Not bad at all
posted by washins (EL RENO, OK) Feb 12, 2007
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Interesting game, not great but not horrible either. Most everything has already been covered by other reviewers so I'll just tell you why I got the game and why I love it. But first let me say that the single-player is a bit bad. The computer makes some bad BIG calls and then sucks out on the river more often than not. These are bottom pair versus two pair and then hitting trips on the river. OK, once in a while is fine, but this is a trend for the computer and can get frustrating. Key word for offline play: FOLD!
Anyway, on to the point:
My friend and coworker have a friendly weekly heads-up tourney we play against one another (usually for lunch or a DVD, etc). He lives in a different city and recently decided to go back to school during the week in the evening, so our live Wednesday session at my place had to stop.
Making a longer story short, I picked up this game along with a Vision camera and tried it out. The setting up of on-line sessions are easy and can be customized down to every detail. The camera can be used to make "digimask" heads for your character. This adds to the experience but can be a pain to do the first time. Also the camera will display a live shot of the player whose turn it is to act. This is a nice touch, nothing great, but ok. After testing it out for a week or so he went out and did the same, now we can play our weekly game from the comfort of our couches and get in a lot more hands in a shorter amount of time.
Nothing beats the real thing, but this is good fun and a nice foundation for future titles.
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