Fairway Solitaire
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Fairway Solitaire, alternatively titled Fairway is a
Gameplay
Fairway Solitaire presents players with a modified type of
Each Fairway Solitaire course offers water hazards and sand traps. Water hazards are special water cards which must be cleared from the board before the cards to its right are revealed. Sand traps are sand cards which are not revealed until the 'sand wedge' card is uncovered. Occasionally, a player will reveal an iron card. Iron cards have a specific golf club on them and act as magic playing cards without breaking the current drive. A person may play a club at any time to continue adding to a long drive. The clubs are restricted to the 2-9 irons. During Fairway Solitaire game play, wild cards are randomly revealed. One may choose to randomly select an event or pay to skip the risk. The cost to skip is either two cards or $300. These wild cards offer varying opportunities and challenges.
The Fairway Solitaire Club House has a golf shop wherein players can purchase equipment to help them during tournament play. The equipment assists the player during actual game play or during wild card play. Items may vary depending on gender. Handicaps which improve a player's performance on a course can be purchased in the shop with Golf bucks, an in-game currency that is earned through gameplay. Golf bucks can also be used to purchase additional courses for the game.
Development
The Mac version of Fairway Solitaire omits 'Solitaire' from the title, retitling it to just Fairway.[3] A "completely rewritten" version of the Mac version titled Fairway Collector’s Edition was also released.[3] A port of Fairway Solitaire was planned as a launch title for the Windows Phone 8, but was delayed for a year, ultimately releasing in 2013.[2]
Reception
Publication | Score |
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Inside Mac Games | 9.25/10 (Mac)[3] |
Pocket Gamer | 8/10 (iOS)[4] |
TouchArcade | (iOS)[5] |
Fairway Solitaire received generally positive reviews from critics. Multiple critics noted the game as 'strategic'.[3][4][6] Kotaku called its game design as "clever",[7] and Pocket Gamer described the game's combination of golf and solitare as "inventive", calling it "hugely enjoyable" due to the "surprising amount of strategic opportunity" in its gameplay.[4] Game Informer noted it as "hopelessly addict[ing]", and called it "a great puzzle game with a surprising amount of depth and strategy".[6] TouchArcade also praised it as 'addicting', stating in regards to its gameplay that "what it lacks in difficulty it makes up for in sheer mindless entertainment".[5]
Inside Mac Games praised the amount of content in the game, stating that the game has a "great feeling of variety", but criticized the fact that the iOS version has features not present in the Mac version, such as daily courses and additional minigames. IMG praised the game's attention to detail, as well as itscartoony graphics and "funny" cutscenes, further expressing that "everything is beautifully drawn and animated". IMG noted the game's music, sound effects, and golf commentators as highlights of the game, saying that it has "the best voice work I've ever heard in a game".[3]
During the 16th Annual D.I.C.E. Awards, the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences nominated Fairway Solitaire for "Casual Game of the Year" and "Mobile Game of the Year".[8][9][10]
Legacy
In 2011, Big Fish Games released a sequel titled Fairway Fever, a timed version of the game
References
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- ^ Windows Central. Mobile Nations. Archivedfrom the original on December 28, 2018.
- ^ a b c d e f Hallas, Richard (January 2, 2013). "Fairway Collector's Edition". Inside Mac Games. Archived from the original on January 15, 2013.
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- ^ a b Campbell, Nissa (February 22, 2012). "'Fairway Solitaire' Review – A Card Game that's More than the Sum of its Parts". TouchArcade. Archived from the original on February 23, 2012.
- ^ a b Reiner, Andrew (February 22, 2012). "My New Addiction: Fairway Solitaire". Game Informer. GameStop. Archived from the original on February 26, 2012.
- ^ Totilo, Stephen (February 23, 2012). "Trust Me. Fairway Solitaire Is an iPhone Solitaire Game You Should Play". Kotaku. Gawker Media. Archived from the original on November 23, 2018.
- ^ "D.I.C.E. Awards By Video Game Details Fairway Solitaire". interactive.org. Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences. Retrieved 21 November 2023.
- ^ Haley, Sebastian (February 7, 2013). "Journey dominates the 2013 D.I.C.E. Awards (full winner list)". VentureBeat. Archived from the original on February 9, 2013.
- CBS Interactive. Archivedfrom the original on February 11, 2013.
- ^ Webster, Andrew (November 18, 2011). "Fairway Fever Review". Gamezebo. Archived from the original on November 19, 2011.
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: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ Albert, Brian (April 3, 2014). "Fairway Solitaire Blast is Out Today". IGN. IGN Entertainment. Archived from the original on April 9, 2014.
- ^ Squires, Jim (April 3, 2014). "Fairway Solitaire Blast Review". Gamezebo. Archived from the original on April 9, 2014.
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