Regency Solitaire Review

Regency solitaire is a golf solitaire game that is set in the regency period (1811-1830). However unlike most solitaire games I have reviewed (thus so far) there is a story in this game. The story of this game is a romance story that is set in southern England (namely Bath, Brighton and London.). The plot is not dissimilar to what you would read in a Jane Austen novel.

The general synopsis of the story of this game is that a Bella is a member of a respected family. Bella attends various balls and even aims of creating her own ball room. Bella’s objective in the story is to dance her way to find a decent husband herself. This is in a bid to avoid an arranged marriage. Throghout the story Bella, does have some help from her godmother Lady Fleetwood. Lady Fleetwood quite aptly acts as the fairy godmother in the game. Whilst the story isn’t very immersive it was nice to have a story added in the game. Mainly because most solitaire games lack any form of story. However the story may appeal to fans of Jane Austen/romance novels.

Gameplay wise it is your standard golf solitaire game. In which your objective is to clear each board. This game does offer challenges though so it isn’t as easy as it seems. Challenges range from easier objectives such as freeing objects related to the story that is blocked behind cards. Alternatively some challenges are down to luck such as making a large combination of cards in one turn.

But there is help as you can unlock abilities to use. You can earn abilities by buying/unlocking items in game. Each item provides abilities such as removing a card of your choice or perks such as extra undos per round. But each reward is based upon the item chosen. Although some items you unlock for free during the story. Although, most items are bought with gold. However, I noticed that sometimes no matter how many abilities you have. There is many times where you will have to redo a level. Primarily due to the fact that, this is a game that utilises RNG mechanics. In this game if you have a bad deck for the round or have no abilities it isn’t uncommon to redo a level.

I feel that in some options it is lacking. I feel this since you cannot customise much in the game. The main thing that you can change is the appearance of the playing cards. I also liked how you can even have the artwork in game as your desktop wallpaper.

However I cannot change any of the items used in Bella’s house. Which I think is a shame as it would have been cool to have a selection of different items that you can unlock. I would have particularly liked having different colour/patterns for Bella’s dress or the walls of her house etc. Instead the only option is what the game gives you by default. Also the soundtrack to this game is 1 song that is on a loop. I think it is a shame that there aren’t more songs available in the games soundtrack.

Overall I can recommend Regency Solitaire when it is on sale. Mainly because I feel considering the normal price for the game is £6.99. For the amount of content on offer it is a lot to pay for this game. Nevertheless the game offers little/no replayability it really isn’t worth the normal price even if you like solitaire games.

 

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