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Sweet.- Cons -- The AI cheats. Including a hand held LCD Monopoly game (which I think was produced by Tiger Electronics). This worked out great for me as I always had problems getting enough players together. Nice.- Works with newer operating systems. This has been present in a few past titles and it was missed here as a result.Outside of the AI problems this is a really pleasant rendition of one of my favorite board games. (Do you think I ever landed there. This one however has some issues that I find very ridiculous and I'll cover them in a minute. AI players who will consistently land on your properties UNTIL you build houses or hotels.
If a property is mortgaged then they will certainly land on it, that is until it's out of mortgage. (This is very similar to the way I play with a board game. Before you ask it wasn't Boardwalk and Park Place. As a matter of fact some of them are pretty bad.
I know this sounds simple but this is a very nice touch.- Graphics are clean, property cards are easy to read.- You don't have to sit through the insufferable AI player animations if you don't want to.- Easy modification of rules to something that will probably resemble your house rules.- The user interface is clean and doesn't really feel cluttered.- You can easily find out information about properties by simply letting your mouse rest on them. But I always enjoyed them until the new version came along. Then computerized editions of course came along. Example I had one game where I had Free Parking to pay out $500, and double the Pass Go amount if you landed on Go. (The classic is still my favorite). (I know these are sounding like Murphys' Laws of Combat, but this is really the way the game plays). (Believe it or not there are some really good things too which I want to cover first).If it weren't for these I would have rated it one star.- Pros - - You can see the whole board at one time.
These include but are certainly not limited to AI players always landing on unpurchased properties for the first several rounds. That's right I didn't. I've been playing Monopoly since grade school, starting with the classic board game and its many editions. I had these options on almost always). Wouldn't you know that I had one AI player hit each one of those every single turn, almost without fail. during my 12+ games I landed on the Free Parking space once, and landed on go about five times).
AI players who almost always receive positive Chance and Community Chest Cards. I could go on but I think you can understand where I'm coming from here.- The higher the difficulty setting the more the AI cheats.- You can't save your custom rules, so expect on reimplementing them each time you play.- No bartering. As any one who has played the slew of these computerized versions knows that they haven't always been good. I would like to point out that the other AI player who owned the other Monopoly had garnered a little over $3,000 in this same time period. After about a dozen or so games under my belt it's the only conclusion that I can come up with. (On the other hand you will almost certainly NOT receive a positive card of any substantial amount).
Mid-game this AI player had amassed over $5,000 wile I who own a little over a third of the board and owned one of the two only Monopolies in the game had only $300 average. I would not recommend it to someone who is new to the game but a familiar player who can overlook blatant cheating would find it fun.
The computer seems to look only at the face value of the properties, and not whether or not the property will give you a Monopoly. One drawback is that you have to set the house rules over again after each game; the game doesn't allow you to save your favorite settings.
You can play against one to three opponents. Those opponents can be "human" or computer player(s), or a combination of both.
I think this is a fun game that hold true to the board game. It allows you to set house rules for each game, such as receiving $500 for landing on Free Parking.
The computer player(s) can be set to one of three different skill levels. I have enjoyed the game the most when I have played against one other person or computer opponent.The game moves much more quickly than the board game and you can select from different options that make the game go by even faster, including dealing out part or all of the properties at the beginning.
Trades do seem to work a little strangely. Overall I think the good parts of the game outweigh the bad, and I would recommend this as a great game for the whole family.
The item came quickly and in great condition. I'm extremely satisfied with my purchase and would recomment buying from this seller.
Although the game plays fairly well, with little or no freeze ups, getting support from the software company sucks big time. Don't waste your time trying. A simple question like "Can saved games be deleleted., will get you a page and a half reply of why they can't answer YES or NO. By the way, you can delete saved games, however, it is a bit involved and you can't from the game software.
It allows only four players. It is not as challenging as previous Monopoly games.
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