True Backgammon Reviews – Page 12
4/5 rating based on 112 reviews. Read all reviews for True Backgammon for iPhone.
True Backgammon is paid iOS app published by CompuLab
positively brutal!
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This developer could not design an honest app so he designed one to cheat, and cheat it does. It is brutal and relentless and truly unbelievable. Expect him to close his board quickly, roll lots of doubles, have easy entry when hit, and more often than not, a miracle roll which alters the course of the game. He tries to keep you on the bar while he quickly races his pieces around the board. It's like playing an opponent that can pick his own roll at least 10 times during the game, or more. If you are not really, really good, this app will crush your spirit. You will sit there cursing in disbelief as you get dice cheated in every single game. Here's two of his favorites. You throw a 6-4 or a 5-1 opening role and split your back men. He immediately hits and gives you a 6-6 which you can't use. He then rolls a 1-1 or 3-3 and he's on his way. You might have a complete inner board except for the 4 or 5 spot and one straggler just outside while he has 2 men on the bar. He throws 4-4 or 5-5, brings both men in, hits your straggler, and goes on to win the game with lots of doubles. You can never play a strong back game because he will peel off his pieces without leaving you something to hit. Despite the fact that I am good enough to beat him 98% of the time in a 7 point match or above, it still annoys me off that he has the nerve to claim that the game doesn't cheat. It is so freakin obvious! To win, you must use the cube. This is where he is inept but you still must be careful for even then it might not be easy. If you are peeling off and have no men on the 5/3 spots, you will roll a 5-3. If you have an odd number of men on the 6/5 spots when you are peeling off and he has a man on the bar, he will give you double sixes or fives and then hit your remaining blot. Despite all of this, I love when he accepts my double and I go on to gammon him. It cancels out 4 of his cheating games. Try to predict what a cheater would throw. You'd be amazed how often you get it right. When he hits you and only has his 2-5 covered, you will throw a 2-5. If he has the 1-4 covered, you will throw a 1-4. Naturally, you will get your double sixes right after he hits you and you can't use them. Be aware, these are not rigged rolls every once in a while, this is a constant relentless cheating attack from the opening roll right up until the last roll of the game. Bottom line is you will never get not even one honest game with this app. Somewhere, somehow, you will be cheated, even in the games you win and especially in the games you think you are completely in control of. It's inevitable because the game was designed to do that. The developer has emailed me trying to convince me the game doesn't cheat. Sorry, after many years of playing his game, no dice. After reading his response, I believe that he truly does not understand the definition of the word "cheating" and probably has never played his own game, and might not even know how to. If you take the time to analyze his "random" generator, you will discover that it is not as random as it seems. The whole series of numbers appears to be based on the predictability of the moves you make with the rolls it gives you, so, if you know what your'e doing, which you should in expert mode, sooner or later you will get cheated, no matter what type of strategy you employ. After all, it's a BACKGAMMON random generator. He suggests using manual dice to prove there is no difference. I laughed real hard at that one. Ever notice that if you happen to be in a running game that the big doubles seem to always work against you. Random generator? You bet! He also states that "from time to time, a list is available to view the upcoming rolls", but what he doesn't tell you is when that list is not available, that's when you severely get cheated, because that's when the rolls are based on what you throw. Clever, isn't he? He admits "The result is that a human most of the time has a feeling of never getting the dice he is hoping for, while the computer always gets dice which fits into the game." I think that's called CHEATING. Besides, a good backgammon player doesn't hope for rolls. He uses what he randomly gets in a strategic way that will give him the best chance of winning. I continue to play his game because I now know what to expect and can survive it and win, and because I like the wooden board and pieces, although I must admit, I am getting tired of the rigged dice. It never stops. And as for his continued insistence that the game is honest, like he's right and we are all wrong, What arrogance! No respect whatsoever. I could write a book on the unlimited number of ways that you will be cheated in this game, but what good would it do. You already know. He should remove his full of lies "developer response" and start telling the truth. WARNING: THIS APP CHEATS. THIS IS THE ONLY WAY I KNEW OF TO MAKE IT A CHALLENGE. I'M SORRY FOR UNDERESTIMATING THE INTELLIGENCE OF THOSE OF YOU WHO PLAY MY GAME. PLEASE FORGIVE ME. What do you say, Marcus. Care to come clean? You could end all these justifiable negative reviews right here, right now. No more BS. Be a man!
Don’t buy this game
Tee Shot 54
No matter what’s said the game is not random. I’ve played backgammon for years even in tournaments so know the ups and downs of play. It’s rigged without doubt.