Big Bang Backgammon - 2.3.4

The creators are clearly focused on looks here, and on making this work with iChat, iTunes, etc. at the expense of performance and quality. The "undo" bug (impossible to move the same piece again after "undo") is a serious and annoying problem. Many of the annoying features, like the computer characters "Sol" and "Luna," cannot be turned off. Performance is painfully slow--there should be an option to turn off the flying gamepiece graphics, but there isn't. The worst thing about this game, though, is the primitive skills of the computer opponent. I am not a strong player, but I've beaten the computer about 75% of the time--which I have to guesstimate, since there is no scorekeeping...

I didn't pay for this game--it came for free with my Mac. You get what you pay for.

It pains me to say this, but the game play is WAY too slow and far too simplistic. It's like playing backgammon with my 7-year-old. No, I take that back out of fairness to my kid. It's just too easy. It's a fine diversion when the staff meeting goes too long, but it's no good for anyone even marginally serious about playing a good, quick-paced game of backgammon. :-(

For the record, I'm rating it down on Ease of Use because it's so slow that it's difficult to use and on Features because it doesn't feature at least an option for more difficult opponents. These flaws lead to a markdown for Price.