Sage Solitaire in IOS

★★★★★ App Store Editors’ Notes

★★★★★ Want original version back please!

I have loved playing this game for a long time, especially double deck. Unfortunately the update automatically installed on my phone and I believe it may have caused some issues with my phone’s cellular function, with a screen stuck on verifying cellular updates and no ability to call or text—scary. I don’t care about my ranking with the rest of the world, but would like to be able to play my personal best without so much tracking and sucking down battery life & memory with statistics. Is there a way to get back to the original version? It would be great to have a double deck version with the stepped up scoring used in tournament(otherwise it is all over too soon!) with the ability to opt out of worldwide rankings. Enid Adams

★★★★★ PERFECT GAME...Challenging+No Stress

This is my favorite game; my 'go-to game. It's unique, a different breed of solitaire that I've never seen before. It's deceptively simple to play, but quite a challenge to win (by clearing the board, beating your highest score, or if you want, competing against the leaderboards and other challenges). It offers tons of backgrounds, card backs, ways to play, and fun 'awards' with a sense of humor - all in a seamless, simple and uncluttered format. Brilliantly done!! There are different options of play, like "Vegas Style", "Single Deck", "Double Deck" and a couple more. I've been playing Single Deck all along and still not bored! I look forward to trying the others. UPDATE: Aug 2016 Wanted to review again, after the latest update. Everything I said in original review still stands, and then some! I still play this game all the time - still my go-to game after all these months! I Never get bored of it. Since my last review I tried out the 15-mode game, and I am addicted! I also tried Vegas style, and definitely have a lot of room to grow on that one :-o. I love the challenge of it. I am also very glad the game lets me reset my bank back to where it started. (I wasn't doing so bad, but my husband tried and he really put me in debt!). I can't say enough about Sage Solitaire! Thank you, zac (i think that's the right name for who created this game)... you are a genius!!

★★★★★ Disappointed

Played the free version (and regrettably bought the paid version) and it was fun. Difficult game, which I like, but the design has flaws. The scoring system doesn't reward you enough. The requirement to span more than one row causes too many failed games. Once you get a decent high score, it's next to near impossible to beat it because it's basically a maximum. The vegas mode is completely broken. You start with $500 and a minimum of a $50 ante. Your payout is based on a multiplier you increase by clearing the top two rows of cards. Even if you successfully clear the entire board and get the bonus multiplier you don't make your ante back meaning you always lose money from the bank regardless. Vegas mode should really be called "completely broken and not thought out mode designed so you will never unlock true grit mode even though you paid $2.99 to unlock mode". Disappointed as I think the game has great potential outside of the frustrating flaws which could be easily fixed.

★★★★★ fun... for a bit.

this game took over my screen time for about 3 weeks. the idea is great, the graphics and sounds are great, even most of the game mechanics are good. but there are a few things that keep popping up that ultimately chipped away any interest or excitement i had for this game. mechanically, two pair IS a poker hand but not allowed, however, a 3-card straight is not a poker hand and is allowed. also, not being able to make a hand from the same row is annoying. it might not be if there were more than three rows OR if there were the same amount of cards in each pile. the final mechanic that really twists the knife is trashing a card and finding the same ranked card underneath. the probability of drawing a pair in a 52 card deck is something like 1/200. this happens every single game, often more than once. the scoring, on another hand, is totally bunk. not too bad in single deck, but vegas is just horrible. not only can you only score on one suit (bonus suit) but the point values too low to make your ante back and clearing the board is required to make anything above ante. also, why bother upping the ante? betting 50 and clearing the board with $20 wins you about 50. betting 200 and clearing the board with $20 wins you about 50 (maybe slightly more). the risk is SO much higher but the reward is the same. then there are exhaustive ads that increase over time. was fun for a bit, but i’m over it.

★★★★★ Still love it after all these years + 1 request

I love playing this game. I fit in a few games here and there as a quick diversion from work. The Instant Tournaments are my favorite game play mode. And I would love Vegas mode more if it wasn’t so darn hard to make a little cash, but then again, that’s why I keep coming back to it, so good job. My only problem with this game is that I can’t shut off the haptics without shutting off my phone’s haptics. I would absolutely love it if you added a setting to turn off the game’s haptics. Thanks for making a game (and your other games) that I still love playing after all these years!

★★★★★ 10/10

I had this on my phone a couple years ago, and then deleted it. I recently reinstalled the game, and remembered why I deleted it: it is so addictive. I can sit down and spend hours going “just one more game, just one more game.” If anything, I have learned that I am glad I don’t gamble. There are some things I find frustrating (like trashing a card and finding the SAME ONE underneath) but I think that’s mostly because I’m not very good at the game. If you like solitaire, or just think it’s ok, definitely play this version.

★★★★★ It's just okay, it has potential.

It's not a phenomenal game (at least the free version isn't, I haven't seen anything from the free version to make me willing to pay for more). I gave 2 stars because overall the game just does not capture my attention. It's difficult to win, when trashing cards it gives you a card of the same value plus the rule of having to have cards in separate rows to create a hand makes it impossible to actually win a hand; there is nothing to suggest that if I pay that these 2 things can be changed or that they will go away. Otherwise it seems like it might be fun. It has a lot of potential, I just can't see me playing it often since currently I have no chance of winning at it. I'll keep it for when I want something different.