Hoyle Casino

LADYDRAGON

Tuesday August 24,1999

 

 

Casino time !

 

Sierra Attractions has many great series of games, among them like the " You dont know Jack " series. Today we will talk about one of the game from their Hoyle series:Hoyle Casino.

The Hoyle Casino is the best game on the markey so far for playing casino, the reasons are many. Like any one can play and gave fun with it either that you are an expert or know nothing on casino.

When you start the game you get the default money allowed whitch is 5000$ then you get your name printed on it with the amount that you can spend a green Vice Card that looks like a real Visa card to spend at the casino. When you win more you get an upgrade card like if your wins gets too 10 000$ you will get a blue Vice card with 10 000$ quite cool feature that makes you want to make you win more and more to get richer.

Then you walk in the casino you have all the games maped out in a circle way with a lttle map at the buttom that shows you were you are and where you can to choose by name or just click with your mouse where you want to go either way you will get to the game you choose easily,

You have 8 games to choose from: Poker, Blackjack, Slots, Pai Gow Poker, Roulette, Craps, Keno, Video Poker and over 100 variations like when you get to the poker room you get to choose witch table to sit at all are deferent like either pick the 7 Stud Card or 5 Card.

All the games as deferent table to sit at with deferent minimum betting amouth like if you pick the Omaha or the Hold'em poker table. Hold'em is 5$ and Omaha is 100$ better to be very rich to sit here because will be sitting with players that have minimum 100 000 in their pocket to spend and at 1000$ a round you will be broke soon.

When you have choosen your table let say you pick the 25$ Blackjack one you then sit with 3 other players. You have 10 3D character to choose to play with, the computer always pick some at random for you but you can change them any time you want. They all have deferent name style and personalities. You can make them more or less talketive to you. Not only they comment on the game or yours they also do stuff like drink thier beer or read the newpaper if you take too long quite interesting to see.

" Blackjack table "

" Choose your table!"

Through the game you see the chips on your bottom right ranging from 1 to 1000$ then on your left you have a little fix bar with options to choose from;Kino Ticket where you can buy Keno ticket anywhere in the casino without going to the room if you win it will flach then it youll tell you to go to the room to get your winnings,the game selection button where you can directly switch from one to the other,The Action is all the deferent actions for that game you can play thats where you can apply for a loan too,the options bottom is where you set the control, players,table and also see your statisque,the internet one is for the multiplayers games,the help button is where you will find the tutarial and everything else you need to know ablout the game.But Sierra provides you with a thick book where you have indepth information on all the games and their history.

Then you are all set to sit down and enjouy your favoritegame or try a new one.

Well like you can see they is very little detail left out of this game the only thing i find that could be change was the control for the betting. Everytime you bet the computer remember your last bet and if you you pick a chip it will add it well that can get very frustrating if you forget thats how it work becasue if you had bet 500$ and lost then want to change to 100$ better remember to erase your old bet because the will be 600$ not 100$ big deference.But thats is nothing major really you just need to remember thats all.

The sound is very well done when you walk in you hear a surround sound of all the actions then when you sit down at a table you will hear the players on the right speak on the right and the left on the left.

Graphics are very well done too each character done and dress deferently you can clearly see the eyes closing and opening.

Like you can see a very completle game of casino no wonder it is the best selling casino game on the market now. If you are looking for a great game of casino with unlimited hours of fun and play this game is a must for you.

Companies

Developer
Sierra Attraction www.sierra.com

Publisher
Havas Interactive
www.havasinteractive.com

Category
Casino

Notes

Interest :86%
Control :88%

Graphics :95%
Sounds/Music :89%
Gameplay :91%
Originality :88 %

TOTAL : 90 %

Requirements

Operation System
Windows 95/98

Processor
486/66

Memory
8 MB RAM

Hard Drive:
80 Mb

Sound card
DirectX-Compatible Sound card

Video Card
SVGA 640x480

Input Device
Mouse

ESRB Rating
Everyone

Julie Meyer

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