Mobliss' Wild West Blackjack is a simple, straight-up game of blackjack with a cowboys-and-saloons theme. A year or two ago, this game's presentational frippery might have served to set it apart from the competition. In 2005, it's old hat. So, since it lacks any notable gameplay options, variants, or online features, Wild West Blackjack is just another superfluous mobile card game.
Wild West Blackjack provides the most elemental form of the card game wrapped up in a mildly amusing package, and nothing else. If you want to play any variants with the Reno or Las Vegas rule sets, play online, learn how to play the game, or keep track of your high scores, you're going to have to look elsewhere. Unlike many of its competitors, the game won't count up your score for you as you get new cards, so your mental math skills will get a workout. This game doesn't even have an options screen--unless you want to call changing your bet from a separate menu an option. Granted, cell phone games are supposed to be simple, but there's little excuse for this type of impoverished design today.
On the other hand, Wild West Blackjack does have some nice presentational elements. In the LG VX7000 version of the game, the dealer sits across from you with a sneer on his digitized mug, flipping cards in your direction and asking you whether you'd like to split those sevens, "Tex." If you throw away all of your money, you'll get a quickie screen of a squalling baby noting that "yer broke!" Other than the wailing baby, there's barely any sound in the game.
When you quit the game, you'll be told to "come back now, y'hear?" This folksy farewell might be the only part of Wild West Blackjack that you'll remember after you've deleted it and downloaded a superior product, like Black Jack Pro/Video Poker Pro. This game doesn't even qualify as a one-trick pony, given that blackjack in a Western setting is cliché. There's no reason to download it.
