⋆Solitaire‪+‬ 4+

Fixed to not win?

I play a lot of solitaire and decided to try this one. There's definitely something non random about the card deals. I consistently win about 30% of my solitaire games. With this one I'm not likely to win 10%. I don't know if this is intentional or just bad coding. I don't know why it would be intentional unless it makes more money on the free version with ads. Definitely messed up.

After playing this app a lot more I did hit some "wining streaks" where I was consistently winning a much higher percentage. The thought that other developers may be skewing theirs to win more often did cross my mind. Thanks to the developers on this one for the response and insight. I increased my rating in accordance with my extended experience.

Developer Response ,

Hi Cyrus, thank you for your review! We use the Mersenne Twister (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mersenne_Twister) as our random number generator, and the International Organization for Standardization's template for shuffling (http://en.cppreference.com/w/cpp/algorithm/random_shuffle). Streaks of losses (and winning streaks!) are common in truly random solitaire. Microsoft's Klondike Solitaire used pre-verified shuffles for their game, meaning that there was only a set number of limited games, rather than a virtually endless supply of unique games (as with randomized deals). Using pre-verified shuffles would also have the unfortunate consequence of making the app size larger than using a randomization algorithm to generate cards. Solitaire apps that offer winnable deals are using these pre-verified deals (rather than a "better" randomization algorithm than ours). I hope this gives some insight into why our Solitaire seems so challenging, and why we haven't implemented winnable games - although this is something we are keeping on the table.

THE BEST❣️❣️❣️

I have played this Solitaire forever (it seems so anyway) and I love it! It is the absolutely best Solitaire there is. It's straight forward and easy to play. There aren't any distracting graphics and the game flows nicely from one to the next. I’ve tried several solitaire games and this one rises above every other solitaire app I have checked out. If you like glitz and bells and whistles and colorful graphics that hide the cards you need to play then get that kind solitaire app. If you want to play Klondike solitaire or FreeCell for an hour or two choose the Brainium app. You will love how smooth it is to play too!

Great app!

The best of the solitaire games I've tried. Easy controls, plenty of options. Nice. That said, the newest update introduced a gaenuine disappointment for me. Playing using turning over "draw 3" now shows all three cards, where formerly you saw only the top card. This introduces a completely new level of predictability and removes a major source of pleasant anticipation. I find the game significantly less interesting to play now. I wish The programmer would include the Option of hiding/showing cards in this mode. I have reduced my star rating from 5 to 4 as a result.

Occasionally feels like the deals get less random with repeated games, but restart fixes this.