Customer Reviews

Scrabble (with Official Players Dictionary)

5 star:		(3)
4 star:		(1)
3 star:		(1)
2 star:		(0)
1 star:		(2)

 

 

In my own case, the sound was very distracting, and I had to turn it off, but those more used to video games will not find that a problem. I do enjoy the flexibility of being able to play against the computer, solitaire, or with another player.

One feature which I find very annoying is the "referee challenge." There are words which are not in the game's dictionary - enter one, legitimate though it is, and the "referee challenge" makes one lose a turn and be penalised. There is no way to challenge the referee, and my attempts to set up a supplementary dictionary failed. The attempt, in fact, disabled the ability to set options.

It is worthwhile for a Scrabble lover, but could use some revisions.

For all those who love scrabble and have no one to play with.This game is addictive and you just keep on coming back for more. The lay-out is stunning and the effects add to the fun. I simply can't do without this game.

I used to play Scrabble quite often with my parents when I was a teen, but since going through college and getting married, I haven't found a whole lot of people who like the game anymore. Thus, I got this game. The graphics and sound are incredible, but not really necessary. Especially unwelcome is the taunting of the little blob who is your computer opponent - he laughs when you play a bad word and celebrates upon playing even lame words himself. However, none of that matters, as the game play itself is fantastic. I have improved my game tenfold by reviewing my games with the computer to find out what I could have done better, and by playing the mini-games, which help you learn 2- and 3-letter words, bingoes, suffixes and prefixes and much more. I've had the game a month and I've played 60+ games. If someone wanted to join the Scrabble circuit, this would be a great way to learn. For more than one player, however, I'd stick with the good ol' board version (deluxe, of course...).

This is a great version of the game. Not only does it allow a solitaire version, but also provides play against other people, and the computer at various levels of expertise.

The real plus here is that it teaches as well as challenges. The games not only provides helpful hints and suggestions, but also rates and critiques your game. There are also several mini-games to help you hone your skills.

The graphics are well done and your computer opponent even has a sense of humor.

The hardcopy Official Dictionary is also an added bonus.

Highly recommended for Scrabble lovers!

Someone in the human factors department at Hasbro was in a cranky mood when they wrote the requirements for this game. The game itself is rather nice, but they strapped the user with several limiting constraints. First, the CD must always be in the drive in order to play. After removing and replacing the CD a hundred times, and misplacing it, I find it inconvenient. Also, you must take turns at the keyboard, so you can't see your letters in advance of your turn. Perhaps if you play a game against another player on MSN gaming zone, or if you buy a second license (to play on a second system over a network), and if you keep the other CD in that system also, maybe (stress maybe) you can see your letters while the other person is playing. If you want to play on a laptop (eg while travelling) bring your CDROM drive and CD, and incur the extra battery usage. So in my opinion this is basically a solitaire game to be played on a desktop only, if you don't mind tying up the CD drive. Smaller complaints include the intense graphics which take time to load, the board graphic which, although pleasing,
can't be controlled for sizing - it fills the entire screen and can't be minimized. Also the customer support email - they don't seem to reply. If you want to get an idea of what playing is like, picture the board game and having to return your letters and give up your chair on each turn. My wife and I play so much, our intent was to enhance the experience. Except for practicing when alone, we were wrong :-(

I'm sorry I hadn't read these reviews before I installed the game in the first place. I avoid anything that requires that the CD be in the drive each time it is run.

BUT, I had an even bigger problem!

I received this Infogrames (Atari) game as a gift. It took me a couple of hours to recover my system from my first attempt to start up the game. My screen went black! It was apparent from the changes in the cursor that there were some windows controls hiding in the dark but there was no way to see what was happening and none of the usual emergency exit technigues would work.
I was unfortunate enough to have some system files corrupted by having to turn the power off in order to get my display back. I discovered that this is a known issue with the software and that there is a "fix" suggested at the web site: you have to shut down every other process that you have running before you can start the game and reboot your computer after playing the game in order to return to your normal operating environment.
I'm sure that with some effort I could have determined exactly what I was running that was incompatible with this game. I'm also sure that it requires less effort to buy a Scrabble game from a different manufacturer.

I bought this game at toys R us for twenty dollars and could not be happier. The game has wonderful sound effects and music. I hate having to stop playing it for sleep and eating. Actually, sometimes I dont sleep. That is how addictive this game is. Way to go atari!!!!. I highly reccomend this game to scrabble lovers and haters who want to become scrabble lovers. Believe me you will ! BUY THIS KICK BUTT GAME !!!!!!!!!