Mr Jack Pocket Reviews

A good game that's not very fun.

JohnnyStrife

Brilliant game, beautifully done. I'd give it five stars if I were ever able to actually win at it in Solo Mode, even on the Easy setting. The AI is way too strong. I seriously have never won in that mode.

Very Good but....

WI99hockeyDad

When playing solo the computer as Jack wins at 5 hour glasses and not 6. When you play solo as Jack you need to fill all 6 hour glasses to win. Still fun and a challenge.

No such thing as easy mode

Brother of Thor

If I have one complaint, it's that the designers really need to reevaluate the levels on their AI. I'm all for a challenge but the AI on this for Easy Difficulty should really be Middle or Hard. Even on Easy Mode it makes no mistakes, it never errors in your favor. Most times it gives you no options. Hard Mode, so far, seems nearly impossible to beat. Critical tiles get cut off in round one and the AI works to make sure you can never get a clear line to them. Think you've got it, the AI will find a way to undo that before the round is over. Every time. That's fine for Hard Mode. But there's not much difference between Easy and Hard Mode and that may discourage a lot of players. It may also really frustrate a lot of people into giving up. Other than that, i really wish the game had some kind of undo feature. Whether it's accidentally swiping the wrong piece or inadvertently hitting "okay" instead of rotating a piece another quarter turn, there are a lot of easy mistakes to make that will sink your entire game. Sadly there's no way to correct any of these. There's no undo. There's no "are you sure", you're just kind of stuck. I also with pieces were titles more clearly. The game allows you to include several real life suspects, but you'll never know who they are because you can't see names and cards flash pretty quickly. Over all a decent challenging game that may drive away the easily frustrated.

Tutorial needs work AI too hard

Winged potato

So the tutorial shows this magic setup where jack actually moves your investigators to see more suspects. I have yet to see more than three on any turn, most of the time seeing one or zero. The AI is brutal. The tutorial should give tips on how to form strategies rather than a lucky play through.

False Probabilities

Wtmazer359

Solo mode is clearly rigged against you. If you're the investigator, the CPU obviously changes Jack's identity throughout the game to prevent any early Jack reveals. The law of averages would say that in some games the investigator would "see" Jack on an early turn, but that never, ever happens here. The AI never gives up a "Jack is seen" result until your down to 3 or 4 suspects at best. Doesn't ring true.

Almost impossible to win.

Rawrazaurus

Game play is smooth, graphics are great. Super fun game. Nearly impossible to beat even on easy. Out of the 15 games I’ve played. I’ve only won 2. I feel as though the computer plays cards to make sure the computer wins and every once in a while throws me a bone so I don’t give up and quit playing. It’s not because I’m bad at the game. It’s because cards are getting played to constantly cater to the computer and I don’t really even have a choice but to lose the round. Great game. Terrible algorithm.

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