Real Sichuan

CUSTOMER REVIEW



This is a twist on Mahjong solitaire. It's played with the same tiles, but has different rules.



The aim of the game is to remove all tiles from the board, just like Mahjong solitaire. And like Mahjong solitaire, only two matching tiles can be removed at a time. HOWEVER, here is the twist: Two tiles can only be removed if they can be connected by up to three horizontal or vertical lines which pass ONLY through empty spaces.



The game is over if future moves are not possible and tiles are left on the board, or the player successfully removes all the tiles (like Mahjong solitaire) .



This implementation of the game scales really well on all of my devices that I do have. From a small phone screen to a Tegra2 tablet (10"). The game requests internet permissions but I checked, it ONLY uses it for it's online leader boards. NO shenanigans here. AND... it's OPT-IN (yay!). If you never "sign up" for online leader boards, this game will leave you alone and NOT use the network socket.



That, friends, is awesome.



I have to deduct one star though. The timer. Please, no, don't make a relaxing game stressful by putting a clock on it IF I don't want it there. There are already ways to lose. I don't want to be reminded that I am "too" relaxed to finish this game in some "record time". I don't care about that. I just want to relax and enjoy the game. Want that fifth star from me? Make the timer optional.



Otherwise, this game is quite fun!



NO third party addons, no adware, spyware or analytics. Just a very good game with only that one annoyance, but to me it's a big enough annoyance to dock one star. Since I like this game enough, it will stay on my device. If it gets updated, I will update my review to five stars if the clock becomes optional.



THANK YOU, Amazon and smilkobuta (the developer) for a very good, enjoyable puzzle game that offers a twist on the "usual" Mahjong solitaire and especially thank you for featuring a game that is safe to install on any device, including one used by small children.