Monopoly 2008
An Updated Classic Returns: MONOPOLY Purists Rejoice! Its the Worlds Most Popular Board Game brought to life! Acquire wealth by buying and developing the Monopoly properties you know and love.
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Monopoly 2008 Accessories
 Hoyle Card Games 2008 [OLD VERSION]
Hoyle Puzzle & Board Games 2008 [OLD VERSION]
Wheel Of Fortune Deluxe
Risk
Monopoly Here & Now (Jewel Case)
Hoyle Casino 2008 [OLD VERSION]
Risk II (Jewel Case)
Monopoly Here & Now
Jeopardy! Deluxe
Risk
Monopoly 2008 Reviews
Either the folks who designed the game have no idea how to play Monopoly, or they just didn't do a good job with the AI. But this stupid thing will NOT trade in that situation, unless IT is the only party getting a monopoly. Very boring/frustrating solitaire games result.
In a 3 player game, when one player gets a monopoly and starts building houses, the other two players should trade ASAP to get their own, or else they will lose. Three stars for the pretty graphics and the supposition that this can be used with all human players just fine.
But don't buy it for solitaire mode. The thing is convinced, at any IQ setting, that it can defeat a player with hotels if it just collects enough normal rents.
And sometimes not even then. Even if the human player is the one that is up, the two computer players cannot figure out that they will lose if they don't trade.
This can get annoying fast. None of that 3D stuff so it's not demanding for older computers. The only way for me to take advantage is abuse the Trade system by gathering up money and buy off the computer player's estates, but that is no fun in the end. I like the visual design of this version because it's very clean and you can see the entire board at all time.
While your dice roll tend to land on useless places like Chance and Community chest too often. It only zoom the screen if you change resolution and not keep the sharpness of texts and details, the text becomes blurry. One big fault though is the game can't keep the details as you change the screen resolution. All the texts and details are organized. Another nice feature is you can choose to skip the animation of the computer player's moves, unfortunately it still retains some animation so it still feel a bit slow for me.
It's not fun to play against the computer in this game. For example, on normal difficulty setting, playing against 3 other computer players, after circling Go twice I have one estate bought, while the other computer players own almost every other estates on the board + hotel built, then I landed on income tax. The game create an impression of increased difficulties by controlling the dice roll of the computer players so they will often land on the nice spots, either to always land on an unpurchased estate when the game start or skipping pass your estate that has buildings on it. The biggest problem I have with the game is the cheating AI. If you click the mouse you can skip your own moves animation as well.
This item was purchased as a Christmas gift for my daughter-in-law. Thanks I received quick service and was please with the item when it arrived.
Easy to install on the computer, all the instructions are easy to understand. LOL. The first game I played, I won, because the game was set for beginners. I bought Monopoly for the computer thinking it would be a little fun, but it turned out great fun, and fast playing if you want. For the price it is a great deal, and just as much fun as back when I was a kid. Now because the game is played on the computer, I can play alone or with others and not worry about the rules as they are all set by the game and no one cheats like my sister use to. After I reset the game, to make it harder for me to win, the game became more fun to play.
Does this version of the game allow a player to make counter offers to proposed trades. The version I currently have is pretty much a "take it or leave it" feature as to trades with computer players. I remember that an old Playstation version allowed counter-offers with computer players, and it made for a more realistic game. Of course, you can always initiate another trade when it's your turn, but being able to barter back and forth is more realistic.
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