SKIP-BO – Castaway Caper
- Four Splendid Game Modes.
- Play In 10 Unique Island Locations.
- Unlockable Card Backs And Mini-Sports meeting.
- Endless SKIP-BO Fun.
Product Description
After your ship washes up on the coast of a seemingly deserted island, you learn that the island is not only inhabited, but also home to a powerful volcano! Your presence has awoken and angered the volcano and place the entire island in jeopardy! Fortunately, the islanders are masters at SKIP-BO and want to teach you their favorite game. Only you can play SKIP-BO with the friendly inhabitants of the island, cool the active volcano, and restore the silent peace of this tropical paradise!
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I am a Skip-bo fan but it is in deed too simple to win. It doesn’t save your game so you can return and your opponent doesn’t play his cards to win. I also had a lot of distress opening the game. I usually get hung up on the opening Skip-Bo loading page. I can finally get it to open after starting over 2-3 times.
Rating: 3 / 5
The AI in this game is certainly weak. I do wish it had network play as well. Other than those small gripes the game is a lot of fun to play. It keeps a running score for every card you lay down which adds a new aspect to the game. So even though the AI is simple to beat the scoring adds a new some new fun to the game.
Rating: 4 / 5
Like the real card game, so this is nice when no human’s around to play with you. You can choose to play against 1 or several computer players (I reflect up to 3? Can’t remember now) and choose among 3 levels of difficulty.
There are also several game modes to choose from: Adventure (just a somewhat level-driven game where you can earn awards and unlock different card decks), Classic, Alacrity (play with 10 cards in stock pile instead of the classic 30) and team play (you with a computer player against another computer player team — in this mode, you can use both yours and your team-mate’s visible cards).
Another reviewer mentioned the computer player not always playing cards they could have played. While I have seen this happen too, I reflect it really simulates human error pretty well. There are 3 levels of computer player to brilliant — the simple setting certainly makes mistakes like this, which would allow a outcome to play against it without getting frustrated by losing every time. The medium level makes those mistakes less often. I haven’t tried the hard level yet.
The sound effects are very nice: silent card sounds, points amassing, bonus, etc, as well as social class beach sounds like waves and sea birds — not anything irritating and everything relaxing.
The only thing I found to criticize is that there is no option to save a game in progress. The adventure mode automatically saves its state when you end a round, but we can’t save a match in progress otherwise. Not a huge deal, but it would have been nice.
(Playing on Outlook 32 bit).
Rating: 4 / 5
I always loved this card game but the computer version is too simple. The other players always give you the opening to win. They also have the opportunity to play a card from their pile but don’t. It’s like playing with a small outcome who doesn’t know the game.
Rating: 3 / 5