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Huge Letdown

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 16 / 18
Date: December 08, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I love playing Risk. My friends and are fanatical about the Playstation version that was released years ago and is now hard to find. When we heard that there was new version for the PS2 we were so excited we could hardly wait. Oh, the possibilities. New maps, new opponents, new power ups and better music....oh, wait, sorry, someone screwed up. This was perhaps the most disapointed I have been in a long time. This game has less variety than the Playstation one version. No Ultimate Risk? Only one map? My god, no power ups or options. I was imaging things like, historical maps and warring with great leaders, but there is none of that. There are no gaming options. All you can do is play with the dice. That is it. I special ordered this game because no where around where I live was going to get it and I sold it for 3 dollars a week later. If only they would have called and talked to me...I could make a kick ass Risk game. This one sucked.

Don't "Risk" buying it!

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 10 / 28
Date: December 07, 2004
Author: Amazon User

I really can't review this game properly, since I COULDN'T GET IT TO PLAY! Risk is one of the dreaded "Blue discs" that are almost impossible to get to play.

A blue disc has a blue backing on the underside (Where most games are silver like a mirror). I am sure that this is done for some reason... but I really don't know what it could be. Whatever, the reason... do NOT BUY blue disc games.... I have owned two and neither have played on my Playstation (which is only a couple of years old).

So while other reviewers tell you about the gane, listen to my advice first, "This game may not even play on your PLaystation". Definitely rent the game before wasting the $$$ to see if the game will even work on your Playstation.

Might as well play against monkeys

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 9 / 13
Date: February 18, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I love risk. I had the EGA pc game years ago and enjoyed it, but the computer players rarely did anything remotely appearing like a strategy and were just plain stupid. Enter Risk: Global Domination. I figure it has been at least 15 years since I played the old EGA Risk. Certainly, the AI has got to be better now and the computer opponents would put up a good fight. I mean computers are beating chess masters now. How friggin' hard would it be to make a decent AI opponent in Risk? Well, apparently it is just too hard. The computer opponents are, in a word, LAME!. They appear to attack at random. They never attempt to protect territories/continents they've taken. They employ absolutely no strategy at all other than an apparent desire to lose every game. The makers of this game spent too much time on graphics, sounds, pretty dice, and fancy boards. They should have spent more time on developing an engine that would make it a challenge to play. I'd be happy with the graphics I got with my first computer (a Tandy 1000 in 1985) if that's what it would take to not have to play a bunch of monkeys.

Risk Fan Who Hates This Game

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 5 / 7
Date: June 27, 2004
Author: Amazon User

Ok the main advantage of playing a media version of Risk is that it would hopefully speed up play - not this game! If you take on 5 computer opponents it goes extremely slow! I really don't care to see little animated shows for every battle. One version of a computer game of Risk I played had a "do or die" mode where the dice kept rolling until you took over the country or were down to 1 army - this would help. You can't view the entire map at any time - like when your deciding how many armies to move to a new country, you should be able to look around the entire map. My biggest complaint has to do with the color. I'm color blind so I need to see very contrasting colors to tell them apart. First of all, the only way to tell a country's owner is a dime-sized color. There are only six colors to choose from so if you're playing against 5 opp - you're SOL. I could never figure out which countries I needed to get an entire oppent. At the very least, when you have selected a country it should tell you the name and the owner. I agree with prior comments too about cards - they play an important part of this game. Not being able to turn them in until you have 5 or see them really sucks. I also like the standard card option - 4 infantry, 6 cannons, 8 calvary and 10 for mixed set - this doesn't have it. I STRONGLY suggest you rent this before blowing $20 (at Best Buy) for this game.

Blah! The original PS1 version is so much better!

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 5 / 6
Date: August 06, 2004
Author: Amazon User

I was really excited to get the PS2 version of Risk. I envisioned an updated ultimate section with new maps and cool ways to customize. I WAS REALLY EXCITED!! The PS2 version is a total wipeout. REALLY LAME!! Just a bunch of boring AI characters. Ohh, special dice! Who cares about what kind of fancy dice you get to watch. That just slows the game even more. Fancy uniform upgrades. Talk about WEAK! Not to mention the flaws with the actual gameplay. Save your money and stick with the PS1 version. Shame on Atari. I expected so much more from you guys! Develop a game like the PS1 version with some major upgrades and I will be there to write a great review!!

Get out the board game.

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 4 / 7
Date: November 10, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Bugged to high heaven above. Rent before you buy. If you can handle the bugs, the more power to you.

Better to break out the game board and play it the old fashioned way. Not worth the pain.

dead on, mr. schumacher

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 4 / 5
Date: February 03, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Couldn't agree more with the first reviews. It's confounding how a system so superior to its predecessor could produce a game so inferior to its own predecessor. Yes, there's only one map, as opposed to five on the PS1 version. Yes, the gameplay is slower and clunkier. Yes, the game disc is blue and funky, and I don't doubt unplayable in many cases (unfortunately, mine only crashed 10% of the time). But most of all, who the **** needs to hear fifth-rate American voice actors adopt insulting, stereotypical accents to convey the military terrors of Napeoleon and Shaka Zulu? How about a decent card system instead?I LOVE Risk; it's one of the greatest board games ever. I LOVED the earlier Macintosh version. The PS1 Risk (by Hasbro) is still one of my favorites for that system. Therefore, my dissapointment with this game can hardly be expressed in PG-13 language. I sold this clunker about three weeks after purchase. Ouch. Stick with the PSOne version, if you can find it-my personal search for it in the retail world lasted about 2 years.

UHH THIS GAME IS NOT RISK

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: January 11, 2004
Author: Amazon User

OK THIS GAME DOES NOT WORK. THE CARD TRADE-IN CODE IS CORRUPT AND ATARI KNOWS ABOUT IT YET THEY CONTINUE TO SELL IT AT THERE WEB SITE AND IN THE STORES. CARD TRADE-IN IS A STRATIGIC PART OF RISK. ANYONE WHO HAS PLAYED THE GAME KNOWS THAT THE GAME IS WON OR LOST ON CARDS. IF THE CARDS DON'T WORK THE GAME IS POINTLESS. IT IS LIKE PLAYING A GAME OF MONOPOLY WITHOUT HOUSES OR HOTELS, SURE YOU CAN FINISH A GAME BUT THERE IS NO THOUGHT TO IT. I AM VERY DISAPOINTED WITH THIS PRODUCT, LOOKS LIKE I WILL BE GOING BACK TO THE OLD SEGA VERSION.......

Very Buggy Game!!

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: April 02, 2004
Author: Amazon User

I love playing risk with my friends when we hang out. We used to just play the board game but I recently bought this one hoping that it would be a faster alternative...and maybe more fun. But, after playing this at home by myself, I discovered there are far too many bugs in this game to make it playable. On my 3rd game, I beat the game by completing the mission, or so I thought anyway, but then it gave the win to one of the other computer players who I had just annihilated. Also, I don't like the controls...its far too easy to accidentally end your turn or fail to move your troops by hitting the circle key. The designers should have implemented a yes/no command option for this reason. Honestly, I found the old Macintosh Risk computer game made over 15 years ago to be a better version than this one. Looks like i'm going to have to return to the old board game version.

No Fixed Sets??? Are you Kidding Me!!!

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: June 03, 2004
Author: Amazon User

I bought this game expecting something similar to the previous playstation version of Risk. Easy playability, easy to understand set up screens... and most of all the ability to choose between increasing sets and fixed sets for the risk cards. Apparently the makers of this game did not see any of these as important especially the last one. How could you make a Risk game that forces you to always play some form of increasing sets? Well This game is going back to the store tonight.

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