Hard Rock Casino screenshots

The game starts with an optional animated sequence showing a variety of games and each of the four casinos. This is the sportsbook in the Hard Rock Casino

The title screen

The main menu.<br>The main game mode is the Adventure where the player creates an identity and completes various challenges.

The game configuration options<br>The UK release has French, Italian, German and Spanish as alternate language options

The tutorial section groups the games into Table games, Poker and Sportsbook. These are the Hard Rock's table games

The tutorials are comprehensive and easy to follow. This is one of the screens from the Horse Racing tutorial

The tutorials are comprehensive and easy to follow. This is one of the screens from the Sports betting tutorial

Playing in Adventure mode. The player either selects an identity or creates a new one.<br>New id's start with a name after which an avatar is created. There are in-game character upgrades to unlock

Starting a new adventure.<br>This comic book style of screen is also used for in game character interaction and challenges

Adventure mode is divided into chapters and each chapter has a set of goals. The 'Final Goal' is unlocked by completing four sub-goals

Checking in to the Hard Rock Casino. the D-pad keys navigate around the casino or the player can go to their room, this is where appearance is changed and/or the game is saved

Moving around inside the Hard Rock casino. On the D-Pad Left/Right takes the player to another area, Up enters the current room - in this case Slots

Here's something a bit different. All casinos have this kind of slot machine where the top prize is the car but it's unusual to see this in a game

The Hard Rock Casino is just like 'Hotel California', "You can check in any time you like but you can never leave"... unless you're very good or very lucky

Moving round the slots in the Hard Rock casino. There's Video Poker, Go Fish, Area 51, Hard Rock, Video Keno, Money Train, Travel and Poker 4x4

The Video Keno game. Just as hard to win here as in real life

This is the start of an in-game challenge. After hearing this complaint the manager offers $100 if the player can win on this machine on a maximum bet

The Hard Rock slot machine. Some machines have one win line, others multiple lines. Once Max Bet is selected the player plays with that as their default stake until they change it

On all slot machines L1 shows the pay-out table

The in-game challenge has been completed, shame it cost over $100 though

Another unusual feature is the inclusion of Slot Machine Tournaments. As time marches on the cash winnings needed to get to the next level increases as other players also win

The Video Poker in the Hard Rock Casino is Jacks or better

There are five kinds of poker in the Hard Rock Casino, they can be played in Tournament mode or Standard mode. Standard mode has five different sets of table limits

Poker is played 'face to face'. Sometimes all the AI players will drop out leaving the player to take the pot.

This character interaction did not lead to a challenge, not all do. Some will lead to invitation only games which this meeting may have done if I'd had more money or had actually won at poker

Naturally when the money runs out it's game over, this is the point where the player wishes they'd gone to their room to save progress at least once

When playing in the Poker Tournaments direct from the menu the player does not play as the character they created. Tournaments are usually in 'heats' where the player must finish in the top three

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