Product Description
After
your ship washes up on the shore of a seemingly deserted island, you
discover that the island is not only inhabited, but also home to a
powerful volcano! Your presence has awoken and angered the volcano and
put the entire island in jeopardy! Fortunately, the islanders are
masters at SKIP-BO and want to teach you their favorite game. Only you
can play SKIP-BO with the friendly inhabitants of the island, calm the
active volcano, and restore the quiet peace of this tropical paradise!
Product Details
- Amazon Sales
Rank: #168 in Digital Video Games
- Brand: Gamehouse
- Model:
1251
- Released on: 2008-10-01
- Platforms: Windows
Vista, Windows XP
- Format: Download
Features
- Four
Great Game Modes.
- Play In 10 Unique Island Locations.
- Unlockable
Card Backs And Mini-Games.
- Endless SKIP-BO Fun.
Customer Reviews
too easy
I always loved this card game
but the computer version is too easy. The other players always give you
the opening to win. They also have the opportunity to play a card from
their pile but don't. It's like playing with a little child who doesn't
understand the game.
Very relaxing card
game
Love the real card game, so
this is nice when no human's around to play with you. You can choose to
play against 1 or several computer players (I think up to 3? Can't
remember now) and choose among 3 levels of difficulty.
There are
also several game modes to choose from: Adventure (just a somewhat
level-driven game where you can earn awards and unlock different card
decks), Classic, Speed (play with 10 cards in stock pile instead of the
classic 30) and team play (you with a computer player against another
computer player team -- in this mode, you can use both yours and your
team-mate's visible cards).
Another reviewer mentioned the
computer player not always playing cards they could have played. While I
have seen this happen too, I think it really simulates human error
pretty well. There are 3 levels of computer player to select -- the easy
setting definitely makes mistakes like this, which would allow a child
to play against it without getting frustrated by losing every time. The
medium level makes those mistakes less often. I haven't tried the hard
level yet.
The sound effects are very nice: quiet card sounds,
points amassing, bonus, etc, as well as background beach sounds like
waves and sea birds -- nothing annoying and everything relaxing.
The
only thing I found to criticize is that there is no option to save a
game in progress. The adventure mode automatically saves its state when
you finish a round, but we can't save a match in progress otherwise. Not
a huge deal, but it would have been nice.
(Playing on Vista 32
bit).
Skip Bo Castaway Caper
I just love this computer
game, Skip Bo - Castaway Caper. It is a way for me to unwind for the day
and play a game against the computer. It is stress free and relaxing.
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