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Pinochle App Complaints & User Negative Comments 2024
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✓ It’s freeIt’s an ok pinochle game. I would expect better play from the bots if I paid any amount for this. They are the equivalent of a rather stupid novice human: leading second strong suit while trump is still out, not protecting aces at end of hand, bidding on lousy hands and passing on good hands. Almost like the programmer himself is a mediocre player. I’m adding that after playing with hands face up , even allowing that it’s free, the playing is so bad it’s insufferable and I’m trashing the app for good..Version: 7.6.1
✓ Moron of a partner and 2 opponents who cheat.You really don’t need to bother with this app. Here’s how 90% of the hands will go: Your North partner will ‘pass’ immediately, even if it has 4 cards to a straight, plus other trumps, plus some other aces. North will only bid if dealt a high point scoring hand on initial deal. The East/West team will each give an initial bid then 1 will drop out. The remaining one will run the bid well above 30(even on ‘timid’ aggressiveness setting). It makes it’s bid knowing ahead of time what cards it’s partner will pass and therefore these 90% of deals will end up with a straight and/or 4 aces(usually both). So it really comes down to you alone against two players who get see each others cards..Version: 7.8.1
✓ Poor partnerObviously whoever wrote the program for this game has never played it or just doesn't get the concept of pinochle. When the computer partner has a full rope with double aces and three losers he bitter bunches. What I wouldn't give for a hand like that So get real and learn the game before you write the program. Also the east and west always seem to get aces around or a double pinochle. Seems highly unfair. The name of the game is pinochle which means jack of diamonds and queen of spades. They should be passed together to make a double pinochle. Really the programmer should learn the game then write the program. Makes sense to me. This is really the worst version of pinochle. I would give this a zero star if I could. The north partner is absolutely useless. WORST GAME EVER!!!!!!!! I can’t believe whoever wrote this game would actually have north keep trump and send losers. AGAIN THIS IS THE WORST WRITTEN GAME EVER. When writing a program research the rules of the game first!!!!.Version: 5.5.1
✓ Please fix memory leak!!!Plays fine for awhile, then elements of the display stop working, then random cards appears as trump. Fix these issues so I can play a full game (500) and it will be useable. Could be great with smarter AI..Version: 2.0.0
✓ This is a good game, but... I can see what’s in the other players’ hands!I love this game, but on all of the other card game apps from different companies, the other players’ hands are hidden. On this game, you can tell what cards the computers have, because each hand is arranged the same way and it shows the gaps from where the cards came out. The company should take this into consideration and make an update that hides the other players’ hands by only showing the table and shadows around the edges of the table..Version: 5.5.1
✓ AI broken in latest updateThe latest update seems to be a little broken. Bidding is very strange. I often see the robots passing when they should be bidding, like having double pinochle or double marriage. The AI often doesn’t recommend me to bid because it doesn’t recognize the meld value of double marriage in trump. The play seems strange on the latest update as well. When a robot hand will play 3 aces in one suit before playing an ace in another suit..Version: 8.8.0
✓ Horrible programmingWho ever wrote this game, i am gonna assuming never played it. E/W almost always get no less then 9 meld. Constant runs and aces. And double pinochle, and your N partner might be the worst AI partner ever. Passes with runs in hand, or saves you and has three of everything with 4 meld. And we never make it. And most of the time e/w always always hit each other with trump. If you build a big lead in the score, you can almost guarantee e/w are gonna get 30-40 pts next hand to catch up. e/w goes in the hole, they come out two hands later and have more points then n/s. And some how throw a non common throw to pass the lead to partner. Rewrite this to more realistic hands..Version: 8.2.0
✓ PredictableMeh..Version: 6.7.0
✓ Good game play, no developer responseI really enjoy the game and would give it a higher rating except for the fact that I can’t get and response from the developers. I have e-mailed numerous times asking for a feature to be added to the game settings where you can set a floor on the bid value. For instance, setting it so that no bid can be won for less than 35. Even if the developers didn’t want to add this feature, I would hope for some sort of response, but I have never received one. If the minimum bid amount was added, I would definitely give it five stars..Version: 6.1.0
✓ Either west is gona have a good hand or east is gona have a good hand..West or east will bid you all the way up eventhough they dont have anything. Either they will get a double run or all the trumps or all the aces. You will never see both east n west pass before bidding up to mayb 400. If one passes they other will bid you all they way up to ovet a thousand. N by some miracle always get a good hand. If he dont have enough to make it his partner (who passed already) will have what he need to make the bid. Like all aces or rest of the trump. The algorthym of this game is set!.Version: 8.1.2
✓ Fix This Game!!I have sent many complaints on the partner play by the computer (North). I can’ t give them all but the biggest is when I call Spades and need the Queen for Double pinochle and North sits with the Ace, King, Queen and Jack!! What does North throw?!! The Ace, King and Jack!!! I noticed it will screw you a lot if it has 4 trump cause if you need a Queen it will almost always send the A,K and J and hold back the Queen. I give it 3 Stars only because I like Pinochle but fix the game play by the North!!.Version: 6.9.0
✓ Game is set up to embarrass playersI have enjoyed pinochle since I was a young. I thought this game would take me back to family gatherings and the fun we had playing but I have to say this game cheats. The probability of double aces, triple of quadruple pinochle the game gives the opposing team is impossible. The four card exchange often ends up leading to double runs at an alarming rate. So it is almost impossible to have a fair competitive game. The end score is often 500 to 150 and no one was set. The unfortunate thing is this is the best pinochle game in the App Store. Play if you wish, just get use to losing 8 out of every 10 games..Version: 5.7.2
✓ Waste of timeNever could get a bid and then I found I could deal cards face up. East/West has all hands sown up except theirs 8 out of 10 times. Sometimes it’s fun but most of the time I just reveal as it is that unrealistic. I mean how often do you see 1 team getting double pinochle. Every third had Wes the capper. Also as I play as south, it’s disheartening to see north passing on a hand that h e only needs 1 card. But he’s a robot too so maybe he. Knows that unless your delt your run, chances are you won’t get it..Version: 8.1.2
✓ This version runs slowStick with previous version. This version runs noticeably slower on my iPhone 5. Also it does a strange repositioning of cards on table sometimes as the cards are played out - annoying. Only plays a very average game. I find I win games at a ratio of about 4 to 1. The secret is to always outbid your partner - never let partner make it as they are just a handicap - often sabotaging your game..Version: 4.1.1
✓ UpdateThis is a terrible update. The game keeps freezing and I can't play it..Version: 3.0.0
✓ Terrible partner with choices on bids and plays.The person who wrote the program is responsible for the stupid, ignorant, idiotic plays coming from the north jerk. N will pass holding a nice run, always saves a point card to give to E W on the last play when E W always saves a trump card for the extra point. When S picks trump, idiot N always holds the 10 when passing cards in deference to the J or Q. It really angers me when it means no run and a poor hand. N ALWAYS BIDS INTO THE 30’s when holding 3 aces even with the rest of the hand garbage! If N is dealt 3 out of 4 pinochle, get ready for a high mid 30 or higher bid. I see all this because I show all cards. N will always pass a double J or Q with the 3 card pass to S instead of Aces, when S takes the bid, more often than not ruining more possible points. I am bidding toward a strong hand and the double pass, especially J’s is worthless and shows that the programmer doesn’t understand the game enough. Please fix these stated problems. I’ve sworn off this game over 100 times because of them but keep coming back one more time..Version: 5.7.2
✓ Good in the beginningWhen I first installed this app I was very impressed. However, after about 40-50 games the enjoyment began to fade. Basically, the computer will not lose. You may get a lead, and then go on a solid run of you and your partner totaling 6 meld hand after hand while they total 20-30. At first I thought it was just a run of bad luck, but then it just became game after game whereas the pc just happened to get every card it needed. In one game for e ample, two hands in a row, one pc player would call trump with only ~6 meld and the partner just happened to have 20+..Version: 7.6.1
✓ Mistakes that should be correctedThere are times when the computer takes over at the end of a hand and plays the wrong card resulting in the loss of the last trick. That should never happen. There have been times that my partner has passed me jack of diamond and kept the queen of spades when trump was called spades. That is bad playing or programming. I see a lot of mistakes in bidding hands that never should have bid at all..Version: 7.0.7
✓ One sided dealingComputer likes to deal itself and/or its partner really good meld and playing hands so you’ll be playing catch up a lot. 1 out of 6 deals you’ll get something worth playing. It’s the only general play free pinochle game in the store so you’re stuck with this app if that’s what you want rather than online playing. If you can deal with the Apps ego and work around then go ahead but the cards your dealt and the consistency of garbage hand will eventually bother you.Version: 5.7.2
✓ PinochleIn general I’m thinking the writers of these pinochle games are former players that had no creativity about them selves and how to play the game. So they’ve set to frustrate whom ever get one or several of these Pinochle games to never figure out the computer, never winning games by play only the percentage the designer built into the game them selves. Not any fun what so ever. It’s done with unrealistic hands dealt at crazy odds. Like Queens or jacks around, short of one queen or jack every nine out of ten times (crazy) that don’t happen in real life. Maybe only the computer players getting the double Aces around, and the human players never,never, ever getting two marriages in trump or Kings around. Also, you see a triple pinochle being dealt to either side. Crazy programming I will not continue with pinochle again, your games aren’t realistic and the odds are from some other solos - system..Version: 6.9.0
✓ Terrible Partner.You can show show the cards of all players in this game. Discovering this actually took some of the fun out of the game but it also reveals how terrible your partner AI is with bidding. I deleted this game when my partner had a run plus extra trump in their hand but they wanted to “bid or bunch.” In other words, throw out the hand and re-deal to everyone. In single deck pinochle you hope to get a run in you trump suit. When you’re dealt one it’s awesome and gives a 90% chance of making out bid and dominating the cars play. The partner has also given up bids while holding 7/8 Aces. Another hand that could easily control the game. As a player you can’t take every bid. But its frustrating and defeating when your partner often throws the game for you. You can adjust the settings to make the computer more bold, but that usually seems to make the opponents stronger, not your partner..Version: 6.8.1
✓ Played betterSeveral key issues with this game. Partner will consistently run the bid when you have a good hand. Then meld with a marriage or 9’s. If you’re lucky to get the bid from your partner, it will pass (mostly) useless cards. Then there is the issue with the leaderboard coming up after every single hand. As some others pointed out N/S will be miles ahead and in 2 hands E/W will somehow win the game. Final issue features; $5 to remove ads for a game with zero features. And there is no online MP. Hard pass for me. Ideally developers would read comments and improve game. But from the reviews, and lack of any significant updates/improvements it’s clear the developer doesn’t. If you spend the $5 to just remove ads for this game, then the adage “a fool and his money are easily parted” rings true..Version: 8.2.0
✓ Great passIn response to loudmouth comment, I deleted the app. If the best you can do is pass 3 nines, then stick to solitaire development. The most recent update has resulted in nines (one hand was 3 nines with one of them trump) passed while holding a solo king or queen. Not sure in any level of play where this is considered a good pass. Just received 2 nines and a Jack (not diamonds, no trump) from my partner who was holding 3 kings that would have added kings around and a couple of marriages. That is clearly a clueless pass. Please explain why N passes a worthless J while holding a couple of Ks. North is absolutely clueless. Named trump clubs, partner passed 9 hearts, 9 spades, J spades. Partner had uncovered Ks to pass. Even the lowest rated player understands that is a terrible pass..Version: 7.5.1
✓ Occasional 'Cheat'Every once in a while, when you get the bid, the app will automatically play the 1st card for you - a non-Ace giving the opponents the chance to cash their 1st Aces. This is cheating! Also can be frustrating. You’re way ahead and then five or more hands in a row, you and partner get bad hands, the opponents make their bids, and you can’t get at least 40% of the counters to score, or, with your good hand, you’re set because partner has no help or there’s unfavorable distribution..Version: 5.5.1
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