GamesRadar+ Verdict
Pros
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Easy multiplayer match-ups
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Renewable gameplay
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Interactive tutorial
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Annoying music
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Goofy backgrounds
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Pointless Fooms
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Poker may be getting all the good press lately, but there's another game with its own semi-secret support society, a game of deceit, power, cunning and blatant tricks. You wouldn't know it to look at it, but the candy-colored Hardwood Hearts is a strategy monster.
A favorite for years, Hearts is a trump card game, meaning that all four players are racing to collect certain cards while avoiding others - namely, hearts. If you feel like a daredevil, you can intentionally try to take all the point cards in the game, which is called shooting the moon. Like a lot of classic card games, there's some funky terminology, and it's a little confusing at first. Luckily, there's an interactive tutorial to lead you through one step at a time.
