You sunk my battleship! Oh wait, wrong game.
Chess With Friends makes playing friends (and strangers) in online chess matches a treat, although key social features are conspicuously absent.
There's no single-player, friendless mode; you can only play by passing your device to a friend or by finding other players online. Once you set up a Chess With Friends account, anyone in your Contact Book is a potential opponent. Just tap a person's name to initiate a game, or you can let the app pair you with a random Chess With Friends user. However, these players can't be saved as friends to challenge later. You can play several matches at once, all of which are organized according to whose move is next in an easy-to-read home screen.
Online games are asynchronous (just like playing by mail), but an icon tells you if the other player is looking at your game while you are, so you can play in real time as well. You can review past moves easily, and your current move isn't official until you tap the Submit button, freeing you to move pieces around before committing to a strategy. Unfortunately, there's no way to chat with your opponent or send messages along with your moves.
Chess With Friends is light on features, but its simple, intuitive design more than compensates.
Easy to pick up and play. Easy to strategize before committing to a move. Flexible pace of online matches is well-suited to mobile gaming.
No single-player mode. Lacks social features like in-game chat. Can't save strangers as friends.
juspic
February 08, 2010 at 7:16pm
Also, the one that I am using is the FREE one & actually I am able to chat & play with 30 opponents at the same time.
juspic
February 08, 2010 at 7:15pm
I love this game, but for the past week, I can not play anymore, the software on my iphone keep updating nonstop. I re-install 3 times but same thing happen. I dont know what to do, anyone knows_?
Thanks...joe
