Mahjong 2K for PC and Mac

Software Reviews and Criticism

• By ACK-Boston

  Too Chintzy

  Mahjongg computer games have been around for at least twenty years, since the days when they were downloaded from floppy drives. This is old technology so the coding should be pretty much cut and paste. I therefore expected that this game would be a pretty complete mahjongg game that could at least keep up with the games in production before today’s programmers were even born. I think that’s a reasonable expectation. Unfortunately this is just a quick teaser of mahjongg. I downloaded this app before a long flight back from Hawaii, thinking that it could keep me entertained for a couple hours. I was wrong. There are only six boards to this app, they are mostly quite easy, and once you’ve completed them you are prompted after every board to buy more games. There is no timer and no scoring, so it’s just rote matching. You will complete the entire game and enter the world of irritating sales ads within twenty minutes of opening it. It’s fun for my daugher, who just turned seven, but any adult will quickly be finished with this app. Given that the technology is readily available for infinite board set ups, scoring, timers, competition mode, etc., I was expecting so much more. What a disappointment.

  
  
• By Ionakohoe

  And now I’m addicted...

  Found MahJong languishing in my apps while waiting for something to download. Have played other versions, but this one was so great, because it challenged the eye and therefore the brain to work, matching unexpected and unfamiliar symbols, rather than a board in which all symbols are visible from the start or a bear and another bear, all recognizable symbols to the Western mind. I plan to use it with my grandson to help him develop a keen sense of differentiation. I just wish I knew what the word-symbols meant, so that I could teach him a new language at the same time (he’s two, and this is the best time). Think this will keep my old brain cells working a bit longer, too. Fun!

  
  
• By 5Chick5

  Fun, Easy to Use

  I found this free app and thought I had nothing to lose in trying it. I have to tell you, it was easy to start right in. There are a variety of tile set ups and they're challenging enough so they're fun but not so much so that you have work real hard at it. I was looking for something fun and found it. Being task oriented it might be fun to have it timed - but it's not critical for me when I just want to relax and play the game. I find the tile designs pleasing. Good Job!! PS: It's so easy to use and well done - I'm surprised, after playing it, that there isn't some nominal charge to download. Thanks! - I may not have tried it if there had been.

  
  
• By itropicbird1

  Perfect

  This is a perfect quick mind-settling exercise that draws from a different part of the brain than logic, reasoning, and analytical thinking (although if you wanted to you could strategize a bit). This is great for taking a break from the stressful and complicated organization, coordination, and implementation tasks you have to do, rather than mindlessly watching TV. It at least engages you to keep your brain sharp. If you want a more complicated mind-challenging game that requires hours of concentration, then by all means buy a long version with many more tiles and tile options and layers and layouts, but this one with immediate play and no set-up is perfect. And it's FREE.

  
  

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