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Solitaire Christmas: Match 2 Cards

In Brief

A Christmas themed solitaire game with lots of bonuses

Suggestions:

Whether you like or dislike Solitaire Christmas: Match 2 Cards please give some feedback about your opinion of the game, for example, what you liked or disliked about the game, and how it could be improved from your point of view. If you don't like this genre at all, please explain why. What improvements would change your opinion? There are thousands of subscribers to the game giveaway of the day every weekend which makes this an ideal forum for giving developers ideas as to what their consumers (i.e you) would like to see in a game. For example, you could suggest extra content such as better or more original mini games, or a level editor that you would like to see that would make it more appealing to you. Maybe you think the graphics are a little dated and are in need of re skinning, or maybe you've just had enough of the genre and want to see something different or something with more originality?

If you miss today's game giveaway you can always get the game via MyPlayCity 24/7 HERE. Alternatively, If you prefer the game tied to your Steam account, where you can download and install it at any time on any computer via your Steam account you can also buy this game via the Steam store HERE for £3.99/$4.99.

Installation:

The game downloads to a 56.6 MB zip file that unzips to four files, (a setup.gcd security wrapper, the set up file and a read me). Those with multiple hard drives are able to save games on any drive they wish. The newly installed game is 59.6 MB in size. The game installs to the following path by default, but can be changed by the user if you prefer:

C:\Program Files (x86)\MyPlayCity.com\Solitaire Christmas - Match 2 Cards

Four shortcuts are installed to the desktop. three of which can be safely deleted (Play Online Games, MyPlayCity Games and shortcuts to a free online game which vary each week). Also, if you don't like icons installed to the quick launch task bar, make sure you uncheck the box when the additional tasks window appears (after the Select Start Menu Folder window)

Introduction:

Discover a holiday card game filled with the joyful spirit of the holidays. The anticipation of Christmas miracles and 120 unique levels form a winning combination for fans of classic solitaire!

Find and match 2 cards quickly to increase your winnings! Buy bonuses using the following coins: shuffle, undo last move, and joker. Select your difficulty level, and maybe even go for Professional, but be warned: this is only for true lovers of solitaire! Let the relaxing music and premium graphics take you away into the wonderful atmosphere of the holidays!

Reference accessed HERE. Jan 7th 2017

If you have a problem installing or activating or getting Solitaire Christmas: Match 2 Cards to work please visit the problems section, which I've now incorporated into the FAQ's thread, and which you can find HERE

The Game:

Play solitaire and enjoy Merry Christmas in the great game Solitaire Christmas: Match 2 Cards! Are you ready to dive into the miraculous atmosphere of the greatest winter holiday? It’s time to play the game Solitaire Christmas: Match 2 Cards and see if you are good enough in solving solitaires! What can be better than a walking in the winter streets, visiting shops sparkling with colorful garlands and celebrating Christmas in the company of your family and friends! But if you are a bit sick of celebrating, try your hands at solving solitaires and have fun! More than 120 layouts are waiting for you in the game Solitaire Christmas: Match 2 Cards! Choose the back of cards and feel Christmas! Nice Santas, funny reindeer, Christmas trees and other holiday attributes are here. But if you are a newbie in such kind of games, don’t be upset! Everyone will like the game Solitaire Christmas: Match 2 Cards — both professionals and newbies because all people can find something for their own. Look through the detailed tutorial and start playing right now! The rules are simple enough, you can remove the cards of the same rank regardless of their suit. Besides ordinary cards you can see special golden cards and for removing them you receive 1 point. But if you manage to remove all of them before the cards return to the deck, you’ll receive the maximum number of points. During the game you get bonus cards with special sign — if removed, they give you extra coins or bonuses. If you are in dead end, you can always use a bonus. There are 3 of them: Shuffle, Mulligan and Joker. By the way, all of them are sold in the shop. Shuffle will mix all the cards and place them to the game board again, Mulligan will cancel your last action and Joker will turn any card to Joker to help cards match. The game Solitaire Christmas: Match 2 Cards is a fun new twist on traditional solitaire for players who love trying new types of deals! Enjoy 12 beautiful locations: Toy Store, Snowy Street, Gala Dinner, solve packs of solitaires and get achievements!

Edited reference accessed HERE. 7th Jan 2017

Other Reviews, Videos and a Slideshow:

You can see community reviews of The Book of Desires HERE and more information in the Big fish forums HERE or the Steam community reviews forums HERE

if you want to see some game play you can see some videos of game play HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE and HERE. You can also see a slideshow of around 20 images HERE

Conclusion:

Haven't played the game long enought to give a fair conclusion. From the limited game play i did excperience, it's similar to many other solitaire games i've played over the last 20 years..

I'd like to take this opportunity to thank MyPlayCity for giving away Solitaire Christmas: Match 2 Cards minus the usual MPC checkboxes and also to the game giveaway team, as always, for securing other ways to get free games, in this case Steam keys.

Useful Information not related to today's game giveaway:

The problems section that used to be posted here in the Game review is now included in the Game Discussion FAQ's thread; which you can find HERE.

I've updated the games section that used to be posted with the review. The thread is now called 'Weekly round up of game deals', formerly the games section of the weekly reviews. I don't update it very often now, but it does have links to the more popular indie bundle sites where you can get some fantastic deals on games, with up to 95% off many games. . You can find the thread (which I've posted in the sticky section of the game discussion forums to make it easier to find if you are perusing the game discussion forums) HERE.

If today's game was not to your liking, you may find other games either free or for less than the price of a cup of coffee (from your favorite coffee house) via the 'Weekly Roundup of Game Deals' thread which I've posted a link to above, or HERE.

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The latest free game over on Origin has now changed to Mass Effect 2 an excellent Sci fi based shooter that is well worth getting. You'll find it HERE and see a couple of videos of game play HERE and HERE Please note that you do require the Origin game platform to be able to download and install the game.

Finally, check out the Steam stores specials tab, you'll find over 270 games on sale at the moment.