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Hoyle Puzzle & Board Games 2007

From: Encore Software
Category: Video Games

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Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars

16 reviews
Sales Rank: 3502

Format: CD-ROM
Platform: Windows XP
Genre: puzzle_games
ESRB: Everyone
Media: CD-ROM
Batteries Included: No
Age: 5 - 20 years
Operating System: Windows XP
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 0.1 x 0.1 x 0
Legal Disclaimer: Warranty does not cover misuse of product.

MPN: 10567
Model: 22935
UPC: 705381088509
EAN: 0705381088509
ASIN: B000EGIDPE

Release Date: June 13, 2006
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days

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Double The Fun With Double The Games! Product Information It's game time! Featuring 45ic puzzles and board games along withnew challenging favorites that provides something for every player withHOYLE Puzzle & Board Games 2007. This great collection featurestraditional board games favorites like Chess and Backgammon, and mind-bendingpuzzleics like Sudoku, Kakuro and Cros

Accessories:

PC Gamer [with CD] (1-year)

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Editorial Reviews:

Product Description
Double The Fun With Double The Games!Product Information It's game time! Featuring 45 classic puzzles and board games along withnew challenging favorites that provides something for every player withHOYLE Puzzle & Board Games 2007. This great collection featurestraditional board games favorites like Chess and Backgammon and mind-bendingpuzzle classics like Sudoku Kakuro and Crosswords. All games are designedwith the official rules from HOYLE the Official Name in Gaming. Challengefriends and family or play alone and take the high score. It's the biggestand best assortment yet! Classic Games: Family Game Night has never been more exciting. Includes dozens of skill levels for hours of fun. Puzzle Favorites: Challenge yourself with ultimate puzzle games that leave your brain itching for more. Single and Multiplayer Games: Challenge friends and family or play against 12 animated characters and take the high score! Face Creator: Choose from hundreds of hairstyles clothes and unique facial features to customize your character. Bonus: 250 Mahjongg Games - Make your own Mahjongg tile board multiple backgrounds soothing soundtracks and authentic layouts. Characters: 12 animated and unruly characters challenge your logic and your wit with over 9000 unique phrases.Games Included Hoyle Puzzle Games Featuring 21 classic and new challenging favorites provide somethingfor every player with HOYLE Puzzle Games 2007. This great collectionfeatures traditional puzzle game standards like Hangman Mahjongg andAnagrams PLUS mind-bending puzzle classics like Sudoku Kakuro and over 1200different Crosswords. All games are designed with the official rules fromHOYLE the Official Name in Gaming. You automatically earn HOYLEBucks the more you play the more you earn! Get new backgrounds musictracks etc. All of the games are based on the official ru

Customer Reviews:

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Chess Problems July 16, 2010
J. Drenon
As another reviewer stated, the chess game is messed up. But on mine, the problem is that it is impossible to win. Even on the easiest difficulty setting, it's as though you are playing a Grand Master.

I have not looked into the other stated problems, but I have no doubt they exist. Hoyle computer board games just aren't like the real thing.

2 out of 5 stars

Nothing New Here August 17, 2009
Calamity Jane
2 out of 2 found this review helpful

There is nothing new and different from what Hoyle 2005 has already offered.

Hoyle games are the best games around, but save your money if your looking for a new and improved game since 2005. Everything is the same on the Board Games. No new characters. No new objects to purchase. No new games to try. Backgrounds are a repeat of 2005 too.

I never played the 2005 Puzzles, so I can't speak about the sameness, but these 2007 puzzles are boring to me. They may be to anyone who loves the challenge of the word and board games. If clicking on matching tiles, searching for hidden objects on a grid, and rolling a ball through a maze amuses you, you may find it worth the money and time invested in playing. I do not. Some games will not play on Windows 2000.

My other PC has Windows Vista. Neither disc will download into that version of Windows.

4 out of 5 stars

Entertaining but not great June 15, 2009
Russ Atkinson
1 out of 1 found this review helpful

I got this 2007 version as a gift and it serves its purpose of keeping me entertained when I am killing time. The games are very uneven and obviously obtained from different sources. The best is Maximum Pool, which is very well implemented. It's quite realistic, it's easy to adjust the difficulty level, and it has a nice variety of games. Don't turn off the tips feature as they're the only way to learn how to use the cue stick and other screen features since they are not well-documented in the instructions. The word games are completely inconsistent, using different word lists. The difficulty settings are poor - very hard to adjust to the right level. Most games are way too easy to beat and a few are impossible to win. The opponents are mostly lousy, but in some cases (like Wordox on highest level) it is impossible to win or even come close unless you have remarkable luck due to most words the opponents use not appearing in any dictionary, and I'm someone who complete the NY Times daily crossword in 10 minutes in ink. The Anagrams game is frustrating in that it doesn't accept a lot of good very common words and includes some that shouldn't be there (like "hes" - without an apostrophe). Still, I enjoy Wordox on the medium level, even though the opponents never play well, and Rays is fun. The chess opponent is terrible. How many zillion chess programs are out there, most of which can blow me away at a relatively low difficulty level and this one loses every time unless I play with wild abandon. If you want a chess program buy a real one. Hoyle went really cheap in buying this one. The Sudoku and Kakuro seem to be the best programmed games with a good interface and consistent difficulty. Slide Tiles and Edge Tiles are challenging. I would like to see better stats kept on some of these games, like average score and high score or best time, but you can't have everything. Personally I think the cartoony opponents and Hoyle Bucks are slightly annoying but easy enough to ignore. Still, there are a lot of games to choose from and anyone who enjoys games can find something that he or she enjoys in this ensemble.

Zilch has several problems. For starters the rules page never tells you that you have to get at least 500 points on the first move before it lets you keep your points. But the big one is the glitch that lets you win almost every time. Spoiler alert: if you don't want to know how to beat the game, stop reading now. Whenever you roll three (or more) of a kind, you can drop all your unmatched dice onto that same row and get another roll. Your opponents never do that, but it allows you to do so.

4 out of 5 stars

great games August 9, 2008
Joan Lipson (cochise, az)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful

I love to have these on my computer. I use them as a break from my often tedious work. They go fast and some can be quite challenging

3 out of 5 stars

Hoyle Puzzle and board July 9, 2008
Judith L. Ward (Mariposa Ca)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful

It's having a bit of trouble downloading to my new computer,but, I sure that I will have the kinks out in no time.

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