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This popular tile game is the best of its kind for Mac, with plenty of added features. The object is to pick two identical tiles and clear them away until you've cleared the board. Although that may sound easy, the tiles are arranged in stacks and inventive formations, making a solid strategy necessary.
Having played several PC iterations of this game, we thought the Mac version was good, with OpenGL 3D graphics, several themed tile sets, varying difficulty settings, and a huge number of backgrounds. The classical music uses a low-quality synthesizer, and we recommend shutting it off and playing your own music--we love the classics, but the sound quality leaves a lot to be desired. Overall, this solitaire game is great for killing time and offers enough variation with the tile sets and formations to keep any puzzle-game fan coming back for more.
Publisher's Description
From Bonehead Projects:
About Mah Jong Solitaire 2
Enjoy mahjong solitaire in full 3D or 2D with 55 layouts and 14 high quality tilesets. The game features a built in music player, many different game modes and a layout editor. Play in classic mahjong solitaire mode or for a real challenge try memory mode. Compete against other players around the world with world high scores.
Game features:
- OpenGL 3D/2D Graphics
- Particle effects
- World High Scores
- Built in music player
- Built in layout browser, remembers your last played layouts!
- Play statistics
- Undo, Shuffle, Suggest and many other help options
- Five difficulty options
- Nine game modes including memory, two turns, and classic
- Game replays
- Twitter integration
- Many more features
What's new in this version:
- Nasty looking text removed, text readouts look much better now
- Five high res tile sets installed, work in 3D
- Extra backgrounds and core image effects
- Buttons and floating panel resolution increased, looks much better now
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All versions:
3.8 starsout of 24 votes
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"Tiles easy to identify as they are not complicated."
Version: Mah Jong Solitaire 2 2.72
Pros
Soothing background music as well as well styled pieces.
Cons
I have none.
Summary
I enjoy the challange of this game.
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"Fun to play, if you plan ahead."
Version: Mah Jong Solitaire 2 2.72
Pros
Great graphics. Your favorite music can be played. You can customize it to your liking.
Cons
Haven't found any cons.
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"its excellent"
Version: Mah Jong Solitaire 2 2.72
Pros
i liked playing it
Cons
i have none
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"The 3D version is fanyasyic"
Version: Mah Jong Solitaire 2 2.72
Pros
3D Version
Cons
Lot of mouse movements in the 3D version
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"New interface on version 2.64"
Version: Mah Jong Solitaire 2 2.64
Summary
This review was originally posted on VersionTracker.com.
Wonderful game, but the new interface on version 2.64 isn't an improvement.
I've gone back to version 2.46 -
"Should just upgrade to version 3"
Version: Mah Jong Solitaire 2 2.45
Pros
Much faster.
Cons
Crashes and does not save where you left off. Requires force quit to get out of the program.
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"Best looking & most versatile Mah Jong game for the Mac"
Version: Mah Jong Solitaire 2 2.43
Pros
Great tile sets. Great game varieties (degrees of difficulties.) Score board for each difficulty level. It's an exciting race to beat the clock to clear the tiles.
Cons
none that I have encountered.
Summary
Mah Jong Solitaire 2 is the best choice for Mah Jong on the Mac. No other Mah Jong game has this kind of quality and variety in games and tile sets. The default game difficulty and tile set is excellent but for those who choose, there are many variations, Good support from the company/programmer. In my own personal experience it is Snow Leopard compatible,
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"new version ok"
Version: Mah Jong Solitaire 2 2.43
Pros
improved options
Cons
not completely compatible with snow leopard. re-shuffle slow. Tiles suddenly enlarge near end of game
Summary
solitaire 1 runs better but more tile designs more appealing in 2
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"A very addictive game indeed>"
Version: Mah Jong Solitaire 2 2.41
Pros
Challenging brain teaser. It also provides would-be buyers with a reasonable trial period, Thanks!
Your scores can be seen relative to your last performances, but also relative to the performance of others on the web.Cons
1. Some of those web guys have such high performances that they seem not too credible...
2. Game settings really influence how well you can play and are not easy to optimize intuitively. -
"Pretty nice if not the music and the sadows !"
Version: Mah Jong Solitaire 2 2.41
Pros
Pretty nice choice of tiles, schemes and backgrounds.
Cons
Really poor music, even when it's Mozart ! Shadows are too heavy and you don't always notice if two tiles are on the same level or not. You need then to turn le whole set in 3D and but you loose precious seconds !
Summary
Better to have a good surface to drive your mouse if you want to make a good time ! ;) Anyway, a good game which just need to improve the little problems indicated above.
