Payout: Poker & Casino

by Namco

Product Features

• Play in up to 14 Casinos - Texas Hold'em, Five Card Stud, Omaha, Red Dog, Blackjack, Baccarat, Roulette, Craps, Slots, Wheel of Fortune, and much more!
• Create high rolling winners - Customize characters with physical features like hair, face and body types as well as a wide variety of clothing and accessories
• Three modes of play - Single Player, Party Play and Multiplayer
• Accessorize characters on wild Casino shopping sprees - Spend winnings on the finest swag at Casino boutiques

Product Details

• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B000A6K6DU
• Product Dimensions: 7 x 4.2 x 0.8 inches
• Media: Video Game
• Release Date: August 15, 2006
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #32,647 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
  • #5 in Video Games > Sony PSP > Casino

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

Do you have what it takes to become an international high roller in the world's most exclusive casinos? Gas up the Learjet and put the crystal on ice, because it's time to put your gambling skill to the ultimate test. Payout Poker and Casino places you into the midst of the international jet-set. Travel the globe in four of the world's most exclusive gaming palaces. Run the table, own your game. Texas Hold'em, Blackjack, Baccarat, Roulette, or Slots, amass wealth beyond your wildest dreams playing 14 casino favorites. Then, take your spoils and go on the ultimate shopping spree in swanky casino boutiques. Is Lady Luck on your side?

Features:

• Play 12 casino favorites in four of the world's most exclusive casinos--Texas Hold'em, Omaha, Red Dog, Blackjack, Baccarat, Roulette, Craps, Slots, Wheel of Fortune, and much more!
• Create your own high-rolling winner! Customize your own character with physical features like hair, face, and body types as well as a wide variety of clothing and accessories.
• Dominate online against opponents from around the globe in the ultimate multi-player poker experience!
• Three modes of play--single player, party play, and multiplayer.
• Accessorize your character on wild casino shopping sprees--spend your winnings on the finest swag at casino boutiques.
• Explore a living casino--unique 3-D interface allows you to roam the casino floor and choose your favorite game.

Product Description

Payout Poker and Casino places you into the midst of the international jet-set. Travel the globe in 5 of the world's most exclusive gaming palaces. Run the table, own your game. Texas Hold'em, Blackjack, Baccarat, Roulette or Slots, amass wealth beyond your wildest dreams playing fourteen Casino favorites. The game expands on the casino genre by modeling the casinos in 3D and letting players roam from game to game. Then, take your winnings and go on a shopping spree in swanky Casino boutiques. Do you have luck on your side? Do you have what it takes to dominate online against opponents from around the globe in the ultimate multi-player poker experience? Explore a living Casino - Unique 3-D interface allows roaming to the casino floor and choose any of your favorite game

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars More than most, much less than what could have been., January 18, 2007

By 

LasVegas007 - See all my reviews

= Fun:3.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Payout: Poker & Casino (Video Game)

A weak attempt at best, Payout Poker and Casino has all of the elements of a well-rounded casino game. As this is the first complete casino simulation for the PSP, I had to own it, but as I proceeded to engage further in this program, I found a multitude of flaws.

Pros:

Four different locations help keep the game interesting.

A good variety of games is available.

Table limits are realistic.

The graphics are pleasing.

Poker AI is actually challenging in a "good" way.

Cons:

The different casinos have different betting limits that also limit your player from being able to bet in certain betting units. For example: The first casino will allow bets in $5 units, whereas later casinos will only allow you to bet in units of $50. This absurdity makes using this game in any realistic fashion impossible. Suppose you want to bet at a higher limit (Say a $5000 table), but want to bet $5067? You can't do it.

More locked content. Will any game developer ever get the message that producing a gambling game that relies on making stupid plays in order to unlock content is well...stupid?

No Pai Gow Poker! I will never get game developer's insistent lust for Red Dog, when almost no casinos offer such a game, yet Pai Gow Poker, one of the most interesting casino games of all time (popular enough to exist in almost every casino) is almost never included in casino simulation games.

The "people maker" is just plain bad.

Final verdict: Buy it because, let's face it, if you are reading this, you are wanting a casino game for your PSP and this is all you are going to find at this time. My only wish is that some of these game developers use their higher-than-average salaries to actually take a vacation to Las Vegas and produce a game that accurately resembles what it is like to spend some time gambling in an actual casino.

4.0 out of 5 stars Pretty good, May 6, 2007

By 

Rick James "ArrJay" (Fort Smith, Northwest Territories Canada) - See all my reviews
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= Fun:4.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Payout: Poker & Casino (Video Game)

All around pretty decent game. Needs regular poker! (Although I haven't found any PSP game yet with regular poker games). The ability to make large incrememnts in betting or a combination button to make the maximum bet would be REALLy worthwhile, since my finger gets sore going from $25,000 to a 1,000,000 dollar bet... <ugh!>

5.0 out of 5 stars Fun Game, January 3, 2007

By 

Greg - See all my reviews
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= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

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This review is from: Payout: Poker & Casino (Video Game)

I like this game because I get to play many different kinds of Casino games. Not like some others where you only get to play Texas Holdem.