Best dart game available! – Darts Match Review

As a 30 year dart player, as well as an avid gamer, I'm always on the lookout for a game that combines my two loves. Unfortunately, the vast majority tend to be shovelware/ gimmicky games with very little challenge. The trick with dart games isn't the controls, which have become fairly standard (motion controls on console, swiping a finger on the phone,) but ACCURATELY having AI that plays correctly- shooting at logical numbers to gain an advantage or hold that advantage once they have it. In my "heyday" of playing sponsored, league darts, I was part of 3 city championships in the city of Chicago- it's that kind of intelligent competition I want to play against in a video game; and Darts Match provides it. While it's not **PERFECT** it sure is the challenge a seasoned lover of the game would want. Paying attention to the AI, the vast majority of the time it throws at the number(s) in very specific situations that it should or you could expect live competition to throw at. Being able to set legs/ match wins is great, as is an available assistant for hard outs in 01 games... I still need some friends to join to try out the online portion- so impressed I was with Darts Match that I haven't waited for them before writing this review. Any complaints are extremely minimal, more regarding the "extras". The interface for online play could be easier- while it uses Facebook as a signin, I'm not certain it uses it for the online play... Seems Twitter is the only "call out" for looking for matches. I'm guessing it's more than what I'm explaining, but the rest of the game has such amazing help available, it would be nice to see that detail here, as well. Only suggestion I could make would be to allow for winning (even betting) digital currency when playing, to be used to change your dart shafts and flights- darts is a very personalized game in competitive play, and it's a rare sight you'll ever see darters having identical decoration to their "sticks". Well, one more suggestion, if a player base becomes strong enough... Institute a tournament mode for online play, as well as leagues... I'll be honest that not sure how well a league would work or be feasible here, but that's just how excited I am about the sheer greatness of Darts Match. Thanks, devs- this is only the second dart game I've ever felt did justice to such the great game that darts is, but the only one that fits that description available on the iPhone.
Review by Doc8998 on Darts Match.