Live Dealer Diamond Edition from Microgaming – Take 2

Yesterday’s post on Microgaming’s Diamond Edition was incorrect.

It is correct that Microgaming have released a updated live dealer software version, however the games that I played at Royal Vegas, (and the screenshots included in the post) were not the new Diamond Edition. Thanks to the Microgaming Live Games team member who was kind enough to politely inform me of the mistake and point me in the right direction to give the new games a whirl.

Must admit, yesterday I did wonder what the fuss was about. Having now played the actual Diamond Edition games, I do see that the fuss is entirely justified. Below are the correct screen grabs.

Lobby...

Live baccarat…

Live blackjack...

Live roulette…

Two things were readily apparent playing these games.

The first was a marked increase in video quality.  Interestingly, the video displays in quite low resolution initially on game load and then after a 10 or 15 seconds it snaps to HD. I’m guessing here, but suspect this could have something to do with the software’s automated video quality system that sets the quality depending on your connection speed; so it must first detect your bandwidth before setting to the optimal stream quality. Whatever’s going on under the hood…the result is something that you’re going to like because you almost feel as though you can reach out an touch the dealers (in a non-sexual way of course).

The second thing that hits you, and this is most notable playing live roulette, is the other players’ chips being placed on the large virtual table in real time.

The good news is that Microgaming have definitely taken another large step closer to replicating the traditional table gaming experience.

The bad news is that I’ve got more work to do updating all the M’gaming game details across the site!