Gang of Four

"Gang of Four" ist die Digital-Umsetzung eines Kartenspiels aus dem Jahre 1990. "Gang of Four" kann man zu dritt oder zu viert spielen, wobei es eigentlich für das Spiel mit vier Personen optimiert ist. Das Deck hat 64 Karten und besteht vor allem aus doppelten Serien von 1-10 in drei Farben und vier Sonderkarten. Es werden alle Karten ausgeteilt. Ziel des Spieles ist es, möglichst als erster alle Karten ausgespielt zu haben. Ausspielen kann man Karten-Kombinatonen, die ähnlich wie beim Poker sind. Der nächste Spieler darf dieselbe Kartenanzahl einer höheren Karten-Kombination ausspielen oder er kann auch passen. Es ist sehr relevant in welcher Reihenfolge und in welcher Karten-Kombination man seine Karten spielt. Nicht selten ist es sinnvoll, erstmal zu passen, um dann später eine größere Karten-Kombination abwerfen zu können. Das Spielprinzip ist durchaus taktisch und interessant, auch wenn eine gehörige Portion Glück immer mit im Spiel ist. Nicht nur die eigene Kartenhand, sondern auch die Züge der Gegner spielen eine große Rolle. Und da machen die optionalen Computergegner einen durchaus soliden Job, wenn sie insgesamt auch einem erfahrenen Spieler unterlegen sind. Die optische Umsetzung orientiert sich größtenteils an der Ästhetik des realen Kartenspiels. Schade ist, daß das Spiel kein wirklich gutes Tutorial hat, dafür sollte man eher auf Spielerläuterungen bei youtube zurückgreifen. Dafür wird ständig angezeigt, ob ein Zug möglich ist und wenn nicht, warum er nicht möglich ist. Das ist auf der einen Seite hilfreich für unerfahrene Spieler, trägt aber auch nicht gerade zur Übersichtlichkeit bei. Insgesamt eine solide digitale Umsetzung eines soliden Kartenspiels. [h1]Wertung:[/h1] 6/10 Atmosphäre -/10 Story 6/10 Grafik 6/10 Sound 7/10 Spielmechanik 6/10 Balancing 6/10 Spielspass [h1]Fazit:[/h1] Poker-Doppelkopf. [h1][b]6/10 Gesamtwertung

Gang of Four ws free today (05/04/20) so I installed it and tried it; I uninstalled it after 2 plays. This game is just a "bash the loser" exercise. Some may consider that hilarious, I just find it unkind, unfair and infuriating. First: from Round 2 onwards, the Loser of the previous round gives his/her Best card to the Winner of the round, who in exchange gives the Loser his/her Worst card! Making it easier for the winner to keep winning and the loser to keep losing; added to the randomness of the card draws, this is unforgivable. IMO it should be the other way round, to give the winner a handicap for the nxt round, and the loser an opportunity to catch up. Second: the game ends when one player reaches 100 points, but the object of the game is to be the first to get rid of all the cards in your hand each round, and the winner is the one with the least points at the end. However, if you hv more than 8 cards left in your hand at the end of a round, your total is doubled, and if you hv more than 11, it is tripled, etc. Making it virtually impossible to catch up if you fall behind after a particularly unlucky round. In short, I'm sure sm people will find that kind of game a hoot, but I don't. Won't ever play it again.

Tutorial is very bad and does not tell you how to play. I figure out how to play this card game still but it is very bad that game won't tell you itself. It is also little buggy but lucky there is many many better card game options in Steam.

Gang of four, originally a card game, is one of those poorly converted versions that shouldn't have been made into a video game. Play with bots, or other players (but you'll likely be playing with bots as it's a dead game). The biggest issue here is there's no tutorial nor instructions at all, besides the list of card combinations on the right side bar like Full house, Flush, etc. It plays similar to Poker and Uno combined. The animations are pretty basic, nothing flashy beyond the glowing icon of the avatar indicating which player's turn it is as well as the cards sliding to the centre of the board. Oriental BGM is fitting for the theme of the game, and sound effects of the movements of cards. The game honestly plays more like a mobile game, and should really just stay as a physical card game instead. I'm relieved that it's been removed from the Steam store. It would've been a scam paying for this game.

I grab this game when it's free, so it's still fine with me. For a price ? Big NO This game actually was inspired by Big Two (card game). If you know how to play Big Two then you should be able to understand and play this game, since the rules almost the same ( from pair, 3 of a kind, straight, flush, full house, etc) but with additional rules like: gang of five (5 same cards) and gang of six (6 same cards) The game use its own unique card and color rank. You have to learn the rank order again. Such as : Number: Dragon > Phoenix > 10 > ... > 1 Color : Red > Yellow > Green

Fun game that is very chill, although the basics of the game could be much better explained in the tutorial. The gameplay itself is solid and quite tactical as you figure out what hands to lose and which you need to win, but the game is rather sluggish and slow; not at all fast-paced like the game probably is in real life. In the end: it is a card game. There probably isn't a whole lot the devs could do but the ambience is neat, the cards are easy to read, and the game is fairly noob-friendly. EDIT: With further play, it becomes apparent that any tactical play you could hope to exercise is overwhelmed by your opponents' repeated and "lucky" straight flush draws. The forced plays when an opponent gets down to 1 card also will wreck you, as intended leads are shot done because you have to play your single highest card even if it is AGAINST your own interest. Multiple times the game would not allow me to play a flush that matched an opponent's highest card and color ... but I watched opponents do so. The rules are nebulous and the game is imbalanced and disappointing to play, frankly. Avoid unless you like RNG card games.

Следователь петербургского уголовного сыска Пётр Дмитриевич Инсаров в охваченном холерой городе сталкивается с серией жестоких убийств: кровожадный безумец охотится на детей, оставляя на местах преступления лишь отрубленные части тела. Расследование приводит полицейского в храм, где прячутся несколько человек. Но что загнало их туда? Страх заражения? Мародёры? Или что-то пострашнее?