Othello

I originally thought this was Othello. Cleared up my a fellow gamer here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reversi Despite the occasional crash - it is the game that I enjoyed playing as a kid. I am enjoying it now - despite the *complete* lack of people available to play multiplayer....! Not sure if thats a bug or I am the only person playing. It should be 3 or 4 dollars not 6 or 9. 7/10

Okay, let's get my main gripe out of the way. This game is "Othello", not "Reversi" (yes, they are two separate games). Reversi starts with a blank board whereas Othello starts a game off with four pieces in the center. The game ends in Reversi when a player can't make a move...in Othello, that player passes. Based on the way this game plays, it should have been called Othello (though perhaps there were legal reasons for not doing so). With that said, this isn't a bad game. It features both offline and online multiplayer, as well as single player against the AI via multiple difficulty levels. I'd grab it for 40% if you plan to pick this up as $10 might be asking a bit much for how simple this game is (games take 2-3 minutes, if that). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uu9KEasqIFM

First of all, these reveiwers saying this is not "Reversi" but actually "Othello" I have no idea what they are talking about. I've been playing Reversi/Othello for a long time, as well as have been researching board and card games, and I have never encountered a version that didn't start with four pieces in the center, and I've always found "Reversi" and "Othello" used interchangeably. But games like this are old and acquire many rules over time. Who can really say, and does it really matter that much? Now, as for the game itself, don't buy it unless it's on a pretty heavy sale. I waited until it fell down to about $3, and had I paid a dime more than that I'd have been pretty upset. While functional it lacks polish. Only two varieties of pieces, no varieties of boards or backgrounds. The background music is annoying with no other options. The sound effects are grating. Seems like small stuff, but they are all things that should be present for $10 whole wing-wangs. In 3-D mode the pieces flip over in a very satisfying way, but if you make a large capture the computer goes immediately after while your pieces are still flipping. And if you make a large capture, and the computer makes a large capture, your first pieces could be flipping back before your captured pieces are finished turning over. I find it to be incredibly annoying. All of these seems like small complaints and they are, but to be charging $10 I'd expect a lot more. I'd expect a lot more especially when you can just google "Reversi" or "Othello" and find a low tech flash version on a website and play for free. So save your $10 and put it towards a real Othello/Reversi board you can buy at any Toys'R'us.

The game is pretty much basic but very complex at the same time. It takes Othello and gives you a good interface for it for online and vs computer games. The AI is pretty tough and it is a pity that the difficult ramps up so fast. If you always wanted to try to play Othello, this game is quite good.

[h1]Othello黑白棋[/h1] 這遊戲支援網路對戰，分六段棋力，沒有甚麼花俏的遊戲介面，就是純粹的強力對戰，特別的地方是單機AI很強，有自信的人可以挑戰看看最高難度的AI。特別是有成就統計系統，還有其中有個最難達成"一次連翻18子"的成就。 黑白棋基本關鍵就是在爭四個無法被翻轉的角，過程中，子吃多不見得是件好事，開局反而要低頭，想盡辦法製造另一個勢頭，逼對方下在不該下的地方，一瞬間翻轉局勢，是整個下黑白棋最有滋味的地方。 這款已經出一段時間，常常-75%特價，蠻適合對剛入門的我，推廣給大家。

[h1]Simple,unearthly addictive and with a brilliant balance of computer difficulty[/h1] Reversi is a computer version of a board game for two people,known since the 18th century. It is played on a board of 8 by 8 squares (as in chess and checkers) using 64 white and black pawns. It belongs to strategy games, which are characterized by rapid changes of situations and results. The game requires forward thinking. The goal of the game is to fill the board with more of your own pawns than your opponent. The game ends when no player can make a correct move. And that's it in a nutshell, the foundation of the gameplay is trivial but the game itself is already nasty difficult, the complexity of moves, prediction and analysis is at a cosmic level. With a bot on the Easy level we will have problems - especially at the beginning when we will not yet know the tactics, and we will learn everything from watching the opponent. The main advantages of the game are its accessible design, great bot balance plus, of course, gameplay with live players (although the game is currently small and not many people play it so local co-op is left). Of course, I can recommend it to all fans of board games, and those who would like to play in their free time when they don't have access to a very good computer, and if you catch the bug you'll get interested and buy the real version to play with friends in real life.

First: Want to say "thank you" to the fine people at BlueLines for responding quickly to fix bug in this game. Found the person I talked with polite and friendly and taking my concerns seriously. (I believe it took them less than a week to fix the problem.) Good job! Second: This game is very simple... and EXTREMELY difficult. Each game takes about 5-10 minutes to play so is good for entertaining yourself when have a little break. I pride myself on being very good with turn-based boardgames but this simulator had me gnashing my teeth a few times. ;P It a very simple game to learn... I gifted an extra copy to a friend and we were challenging each other within 5 minutes of install... but challenging the computer at "Hardest Level" is QUITE another matter. You may think you winning but the board can change quickly! To be honest... I can think ahead about 5-6 moves in chess. But this game has so fewer variables for the computer to keep track of (in terms of possible moves) that the computer can think ahead maybe 10-12 moves on the more difficult settings. My recomendation? Begin at the easiest level and then increase difficulty as you improve your skill. BUT BE PREPARED TO BE HUMBLED! *Giggle* Personal note: If someone has beaten this on the Hardest difficulty I would *LOVE* to see some sort of guide or strategy-hints. :D

Common board game that everyone played when they were kids. The rule is simple.. control the board with more of your color. Very simple game with very simple rules. For these kinda of game music, graphics don't make much impact at all. What matters is how fast computer thinks and how smart it is. Let me tell you, This Game AI was superbly done. Computer was soo well programed that without a guide it's nearly impossible to beat AI on hardest difficulty. Online game play was also really well done but there are not too many players. Problem of this game are it's achievements. Some of the achivements are soo hard to get that you will have no choice to use a guide and call a friend to assist you. 8/10 simple and nice board game. Add me to play for achivement if you want.