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Risk is a Blast!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 7 / 10
Date: November 21, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I must confess that I do really like the board game. I was curious how it would play on the PS2 - which I normally use for action games. I was very pleasantly surprised.

The AI is more than solid - it can be downright vicious on the hardest setting. The graphics are great. The voice lines add to the mix - I love the fact that the generals are talking as if they are around a Risk game.

The online play is picking up - the game is only just out so it isn't a surprise that it isn't always full. I can often find someone and I bet that after the holidays there will be tons of folks playing.

Highly recommended. It is a good change of pace for the PS2. But hey, where is Risk 2210??

Excellent rendition of an excellent game!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 6 / 7
Date: November 12, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Risk is one of those games that you can always go back to. It's a classic for a reason and now I can play that classic game on my PS2. Could this be any better? It sure can!

If you play in single-player mode you have a bunch of AI generals to play against. They all have tons of voicelines and talk both to you and each other while you're playing. It makes for a very almost surreal experience to have these 19th Century historical figures trash-talking each other and commenting on their bad dice rolling. Very fun!

You can also play this with other people. Hot-seat play can be done with up to 6 players. This makes for a great party game. Don't have that many people? That's okay because you can also fill those extra seats with those funny AI opponents.

Okay, what do you do if you don't want to do single-player but nobody can come over to play? Hook up that broadband connection and play folks online. This works pretty much like hotseat except that you're online... and can use your headset to do voice chat. Don't have one? There's a text-based chat tool as well but you'll never use it if you have that headset.

I see this one landing underneath a lot of Christmas trees this year.

Fun Times

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 4
Date: May 14, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I stayed away from the board game due to the time it took to play a game as well as finding other people who had that much time. The video game really speads it up and it is always fun to destroy Napolean.

the best board game now a video game!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: February 20, 2004
Author: Amazon User

I loved to play risk with my family days on end. When I saw this game on the store shelf, I knew i had to get it. It was worth buying, because it gives some great features such as you can play against the most famous military stratagist's in the world such as George Washington and Napolan. There's different maps to use and different dice to use such as bone dice or silver and gold dice. This game is worth buying for people who love the board game.

this game is the bomb

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: February 05, 2004
Author: Amazon User

this is and amazing game. What a blowout. I read all these reviews and was skeptical about getting it, but now boy am i happy i did.
Any people out there who like risk, this is totally for you. Forget you people with the stupid bug problems, who cares?They only happen when you ask for it.
This is a great game

It delivers on all counts.

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 32 / 33
Date: November 14, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I've never written a review before. What prompted me to write one this tie is that I had a hard time making the decision to buy this game based on other reviews that I have read. I really wanted to get RISK for the PS2 but some reviews were calling it too slow and boring, others complained about bugs, and still others praised it for being a great version of the board game.

So, here's the thing. I decided to take chance (heck, it's not that expensive for a PS2 game) and pick it up.

Guess what? I loved it.

I can only imagine that the people who are complaining about it being slow never actually play bored games. If you're playing with a lot of people it sometimes takes a while to get back to your turn. Luckily, in the single player game you get to listen as the various generals comment back and forth about how things are going in the game. It's REALLY fun. I also didn't notice a lot of repetition in the voices which is something you would expect to hear when you play a game like this.

So, okay it can take a while to go through a round of turns on the default settings. Guess what though (and this will probably be a surprise to those who think the game is slow) there are a whole bunch of ways to speed up the AIs in the single-player game that makes you burn through turns really quickly. I don't know that I prefer to play this way but if I didn't have a lot of time to play a game I'd definitely want to do this.

One of the most important things about any computerized RISK game is the AI. I don't think that I've yet read any comments on this aspect of the game. Let me tell you.. it's good. REAL good. It's handed me my butt on many occasions and I'm GOOD at this game. Bravo!

Anyway, if you're thinking about getting the game, don't worry. Risk fans will love it.

One of the best strategy games ever!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 10 / 13
Date: May 18, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Unlike other people, my so called "dreaded" blue disk has never failed. And there are more than one map; try, five or six maps, once you've unlokced them all. The pargment map is the best, and looks the most real. You can speed the game or keep a close watch at the process of all the battles. Although the AI are programmed to do the same thing, you can change the outcomes by mixing the generals and levels of each one. The Game of Risk also offers many uniforms, but has no MExican General or uniform, which has been somewhat dissappointing to me, personally. Overall, this version of the famous game of Risk is one of the best to reach the stores.

If you like Risk. This is for you.

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 9 / 10
Date: November 13, 2003
Author: Amazon User

This is a very faithful and fun rendition of a classic board game. I bought my copy a few days ago and have played it several times since. I haven't experienced any bugs at all. There are alot of unlockables like different maps, uniforms and dice. The gameplay is smooth and once you get the controls down you'll be zooming all over the map. The online capabilities are the icing on the cake if you have the adapter. What a great bonus!

The animations are somewhat blocky at times and the "battle sequences" are overly simple, but that's really it. I wasn't expecting Dynasty Tactics here, especially not for $30. The voices get a bit annoying after a while and the soudtrack isn't scored by John Williams, but hey, if you don't like them you can turn them off and throw on a CD. I usually end up doing that with most games anyway.

I gave this title 4 of 5 because there are better strategy/tactics games out there, but as a new title that was released at a discount price, you can't go wrong with Risk. Definitely not for everyone, but if you loved the board game, I think you'll like this too.

Don't Buy This Game

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 6 / 8
Date: December 02, 2003
Author: Amazon User

After losing Risk for Windows 98 when upgrading to Win 2000, I have been looking for a version of this game that is comparable. This is not it! I figured that the PS2 version would be far superior, but it is one of the worst versions of this video game I have ever played. Atari, take a lesson from the Hasbro Interactive Windows 98 version before you put out an update to this bomb. It is a shame, because we waited months and months for this one to come out only to be dissapointed. Save your money, you will be bored within a weak.

Glitches make the game unusable

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 6 / 9
Date: January 09, 2004
Author: Amazon User

While there is potential for a great game there are serious problems with the software pertaining to the trading cards, that make the game unusable. As enthusiasts know, this is one of the biggest factors in the game. These problems only seem to surface when playing against other people (vs the computer). Cards appear and disappear without explanation. It refuses to trade in cards about 80% of the time until you have five cards, regardless if you have a match or not. One time the automatic trade-in "froze" requiring us to quit the game to escape. Atari and Playstation customer service have not responded to my inquiries regarding these problems.

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