Thu Apr 14 2016
This app has been updated by Apple to display the Apple Watch app icon.
New in version 1.0.14 - more stability, more fun!
- fixed freezing issue at the end of some leasters.
- fixed hands won/lost calculations.
I noticed a strange flaw that has happened more than once. After playing 3 or more consecutive games the queen of clubs has been played by the AI in a hand and in the same round also showed up as one of the cards buried by an AI in the blind. Impossible and aggravating. Its especially noticeable because this is the highest trump. It may be happening with cards too but that’s less obvious and I suspect if I played more I’d probably start spotting it.
My biggest gripe about this game ap is that the 'other' players don't know how to through off. For instance, if I'm picker and I lay down the queen of spades and my partner has the queen of clubs, my partner will play it instead of playing a higher point trump or a lower power trump. Also, when selecting no trick leaster the ap will freeze at the end of the round and you have to start a new game. Very annoying.
The automatic players don't have all the forethought of human players but that's to be expected. I also don't like the way that when everyone passes, the dealer picks redeal , doubler, or leaster. There should be an option to set one of those three as the default when no one picks. Don't like that part at all.
I really enjoyed this game at first, but lately I’m frustrated. It was posted before that the computer doesn’t know when to play a counter trump verses it’s highest one as a partner. Also, after playing several games, I notice the fact that you have to re-deal a lot or the players elect to play a leister.
If you are looking to get a sheeps fix, it is ok. Just realize computer players are awful. You would kill them if you were playing for money. There are lots of options. 3 handed probably best and best played. It seems computer randomly plays their trump when they pick.
I don't know why the developer has not fixed the quirks. We have all paid for this game, and the playing is completely poor. Sometimes the partner even plays the called ace before the suit has been led, and other times, someone who is not the p smears instead of trumping when the picker has played. These could be fixed, easily. Has he been selling this and not improving it? That is poor business practice.
I enjoy the game but there are some frustrating plays. If a fail is led into the picker the players not partner will fail off instead of trumping allowing the picker to take the trick with a small diamond or worse yet the ace or ten of diamonds. But since Yahoo Sheepshead is gone this is the best I've found.
Please work on coding so that when you want to pause or end the game it has a way to shut off the app. Currently I have to shut down my iPhone to get out of the game. Thanks