Dominos Reviews

C’MON, now! I DO STILL ❤️ this lovely game with the FABulous graphics,but there IS *STILL* ☝️a conundrum! This game is too great to have been so completely abandoned! NO UPDATES... FOR THREE YEARS?? With...many reported problems still a concern, something needs to be done, or “get out of the kitchen”, so to speak! DEVELOPER....DO YOU *REALLY* WANT TO BE KNOWN AS, “THAT GUY”?? Anyhoo, please (SERIOUSLY!) consider putting the settings buttons off-screen! As I’ve said before, because of those 4, very badly placed settings buttons,I've missed out on getting points (& therefore, losing times I should have scored,& games I should have WON!), because I couldn't get the cursor to hit the domino, instead of a settings button,once the dominoes got close to them. Also,please school Dominos to RESPECT the word, RANDOM!! Most recently, sometimes a domino will only materialize as a black space between visible dominoes,& has sometimes cheated me out of points,the computer adding MY points to their side! Thus...your *creation* is spiraling,& in apparent breakdown mode. Plus, bring on a BLAZE OF BRIGHT CONFETTI, as a respite from the balloons. Please...work the problem! TY!!!❤️

I LOVE to play this app! This game has the best graphics of any this app game I've seen. But when your opponent begins the hand he/she almost ALWAYS win that hand. I suppose the algorithm is rigged so that if you play ten hands, the iPad (or iPhone) will win 9 of them. It deduces that you have to win occasionally or you will stop playing. 99% of the hands, if I have 2 or 3 this app left and the computer has one, she will miraculously have the exact number of dots which are needed to go out. There may be 15 this app in the bone pile, and after counting, I see that there is one more trey left (which is what she needs) and all the other this app showing on the table are played out. Guess what? Tan Dah! She lays the last trey. Come on, developers! Make it more real, like live play. This so obviously rigged. Disappointing. I really like all the games by DoraLogic that I have. Too bad you were lazy on programming this one.

This game's App really isn't one that I have difficulties trying to play alone,insofar this is the best! Kudos to Developer(s). Ex Animo, FABi.
2)My opponent do not square off to “5’s” in order to make 5,10,15,or 25 points, always disregard this action, is like the computer wants me to win!
3)As of June 2019 still do not square off to 5’s tile in order to score 10,15,20’s. If one end is double tens and the other end is blank then the system square off to domino blank instead to go to 5s and gets 15 points. It is a trick to attract more into Dominos or what? I feel not excited winning so many!

␀Each time this “APP” disregard to square off to make 5,10,15,20,25 even 30 points. I will make Dominos wins by default until we get boring doing so.

The computer plays with its hand and the bone yard’s. It has double blank 7 outta 10 times. When the cpu pulls from the boneyard it usually pulls a scoring bone on the first try. Sometimes the cpu scores even when there’s no multiple of five on the board. The computer doesn’t use strategy and often chooses to play against its own hand. The difficulty setting for this domino engine on the highest level reflects how much the cpu will use the boneyard and its hand to win. The higher the difficulty the more the cpu will use the boneyard hand for its own. On locked hands the cpu doesn’t always reward the lowest hand with the points from the opponents hand. When starting a hand after a locked/drawn hand the highest double is supposed to start the hand immediately following. This doesn’t happen in this program.

The starting hand size, difficulty, and winning point score can all be changed. The board also looks pretty good. I don’t know what else you’d be looking for in a dominoes game.

That aside, I found a neat little thing I’m trying to report. The game displays that it’s a ‘draw’ if no one can play anymore pieces and resets the board so that you can continue getting more points.
I just had a draw put me at the goal point total. The result was that it displayed it was a draw, started the new hand, and then announced me the winner once I put a piece down. So, in that moment before I put the piece down, I both was and was not the winner. I thought that was neat.

Learn the rules sorry I payed for it what a rip off

You can have double six and the computer can lay down a double one. This is not the rules of the game. They need to fix this

Now there keeping the points from the first double that is laid. Even if it is covered over. This has all happened since I purchased the

The game keeps leading with whatever even when you have a higher double

I hate spending money and getting ripped off fix the game so the lead is correct

I played 20 games and only 3 games was I able to finish without the game cheating double 3 don't get play before double 5

It’s a shame that a 4 year old knows 5 is higher than a 4 yet your programmers can’t seem to figure it out. Maybe it’s time to not ignore this message. Double 5 plays before double 4. Just ask your 4 year old.

I just want to play one game without the game cheating
Don’t you have at least one programmer who knows which numbers are larger

Do you have 2nd graders programming your games even a dog can tell that there is more of one item than another. 6 is always more that 5 yet you have a double six and your idiot programmers lead a double 5. By the way do you even look at your reviews. Back in the 1800s your programmers would have been shot. In the 2000s they should be terminated.

Since loading this version, it is not dinging on multiples of 5 consistently. For example, a 5, 3 and 2 should ding and win points. It isn't just that combination either. I have 2 phones and the other has not been updated to this release, and it won't be until this one is updated to a release that works. I'm just glad it works on at least one device because I'm addicted! It's too messed up on the other phone to even bother with it anymore.

Fun, fast.. but rules are different.. after the last domino is thrown the winning player does not get the points of the reminder of the bones in the losers hand. (Is that just how we play in the ghetto? Maybe our way is wrong) also.. when dropping your dominoes make sure you are holding it RIGHT above where you want it to go.. more than once my dominoes went to another spot, the first two times was like ok, I’ll be more careful.. but it happened a couple more times and that was annoying, that could be my error not hovering DIRECTLY over the right spot? Idk.. just FYI when you play, pay attention to where you let go of the domino at

This game is cool. I’ve played around 1000 games or so over the years. I have noticed that it’s definitely rigged. For example: sometimes I will choose to place a piece in a certain spot but the computer will make me play somewhere else so that it can make a play. This changes the entire flow of the round and often results in me losing my “domino” allowing the computer to play first in the next round.

Also when there’s no play for me I’ll often have to dig through the entire graveyard to find a piece while the computer will find exactly the piece it needs to score amongst the 15 other “random” pieces.

All in all a good time waster but it’s definitely set up.

Where is the option for an original double nine, Chinese, Cuban versions with ten draw per
Player and no stealing or Puertorican double six competition style 7 draw 4 player versions. Who came up with this addition as you place system instead of the tally of unplayed pieces left in hand after a winner? It is ok for a two player game but it is not a match for a gregarious 4 player match with the other competition styles. And what is it with the propensity of the game knowing the piece I have the fewest of for opening the game?

I like playing this app on this free app. Most times I'm able to win some very close games and there have been times when the computer has scored "0" at the end of the game. I've noticed there have been times when I will play the first tile and then the computer plays its first tile. Let's say I played a double four. The computer plays a 4/3 tile. One or two plays later the computer plays a 4/2 tile and it hasn't drawn any from the boneyard. Why did it not play the 4/2 tile and score 10 points? That's my only gripe about this game. Otherwise, I enjoy it very much.

The game on my iPhone has gone screwy with regard to scoring points. Once in a while it will issue the correct points, but there are many times that I should receive 10 points and I will receive 15, or I won’t receive any at all. And then on the next play my opponent will receive 10 or 25 points when the board shows 7 points. How do I correct this? I love this game, but I don’t like to play it anymore because of the incorrect scores.

This game sometimes malfunctions but it is always in favor of the computer. I’ve actually had a four placed on a six spinner by the computer player and once while running the board had the computer matching the points I was making to the computer player. Still, it’s the best domino game I’ve found yet. But I’m still looking!

For starters let’s call out the high propensity for Dominos to pull the winning tile from the pile. In over 90% of the occurrences, if Dominos “opponent” needs a tile the very first one they pull is exactly what it needed. In the remaining 10%, the vast majority of times Dominos opponent pulls 5 tiles or less. However, if you need a tile the odds are that you will be pulling a multitude of tiles with the minority, 10% or less, of pulling the tile you need on the first draw.
This is a very good game but if the algorithm would be tweaked to be more truly random and therefore more towards fair play, I would give it more stars

This game gets better as you play more games. Games get closer as you play more. After about 10,000 game certain patterns become locked in. Win loose ratio becomes locked. In machine games the computer clearly plays from the whole of bones not face up. Its knowledge of your hand is further used to control your experience. So win or loose the game is completely out of the players hand. No fun, no game just a nervous habit, no longer a game chance If you pay for Dominos the developer should not be allowed to run in ads for their other games at the end of each game!!!!

I initially downloaded Dominos about 5-6 years ago possibly longer. I play the game nearly daily as part of my evening routine. It's simplicity and ease of play make it a very relaxing task. I have removed nearly all other self loaded apps off my IPAD 1, so as to continue using it for my primary gaming device. I wish there was the same game for tablets, not a similar game but the same game, as I do enjoy it.

Update; Had to drop this game two more stars, no change in adding an undo button. Once again my dominoes are hijacked to connect with a domino I didn’t select.

No undo option, the game sometimes takes over your this app, sending them to connect to another like domino other than the one you selected, ruining the game. This edition needs an undo button to keep this from happening. If this option was available I would easily give it 5 stars.

I enjoy playing but I I feel the computer knows my hand and I think the computer cheats . I think the computer does not wait it’s turn . The computer put the domino down way to fast seems like it takes an extra turn . But other than that I feel great when I do win a few hands. .

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Extremely baseline basics and simple to use. As a Domonologist, I’ll be referring my students to Dominos for simple training. Only one thing I noticed odd was how the spinner was used to count incorrectly in my opinion. According to my rules once the spinner has dominoes on each end, you cannot continue to score using the spinner’s exposed side. Hopefully you understand what I’m trying to communicate?

Game play is like playing a 3 year old. So, the developer had to make the game cheat. But then the game wouldn’t be much of a challenge if you always won, so the answer was to give the game an edge with cheating. How does it cheat? He always knows what bone to pull out of the bone yard to give himself points or to block your play. He will always have more five’s then you. So don’t get mad if it seems like you never win, you can win 95% of the time by being smart and learning how he cheats and watch for his pitfalls.

For starters let’s call out the high propensity for Dominos to pull the winning tile from the pile. In over 90% of the occurrences, if Dominos “opponent” needs a tile the very first one they pull is exactly what it needed. In the remaining 10%, the vast majority of times Dominos opponent pulls 5 tiles or less. However, if you need a tile the odds are that you will be pulling a multitude of tiles with the minority, 10% or less, of pulling the tile you need on the first draw.
This is a very good game but if the algorithm would be tweaked to be more truly random and therefore more towards fair play, I would give it more stars

Was it a good idea to blur out the tiles in the game after each turn without having the option to turn the feature off?!!!! When there are more than one choice of tile available to be played, we NEED to know what our other tiles are and decide on the best tike to play. The geniuses who obviously don’t play this game decided to mess with core of the gameplay. An update people are asking for is the background, sights and sounds, not changing the classic game who your core users are accustomed to. At least make it a feature that can be turned off first and see if people are using that before you mess with it permanently. I’ll keep Dominos to see if you change this back but for now I can’t play this game any more.

Game is true to the traditional board game. Could be made more like the Mediterranean version with two additions: opening scoring requires 10 points, and misdeals occur if you get a hand with 4 doubles or 5 of a kind. If offered as an option it would make sense to those who grew up playing by those rules.

I also notice you don’t always let the computer get really strategic like counting tiles at end game situations.

It is honestly fun as you have it set up so these are just suggestions for a master version or master “option” if you intend to make changes to the program.

Good game, realistic, moves fast, fun! Between my iphone and iPad I have played over 20,000 games. Need I say more?
There is one issue that needs corrected. That is the “blank five” stone when could have scored, will play the five to another five with the blank exposed rather than getting a higher score. Probably a programming that will only show up if the programer plays “ lots “ of games. Small issue. This game highly recommended!