Boggle/Upwords/Hangman Word Hunter Collection

by ValuSoft

Product Features

• Boggle
• Hangman
• Word Hunter

Product Details

• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B000GAC4W6
• Item Weight: 3.2 ounces
• Media: CD-ROM
• Release Date: November 13, 2006
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (22 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #19,259 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

Bring the wholesome fun of these favorite games to home to your family!

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

20 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A pleasant surprise!, August 27, 2007

By 

Ratqueen "Carole" (USA) - See all my reviews

= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Boggle/Upwords/Hangman Word Hunter Collection (CD-ROM)

I usually shy away from Valuesoft, but what a pleasant surprise here! No problems installing the collection on my XP system, no noticeable bugs, thoughtful options... and some great games! For this price, you can't go wrong if you like word games.

In my opinion, Upwords is the clear pick of the litter. Extremely addictive! While the game can be played the classic way, several options allow you to spice it up: unlimited tile stacking (instead of the usual 5-tile high), colored tiles (where letter tiles are of different colors, and forming words in the same color doubles your points), time limit, etc. I found the AI to be a decent opponent, even though I didn't know some of the words it used. Another nice touch is that the game displays your current word(s) score before you commit to it -- and if one of the words shown has a score of zero, it means it's not in the game's dictionary.

Boggle is fun too. You can play it solitaire, or with AI player(s), and with or without a time limit. The board can be the classic 4x4 cubes, the Big 5x5 cubes board, or the Mega board with 6x6 cubes. Here again, several options allow you to modify the standard play to spice things up (multi-use letters, disallow "s" plurals, minimum word length, and more).

Word Hunter is similar to a game called Super Text Twist. Your are given 8 letters forming an anagram, and a certain amount of words to find between 3 to 8 letters. I found the game quite entertaining. Perfect for a quick game if you don't have time for something more meaty.

Hangman didn't hold my attention very long, but maybe younger players would enjoy it. One option lets you change the classic hangman character into a spider -- with 8 legs, it allows for more wrong guesses. Other options allows you to make the game more difficult, for instance by disallowing vowel guesses.

Pros:
- Infinite replay value.
- Single player, multiplayer hotseat/network/LAN (haven't tried any multiplayer games yet)
- Adjustable AI players difficulty.
- Music and/or sound effects can be turned off.
- Can be played without the CD in the drive.
- According to my CD, it's compatible with Windows Vista too.

Cons:
- Can't save a game in progress (not a big deal, although it would have been nice for Upwords).
- Can't edit the dictionary used by the game (Upwords refused the word "zen" for instance, which I found irritating).
- None of the games save high scores.

All in all, a great value for very entertaining games (Upwords alone is worth it!)

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I'm addicted!, September 23, 2007

By 

K. Parmenter - See all my reviews
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= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

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This review is from: Boggle/Upwords/Hangman Word Hunter Collection (CD-ROM)

I love Boggle and UpWords so when I saw this collection I snapped it up. I'm now completely addicted to UpWords and it's worth the money just for that game. I have tried Hangman and Word Hunt and they can be a nice change of pace.

My one problem with these games is that none of them save high scores, which I do find pretty annoying. But that's a minor thing and certainly shouldn't stop anyone who likes Boggle or UpWords in particular.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Fun, but flawed, September 29, 2008

By 

Jenny A. Kalahar "the_story_shop" (Elwood, IN USA) - See all my reviews
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= Fun:4.0 out of 5 stars 

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This review is from: Boggle/Upwords/Hangman Word Hunter Collection (CD-ROM)

I have been playing this for weeks, despite annoyances. The best game here is Wordhunter, but only for those who can type quickly. Upwords is fun, but the computer opponent uses words no one has ever heard of. The computer version of Scrabble has a computer opponent that uses challenging words, but the words used by Upwords are downright baffling. Which is fine, I'm up for expanding my vocab. However, when you switch to Hangman, these same unknown and strange words are also used, making the word absolutely unguessable. There should have been some restrictions when the dictionary was loaded into these games. So, fun and worth buying, but it really should have been edited better.