Spades+

Name: Spades+
Rating: 4.82742 (144984 reviews)

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Spades+

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4.8

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12+

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A Star Software LLC

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User Reviews for Spades+

horrible partners!

the game itself is great and addicting but it gets very aggravating because the partners in solo mode are absolute idiots. I bid nil and invariable my partner leads a two or four. the opponents bid nil, and my partner plays his highest cards. he plays a higher card or overtrumps my tricks when he plays last and then we don't make our bid because he has used up his good cards to take tricks I would have won. he always plays his highest trump the first chance he gets, even when he is the last player and a low trump would win the trick. doesn't matter if you configure your partner conservative, regular, or aggressive--they don't know how to play the game!UPDATE: This game gets NO stars! Rather than improving the AI partners, they get worse and worse. They have no idea how to bid--often bid 1 with 2-3 aces--and seem to think the goal of the game is to get as many bags as possible. They wait until the other team makes it's bid, then grab as many extra tricks as possible. Can't make it through a whole game without losing at least 100 points for 10 bags. I'm so aggravated by the poor play, this app will be uninstalled as soon as this review appears.

easkamm, Jan 23, 2019

Spades

Updated review… fun game.. very competitive.. I have won and lost games.. won many in a row and lost several in a row. It can get frustrating because players who are randomly selected to be a playing partner quit for various reasons: phone battery runs out, watches advertisements too long; made a bade decision while playing (bid too high or went zero and could not achieve it). This game needs to make communication better between players and prevent players from quitting a game. Fun game. Just relax and play, learn to win and accept a loss. Updated review: Please up date the ability to communicate to other players in the “play rated game”. Some communication Examples might be: were gonna win; don’t quit. My mistake. Oops. awesome play. Why did he/she leave?. The phone’s battery must have died. Accidentally unplugged. I have a bad hand. My hand is impressive. Good comeback. Hang in there we will comeback to win. Don’t quit. Just to name a few. I am sure others have suggested expanded communication. ————— This game is fun and competitively difficult. Fun and very competitive. Your partner, whom ever that may be, can get upset and leave in midst of game. Sometimes exiting a game early is not always the fault of a player ... sometimes it’s the phone battery’s fault.

Enterprise 425, Nov 02, 2021

Solid but some glitches are inexcusable

I have gotten used to the way the computer parter plays regular hands. Not how I would, but I accept that a computer might not see the game as me.But some of the way it plays when I have bid nil is inexcusable. When cutting a suit, it inexplicably cuts with its highest or 2nd highest spade, and no human would do something that dumb. That should be an easy fix. If I bid nil, cutting a different suit with the lowest spade is a no brainer. I cannot stress how many times I have lost because the computer partner has wasted a King of Spades cutting hearts and now can’t cover my highest spade because it only has a low spade.Another glitch is that when the computer partner bids nil, if it goes too long, it will randomly throw out a spade and cut a suit for no reason. It will have other non spades that it could have played instead but for some odd reason, it decides to play a spade and ends up taking a book. Maybe the algorithm says it’s likely I can cover, but that is not always the case and there’s NO REASON to gamble playing a spade when you bid a nil hand, unless you have no choice. To be fair, I have won many games because the computer opponent sometimes does this. But this glitch should be fixed.

Hill3000, May 19, 2021

Having a Partner is more like opponent

Overall the game play is fine and it does what it is supposed to. There are no lags. I like to play solo (AI version). So this review is based on that. I have the free version and honestly couldn’t find a paid version, if that would make a difference. The biggest, most frustrating part of the game is your team player. It is like you are playing alone but have to also suffer poor decisions of partner. Here are some examples. 1. Going nil: I went nil. Yes it was a stretch, but it was just a game. My partner also went nil. So that means there is no way we could cover for each other.2. Covering Partner: In real play, a partner would cover their teammate if it were a possible move. I went Nil. A suit was called that I had to play and it was only a mid range number. My partner, who was NOT going nil, threw a card less than mine so I won the trick cost our team 100 points. Turns out, they had the Ace of that suit. I could go on with examples like this where having a partner was worse than being a single player. Even if I could sort of get the first scenario, the second made no sense. If it was smart enough to know it didn’t have to over play because the partner had it, it should be smart enough to know the bid was nil and it shouldn’t use that tactic. Every time I play I get frustrated for those reasons. I got over the fact you couldn’t count on the partner. But final straw was when it bid nil when I already had.

lovespite, Sep 02, 2020

Fun but…

I really enjoy this game but the ads have to be x’d out of during each hand and if you don’t do it quickly enough you get booted from the game. Also the ads keep freezing and sometimes the x never shows up and you get booted. Wish there was a rated game that you can play blind nil. Also in unrated there used to be an option to boot players in your room which worked well. You aren’t forced to play with someone with an offensive name or someone who is rude or spam and keeps following you into games. Lastly there should be an option where you can pre select your card so that it automatically plays on your turn and each player’s last card automatically plays. It would make the game move faster and also a lot of players don’t play the last round and you’re stuck waiting until they get booted. Otherwise it’s my favorite version of spades out there the games are just enough points. The customizable features make the game fun too

noni muse, Nov 18, 2021

AI partner is infuriating!

The AI partner is more of a liability than it’s worth. As soon as a player breaks spades, the AI empties all the spades in its hand, wiping out any advantage you might have had on a broken suit. For example: I have the 10, 5, 6, and 3 of spades, and only one heart. Once I play the heart, and break spades, instead of feeding out hearts to take advantage of it, my “partner” will start throwing all its high spades, wiping me out, and often losing itself by playing a king before the ace has been revealed. In a normal game, I might be able to pick up a couple of tricks before the other players break. One time, this exact scenario happened and I assumed the AI had also run out of the suit. Nope. Once all the spades were exhausted, out pops a 5 of hearts. The opposing AIs seem to understand this premise just fine. I’ve learned to cut my bid as a result. The AI is also streaky in its bidding, going through stretches where it will do things like bid 3 or 4 and get zero, with nothing in its hand to justify the bid. Other times it will rake in hand bags in bunches. Restarting the app is the quickest way to get it back on track.

notinoressedagain, Jul 13, 2021

It’s okay BUT

This is a okay game with some serious issues. Here’s a list of a few 1- players are not well ranked and are often poor partners who make big mistakes that costs you. 2- players are allowed to drop out of the game after they screwed it up without penalty or consequence. 3- when players drop out of game bot takes over and their play is often as bad as beginners which again costs you. Very frustrating!!! 4- periodically the game locks up and you are booted or entire game is lost. 5- players who bail out of a game prematurely should be penalized for that action, regardless of whether the team wins or loses the game. Especially if they don’t make their bid or take a point on a Nill bid. There partner shouldn’t be left holding their trash bag. 6- some players are so slow in playing their cards. I understand once in awhile people get distracted but not every turn. It makes the game unenjoyable for other players. 7- often you can bid your hand perfectly but your partner over bids or doesn’t make their bids which resulted in you losing the game even when you play was spot on. Credit should be given for well played hands regardless of your partners poor play.

OhNoBama, Jul 27, 2021

Too many foul players

Edit: 7/1/20 Developers did respond to my review and thanks for taking the time to do that. One easy fix you could do that would greatly benefit everyone who plays in rated multiplayer is eliminating the 13 bid.Original review below with grammatical corrections.This is a decent app for spades, and I appreciate the clean aesthetic without a lot of extra clutter on the screen BUT players will bid 13 if you make a mistake, or abandon the game, and even though they penalize the player who leaves, you still lose points on your rating when you lose. I’ve seen players completely sabotage games out of spite if they get set or get a book when the bid nil. It looks like you can’t get above 1700 points without spending money on more coins or the game will give you hands that are guaranteed to lose unless someone on the other team makes a serious mistake. And if your partner leaves and you decide to play with the pc partner, the ai will sabotage you too - by overbidding/underbidding. I recently had “shark” as a partner in multiplayer when it bid nil and proceeded to cut with a spade to win a book in a game I could’ve won. They need to fix that ASAP. It’s not fair to be punished for staying in the game when your partner quits or losing points because they left or sabotaged your game.

Treblecliffton, Jul 02, 2020

Good Game, Could Be Better

Great user interface, easy to use, fun. The one thing that would take this app from good to great is if you got more points for winning than negative points for losing. There are some instances on rated games where I’ll end up winning a hand and go up 8-10 points and then lose the next hand and go down 8-10 points (or sometimes more than if I won). I understand it’s based on the rankings of the other players in the game but just as a general rule of thumb I think your consequence for losing should never be equal to or greater than the reward for winning. Creates a feeling that you aren’t going anywhere in your rank. My style of scoring system still creates groups of more skilled players towards the top end, but it should make it a little easier to get out of the 1700s/1800s.PLEASE FIX THE POINT VALUES FOR WINNING AND LOSING. I went up 8 for winning and then went down 10 for losing the next game when my partner LEFT. You should ALWAYS go up more for winning than for losing, regardless of the rating of the other players. You should go up 7-10 points if you win (based on the rating of who you beat) and go back 3-6 points for losing (based on the rating of who you lost to). Very frustrating, have been stuck in the 1700’s for months because of bad partner play. One step forward, two steps back.

TTYLlol69, Feb 05, 2022

A joke

I’ve been playing on this app since 2017. I play the rated version with real people and up until the last year or so, everything has been fine. But over the past year, they way the multiplayer is set up has become increasingly frustrating.You get punished for the dumbest things. Like I get being “punished” for quitting a game that you’re losing but at the same time there are people that will purposely make bad plays, but I get punished for not sticking around when they are clearly sabotaging the game. And the more you “quit” the more the algorithm will purposely match you with lower rated players as “punishment.” but what about punishing the other end? People will literally bid 0 and purposely win books to make you lose 100 points and nothing happens to them. My rating was in the 2000s and I quit 1 game because a lower rated player that was my partner just went off the rails making purposely dumb plays and now my rating has dropped to the 1600s and can’t get back up because I keep getting matched with partners that have THE lowest ratings. It literally makes no sense. And I can’t even delete my profile and start over. Like literally WHO CARES IF SOMEONE QUITS THE GAME?! I find myself HOPING that my partners will quit, because the AI partner is better than a real person.

vintagehussie, Aug 30, 2021

Description

#1 Spades card game! Multiplayer or Solo • Achievements • Stats • Smart AI • Millions of happy players • PLAY NOW! Spades+ is the #1 free Spades card game for iPhone and iPad!

Spades+ has been in development for years by a dedicated team and has seen countless new features, improvements, and bug fixes. It's fast, stable, always improving, and, above all, fun! Features: * Play Spades online with your friends and everyone else! * Extensive Statistics * Achievements, some easy, some hard, can you get them all? * Challenging and competitive artificial-intelligence opponents * Realistic look and feel * Automatic game saving, just in case you get a call right before you achieve your blind nil bid * Simple tutorial to help beginners get in the game fast * Game options * Free! What players are saying ***** "Superb! Very well programmed. Excellent and challenging for every phase of the game!" ***** "Love this game! It's an awesome app!" ***** "Best card game interface for iPad. This is a great game that features pleasing high-def graphics that look especially good on the iPad screen. The deal and trick pickup animations enhance the game playing experience. Card games are simple, but they don't have to be dull and this one is fun without resorting to cheesy animated 'characters'..." ***** "Awesome. Love it! stimulating beautiful graphics, challenging. well done." ***** "Great!! I love this game!! I play it all the time! Highly recommend!" ***** "Downloaded this after I began to teach my kids to play spades for Family Night. Thought it couldn't hurt to brush up my skills! I find myself playing this for hours! Great app." ***** "LOVE THIS GAME! I play everyday!" ***** "Hooked. If you like spades, this is a great game. Plays like the real thing." ***** "My favorite game!" ***** "Addicting. Great fun!"