Simply Card Suite 4+

Too Bad.. It Was A Great Game

I’ve been enjoying Bid Whist greatly, and was going to pay to remove the ads from Simply Cards, for that alone. I own several Magmic games, and they used to be really good until recently.

Recently, something weird is going on. Skip-Bo is no longer licensed, and was removed from my device, and as another user said, Spades is not playing well. (I have both the standalone Spades Pro, as well as the version with Simply Cards. As stated, the partner AI does not support its partner at all. It’s just not fun to play anymore, and if you adapt, it forms bad habits for when you play in person. Real spades players do not act that way.

Now, when I try to play Whist, it open up the ‘Rate Us’ window. This wouldn’t normally annoy me. I love the game. However, it locks up entirely at that point. Whether I push ‘Rate’, ‘No Thanks’, ‘Later’, or the back arrow, nothing happens. I can see the button depressing, but it doesn’t go anywhere. And since it opens every time I open the game, the game has become completely unplayable. SO disappointed.

What’s going on Magmic?

Simple Spades has missed the mark with this update

I normally don’t write reviews for apps because I usually feel like people can make up their own minds without reading what I have to say, but on this app I felt like I needed to break my own rule. I have been a long time user of the older version of this spades game. I actually held off upgrading my IOS version when I got a message that this older version would not run on v11 of IOS. But alas a new cell phone forced me to the new version of both. I must say this version of the game misses the mark badly. They took away the ability to “pick” your level of opponent hence you lose the ability of choosing the AI personality to play against. This new version I have found on both hard and hardest level they AI spends so much time trying to give you bags it rarely makes it own bid. I have played at least a dozen games so far and I have yet to see my opponent with a positive score. Then speaking of scoring. They have changed the scoring or bags taking away the idea of “team” and making even your partner play low to not get bags even if you bid nil. Of which the old version game you a 100 points for and this one gives you 50 with no way to set it how you want. Overall I used to play this game for stress relief now I find myself more stressed after trying to play it. My advice, pass this version up. I feel robbed having paid again for this update just to have the ads removed.

Developer Response ,

Hi there! Thank you for your detailed feedback. It will be shared with the team, so we can review it as we plan future updates. We continue to adjust how the AI and gameplay work, as we strive to improve the game. Sorry it didn't hit the mark for you. -KD

What happened?

I used to play this game all the time. It was quick and the AI was pretty good. You could fool it from time to time but all in all it felt similar to how friends play. Now the AI is incredibly frustrating. It’s gone the complete opposite and seems like they are willing to take sets just to load bags on you. And the new point system is TERRIBLE. I’ve been playing Spades for 20 years and have played all kinds of crazy house rules... never once have I played with anyone that counted bags by individual team member. If my team bids seven and takes seven we shouldn’t be penalized just because I took one less and my partner took one more than our bids. That’s a big part of the game...working together to make your bid. All that system does is add more bags in to the game and drags them out. And for some reason nil bids are only worth 50 now? What’s the point? Might as well just bid the one in your hand than try and dump it because the risk-reward just isn’t there. Bummer to lose a game I’ve been enjoying playing for years