Worst. $2.99. I’ve. Spent. In. A. While.
No seriously. If I only wanted to be able to play 3 different kinds of yahtzee then I’d have just bought yahtzee. I seriously don’t need “rainbow yahtzee” or “battle yahtzee”…. Just plain ol’ yahtzee would have been fine with me.
This game tricks you into thinking you’re going to play some yahtzee adventure through a board or some kind of career mode, but really you play a game or two a piece with about 7 AI characters, get like 4-5 special “trophies” from the yahtzee sensei, then you are welcome to play one of the three types of yahtzee or revisit one of your previous matches. Bo. Ring.
So in “Rainbow” yahtzee, the dice are colored and there are several bonus score sections based on the dice colors, like color yahtzee (all dice of same color) and color full house (2:3 dice of two different colors). All I can really say about that is that gameplay is a little longer and you can get a little bigger scores, but overall not really worth it – especially if you’re a diehard yahtzee player – you won’t remember to think about dice colors !
“Battle” yahtzee really annoyed me. I lost the first few games cuz I didn’t really understand the concept and the “help” section failed to define the rules and gameplay clearly enough either. Basically you start with a hundred points and with rolls of the dice you can either use your score to take points from other players or add to your own. The “last player standing” after everyone else reaches zero is the winner. I’m not going to get anymore technical than that about it – these matches were really a waste of time in the overall scheme of things because again, it’s not yahtzee.
I’d give this game 2/5 stars because it wasn’t worth the $2.99 I paid for it (on sale, I believe) and I would have liked a little more adventure mode/career style gameplay, and less boring battles. Definitely opt for something cheaper and less distracting from the original yahtzee principles if you’re looking for a good yahtzee app.
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- Seller: Electronic Arts
- Genre: Board/Dice games
for iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad,
OS 2.2.1 or later.
