The Solitaire Conspiracy
The Solitaire Conspiracy | |
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Single-player |
The Solitaire Conspiracy is an
Plot
The player starts off as a spymaster in the service of a freelance
While Ratio appears hapless at first, a spy known as Diamond (Inel Tomlinson) relays that something is wrong. The behavior of Ratio (whose name contains the letters for "traitor") is later revealed to be an act, and he is exposed as Solitaire, whose ultimate plan is to trick the player into handing him control of the spy network under the guise of working for Protega. Dropping the act, he attempts to persuade the player, but the player rebuffs him and goes rogue, cutting off communications with Solitaire.
Reception
Aggregator | Score |
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Metacritic | 70/100 |
Publication | Score |
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GameSpot | 7/10 |
VideoGamer.com | 6/10 |
The game's PC version received an aggregate score of 70/100 on Metacritic, indicating "mixed to average" reviews.[1]
Peter Glagowski of TheGamer rated the game 4/5 stars, calling it short but "refreshingly stylistic", and praising the story as "rather cool", but noting that there was little that the game had changed about the base game of solitaire and that skilled players could "blitz" the campaign easily.[3]
Andrew King of GameSpot rated the game 7/10 points, calling the game "exciting", "well-paced", and "a solid take on solitaire", but criticizing the story as "weak" and "too static to work well as a spy thriller", calling it "like a dress rehearsal via Zoom call". He praised Miller's acting as Jim Ratio, but called him unconvincing as Solitaire.[2]
Josh Wise of VideoGamer.com rated the game 6/10 points, criticizing its tone and "low-rent comic" themes, and stating that the plot twist "came as no surprise whatsoever".[4]
References
- ^ a b "The Solitaire Conspiracy". Metacritic. Retrieved 2022-06-09.
- ^ a b King, Andrew (2020-10-06). "The Solitaire Conspiracy Review – Jack Of All Trades". GameSpot. Retrieved 2022-06-09.
- ^ Glagowski, Peter (2020-10-08). "The Solitaire Conspiracy Review: Cut The Deck". TheGamer. Retrieved 2022-06-09.
- ^ Wise, Josh (2020-10-14). "The Solitaire Conspiracy review". VideoGamer.com. Retrieved 2022-06-09.