6 people found this review helpful
Recommended
0.0 hrs last two weeks / 88.2 hrs on record (36.2 hrs at review time)
Posted: 1 Dec, 2022 @ 9:21am
Updated: 1 Dec, 2022 @ 9:53am

The only solitaire collection I think I'll ever need.

There's quite a lot of variety in the 8 game modes available, especially when it comes to difficulty. Presentation is on point, though it feels like Cribbage Solitaire is sorely missing a new game option/keybinding.

Sawayama/Proletariat's/Cluj/Shenzen play like you'd expect from the visuals, each with their own little unique twist to keep things interesting - Shenzen is my pick of the bunch, & though it's marked as the most challenging returning title of the collection, I'd not be put off by that. Sigma's Garden is guaranteed solvable each time, so once you figure out the patterns involved it becomes a bit predictable a bit too fast. Cribbage Solitaire is so different from anything I've played before that I'm only winning one in every 6 games or so, but with a bit of practice & hopefully a button to start a new game, it might become one of my favourites. Kabufuda benefits from its difficulty options, though I'm personally a bit scarred from doing the expert win back in Eliza.

Fortune's Foundation is ridiculously challenging, & I'm yet to win a single game in 5 or so efforts or so far. There's definitely a lot here to think about, & it's amazing how much the inability to move cards more than one at a time impacts the way the game feels & plays. The art is fantastic, & the limited use undo button is a nice touch for a game of this complexity.

As it stands, I've done the 100 win achievement for 4 of the 8 variants, & I'm sure, eventually, one day, I'll finish them all off. This is one of those games that'll stand the test of time for people who just want to kick back with a collection of variations on a theme, & as such, is a game I'd overwhelmingly recommend to fans of solitaire/freecell/any repeatable card games out there...

... Now to just try & figure out how to play Fortune's Foundation properly!

Edit: Ahh, I'd misinterpreted one of the Fortune's Foundation rules & won a game almost straight away after figuring it out >.< As with all Zach games, RTFM!
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