Poker Showdown: Wild West Duel

I was enjoying playing this game through the first two stages of the story missions, I even paid a few dollars to gain resources, and do upgrades, but then I noticed that there was a significant change in the odds of landing winning point hands. So I started capturing every card played and hands for a little more than three hundred hands. Guess what, the more you advance in the story missions, the more videos you have to watch or the more you have to buy. Why? Because your statistically going to have high card and pair hands after the first ten milestones of the third stage or area. Also your hit points and health will be about 1/3 of the AI opponent and your bullet count unless purchased up will not be enough to complete the stage without purchases or watching a hundred add videos. My suggestion find a fair poker game, not this one. I emailed support and they swear they have a random card generator, but facts are facts and the patterns are there.

I would write a longer review, but the wife wants to grocery shopping, and it’s Saturday, so, free samples...! I’m never deleting this game, and would gladly pay you guys once in a while for random chests, herbs, whatnot. It’s extremely entertaining, and it’s poker. You don’t need to invest a lot of thought, and even though the gameplay is a bit different than standard play, it’s easy to understand, pick up, and create your own style of strategy. (She’s ready time go, I better hurry) One thing I noticed though, is that when you challenge a human player moseying around your town, you used to just be able to win gems or herbs. This morning I saw a ribbon of sorts? I didn’t see any tutorial on that, nor know what it is for? What’s it for? May I suggest some sort of option to see what that is, or have something tell us, say by, tapping on it? I had kind of stopped challenging real people as the reward was something I was easily obtaining anyways. (She’s jingling the keys now, she wants me to drive, typing faster!) The animation of the characters in game is gorgeous, love the side challenges for bonus money, and the totem pole is genius. Really, who could ask for a better game? Whatever coffee, bourbon, or pizza you folks consumed to think of this game, pass that recipe on to all other app makers. You’ve appeased to me, and hundreds and hundreds of others in giving us something in a gaming app that we WANT to come back to. Think about it, when people say that WOULD pay for removal of apps, your game has worked, and your ideas are sound. Don’t know what else is in the works for the future, but please keep us informed. (Crap, she’s leaving now.) Bye!

At first I was surprised that the poker element of this game didn’t work like standard five-card draw, but once I played a few duels, I came to really appreciate the engaging system of building a poker hand, taking risks, and doubling down with abilities. The progression has been really smooth with challenges that I have to work hard to overcome but never feel impossible. There are ads, but they come at a reasonable rate. (As others have said, I would happily pay a premium price to remove ads!) Poker Showdown keeps me coming back multiple times a day, and it’s been a long time since a free-to-play game has done that.