Pentaline: 5 in a Row

I really enjoy playing this game but something is off with the AI. The AI player always has jacks and very often also cards to block plays. I don’t think the game play is quite balanced or fair. It would be 5 stars if this was fixed.

First of all this review is not unfair, the developer keeps complaining about people writing reviews about this game not being fair in the AI winning all the time. Well it’s true. And the reviews are not unfair. We really like the board game when we play it a lot. I wish I could put screenshots on here. First 4-5 moves the AI already has one sequence and it always just happens to have the right ones to block the player. Whoever made this game needs to go back and redo it and update it. The computer always gets what it needs and even if it’s not designed that way, it’s happening. I read other comments about the same issue and the developer gets mad and insults other people. So my message to the developer is whatever you’re using it’s not working and stop insulting other people. This is a game. It’s supposed to be fun and if you’re going to have an attitude like that, stop because it’s not helping issues at all

I had two separate sequences on the same diagonal. Computer didn’t recognize them as two separate sequences so that’s a bug. There was no overlap between them either (using the same end chip). On another note, it’s an enjoyable but the master level isn’t a better player who knows how to box out spots on the board. It just literally gives the computer more jacks and stacked decks. Always has the exact card it needs to complete one early, ruin your sequence, or force you to deplete jacks. The real issue is it’ll throw out a sequence in first 4-5 moves, no joke, consistently which is statistically unlikely. It will also match pace suddenly if you get ahead. You will not blow it out of the water, even if you get 4+ jacks off the start. I was the global leader in wins in master. So I’ve got a good sample size. Not once could I get a hot start on it. The master level the developer is so proud of needs A LOT of work. I don’t think stats would defend the dev’s argument. I think they’d reinforce the negative feedback rightfully given. In all my years of playing sequence OTB with real people of varying skills, I’ve never seen as consistently just the right card to ruin or complete a sequence so frequently. It’s actually predictable. Don’t play a card because you want to wait a round? don’t worry, the computer will suddenly have that card. One of the worst “AIs” I’ve come across. There’s a reason this is free and ad free.