Game Focus writes: "Chances are you've played Mahjong Solitaire. Also known as Shanghai Solitaire or more simply as Mahjong, Creat Studios brings the classic Solitaire game to the Playstation Network. While Mahjong Tales will cost you ten dollars, similar version's come packaged with some computers or can be found on the internet for free. So what makes Mahjong Tales: Ancient Wisdom different from past iteration's? Nothing."
Pros
+ Multiplayer and Motion add a unique twist
+ Local and Networked Multiplayer with Private and Public Games
+ No lag or difficulty finding players in Multiplayer
+ Lots of Options available for Classic play
+ Infinite Number of Puzzles available
Cons
- Control Mechanics falls victim to analog control
- Game would seem to be designed for Wii or PC/Mac
- Story seems fragmented
- Four game modes but all basically the same game repackaged
- Tiles and writing are hard to read, some impossible
- Sleepy Soundtrack for the faster action Multiplayer seems mismatched
Diehard GameFAN: Well, my column about March is coming in at the tail end of April. Why is this one so late? Well, in April alone I’ve written twenty articles. This is my twenty first and Mortal Kombat for the PS Vita will be my twenty-second, so as you can see I’ve been extremely busy. I haven’t even remotely touched my backlog this month, so there won’t be a “Clearing Out the Backlog” column in May. That said, I’m taking all of May off, so June should have a pretty long column – most likely filled with Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine and Skylanders. Both of which should have been played in March but…personal stuff happened and I ended up being up able to play any console games for most of March and April.
A clumped mass of games is hitting PSN next month, and a lot of it is free to PS Plus subscribers. Including Awesomenauts, the multiplayer battle arena style game from the creators of another former freebie a la PS Plus called Swords & Soldiers.
The list of free games goes on and on, most likely totaling somewhere in the range of $100 worth. For PS3 gamers that have not yet signed up for a Plus subscription may want to consider next month as the best time to do so.
Remember though, nearly all PS Plus freebie are only free for a one week period, thereafter going for the full price, so you want to be punctual.
SuccesFull.fr has just published the achievement list for Mahjong Tales: Ancient Wisdom.
The game features 12 achievements and will reward you with the usual 200 points.