This is not Blackjack. This is a sad imitation of Blackjack that feels like someone was told the barest basics of Blackjack and they attempted to create a game from it. I understand not bothering with more complicated aspects like insurance, splitting or double down, but at the very least it should be accurate to how a basic game of Blackjack is played.
- In real Blackjack, an Ace is either a 1 or an 11, depending on what is more advantageous to the hand. Imagine my surprise when, after being dealt an ace and a 3, I hit, got a 9, and lost.
- In real Blackjack, all players are dealt two cards, and then the dealer is dealt two cards, one face-down, one face-up. Since this game only has one player and the dealer, this could be simplified to the player being dealt two face-up cards and the dealer one face-down and one face-up.
Also, I have no idea what sort of algorithm is determining the cards, but it seems to be a bit unfair. In my first attempt, I was dealt a starting total of 12 or 16 more than 50% of the time, resulting in a very fast loss. The dealer also got blackjack 3 times and 21 a total of 6 times. I, however, only got 21 once, and only saw an ace 2 times, none of which were blackjack.
Overall, not impressed.