About This Game A collection of the most popular solitaire games, baKno-style. Beautiful handcrafted card sets are showcased in a 3D view with board rotation and zoom. baKno Solitaire includes some all-time favorites such as Klondike, Freecell, Spider, Cruel, Canfield and Tripeaks. Featuring original relaxing music that enhances your experience. Solitaire is a great way to pass time and exercise the mind. Just give it a try. 7aa9394dea Title: SolitaireGenre: Casual, Indie, SimulationDeveloper:baKno GamesPublisher:baKno GamesRelease Date: 22 Dec, 2009 Solitaire Torrent Download [pack] Requested refund. Controls are broken. No Trading cards. It's a joke. For this review, my only point of comparison is the solitaire game provided by a software megalith to whom I shall refer only as you-know-who.Given that, you won't be surprised to find that I much prefer this Solitaire game. No contest. Definitely worth the price. Seriously, I give more to the bum who panhandles in the median of M_ boulevard.I put off buying this game for a long time due to the paucity of reviews and the number of those reviews that are negative. As a result, I have been laboring under you-know-who Solitaire (or Malwaire, as I like to call it) for far too long. This Solitaire game has its issues, but I haven't found them to be all that onerous.Positives:No statistics - No timerNo adsDoesn't pop open your browser (maximized) to an ad. EverManual play - you get to turn over and move cards yourself. You can turn auto-play on, if you likeYou can silence the music and\/or sound effectsYou can tilt the board, but it is optional. I don't find it all that usefulIt does have an Undo function. I'm not sure if this is a positive or a negative. I was surprised at how focused I can become when I don't think I can UndoNegatives:Zoom level resets to default for each new game and every time you temporarily leave the game to look at instructions or settings. The default level is never what I wantThe A and Z keys quickly set the zoom level to whatever you prefer, but if you use the mouse wheel, you'll be cranking for a long timeFor Spider and Tripeak, you cannot zoom out far enough to see the top and bottom of the (untilted) board. This has not given me any gameplay difficultiesCanfield has some display glitches that can ruin your day. They are, however, avoidable and I spend a lot of time playing CanfieldCruel, likewise, often glitches the last pile dealt, making it non-responsive. It will correct itself if you click on any of the other pilesFree Cell: If auto-play is on, it will whisk cards up to the top that you may have preferred to keep belowConclusion:I would like to see the game cleaned up a bit and, perhaps, expanded. But even in its current, let us say "non-ideal" condition, I am not at all tempted to return to you-know-who.. Where is the vsync option???. I was looking for an alternative to the Windows 10 default Solitaire game, rife with awful ads unless you buy a subscription. I own Tabletop Simulator, but it's a bit clunky, and the physics are ultimately more of a hindrance than a boon for Solitaire.I was surprised at how few alternatives there are on Steam. This looked like the most pure, straightforward version.The Goodl:-Multiple versions of Solitaire, including three of the most popular: Klondike, Spider, and FreeCell.-Decks\/tables have pretty good aesthetics.The Bad:-The "3D table" (i.e., limited camera rotation) adds nothing, but may make certain cards inaccessible in a way I haven't been able to resolve.-If stacks get too large, they become unusable. Not just that you can't see them, but you can't interact with them in any way. This has spoiled multiple games.-There is no Exit\/Quit button. You have to Alt-F4 to quit.-The music is lousy; I keep it turned off.-No difficulty settings to increase the challenge.-The "Autoplay" feature is poorly-implemented. It will move cards to the final stacks that you still need.-Once you touch part of a stack, it is basically out of your control. E.g., if you have a 7 on a Queen, and you start to move it toward an 8, but change your mind and try to drop it back on the Queen--NOPE! You cannot stop it from going to the 8 no matter where you are when you release the mouse button.Conclusion:I'm going to continue my search for a cheap\/free Solitaire game that has fewer bugs\/annoyances.. The best Solitaire experience I've had in a while. I'm falling in love with it.Very simple, the way it should be- No "Undo" feature, no hints, no timer, no "Challenge" system (I've been playing Microsoft Solitaire Collection waiting for this to come out, I would focus more on completing the challenges than finishing a round which became tedious, frusturating, and annoying).Tame graphics and a generous ammount of deck cosmetics to select from and the more popular game variations(.Lovely soundtrack- New age feel\/ Mellow\/ Relaxing.I'm no Solitaire pro, but I do enjoy me a good game of Solitaire. This version in particular has provided a fun, and refreshing experience.Highly recommend to any Solitaire afficionado!. DO NOT BUY THIS GAME!!!!! Steam will only give you a refund within the first 2 hours. At 3 hours this game interrupts the game play and tells you you need to repurchase it. Not good.. Good game where the points don't matter. I always found Solitaire relaxing. This one is good to chill out to.Just to note though it's not as challenging as some versions that I've played. There is no point counter, there is no timer, at least from what I can see and there are no options for either anywhere. It would also have been neat to see how long it takes to solve the game. Honestly though the only thing I really have found annoying with it so far is that when you are playing and ask it to display a new card, if you could not use the previous one, it removes the old card. So if you happen to use the new card and could now use the old one. There is no way to use the past card without going through the entire deck again. I'm not sure why they did that. Would have liked it if they had left that option. Not a bad game though. As you can see by the hours I've spent playing it. There are a lot of options for the deck display and the table display. You can also move these around for a different vantage point if you like.
- gareparmoti