Skat HD Reviews

The card distribution does NOT work well

Haon24688431

I've played dozens of times and am convinced that the card distribution is not random: far too many hands are what my Swabian neighbors used to call "Omas" - so easy a grandmother can win them. Very frustrating.

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Pruprince

Absolutely NOT! The guys in the picture are annoying and take away from concentrating on the game. Secondly NULL is fixed! Otherwise I love your game!

Skat HD for iPad

Hong Kong Joe

This is an excellent Skat game and better than the nearest competitor I found (ProSkat). There are a couple of things I would like to see in any updates: the single player can give "Kontra", but the game would be even more interesting if the computer mice players also could declare Kontra, or "Re" if the program calculated your Kontra is likely to fail. (Uwe Rasche's good PC/Mac Skat games have this capability.) I also wish the mice had slightly more different voices, as I occasionally have trouble keeping straight whether it's "Jerry" or "Speedy" doing the bidding. And if you're not extremely careful to note which mouse is forehand or backhand or dealing, you might find yourself passing on a game where you get stuck playing a "Ramschrunde" that you'll lose. It's also too bad that in order to make the game totally be played in German, you must change your entire iPad language setting to German. I wish you could just toggle the game to German, independently of the overall language setting. And the mice don't always play their strongest card, sometimes hanging on to a trump card (especially in a Grand match) that really ought to be played earlier. But these points are minor in the grand scheme of things; the game plays quite realistically and is in my opinion "sehr unterhaltsam" -- very entertaining. Joe Ritchie p.s. - I see my iPad saved my old review. I came back because the latest update seems to have made a substantial change, which I do NOT like at all. All of a sudden all the games are scored with "tournament scoring," and when I attempt to switch it back to "classic," I cannot. Das ist furchtbar frustrierend! (I wrote the above over a year ago. Here's a totally new post -- not exactly a review, but a couple of pertinent comments I was unable to send via the website: I really enjoy the game (hervorragend!), and I like some of the new features, like the ability to add photos instead of the dumb mice (cute at first, but after awhile, boring!). I made one of my regular Spielpartner a photo of my Thai girlfriend, so the basso profundo voice is quite weird. Is there any way in future versions to add a variety of voice options, including female? Also, though the players usually are clever and strong, but one weakness still persists: when you are playing against the single player (d.h. der Spieler, der am höchsten gereizt hat), often when he (or she) plays a lower trump (z.B. Herz- oder Karo-Bube), the other player doesn't seem to get it that you are likely to take the trick and does not play a high-value card in his hand, like an ace, 10 or at least a king (schmieren!).... Hope you guys can work on that. Still, I've had many great Skatrunden with this game.

Very promising, but not yet perfected

Scathals

This game is worth the money if you like to play Skat. However, there are still many bugs that need to be corrected. The game keeps crashing, especially before you've had a chance to look at the score and ask for a review. Also, the English translation is poor. "Plenty points" for "ein fetter Stich" is incomprehensible. "A lot of points" might be at least correct, but even that is awkward. I would also appreciate the option of playing not only 3 bock rounds, but also 3 Ramsch rounds. The only Ramsch possible so far is if no one bids. Still, even though this game needs updating, I'm still enjoying playing it.

Could be better

paddyhh72

AI players make odd moves, i.e. not trumping a 10 but a queen on the next move. It would be nice if AI engage in Kontra and Re. Overall ok

Where did the Mice go?

Spurlos verschwunden?

Excellent game! I play SKAT twice a month with a SKAT Klub in Fredericksburg, Texas, many of whom have played here for 40+ years. Several of them play regularly in the Texas SKAT tournaments. We all speak Texas German. The game helps me try riskier bids and plays. But... I miss the two mice and would like the option to have them back playing with me.

The closet thing possible

Skat in the US

Being German in the US, I have a hard time finding people to play with. This app is just hard to beat. Even the basic bar background is just as at home. Thanks for bringing a feeling of home to my iPad.

Enjoyable

Whhg

I have played Skat for more than 70 years, on and off, first in Germany and later, as the occasion presented itself, in the US. So I am a very soft competitor, nothing compared to my grandfather who practically made it a career to play every weekend. This implementation of the game is quite enjoyable. It falls a bit short of the version produced by Uwe Rasche for the Macintosh. My main complaint would be the poor verbalization quality of the few standard phrases. Whatever dialect was chosen, it isn't what I would prefer. So I turn off the sound. By comparison, the audio in Rasche's Skat feels like playing with an AI (artificial intelligence). Bottom line: if you know Skat already, it is well worth the small investment for your iPad.. I can't tell how it would be as a learning tool.

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Sixxle

A woderful game, which I missed for many years. That the reizen kann be done in german makes it even more exciting. Wish that an impossible null could be checkt . John Becker

Great version for IPad

Wonderchill

This game plays great and has plenty of options for the many scoring and game variations you may be accustomed to. I have played thousands of games already. I wish it had an online multi-player capability.

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