Rush - スピードトランプカードゲーム

Rush - スピードトランプカードゲーム 

      This is a fun card game for people who have a little time to waste on something.  Each set only takes a couple minutes to play.  The game is in Japanese, but you won't really need to be able to read it to play.  I will add basic translations here for anything important.

     "スピードトランプカードゲーム" basically means a "speed game for playing cards".  That pretty much explains everything about the game of Speed.  If you've never played this card game before, the rules are simple.  it is a two or more player card game where the goal is to use up all your cards while the other player/s still has cards left in their hand.  There are no turns, people place cards immediately once they are playable.  You have to be fast to play your cards first, thus the name of the game being Speed.  For more basic rules on how to play this card game you can read the Wikipedia article here.

     You are playing the game against a female teenage anime character.  She isn't really interactive and basically serves as a background.  She does have slight expression changes and bobs her head around a bit.  Win or lose, you don't get any real benefits here.  There is nothing to unlock or characters to switch to.

     You do gain levels, the more wins you have under your belt and the app does keep trap of how many times you've lost.  That being said, your opponent is not particularly fast so winning is fairly easy.  The game is won as best two out of three.

     As for functionality, the game functions are simple and consist of tapping "Rush" and dragging cards to the appropriate piles.  There is a Settings function that allows you to lower or raise the sound or music as well.  There is also a Share button that will take a screen shot of the game and upload it to the place of your choosing.  

     The Question Mark button is a basic "How to Play" explanation for people who have never played Rush.  Again, if you have never played the card game and need this in English, please refer to the Wiki link I supplied above.

     The only other thing is once in a while you will get a pop up that is in Japanese.  this is just asking if you wish to review the app.  You can see this to the left.  It basically says: "Thank you!  If you enjoyed this game, please review it." The buttons at the bottom are Do Not, Do it Later and Do It, in that order from left to right.

     It is cute but a bit too basic for any real praise. Being a single player game with a slow NPC just feels a bit like playing Solitaire, but... faster.  I wish there were things you could unlock like other characters, outfits, graphics, etc.  The ad position at the top is also a bit inconvenient as it completely covers your level number, which is frustrating.  It's still fun to play but it is a bit lacklustre. I'm giving it a bit of a low rating just because I feel it doesn't have enough to it.

Rating: 2/5

• Free
• Seller: Aine LLC
• Category: Games
• Size: 100 MB
• Languages: Japanese
• Copyright: © 2018 Aine LLC

Rated 4+