Not Rational?
I have a number of issues with what should be (and is, in Microsoft land) a very simple game. First, the game has frozen on me a number of times, where I am unable to play a card, and have to exit the game. This can be annoying (especially so depending on how youre doing).
More importantly though, the "other players" (when playing against the computer) are not in the least bit rational. Example: in my last game - the first of a new set, the player to my right was void in clubs on the first card played. The second card played was the ace of spades (!) but no queen was played. You might assume this meant that the player who led the ace would also have the queen. Not so here! On the next play, a club was played and the player on my right played the queen of spades. Any rational player would have played it when the ace of spades was played, but of course, no rational player would have played the ace of spades, even if they were trying to shoot the moon. I have often seen players lead the queen of spades, when they had a choice. Or play our an entire suit, even if the queen of spades hadnt yet been played. I suppose you could argue that playing in a random fashion can be interesting, but if I wanted that, Id play my kids.
Overall not worth it.
Hank2211 about
Hearts! 2, v1.5