is actually the only game I purchased for my Touch in trying to decide if the iPhone is a good candidate for a port of my upcoming 3.0 version of All-In(cant tell you what all it involves but one is a facelift, some reviewer recently said it looks like a game from 2004 :) ). And well at first I was blown away by this game(and a little bewildered that Apple decided they needed to cannibalize on the biggest genres in their AppStore). It has great graphics! Though admittedly like you I thought the "filmed" individual player portrait mode was a neat idea, but a pain to play poker with just as you found. It helps sell copies though. But the landscape full table mode with some of the neat little extra touches made this a fun game(it does have a little All-In type feel), and the added cover flow "casinos" was a nice touch. But then I played it a while, and it is EASY!!! Yeah, I may be a little better than average player and I did figure it out quite quickly myself, but the reviews in the AppStore even tell you how to. Right now I have over $700K in the game after playing 16 tournaments, with 62% record of placing, over 30% firsts (and ALL of the games I didnt place in involved me getting in with the better hand(usually much better) and the computer player sucking out, so that at least is real). So needless to say the AI is scary bad, and is very easy to beat. And 'Multi-Player' is a buzz word and putting it in sells copies of games too, whether its good or not, and while I do think it would be fun to play that way once, any time Im with 8 poker playing friends, we play with a deck and chips... So while Im still trying to decide the AI is the main factor I am considering. I can probably compete close to them graphics wise in Landscape, but I believe All-In's AI is so much superior that Im considering going for it just for that alone(and then more options and a few of the things from 3.0).. RealDice has similarly bad AI and last I checked they still didnt even have the poker rules quite right, and their Multi-Player even a few years later you just go online and have an All-In fest with a few random people on their servers so that NEVER ends up being real quality poker(unless you setup a game with your friends), so.... Any thoughts from others. Do you think in this poker age, that there are enough poker players with good game that want a little higher end AI on the iPhone? Hmmmmm.... Thanks Doug.
This is actually the only game I purchased for my Touch in trying to decide if the iPhone is a good candidate for a port of my upcoming 3.0 version of All-In(cant tell you what all it involves but one is a facelift, some reviewer recently said it looks like a game from 2004 :) ). And well at first I was blown away by this game(and a little bewildered that Apple decided they needed to cannibalize on the biggest genres in their AppStore). It has great graphics! Though admittedly like you I thought the “filmed” individual player portrait mode was a neat idea, but a pain to play poker with just as you found. It helps sell copies though. But the landscape full table mode with some of the neat little extra touches made this a fun game(it does have a little All-In type feel), and the added cover flow “casinos” was a nice touch.

But then I played it a while, and it is EASY!!! Yeah, I may be a little better than average player and I did figure it out quite quickly myself, but the reviews in the AppStore even tell you how to. Right now I have over $700K in the game after playing 16 tournaments, with 62% record of placing, over 30% firsts (and ALL of the games I didnt place in involved me getting in with the better hand(usually much better) and the computer player sucking out, so that at least is real). So needless to say the AI is scary bad, and is very easy to beat.

And ‘Multi-Player’ is a buzz word and putting it in sells copies of games too, whether its good or not, and while I do think it would be fun to play that way once, any time Im with 8 poker playing friends, we play with a deck and chips…

So while Im still trying to decide the AI is the main factor I am considering. I can probably compete close to them graphics wise in Landscape, but I believe All-In’s AI is so much superior that Im considering going for it just for that alone(and then more options and a few of the things from 3.0)..

RealDice has similarly bad AI and last I checked they still didnt even have the poker rules quite right, and their Multi-Player even a few years later you just go online and have an All-In fest with a few random people on their servers so that NEVER ends up being real quality poker(unless you setup a game with your friends), so….

Any thoughts from others. Do you think in this poker age, that there are enough poker players with good game that want a little higher end AI on the iPhone?

Hmmmmm….

]]> By: birdsoft http://justanothermobilemonday.com/Wordpress/2008/10/03/review-texas-holdem-for-iphone/comment-page-1/#comment-37685 birdsoft Mon, 06 Oct 2008 14:40:46 +0000 http://justanothermobilemonday.com/Wordpress/2008/10/03/review-texas-holdem-for-iphone/#comment-37685 Thanks Doug. This is actually the only game I purchased for my Touch in trying to decide if the iPhone is a good candidate for a port of my upcoming 3.0 version of All-In(cant tell you what all it involves but one is a facelift, some reviewer recently said it looks like a game from 2004 :) ). And well at first I was blown away by this game(and a little bewildered that Apple decided they needed to cannibalize on the biggest genres in their AppStore). It has great graphics!! Though admittedly like you I thought the "filmed" individual player portrait mode was a neat idea, but a pain to play poker with just as you found. It helps sell copies though. But the landscape full table mode with some of the neat little extra touches made this a fun game(it does have a little All-In type feel), and the added cover flow "casinos" was a nice touch. But then I played it a while, and it is EASY!!! Yeah, I may be a little better than average player and I did figure it out quite quickly myself, but the reviews in the AppStore even tell you how to. Right now I have over $700K in the game after playing 16 tournaments, with 62% record of placing, over 30% firsts (and ALL of the games I didnt place in involved me getting in with the better hand(usually much better) and the computer player sucking out, so that at least is real). So needless to say the AI is scary bad, and is very easy to beat. And 'Multi-Player' is a buzz word and putting it in sells copies of games too, whether its good or not, and while I do think it would be fun to play that way once, any time Im with 8 poker playing friends, we play with a deck and chips... So while Im still trying to decide the AI is the main factor I am considering. I can probably compete close to them graphics wise in Landscape, but I believe All-In's AI is so much superior that Im considering going for it just for that alone(and then more options and a few of the things from 3.0). RealDice has similarly bad AI and last I checked they still didnt even have the poker rules quite right, and their Multi-Player even a few years later you just go online and have an All-In fest with a few random people on their servers so that NEVER ends up being real quality poker(unless you setup a game with your friends), so.... Any thoughts from others. Do you think in this poker age, that there are enough poker players with good game that want a little higher end AI on the iPhone? Hmmmmm.... Thanks Doug.
This is actually the only game I purchased for my Touch in trying to decide if the iPhone is a good candidate for a port of my upcoming 3.0 version of All-In(cant tell you what all it involves but one is a facelift, some reviewer recently said it looks like a game from 2004 :) ). And well at first I was blown away by this game(and a little bewildered that Apple decided they needed to cannibalize on the biggest genres in their AppStore). It has great graphics!! Though admittedly like you I thought the “filmed” individual player portrait mode was a neat idea, but a pain to play poker with just as you found. It helps sell copies though. But the landscape full table mode with some of the neat little extra touches made this a fun game(it does have a little All-In type feel), and the added cover flow “casinos” was a nice touch.

But then I played it a while, and it is EASY!!! Yeah, I may be a little better than average player and I did figure it out quite quickly myself, but the reviews in the AppStore even tell you how to. Right now I have over $700K in the game after playing 16 tournaments, with 62% record of placing, over 30% firsts (and ALL of the games I didnt place in involved me getting in with the better hand(usually much better) and the computer player sucking out, so that at least is real). So needless to say the AI is scary bad, and is very easy to beat.

And ‘Multi-Player’ is a buzz word and putting it in sells copies of games too, whether its good or not, and while I do think it would be fun to play that way once, any time Im with 8 poker playing friends, we play with a deck and chips…

So while Im still trying to decide the AI is the main factor I am considering. I can probably compete close to them graphics wise in Landscape, but I believe All-In’s AI is so much superior that Im considering going for it just for that alone(and then more options and a few of the things from 3.0).

RealDice has similarly bad AI and last I checked they still didnt even have the poker rules quite right, and their Multi-Player even a few years later you just go online and have an All-In fest with a few random people on their servers so that NEVER ends up being real quality poker(unless you setup a game with your friends), so….

Any thoughts from others. Do you think in this poker age, that there are enough poker players with good game that want a little higher end AI on the iPhone?

Hmmmmm….

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