I'm actually almost done adding symbols for each of the special cards, I've added symbols for the 2 and the Ace, and the Joker remains the same, I am still trying to think of something symbolic for the 4 and the 7, but so far I havent come up with anything.
I know the 12 pages of rules is a lot, but in reality most of the pages are only a couple sentences of text. I'm also adding a tutorial mode to the main menu, where you can play a psuedo round with instruction dialogs.
I could also add a local deathmatch, but everyone will see your cards, so it will change the game a bit, however it's always nice to have options when you get tired of playing with people of your team. Would that suffice?
I guess I can buy that no local DM rationale. Honestly, I sorta just wish there was a button mashing sequence you could have in real life while playing this with a normal deck of cards. You could make something up I'm sure- drop to the floor, do a pushup, down a sugar packet... might be fun.
This game took a little getting used to, and the use of the standard card deck really was a little puzzling at first until we read through the encyclo, er, rulebook. But this honestly is an enjoyable little card game. If there was actually a community for it on XBL, or if you could play 4-player local deathmatch, this thing would get an extra point of kickassitude in my book.
- You can play 4 player local team matches without gold accounts, I'm not sure what the complication was but it is possible to start a local coop match with a single live account "who purchased the game" and 3 plain old non live profiles. In order to play xbox live all of your guests must either be an instance of a live account or a live account.
- The reason that you can't play a deathmatch with multiple local players is because they can all see your cards.
- Finding a match on xbox live is a numbers game. If you want to play a live match then your best bet is to select Xbox Live from the main menu then custom and then create a match against AI and start playing. While you are playing others who are searching for a game will be able to find your session and take over the AI player spots.
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I'm actually almost done adding symbols for each of the special cards, I've added symbols for the 2 and the Ace, and the Joker remains the same, I am still trying to think of something symbolic for the 4 and the 7, but so far I havent come up with anything.
I know the 12 pages of rules is a lot, but in reality most of the pages are only a couple sentences of text. I'm also adding a tutorial mode to the main menu, where you can play a psuedo round with instruction dialogs.
I could also add a local deathmatch, but everyone will see your cards, so it will change the game a bit, however it's always nice to have options when you get tired of playing with people of your team. Would that suffice?
Thanks for your comments.
I guess I can buy that no local DM rationale. Honestly, I sorta just wish there was a button mashing sequence you could have in real life while playing this with a normal deck of cards. You could make something up I'm sure- drop to the floor, do a pushup, down a sugar packet... might be fun.
This game took a little getting used to, and the use of the standard card deck really was a little puzzling at first until we read through the encyclo, er, rulebook. But this honestly is an enjoyable little card game. If there was actually a community for it on XBL, or if you could play 4-player local deathmatch, this thing would get an extra point of kickassitude in my book.
Thanks for the review, much appreciated.
I just wanted to clarify a couple of things:
- You can play 4 player local team matches without gold accounts, I'm not sure what the complication was but it is possible to start a local coop match with a single live account "who purchased the game" and 3 plain old non live profiles. In order to play xbox live all of your guests must either be an instance of a live account or a live account.
- The reason that you can't play a deathmatch with multiple local players is because they can all see your cards.
- Finding a match on xbox live is a numbers game. If you want to play a live match then your best bet is to select Xbox Live from the main menu then custom and then create a match against AI and start playing. While you are playing others who are searching for a game will be able to find your session and take over the AI player spots.
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