Hearts

A very simple, straight- forward version of hearts. No bells and whistles, just the game and scores. I like being able to put players' names in. Would be nice to have some sound effects and players' scores visible under their names during the game. All in all, I like the app.

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The “AI” used in this game is probably the worst I’ve come across. The Expert level means nothing. It’s the same game with one exception, when it’s not the same game. On those occasions, 99% of the time, the player on the top of the screen is dealt a lay down. Once I saw another player get a lay down in Expert mode but it’s invariably the same player. That’s it, you play a beginner's level game except you lose every now and then when someone is dealt a lay down. Lay down as in impenetrable, the ace of clubs, the queen and every heart. Sort of absurd. If you like to keep an eye on score, you'll have to call up the score display screen. The developer obviously didn’t bother using his app or he would have noticed the dark green or dark blue backgrounds do not show the black numbers he used for scoring. No matter how bright the display is. This is a poorly executed app, like much if what’s ended up in Apple's App Store. I’m not sure where all these superb ratings come from. I’ve tried at least a dozen hearts games and I recall all but one being better than this.

I have downloaded all of the hearts apps and almost always the computer either cheats/knows too much or is too easy - this app is perfect... hard mode is like playing against that super smart analytical friend that knows all of the probabilities of each hand and takes chances based on those probabilities. Better than any others!

If you like winning, this is the version for you. It has four levels of expertise to choose from. Another feature is the option to replay a hand. Try it and you will be hooked.

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The A.I. solo mode has no idea on how to play. It mostly tags the highest player with the Queen just to dump off. It needs to learn how to set up and hit the low player. Aside from all that, layout and game mechanics is very good. I’ve deleted the app in frustration numerous times.