Spades - Cards Game 12+

There aren’t an excessive amount of ads which is refreshing. And, thankfully, I haven’t been bombarded with requests to make “in app purchases,” which really upsets me. I haven’t played Spades in a long time & wanted to practice so I can improve my game, which this app has been great for. What’s nice, though, is that once you’re comfortable with how you’re playing, you can change the settings to remove the hints & see how well you can play without help. So far, I’m really enjoying this game.

I don’t know what game the person who said that there weren’t too many ads was playing, but it clearly wasn’t this one. This is a very well made Spades game, but the ads are nearly constant! Worse, there are two different kinds of ads: one that merely interrupts your game with a 30 second video, which really aren’t too bad (even though they do make you click through 3 or 4 screens before you can actually get out of the ad. It is the second kind of ad that ruins the game though. There is a little banner ad on the bottom of the screen, not a problem in itself. About every 30-45 seconds, the game opens up your web browser and automatically takes you to the advertised site. It makes the game completely unplayable. And, therefore, it gets one star. Delete!

My AI partner pulls some stupid moves. Saves ace and king for last tricks instead of playing them to draw out opponents trump. The system has AI players written to alway play a higher card. For example, playing a queen when they have a lower suit card and the king has not yet been played. My partner often over bids to the point that I often subtract a point from my bid to make up for their over bid. Also the AI partner often bids one when they should play nil. My AI partner Ican be frustrating so I leave the app and play something else.
I like that you can view cards played and cancel the game (because your partner played stupid.)