Not an honest game – Backgammon PlayGem ­Multiplayer Live Backgammon HD Review

I was initially skeptical of the reviews suggesting this is not an honest game, but after only a few days watching it closely, that appears to be the case. This looks to be another game designed with neuroscientist input to manipulate people into spending money on chips by orchestrating results. Expect to do very well initially, until you get caught by one of various traps meant to get you into a postion for a large loss. Watch your opponents plays and evaluate whether you are playing a human being or a bot (despite the clumsily programmed movement delays and reconsiderations of movements). And then there's the stuff that's just ridiculous where my "opponent" managed to win by bearing off 13 stones while two were still in the bar. I want to play honest backgammon against human opponents. This game, though, appears to use backgammon as nothing more than a front for shaking people down with sophisticated neuroscience based techniques. Basically, it's Candy Crush with a fresh coat of paint (a bright pretty color that draws the primal eye).
Review by PatrickMBoucher on Backgammon PlayGem ­Multiplayer Live Backgammon HD.