Comments on: Art Mahjongg

By: Blender

Blender — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 09:40:27 +0000

OK game. Thanks!

I check every day to see what the new GiveAway is.

Couple issues I had. (XP Pro system)

Initial install went Ok but when the game launched I had nothing but a black screen (full)
Had to pull up task manager and kill process the game.
Restarted the game and play was OK.
Is fair hard to see the “layers” of tiles.
Exit game other than using esc or task manager is impossible (but workable)

All in all not bad though.
Can’t complain much for what I paid for it.
I also can’t really complain cus I can’t program therefore I have no right to freak out.

For those of you that could do nothing but freak & yell/flame…
For the price you (like me) paid for it… how difficult is it to uninstall the game & move on with life if it didn’t work out on your system?

Tomorrow is another day & another game to check out.

Keep well all

By: Jay B

Jay B — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 12:02:38 +0000

This game installed with no trouble from the mirror. It plays well on my XP pro machine. However there are many better Mahjong games out there. This game only has 4 boards, and no way to link from one to the next.

By: mcbarker

mcbarker — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 18:34:53 +0000

I agree with what the majority have said… Hard to differentiate between layers, menu system not intuitive, Options can’t be saved, so you have to listen to the same annoying music loop at the beginning of each game.

By the way, the ESC key will take you back to the Main Menu. I have to wonder if this is an alpha version, or if they’re actually trying to sell this game?

By: Hempman

Hempman — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 03:36:51 +0000

A critical examination of Art Mahjong.

Crap. Crappy 8 bit graphics, so poorly executed that you can hardly tell what level a piece is on. Crappy user interface that substitutes unintuitive onvelty for functionality.

Not even worth downloading for free. Don’t bother listening to the obvious cheerleaders pretending they know how to analyze software. Remember, dusty old pom poms, a free bag of crapis still nothing more than a stinking bag of crap.

By: sherwood01

sherwood01 — Sun, 07 Oct 2007 17:33:21 +0000

Not the best Mahjongg/Shanghai game I’ve ever seen, but I’ve definitely played worse. I DO like the hand done backgrounds, those are a little different. And I didn’t find the tile layouts to be any harder to determine which tiles were available/not available than in any of the other games. It did hiccup a little when my AVG antivirus stuff kicked in for its automatic update, and didn’t want to display properly after I brought it back up, but that was the only problem I had with it. I’ll hang on to this one for a while, until I have to give it the boot due to space issues, or until another better one comes along.

By: Baytownmom

Baytownmom — Sun, 07 Oct 2007 06:42:49 +0000

Don’t usually leave comments, but this one seems to warrant one. Most people have stated that it is not a game they expect to be released, especially by the GGAOTD team. I agree. This game is buggy and hard to see. I did figure out the navigation (mostly) before reading what everyone else posted. This game seems like a beta and people posting are treating it as such by giving critique. I actually remember games like this on a Dos system on my first IBM. I would not buy it in this decade. 15 years ago, yes.

I love your daily downloads and this is the first I am disappointed in. I will uninstall it, and look forward to tomorrow’s.

By: Fubar

Fubar — Sun, 07 Oct 2007 06:05:27 +0000

Despite the naysayers, I thought this was comparable to most Mahhjong games. I had absolutely no problems with it installing or running on Windows XP. I read the Help, so I knew what the buttons did. I do agree that the levels are hard to distinguish, but by looking at the offsets at the bottom of each layer, the offsets relative to other tiles, and the shadows at the bottom and right of each layer, it wasn’t too bad. My screen resolution is very high, and the graphics were quite clear. When the music reaches the end, sometimes it takes a while for it to restart. Also, CPU utilization was apparently high, and sometimes there was some lag (Athlon XP 3500+). The sci-fi theme was amusing.

By: ET

ET — Sun, 07 Oct 2007 06:01:01 +0000

Well, I think this is a pretty decent Mahjongg game. I didn’t have much trouble figuring out what tiles were playable. You can “cheat” by mixing the tiles or right clicking to see matches, but then you will not make it to the scoreboard. If you finish the game it will bring you back to the main menu. Hit esc. to end without finishing. I thought the graphics were good and I am running a widescreen of 1440 X 900. I have tried a lot of Mahjongg games and I think this is one of the better ones and I will be keeping. Navigate the options, help, and highscore by clicking on the curved bar at sides ( or ).

By: Kiki

Kiki — Sun, 07 Oct 2007 05:02:21 +0000

I got the answers I needed to decide about the game, both good and bad, but two of the comments are out of line and remind me of when I was working my way through school by working with pre-schoolers. Rude and nasty just to get attention is uncalled for. Someone needs a nap!

By: Hempman

Hempman — Sun, 07 Oct 2007 04:10:14 +0000

#51 – Fred (last name must be Flintstone). I just call ‘em as I see ‘em. Crap is crap. If you want to shake your dusty old pom poms at crap, then you brand yourself an idiot.

At least I have a style, which you do not.

I could care less what an old caveman with dusty pom poms has to say. Clearly you are wrong about no one reading what I say, as not only have you commented on what I write, but others have provided unsolicited support for my accurate disection and revelation of crappy programming.

You have provided nothing, except proof that you are not competent enough to make ANY critique.