The Many Faces of Go

by SmartGames

Product Details

• ASIN: 1886846820
• Media: CD-ROM
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #48,560 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)

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15 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Many Faces has helped this new Go player, February 14, 2006

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Rocky Mountain Reader "Rocky Racoon" (Camdenton, MO) - See all my reviews

= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: The Many Faces of Go (CD-ROM)

The basics of the game of GO a very simple (think Othello) - but has more intricacies than chess. Yes, there are plenty of free games on the net - and a downloadable version of Many Faces of GO is available. SEARCH I GOWIN. For a newbie like me, I highly recommend learning the basics of GO and many important classical moves from the free software IGOWIN.

But when you have the basics down - you can try a book. I'm more visual and the software has been easier way for me to learn "hands-on" with a Hint button. Plus, when I play on the software, I learn more of the basic strategy which has been hard to learn from the books.

I love the game of GO more than chess. I play with my 23 yo son who understands the strategy better than I do - so, between games, I am learning with this software which is very user friendly. Since this is a game that will take a life-time to learn, I find that the software gives me patient learning that the even the lowest ranked on-line players can't give me - including the time to think things over and take back dumb moves.

If you want to learn the game of GO - BEWARE, it is VERY adicting. Try the free 9 x 9 version to learn the basics. Then graduate to this program. It is good enough for beginners and higher levels of play.

5.0 out of 5 stars i HAVE USED THIS PROGRAM AND IT'S WONDERFUL, December 12, 2011

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richfelix - See all my reviews

= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: The Many Faces of Go (CD-ROM)

I've played go for a decade. since moving to the mainland, I've been unable to find live opponents, so I've been looking for a computer program. I couldn't be happier with the program, except it showed me that I was a weaker player than I thought. Fortunately, it allows me to set the levels and time to my needs. Still have hardly gotten into the other facets of the program except it's play. If you are a beginner or a 2 dan, you'll be happy with this program.

6 of 34 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I havn't seen this product, June 7, 2005

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Stinky "filthy underpants" (Belgium) - See all my reviews

= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: The Many Faces of Go (CD-ROM)

Hello,
I have not bought this product, but anyone who was considering purchasing it in order to get an introduction to the game of baduk (or go) should first look at http://www.pandanet.co.jp/English/
The reason that I say this is that, a big selling point of this software seems to be that it includes an Internet Go Client that allows you to play over the Internet. There are many freely available such clients. All you need to do is follow the above link for a pretty good introduction to the game, a free Internet client or two, and a free server with many fellow players, of all skill levels, to play against.
This is not to say that this product does not do an excellent job of getting someone involved in the game of baduk, I am in no way trying to discourage anyone from buying it. After all, as I have said, I have never even set my eyes on this product. I am sure that it offers a very nice experience, but at $89.00, I am almost as sure that the same sort of experience can be gained by freely available means.

Cheers.