Radical Solitaire Reviews

Simple and fun. a very classical solitaire game with EGA video style. For the price is good.

It's decent enough. But I'd like it a lot more if it didn't hate my wacom pen. I prefer using that to using my mouse because RSI. Basically keep the retro aesthetic, but like, make it more accessible? If there's any change I'll probably change my review~

[b]radical solitaire[/b] is a gimmicky mix of solitaire and breakout, but you'll be playing a lot more of the latter, though I recommend not playing at all. it's presented as a game from the '80s, nostalgic for someone like me, vomit-inducing for others, but the gimmick is you can potentially turn any useless card into something useable. 'potentially' being the operative word. [b]if nothing can be placed anymore, it's time to break out the breakout[/b] by putting a card into the 'get rad' pile. you can do it anytime, actually. it's very basic, but the controls are fine and breaking certain blocks unleashes additional balls, turning things quite hectic. and that's exactly the problem. you see, every time a ball hits the card moving up and down behind the breakable tiles, it changes into a random other card. fun at first, especially with all the balls bouncing around, but it's very easy to end up with the same card or another useless one because [b]breakout only ends if all the balls are lost, and you have to make sure you memorized what cards can be used and try to end up with one of them[/b], otherwise it's a wasted effort and you might have to play multiple rounds until a game can be finished. mouse controls are straightforward (you can change between click & drag and click to select, click to move), double click moves cards to their respective piles too, but each has to be clicked even if everything's lined up, no auto-complete. breakout is just moving the mouse up and down, no problem there. no limit on re-dealing the pile or converting cards until you eventually win, because [b]technically every game is winnable if you're persistent enough[/b]. I don't have an issue with the presentation (music only plays after a win and some effects are annoying), resolution options and windowed mode are available, flashing effects can be turned off, but slow transition animations can't be, and there are no volume settings either. pressing esc goes to the main menu instead of bringing up a pause menu and [b]breakout can't be paused at all[/b], which is a major oversight, but you can switch between 1-card and 3-card draw anytime. I could get behind the game if breakout ended as soon as you get an immediately useable card, but the way it works is too tedious to be fun for more than a few minutes. it's definitely not worth full price and can't even say it was a good deal at 83% off.