Solitaire: Decked Out

I have been playing this for a few months now and I can say this game is not only super adorable, but also super fun! The ads aren’t totally annoying and I love all the fun themes. If I absolutely had to change one thing, it would be that the “no additional hints” thing that pops up when you have no other moves is yellow and it kind of blends in with the background so I sometimes think I see it when I don’t, so I would customize it to the themes. But overall, I can’t put this game down as it is so relaxing and fun to play! My favorite theme has been the cats one but I just got the penguins and have to say that I’m a big fan!

I love this game to bits, I can’t play any other solitaire apps other than this one I adore it so much. Themes are cute, I love the sounds and overall look and polish of it. I’ve even subscribed for the no-ads- though I wish instead of a subscription it was a one time purchase of maybe 5-10 dollars. My only criticisms were I wish new themes got added more often, and I wish more coins were rewarded at the end of each round after the 5x daily coins. After I finish my 5x games I lose motivation to play at all, because it takes forever to get 200 coins only earning 10 after every game. Maybe change it to 15 or 20 coins earned instead, and change the 5x multiplier. Other than that I love this game!!

This game was my favorite solitaire game in existence. The comfortable controls, the adorable graphics, the collectible decks, it had it all. Above all else I treasured it for its noninvasive management of ads, which continues to be a rare find in mobile games. I was able to play offline while traveling. It was so perfectly engineered to keep me calm whenever I felt panic attack coming on. The last time I played it I could easily recommend it to anyone. A year later, I decided to come back to it, only to feel completely betrayed. Gone are the days of optional ads to gain coins; now there are mandatory ads that waste a minimum of 10 seconds after every game. To get rid of them? A subscription. I’m not paying $20+ a year just to play an ad-free solitaire game for a few times per month, at best. This game was so sweet and benevolent, had they instead put an up-front price tag on it, I gladly would’ve paid 2 to 5 dollars. Better yet, if it was ad-free with a pick-your-price donation menu, I probably would have donated $10 or more! Unfortunately, though, it seems good things never last. This game has succumbed with heart-breaking severity to corporate greed. I wish the artists who made this game all the best, and I hope for their sake that they were not responsible for these financial decisions. Until next time, Devsisters.