Phase 10: Casual Card Game

It's fun but it'll cost you. First, you have to pay $7.99 to stop ads every hand. Then you're required to watch ads (that interfere with listening to music or a book) to win. Then it's nearly impossible to win without a purchase. You might hit a short streak, but that's rare. I lost 16 games in a row. The odds for a 2 player game, loss of 16, is 1 in 65,536 but NOT ON THIS APP. It's pretty common to have to replay the same level 4 times or more before you win.

It's not random when it's predictable, round after round.This game started off fun and challenging. Now it's becoming increasingly frustrating.The further along I get, it appears the bots/computer/AI opponents are set up to win. Round one, every time they have all the cards needed.It has also been noticed that when I am ahead, I'm dealt cards to slow me down until the bots/computer/AI opponents catch up and pass me and clear the board. This happens round after round. I don't pay for games.

Addition again: It's so blatantly obvious that the cards dealt are not "random" as stated. I regularly get 0, sometimes 1, wilds while the computer gets 3 or 4 consistently. It's not "random" dealing for everyone. This happens for many hands in a row. The developers idea of difficulty is giving the computer the exact cards they need and u needing at least 3-5 turns of perfect draws to put down. It has nothing to do with skill. It's not difficult when u don't even get a turn....It's impossible!

First of all, the game is a lot of fun, let's get that out of the way. Major complaint: Any time you play this game, it turns out any music/podcast you are listening to. You used to be able to start playing it again after the game got fully going, but now it always stops. Minor complaint: Every so often the PC opponents seem super charged on certain levels (even when you replay) which makes me feel like the game is stacked to try to get you to use bonus powers (so they can make more money.)

It's disappointing, and obviously, it is set up to make you pay. 80 coins to play against bots that win on first hand is nasty work. Bots even skip you when the other player has completed a phase. Why skip me? I'll give it a higher rating if it changes, but I'll just play once a day until it improves the experience. If you really like the game, get it. If not, move on to something else. Enough with the Pizza Game ad. It's annoying.