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inflexible

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 49 / 50
Date: October 01, 2004
Author: Amazon User

This game is high on video effects but low on player flexibility..I found it difficult to set the game to my playing style and difficult to review a game once played beyond the chart given at the end of the game. This inflexibility, along with meager explanations of conventions used, makes it hard to learn from. Besides this, the cards for the dummy are small (in perspective across the table) and in a shadow, with spades and clubs frequently adjacent (as with hearts and diamonds) so that it is easy to misplay -- and there is no way to correct misplays. The tremendous need for computer power is also a problem. I am ordering Bridge Baron.

Specification warning

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 30 / 31
Date: August 13, 2004
Author: Amazon User

From the first review item for this product, I can see that they had a problem running the game satisfactorily. The minimum spec for this game is a 700MHz PIII with a DirectX 16meg video card. With this spec, or better, it runs very nicely. This game is designed to combine the latest AI with within a full 3D environment, with fully rendered rooms, cards and 3D lighting. In this respect it is outstanding. If you do not have a PC with this spec, then you should buy a different product. I notice that Gamespot fail to give the minimum requirements. Anyone who bought this product and found their PC did not meet the minimum spec must be entitled to return the product, as Gamestop failed to give the minimum spec (a complaint has been issued to them).

Misleading

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 22 / 25
Date: April 11, 2005
Author: Amazon User

The description on the back of the box reads "Omar Sharif Bridge II offers a game of intricate deliberation, skill and chance for the novice and expert".

I can't decide whether they were talking about the game or the interface to the game. With each click, I hoped that something may happen in the game, but the program just dumped me back out to Windows. The 3D-interface is non-intutive, and overkill for a simple card game.

The box reads "Master card champion Omar Sharif shows you how to improve your game and takes you through the bids." For having a world bridge experts name on the box, one would think that the game would come with a tutorial on how to play the game or an interactive helper but the game fails to provide even this.

Omar Sharif Bridge 2

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 16 / 17
Date: January 22, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Terrible. Graphics so bad, cannot tell Spades and Clubs apart. Play even at the fastest speed is very very slow. Computer partner bids irregularly. Computer partner always leads a trump against a suit contract. Cannot take back erroneus bids. Does not hold a candle to the original Omar Sharif game.

Powerful new 3D interactive game

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 15 / 16
Date: August 13, 2004
Author: Amazon User

This 3D game is terrific on my new XP machine with a wonderful set of rooms to play in. There is a comfortable home room, a spacious club hall and a championship venue - all quite realistic. Best of all is that the game can be tailored to play at a variety of levels, with different characteristic play styles, so you don't get board with the same old computer play style that other games have. There is also an internet play option, so I can play my club friends. I would have given this 5 stars, but it seems you can only play one other person on the internet version with the remaining 2 seats occupied by the computer characters. It would have been better if all 4 seats could be played by humans.
You need to watch out for the minimum computer specification as its quite high, requiring a 800MHz machine and a decent graphics card with 16MBytes, however my son laughed at this and said that the spec was so low that cavemen had better computers!
Overall I am delighted with the game and it has given me hours of pleasure.

Terrible game

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 14 / 15
Date: March 16, 2006
Author: Amazon User

This is by far the most disappointing bridge game ever. The 3-d effect is absolutely useless.

The play is useless as it highlights every play and bid. There is no challenge to this so called game.

I would have rated it a zero if that were available. Too bad software is not returnable as it would have been returned immediately.

Greg Scharbeck

OMAR SHARIF BRIDGE II

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 14 / 15
Date: August 13, 2004
Author: Amazon User

Unless you have a new, very fast and powerful computer, this game either won't load or will play so slowly, you won't want to play it. Gamestop will not allow a return on already opened games, either. It seems the graphics take up so much memory, you can do much better buying Bridge Baron, which I later purchased and am very happy with it.

Graphics terrible

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 12 / 12
Date: July 05, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I bought Omar bridge yesterday, as the first two reviewers said it's not a very good program, but worth the $10 I paid. The program has alot of unnessary frills, ie you can change the lighting, scenary, and soundtrack; who cares about that? The bridge play is solid, but there is no discernable difference between the AIs. Also it's of dubious value for learning; you may or may not be able to review the play, there is no open hands at the end of play (so you can readily tell what everyone had). There is minimal/useless explaination of bids (and only at the end of play). 'Winning' is defined as gaining the most points, which is mostly due to chance. Ie if your opps bid and make slam, then you lost the 3 or 4 game rubber, no matter what. You can play network, but this option is worthless; you can play online with yahoo. Finally, the worst part is, you can't see the cards! You can barely make out your own hand, let alone dummy, or opps. (is that a spade or a club they threw down?). The program runs fine on my tricked out system (Athlon 64, 1 gig RAM, GForce 6600 GT), but that being said, if it doesn't work on a P3, then they are doing something wrong (since the graphics are terrible but fancy). ANyway, Jack is a far superior program, and you can get a demo (google it).

frances

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 7 / 7
Date: November 03, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I used to have the Omar Sharif Bridge I, which was very straight forward. This one, Bridge II, is too glitzy. I don't like the layout of the hands and they have added too many bells and whistles which slows down the games.

A pale ghost of Bridge Deluxe II

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: June 08, 2007
Author: Amazon User

My original aquaintence was Bridge Deluxe II. It was a great introduction to bridge. The lessons logically progressed and Omar Shariff was a gentle and patient teacher. Unforturnately when Windows XP replaced Windows '98, Bridge Deluxe II was no longer compatable. Many years passed until I finally found what I thought was the Bridge Deluxe II that I fondly remembered. I didn't think twice and bought it immediately. What a disappointment. The tutorial provided was of no help and was essentially the equivalent of being thrown in a swiming pool while told, "Sink or swim"
The graphics are "cheesy" and were better on the original '98 version. Using the new program is a hit or miss proposition. I've navigated through a lot of programs in the last 13 years. This is the "pits" If you're new to bridge, better try elsewhere.

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