Day of the Dead: Solitaire Collection

Simpler than the first game, because they lowered the individual level goals (especially later on), yet with the same loosely on solitaire based ruleset, this is a game for when you want to chill out and not having to think about anything in any greater way than necessary to farm the achievements. I got what I paid for and I think on a discount this game is quite worth it. It just is no 'Fairy Solitaire' and that's true by a long run. If that's okay for you and you want something to relax to or do some layed back achievement hunting, go get it. It won't take too long.

Pretty standard solitaire puzzle game. Animations are a bit slow, but that's so common and just takes some time getting used to. The most interesting part for me was being able to customize the character on every card type, fun easter eggs and achievements to go along with it as well. Overall, I recommend on sale.

Fun art, basic solitaire type game with just-interesting-enough challenges each round. There are plenty of anti-frustration features to keep things moving and interesting. My only critique is a frivolous one: The scene you are building piece-by-piece, the art pieces to go into it often do not actually fit the perspective of the background, and it just looks... odd. But that's really trivial and not a gameplay factor, just aesthetic.

UPDATE START: +++++ I originally gave a thumbs down with a complaint that the secondary objectives were too difficult. Well I came back to the game and maybe more brain cells were working this time. The game forces you to really strategically use the joker (and other powers) cards that you have. It's easy. I'm not sure what my problem was a few years ago, but I finished the game tonight. Thumbs up. Now I'm going to go grab the sequel. UPDATE END: +++++ OLD REVIEW: ------- (Disregard it) Fun game. Don't buy it until the developers make it so you can pass a level with only clearing the cards. The secondary objectives like "clear 4 clubs in a row" is ridiculous. So when I say fun game, it is fun until you start getting those blocker objectives. I've played the same dang level over and over again because I cannot clear 4 clubs in a row no matter what, using powers, etc. It makes me not want to play this game anymore, which is a shame. I would have refunded if I knew it would block me from continuing the game because of these ridiculous mandatory objectives. Don't buy until you find out they changed this. Maybe add a setting where you can complete levels simply by clearing all the card…

it's alright

Eh, it's a solitaire game. It's fine more or less and I probably will end up getting most, if not all, of the achievements in this game. I'm just not really feeling it honestly. At least it looks nice and it's kinda cool that you can customize your deck. Still, glad I picked this up while it was on sale (not to say this isn't worth the $10).