Reel Deal Casino Quest (Mac)

Rating:
Summary: Fun, but not too instructional
Review: I cannot recommend this software for people, like myself, who want to become better gamblers. I was hoping for some automatic tutorial that would caution me when I was making a foolish play. Instead what I had to do was constantly open a pop up window, press "By The Books" for their advice, close the window, and continue my play. Needless to say, that gets a little monotonous. So, while good play advice is there, it's just not automatically given as I hoped.

Rating:
Summary: Nice to have for OS X
Review: This is a great addition to your game software collection for Mac OS X. To begin with, there is not a lot to choose from as far as casino-style suites for the new Mac OS, especially since Hoyle (Sierra) has abandoned us loyal Mac users starting with the 2004 editions. I say good riddance, Sierra! Anyway, this is probably the only replacement for Hoyle, but you won't miss Hoyle. You get over 10 games and their variations, but I do have a few minor complaints. First, to have included the game "War" is a bit cheesy and unnecessary. Second, the load time between games is longer than usual, and tests one's patience. Third, the player depictions for the Poker game are also a bit cheesy, and you can't choose different players as you could in Hoyle, but like I said, it's a minor inconvenience. Lastly, the installer doesn't work like most, you get the spinning barber pole but not the progress bar, so you don't know at first if it is actually installing, or just hanging, but eventually it DOES install and you get the "finished" alert. All in all, this is a must-have collection of games that is very reasonably-priced and I thank Phantomefx for creating this suite of games for OS X. Looking forward to future editions!