XG Mobile Backgammon Reviews – Page 6
4/5 rating based on 126 reviews. Read all reviews for XG Mobile Backgammon for iPhone.
XG Mobile Backgammon is free iOS app published by GameSite 2000 ltd.
Rigged in Favour of Computer
manub
this game is great EXCEPT that if you’re too food for the computer it continually rolls dice which will guarantee it a win while at the same time your dice will continually give the computer advantage. i don’t understand the concept of random dice Always rolling vetter dice for the computer, it’s not random at all!
Thinks it’s smart
Thoughtful in London
I beat it regularly, laughing at its pitiful comments “huge blunder” “error”. Clearly NOT programmed by backgammon players. Neural net does OK, but has no capacity for rollouts. Doesn’t even have a ‘fast finish’ button - you can only let it play both sides to finish hopeless games in a flash AFTER contact has been broken off. Good luck if you’ve got two chequers on the one point and seven blots in the outfield while it’s beating off Controls are hard to use. On revision - almost impossible to use. Buy it only if you want quick distraction whilst waiting for your train.
Excellent backgammon but not sure about the dice
mudsharkbyte
This used to be my go-to backgammon app, then, for the longest time it was rife with bugs and almost unusable. That’s all been fixed though and if you set this at its toughest setting you will have difficulty time beating it. I’m beginning to wonder, though, that once the program reaches its limit as to how well it can calculate each move, if it usus skewing the dice rolls in its favor as a means of increasing the difficulty. I used to totally dismiss the idea that the dice weren’t neutral, as what would be the point to program an app that doesn’t play fair? Then, after I was struck by a long, and I do mean long, streak where the program simply could not get any roll that wasn’t exactly what it needed to extricate itself from what should’ve been catastrophic losing situations, and then doing a 180 and locking me from getting back in despite having five open points I decided to check the app by entering all dice rolls manually using a dice tower, and lo and behold my win / lose ration returned to normal, as did the miraculous rolls. Yes, this could’ve all been coincidence, but from now on I’m entering rolls manually.
Buggy App
Rebeldoug
This version of XG is extremely buggy. The graphics screw up regularly but worse the AI is buggy. I have the AI set as high as it will go and it plays an opening roll of 4-3 (6-2)(6-3). That’s not even a top five play. This app is not to be trusted. The developer hasn’t corrected any of the problems it currently has for years. It’s basically an unsupported app. There’s no response from the company on any questions. NJ Backgammon is currently a much better choice for dependable analysis.
The Best Backgammon Bot and Includes Two Player Setting
WN
This is the best automated backgammon app I have found, and with the premium version, you are also able to use it as a board and play against another player in-person on the same device. The computer opponent difficulty-setting is based on gameplay, not on optimizing dice rolls in favor of the computer. This makes for more-realistic games, better learning, and less frustration, as it’s the play that determines the outcome rather than a fluke roll. The tutor on this app is great as well because it shows not just the top move, but also other viable moves and their statistical potential for winning and winning gammons and backgammons. I do wish on occasion that there were an option to click for a bit of explanation as to why one move is statistically more advantageous than another, but that is a small quibble for an otherwise excellent game, and one does pick up on things the more one plays. The interface for this game is excellent. It is smooth and natural to play, without clunky extra buttons to click and without moving automatically or penalizing you for a typo (very handy if you’re playing on a small screen or get jostled and accidentally tap the wrong point or piece). In addition, there are several settings to tweak speed, layout, movement, and available-move options to your liking. I highly recommend this app, and it is the one I recommend whenever friends ask for a good app to play and to learn backgammon.