The solitaire achievement

[Yinyangfooey]

Do I need to actually win the game? Or do I just keep playing and deal a new hand whenever I'm stuck? I actually don't really know how to play solitaire and I'm just clicking on cards until the achievement pops up.

[farmonator]

I dont know if you can win, my deck seems to be missing the king of clubs so I literally cannot finish a game!

[PreciousHuddle]

I got it just now.Just play the game over and over.Win at least 3 games and restart games often if you are getting stuck.Once you put all the cards to their respective colours then start a new game.That's how i got it.

[Moriarty70]

I noticed the missing card issue as well and clued in that it's a feature not a bug. There's a song called "Flowers On The Wall" that has a line "Playing solitaire 'till dawn, with a deck of 51". Actually smacked my head when it clicked.

[Nick]

The achievement pops when you've been playing either enough games, or after a certain amount of time.

I got a bit confused when looking over the achievements...looks like on console there's another Solitaire based achievement for if you complete a game to (almost) the point of winning, but that achievement doesn't exist on Steam.

[DreamLibrarian]

We're not playing with a full deck. It finally clicked when I had only one card concealed, but at least two cards were missing for me to win. Then I counted: 41 cards on the table. A full deck is 52.

[TheColorUrple]

I can confirm that this was the first achievement I got, because I got really addicted and confused and disgruntled when I went on a super long losing streak. I'd estimate I probably sank an hour into the game before it popped.

And I did manage to win - took a screenshot of it on my profile. You have to move cards down from the completed piles but it's manageable with a lot of luck. The game doesn't give you any reward for it though, no cascading waterfalls of cards like good ol' Windows 95. The cards just sit there as if the dev didn't realize you could do it. -_- smh

If there's a hidden meaning to a missing king, I don't know it, since I have yet to see the end of the game.

It just felt like the dev was just trolling people like me who become compelled to succeed over stupid challenges.

[Barmy Deer 𝝙]

Just "win" a solitaire (which will always be unfinished, as a king is missing, hence "pointless"). Once you do that just deal and restart quickly 15 times (previous restarts count too). Achievement unlocked.

[TheColorUrple]

Originally posted by TheColorUrple:

I can confirm that this was the first achievement I got, because I got really addicted and confused and disgruntled when I went on a super long losing streak. I'd estimate I probably sank an hour into the game before it popped.

And I did manage to win - took a screenshot of it on my profile. You have to move cards down from the completed piles but it's manageable with a lot of luck. The game doesn't give you any reward for it though, no cascading waterfalls of cards like good ol' Windows 95. The cards just sit there as if the dev didn't realize you could do it. -_- smh

If there's a hidden meaning to a missing king, I don't know it, since I have yet to see the end of the game.

It just felt like the dev was just trolling people like me who become compelled to succeed over stupid challenges.

Yeah, so I finished the game and I can't see how a missing king could possibly be a metaphor for anything. I's a pure waste of time. Thanks Sam!

[Barmy Deer 𝝙]

Originally posted by TheColorUrple:

Yeah, so I finished the game and I can't see how a missing king could possibly be a metaphor for anything.

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It represents a game (solitaire) that seems real/complete but it isn't, as one card is missing: it's a lie that is easy to tell , like David going undercover and still using his first name, but changing his surname. The undercover agent that lies easily because it turns his lies into reality: only laughs at other people's jokes if they're actually funny (like he reveals to Emma, his wife). He flirts with Ava because he's really attracted to her (another easy lie). He wants to believe it's real, he needs it to be real. So he makes it real. Like he thought it was real with the Maxine too, the cam girl.

That solitaire lie looks real until after some long work you get to that missing piece, and must realise it was indeed a well presented lie .

Finally, the missing King is The King of Spade , a cursed king, like the story that David tells Alba before she falls asleep. That's the story of King Midas , a king who asks the gods to grant him the ability to turn everything he touches into gold (like David does with his lies), but then realises that it was curse, not a gift, as it actually denies him all his most basic needs.

[TheColorUrple]

Originally posted by Barmy Deer:

Originally posted by TheColorUrple:

Yeah, so I finished the game and I can't see how a missing king could possibly be a metaphor for anything.

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It represents a game (solitaire) that seems real/complete but it isn't, as one card is missing: it's a lie that is easy to tell , like David going undercover and still using his first name, but changing his surname. The undercover agent that lies easily because it turns his lies into reality: only laughs at other people's jokes if they're actually funny (like he reveals to Emma, his wife). He flirts with Ava because he's really attracted to her (another easy lie). He wants to believe it's real, he needs it to be real. So he makes it real. Like he thought it was real with the Maxine too, the cam girl.

That solitaire lie looks real until after some long work you get to that missing piece, and must realise it was indeed a well presented lie .

Finally, the missing King is The King of Spade , a cursed king, like the story that David tells Alba before she falls asleep. That's the story of King Midas , a king who asks the gods to grant him the ability to turn everything he touches into gold (like David does with his lies), but then realises that it was curse, not a gift, as it actually denies him all his most basic needs.

I love this.