Hearts Plus

I enjoy this version however there is one flaw in the software , that I have reported repeatedly, that has never been corrected. You can play hearts before they have been broken if the only hearts and the queen of spades remain. In settings I have set the other option that you must play the queen first to break hearts.

I’ve reviewed this game before, and the one thing I have always considered to be a flaw remains uncorrected … the computer shoots the moon too frequently; sometimes several times in a game, sometimes on successive hands by the same player. This just doesn’t happen in real life. I consider myself to be a reasonably skillful player, but I can seldom beat the computer, largely because of how frequently it shoots the moon. In my opinion it takes the fun out of the game.

I really like how well-designed this game is. Very customizable and smooth-playing. I’ve tried several iOS Hearts games and this is the best implementation I’ve seen yet. I’m still looking for a Hearts game that is truly challenging though. I’m a good Hearts player, but by no means great, and I can beat the computer players nearly every time (I’m at over 70% wins). In this particular version, the players seem to be obsessed with either trying to Shoot the Moon, or preventing anyone else from doing so.