Mü app good for
This app has allowed me to drastically improve my Mu play. Very good AI--though sometimes lets you down when it plays Partner. I have played this a ton since buying it. Thumbs up!
An excellent implementation of a wonderful game. Being likable with other players is a nice feature as well.
I was only slightly familiar with Mu when I started playing the game, but I was familiar with other trick-taking card games so I picked it up quickly. The game is fun, but challenging -- certainly no walk in the park for a beginner. But, the in-game helps re-inforced what I had learned and helped the game quickly become something I enjoy playing.
This app has simple and straightforward UI elements, which quickly fade into the background as you focus on the play of the game. The idea to shake the phone for a hint is clever, and great if you feel stuck in the game.
Surprising even myself, I did finally win a game, and was able to see the fireworks for my victory, and they were a nice touch as well.
I was completely new to Mü, having never played the game. It takes a while to understand the game and master the strategy, but once you do it is a blast. Mü walks you through the game play as you learn the game with helpful hints. Once you get up to speed you can turn the hints off an just play. The ability to play against real opponents via Bluetooth adds an extra dimension to the game. Its a fun game and even better iPhone game.
I had never played Mü before playing this iPhone game, but its extensive help system and tips got me up to speed. Its cool to play against automated opponents, then try my skills against human opponents.
While I still barely know what Im doing, this game is indeed pretty complex and the AI seems pretty competent.
At its heart, think of a game almost like Bridge with the weird twist that in each hand teams are chosen. Basically each hand starts with players bidding for the honor of being the "Chief" (this is the guy who will determine the main trump and is entitled to a bonus if he succeeds), the second place bidder is the "Vice" (this is the guy leading the opposition against the Chief and has the option of declaring a secondary trump). The Chief then chooses a partner (anyone but the Vice), and the rest of the players will help out the Vice in trying to stop that sneaky bastage of the Chief from succeeding with his bid. This twist of never knowing from hand to hand who youll be teaming up with is definitely unique.
Another very original concept in this game is how the game not only can have a Major (the Chiefs trump) and Minor (the Vices trump) trump, but either the Chief or Vice can declare either Color or Numeric trumps (if a numeric trump is declared, say "5", now all 5s become a separate suit unto themselves of equal rank with the first player to play this trump in the given trick the winner). This concept of two trumps can get weird, to be sure, especially if, say, the Chief calls Red and the Vice calls 7 as his trump. In such a case Red would be the major trump, all 7s the minor and the Red 7, the highest ranking trump of all!
Good mind expanding fun with my only gripe being that the game wont display your trick point total of your current hand so far. The dev said this omission is intentional but maybe if enough people whine about it he might work it into an update.
Some bad moments
I like card games, Ive played spades a few times. To be honest, trick making games I have not really played. But I thought..."hey, it has a tutorial, it cant be that hard to learn". Was I wrong. I went through the tutorial twice and I still dont get it.
For $2.99 I thought this was going to be a pretty awesome looking game, cool graphics, sounds... something...but what you see is what you get. The cards are a bit tough to read on the small iphone screen, this might be better suited for the ipad.
Where is this "Shake a Hint"? I mean, you go to the trouble of trademarking it and mentioning it repeatedly in the tutorial, but where is it? Im sure I would enjoy this game but this is frustrating!
It appears that the strategy of the game occurs during the beginning phase (bidding part).
After that, it comes down to which team can create more winning tricks. Also, teams are created during the beginning phase as well... Like I said, confusing.
The engine for this game is full of misplays. It takes a great game ruins it by making bad plays.
