Big Fish Games’ Fairway Solitaire — an odd mix of the classic card game and golf — took us by surprise back in 2012. We won’t make the same mistake with the sequel, Fairway Solitaire Blast, coming to iOS and Android April 3.
I can feel those eye rolls, you know. I realize presenting you folks with a game that’s one part golf and one-part Solitaire is a dangerous proposition. Add to that the fact that this is a free-to-play mobile game, and I might as well just start up the old automatic “don’t care” comment generator. I felt much the same way when Totilo first presented the originalFairway Solitaire as his Gaming App of the Day back in 2012.
But I’ve loved Solitaire since Windows 3.1, so I gave it a chance, and it was really excellent.
So now we have the sequel. It looks a bit like this.
Fairway Solitaire Blast is faster, sharper, and filled with power-ups capable of blowing cards that don’t fit your sorting agenda off of the screen — with fire. The golf bits feel a lot less like golf this time around — you’ve got a bucket of cards, and have to clear the board before they run out in order to progress — but it makes up for it in tension and action. Also, flaming gophers.
Fairway Solitaire Blast comes out on April 3 from Big Fish Games, at which point you should at the very least download it and give it a try. If you hate it, I will personally refund your official purchase price.
Yes, the game is free.
