Hoyle's biggest mistake

There is a series of computer games with the "Hoyle" logo on them, these games used to be produced by the company Sierra. Under the guidance of Sierra, these games were great. The games I am referring to are "Hoyle Board Games" and "Hoyle Card Games". Then comes Hoyle's biggest mistake, they let the company Encore make the sequels. Encore butchered these games! My recent purchase of "Hoyle Puzzle & Board 2008" was a big disappointment. The old Hoyle games, made by Sierra, were much much better in both visual stimulation and overall enjoyment of the games. Both game discs were programmed beautifully under Sierra, but Encore screwed up this perfect formula.

Now, I'm not saying that the games are bad, I'm just saying that in my opinion they aren't as good as they were when programmed by Sierra. In my opinion, Encore screwed up pretty bad on the games. I put "in my opinion" in bold so you know that I am just stating my opinion, and I am not trying to make any of this seem like a fact. These are solely my opinions... if you never played the older versions of Hoyle, then you'll enjoy 2008. There is nothing wrong with them by themselves, but in my opinion, compared to the older versions, they suck.