Paperback: The Game Reviews – Page 2
4/5 rating based on 61 reviews. Read all reviews for Paperback: The Game for iPhone.
Paperback: The Game is paid iOS app published by Fowers Games Inc.
Great game, but what dictionary does it use??
Thom1977
I loved the physical version of this game, so I got the app. It's great, the AI is okay (the smartest level is a good challenge). My only issue is that I don't understand why it is so picky with my words when the AI words are all over the place (mostly reasonable, but slightly unfair). I look forward to improvements and updates.
Good Game, but AI is too "lucky"
Kbs1027
This game is fun, entertaining, and engaging. I've played against others but usually spend some downtime playing against the Smarter AI. Although the AI can come up with some outlandish words, the frustration for me arises when the AI gets two or three starting rounds with letters while the Player keeps receiving Wilds. Within those rounds, then, the Player only can obtain small value cards while the AI is gaining four or five point cards. In following rounds, the AI is then able to amass huge "cent" scores and raise their star level quickly. The Player, contrastingly, is finally able to gain some larger "cent" cards but is already 20-30 points behind. If the wilds could be more fairly acquired between both player and AI in the first few rounds, then game would be more equally competitive throughout. It really is a great game and I enjoy playing, but I would enjoy a more realistic opponent.
Profanity is bad! M'kay!
Sarcastaball
Very fun game, but when I have all the perfect letters for a word that most Americans use at least once a day (F*****s), but the game tells me it's not a word, I feel like I'm playing with a nun whose archaic sensibilities I need to cater to.
Love this game
Mayky D
I always enjoy playing this game to pass the time and revisit it constantly. Like many other here I can't wait for updates to the dictionary, AI or possibly an online multiplayer.
Good, but needs a different dictionary
navratil
I was just browsing in the App Store and found this great game. My family really enjoys deck-building games (Dominion, DCDBG) and word games (Text Twist, Quiddler), so this is a great marriage of the two. Within 48 hours of me buying the game for my phone, it was also downloaded to the iPad for my middle-grade kids, to my husband's Android phone. We just got the physical game in the mail. We don't have the issues with the AI getting lucky cards, and I didn't notice how it is making less than strategic choices. However, the dictionary is a little wacky, as others have written. The AI played "arrrghh" and "altho" and a few other words that are not real. I was also annoyed with a racial slur that it played ("jewing"), and a coworker said the AI got away with a different slur/curse word, but I never heard from her what it was. With a new dictionary, I would rate this a five-star game.
Addictive but lacking
Samanthalauren
This is a fun game and definitely improved my skill at words with friends. It's addictive but the ai gets predictable. Would love an option to play my friends online in the future
Halfway Decent
SomeName73628
Great game, but it definitely has some bugs that need fixing. I've had games that when I return to continue the cards stack funny and some of them aren't usable even though they appear in my hand. I've also had games end early because the number of game cards I had wasn't tracked correctly (their was supposed to be 8 cards and the game ended after only 2 of the 8 were purchased). Love the game, but I'm a little disappointed in the weird quirks I keep finding. Don't people test this stuff before release?
Fix the shuffle of cards and it's a 5 star game!
Poojimbler
I purchased paperback on a whim and am thrilled with the purchase. It's music art and gameplay are truly wonderful. BIG caveat though is the apps "card shuffling" abilities. Often I'll get hands with all the big point cards (2 letter cards etc) lumped together then all the wilds in the next hand with a couple low point cards thrown in. All the 2 letter cards/big point cards lumped together means you have to throw out a bunch of big point cards to make a word and then get stick with low point cards to follow up. Please fix that asap for more balanced gameplay