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Summary: Stick with 2003
Review: 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.
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Summary: CD must be in drive after full installation to play!
Review: 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!
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Summary: They don't even know the rules of chess
Review: First, their draw by three fold repetion is off.
second, their expert level probably isn`t even rated 1000
This is the worst excuse for a game I have ever seen.
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Summary: Hoyle 2004 Card Games OK
Review: Hoyle Card Games 20004 is OK and I got around its "Insert CD" while playing by using Alcohol 120% (version 1.4.8) putting it in a virtual drive. Now my only real beef with it, is you cant change the background when playing Crazy Eights. The Hoyle Bucks
(I used a cheat) and Facemaker is neat. If you dont like having
to put a CD in all the time, get Hoyle Card games 2003-its
basically the same game, just without the "insert CD". Odd though, I still play a 1996 Hoyle Cards version, which except for a minimum 4 players in every game, is still far superior
to the 2000 generations, IMO.
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Summary: Hoyle 2004 Card Games OK
Review: Hoyle Card Games 20004 is OK and I got around its "Insert CD" while playing by using Alcohol 120% (version 1.4.8) putting it in a virtual drive. Now my only real beef with it, is you cant change the background when playing Crazy Eights. The Hoyle Bucks
(I used a cheat) and Facemaker is neat. If you dont like having
to put a CD in all the time, get Hoyle Card games 2003-its
basically the same game, just without the "insert CD". Odd though, I still play a 1996 Hoyle Cards version, which except for a minimum 4 players in every game, is still far superior
to the 2000 generations, IMO.
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Summary: This toy is so fun!
Review: Hoyle Card Games is a great way to learn the finer points or learn a new game all together. This CD is free of bugs; the graphics and audio are very good. Hoyle are well-known rules experts.
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Summary: LCD 23" wide screen & Windows XP
Review: Hoyle has always been my favorite games but ever since I bought the new state of the art Dell computer with windows XP, and a 23" LCD screen, Hoyle couln't take it. Only Hoyle games can't handle it as it creates lines accross the top of the screen, Bicycle games handle it perfectly. Please upgrade your program.
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Summary: LCD 23" wide screen & Windows XP
Review: Hoyle has always been my favorite games but ever since I bought the new state of the art Dell computer with windows XP, and a 23" LCD screen, Hoyle couln't take it. Only Hoyle games can't handle it as it creates lines accross the top of the screen, Bicycle games handle it perfectly. Please upgrade your program.
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Summary: Enjoyable and also disappointing
Review: I bought this to replace an earlier version of Hoyle Card Games because the CD was getting a little worn out. Ugh. The "improved" graphics are lousy and juvenile, the game play is slow, and many of the features and options in the previous edition are completely missing. This is a complete waste of money.
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Summary: Crappy
Review: I bought this to replace an earlier version of Hoyle Card Games because the CD was getting a little worn out. Ugh. The "improved" graphics are lousy and juvenile, the game play is slow, and many of the features and options in the previous edition are completely missing. This is a complete waste of money.
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