Spades Masters - Card Game 17+

5 stars strictly due to graphics and how engaging it it. Im not sure yet if it’s truly pay to win like the other reviews have left. Least boring Spades game out(graphically). I really hope for this particular game to thrive above all other Spades apps so that I can matchup to more real life players. Partners and opponents suspiciously seem like bots on some occasions. The timing of them playing the cards are way too consistent like they don’t even think about whether they should just force opponents to bag or prevent them from reaching their bid. I hope devs don’t read this and try to randomize timing just to make me think they’re bit bots. I’d much rather wait in queue to matchup against real players than bots. Unfortunately there are more players in other Spades apps even though this to me is the best one. I normally like longer games, like to 500 so I can recover from having back to back bad hands instead of only betting NIL. But in this case most people probably can’t afford to stay in a game (time wise) for longer than 3-4 hands. After learning the game of Spades, every other card game is boooring! Please advertise to draw in players! Good luck devs!

1. I understand and accept having to watch an ad between games, if you play free version. Recently, I got a message “make a purchase, no more ads”…the same day they doubled the number of ads you have to watch between games. This is ridiculous. No other spades game does this. So transparently a cash grab by developers.
2. Games are wayyyy too short. Why? So you see more ads. Doubles games go to only 100 points, so if your opponents gets a five bid and a nil bid, that’s it. No skill, it’s now just a game of chance. And almost comically ridiculous, solo games go to….60 points? What? Spades is supposed to be skill AND luck, but these low score totals make it 99% luck.
3. The skill of random teammates and opponents is not commiserate with my skill level. I win more than 50% of my games, and make 75% of bids, and 70% of my nil bids (would be higher if I didn’t have to make risky bids because winning score is so low). But I’m almost always paired with 30-35 winning % players, who make LESS than 35% of bids, and 20% nil bids. You get forced to make bad decisions, when your teammates can’t count books, can’t change their strategy, or plain don’t understand how to play.
——all in all, very frustrating game. Much better spades games out there (I’m not naming them so I sound like a shill).
DEVELOPERS, IF YOU WANT ME TO WATCH MORE ADS, MAKE YOUR GAME BETTER. I WOULD PLAY ALOT MORE…AND WATCH MORE ADS.

I’ve tried all the spades apps in the App Store and finally found one that (so far anyway lol) makes the game fun again. Other spades apps encourage table talk, which in any live spades game, can be used to cheat; and although you CAN chat in this one as well, I haven’t encountered many dishonest players using that technique cause they aren’t good enough to win by skill alone. I’ve had very few incompetent partners. Also with other apps there’s always connection issues, dysfunctional tech departments, and terrible in game Support, which are everything but helpful when you try to address the issues with them. This one is worth your time.