Black Spades

I love that this app was developed with US in mind! The slap animation is funny and the UI is pretty easy to navigate. The music is tasteful without being annoying. It’s overall a good app. Here are my gripes: - AI will auto set your bid on some hands and will not allow you to go below it, no matter what’s in your hand. For example, I had trash in my hand and the AI auto set my bid to 2. I couldn’t change it to only a possible…ended up losing that entire game because of that hand. Not a good look when playing costs coins and the only way to generate coins are to win games or watch…… - ….Ads. After every single hand on some games. It shouldn’t take me 25 mins to get through a game. But a 2 min ad after every hand is beyond annoying and makes me not want to play at all. Which brings me to the next point: - In order to have a mostly ad free experience with all rules unlocked you have to commit to a subscription. Why? Let us pay $5-10 for the app itself, include less coins, and remove ALL ads. Apple Arcade is $6.99 a month and gives access to tons of games including spades apps, all mostly with no ads. - the slap animation costs coins to do if not within the last four or five hands. Again why? I will admit coins can be gained by winning games (or watching MORE ads of course), but maybe consider making one of the best parts of the app accessible from the jump.

I enjoy the game. One change needs to be made to the algorithm; when the opposing team cuts a suit, the computer partner should not go back to that suit unless it’s the only play. I have experienced having a suit cut, and then when the computer partner plays, it plays the same suit that was cut even though it has other suits it can play; a human player would not go back to that cut suit unless that was the only play. Please alter the algorithm to play more like a human. Thx.

The game and features are funny and make me feel like I’m sitting at the card table in somebody’s backyard. BUT there’s a problem where sometimes if I or my partner cut or outright win the book, it goes to the other team. I’ve also been penalized for reneging when playing what’s led. Would love the game even more if those links were worked out.