2004 Mahjongg

The Good
This is called 2004 Mahjongg so it should stand or fall based on whether the Mahjongg element works. Well I have played several of the games and I can say that the gameplay works well. It's not outstanding and forty layouts isn't a lot these days, but it works.

The games Memory and Concentration are sort of Mahjongg variants limited to a few specific tile layouts. Once again they work well and are certainly taxing but they feel like a novelty afterthought.

The Bad
I was not a great fan of the artwork here. I found the colours of the board and the background to be very dark and gloomy and the tilesets were neither sharp nor interesting. Being able to look below the topmost set of tiles is clever but it does leave the game area looking muddy and confused

Having a set of easily accessible game icons across the top of the screen works, and works well but all they do is duplicate the options that are in the menu bar. I could work with either, I didn't need both.

The Bottom Line
If you're a collector or connoisseur of Mahjongg games then you'd probably want this and you'd enjoy it because there is good solid gameplay here.
However for a casual gamer like me I'm sorry to say that everything here has been done before and has probably been done better.