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Genre and what to do:
A word game. Hoyle Word game is a collection of nine popular games: Anagrams, Crosswords, Double Cross, Enigma, Hangman, Speedy Racer, Word Searches, Word Yacht, Wordox. All the games have different tasks and peculiarities. But all of them are interesting and challenging. All of them are good for both adults and children. Besides, they bear educational character, developing players' critical thinking, enriching their vocabulary. You can play against Hoyle's computer characters. All of the opponents have their own styles of playing, attitudes and even their own voices. You can create a character for yourself to play with.
Style and atmosphere inside the game:
The graphics is done on a good level. The sounds suit the game perfectly. You can set the options for animations, characters and background music. You can change the options any time you want. Choose whether you want to play against talkative opponents or not very. Choose either to listen to calm or pulsing background music.
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Offline gameplay: 1-3 players |
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Multiplayer: Yes |
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Publisher:
Encore |
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ESRB Ratio: Everyone (6+) |
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| Extras and features: |
· Nine Kinds of Games: Anagrams, Crosswords, Double Cross, Enigma, Hangman, Speedy Racer, Word Searches, Word Yacht, Wordox
· 1200 Crossword Puzzles in Dell Magazine
· A Great Variety of Tasks |
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| Drawbacks: |
| · The menu must be improved |
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Requirements:
Windows 95/98/98SE/2000/Me/XP
Processor: PII 266 MHz
32 MB RAM
Free hard drive space: 130 M |
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