Hoyle Table Games 2004
 | Average Customer Rating: Recommend 18 Classic table games with a brand-new twist! With animated opponents who talk back and speak their minds - now it's more than just a game! Exciting and challenging board games that you'll want to play again and again.… Product details and pricing info |
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45 Customer Reviews Posted
- Something's Wrong Here..
- Shortly after installing the game, I start up a $1000, 14 hand Draw Poker tournament, with 8 players.
I lost profoundly. Those eight players managed to come up with SEVEN four of a kinds. Over 14 hands.
In all years of real poker playing I probably see a 5-card draw poker four of a kind one in every 100 or maybe 200 hands. Not 50% of the time.
Next tournament, first hand, I managed a three of a kind, and lost to a flush and two full houses. Just how many cards are in this deck anyway?
The graphics, sound, game choices, and presentation are nice, but with such a skewed random number generator, who needs it?
Find the 2003 version in the bargain bin instead, which looks and sounds almost identical and at least played a fair, fun game.
- 2004-01-16, 54 of 58 people found this review helpful, Rated:
- Have they added passing to pinochle yet?
- I have Hoyle Card Games 5, and enjoy it, but the Pinochle implementation does not include passing cards. That's the only reason I see to upgrade, so it would be a waste of money if it doesn't add that...
- 2004-01-10, 6 of 6 people found this review helpful, Rated:
- Stick with 2003
- Each year, Sierra and Hoyle have released a new version of Hoyle Casino. Each year, they have added additional casino games or new modes of play. The 2004 release of Hoyle Casino breaks this trend. Hoyle Casino 2004 adds no new games into the mix, and offers little value compared to the 2003 edition.
Other changes from the 2003 to 2004 edition include not being able to play the game without the CD in the drive. This is highly annoying for those who may wish to play the game on multiple machines that they own. Previous versions allowed you to play the game without the CD in the drive (internet play and player voices were disabled.) Sierra would have been wise to pay attention to the furor of the customers for Intuit's 2003 TurboTax release and their complaints about copy protection methods.
An additional change that I find particularly annoying is that the game pauses itself if you open a different window during play. While playing poker in Hoyle Casino 2003, I would often open a web browser and switch to it while the computer plays out a hand I folded out of. In Hoyle Casino 2004, the AI players do not play while the program window does not have focus.
While the gameplay is still the same great gameplay that one would expect from Sierra and their Hoyle Games line, the 2004 edition does not present enough value to make another purchase worthwhile.
- 2004-01-01, 148 of 157 people found this review helpful, Rated:
- CD must be in drive after full installation to play!
- Even after full installation of this game, the CD must be inserted in the drive to play it. I hope this new form of "corporate greed" backfires in a big way. Stay away, don't buy any Sierra Product!
- 2003-12-31, 14 of 23 people found this review helpful, Rated:
- Must have CD in drive to play game!
- I purchased this and Hoyle Casino 2004 for my sons for Christmas and was very disappointed to see the CD must be in the drive to play this game, even after full installation. Corporate greed is alive and well at Sierra!!!
- 2003-12-31, 8 of 15 people found this review helpful, Rated:
