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Great game

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 11 / 17
Date: October 19, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Much better than the original online version and I really like the cities board additions as well as the camera views and animations. My only problems with this game is the sickning music and voices that only say 1 or 2 differnt sayings each time. They also needed to add the starwars board and all other versions of monopoly remakes into this as well. Other than that I give it a thumbs up

Great Game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 23 / 23
Date: November 21, 2002
Author: Amazon User

If you love Monopoly you will love this game. The graphics are very good. Players have the options of playing one of many North American cities, such as Atlanta, Boston, Dallas, New York ect.
There is only one city outside of the United States and that is Toronto. They could add Montreal or Vancouver or even Mexico City. Of course the original Atlantic city version is also available.

The properties on the board have images that show these city specific properties. But, the chance and community chest cards reflect the original Atlantic City version. So if a card says take a walk on the Boardwalk the token moves to the corrosponding property. On the New York board "Boardwalk" is "Fifth Avenue". "St. Charles Place" is "Central Park". Other properties are the Staue of Liberty, Wall Street and the Empire State Biulding. The Los Angeles Board has properties from around the Los Angeles Area.

The game has a toggle button where the player can switch from the main view to the status view. In staus view, all of the players assets are seen. This is useful for trading. Also this game has a Game Calculator where players can determine the net value of themselves and other players, tell the probability of landing on a particular property on a single roll, as well as other statistics.

The tokens have speaking voices. And yes, they can be repetitive and annoying, this feature is good for children but you can switch it off in the options menu. The "horse and rider" token does a really bad immitation of Clint Eastwood. When it lands on another players property it says; "Now don't make me mad!" The cannon is funny, it sounds like a Confederated Civil War Officer.

The computer version allows you to adjust the rules. Such as setting fines and taxes as well as adjusting the salary for passing "GO".

You cannot create your own board but that is trivial. It is still fun with the city options that are available. It would be great if they added cities such as London, Paris, or Rome. I am originally from New York State so my favorite board is the New York City Board.

you get what you pay for

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 16 / 20
Date: November 25, 2002
Author: Amazon User

The 3-D effects and music quickly become annoying. The overall layout doesn't work very well either. With the older version from Westwood, all the players and their property titles are easy to see and assess, and any trades allow you plenty of time to decide on whether you want to approve it or counter offer. When a trade is proposed by a computer player, there's barely enough time to gauge what's going on before the program moves on.
If you enjoy Monopoly for the strategic aspects and don't need all the special effects, get one of the older versions. Even the AI players aren't much different in the way they play, and if you're not going online to play, you need AI players that are less predictable and more creative.

Totally awesome dude

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 23
Date: December 13, 2002
Author: Amazon User

This game is totaly cool. It is based on the original Monopoly but it is like for computers. It has boards for most of the major north american cities. The tokens like they talk man. It is really cool. You can also adjust the rules such as the amount paid for passing GO and the level of income tax. Each city has totally cool pictures of the properties man . Like I said this game is way cool.

A Classic Updated

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 47 / 52
Date: January 04, 2003
Author: Amazon User

What can you say about Monopoly? It is quite simply a classic board game. But board games don't always translate well to the PC. A monitor is not a game board, and keyboards sometimes get between a player and the game. However, Monopoly, with its reliance on strategy, translates pretty well to PC.

My first Monopoly PC game was originally written for DOS, and I played the Windows 3.1 version. I decided to buy this new version for my Windows XP machine. The multimedia effects, while better, aren't as cutting-edge as the older version was. The only people who'll be amazed are those who have been living in a cave for the past five years.

What is new are the voices. The older version had lots of sound effects - sometimes just to make noise. In this version, not only do the tokens make appropriate noises, they talk as well. What they say is appropriate. The dog, for example, when landing on a property he owns states that it "smells like home." However they only have so many phrases to repeat, and it doesn't take long for them to become annoying.

There is also a narrator doing play by play, including reading the Chance and Community Chest cards drawn. The narration is complete enough that visually impaired folks may actually find this to be an acceptable game. It certainly is better in this regard than it's previous version, but you still can't feel the board projected on the monitor, nor can you do things like count your money out loud, so not all the challenges have been overcome.

The animations in my older version consisted mostly of little clips that played during the token movements. They added nothing to the game play. While they were fascinating, and fairly advanced for the time, once you saw them each, there was no reason to not turn them off. This version is different.

In this version during game play the board is rotated, tilted, and zoomed in and out of to allow you to see what's going on. But it can be a little disorienting at first. Imagine playing the low-tech board version of Monopoly without a chair, moving around the table while you play. It's easy to loose track of which side of the board you're looking at! But it does allow you to see what's going on, and who owns what better than some of your other tools.

Speaking of tools, there is a calculator available that can do things like estimate your potential earnings, and other statistical functions. But if you're really into that sort of thing, you'll find it's a bit limiting in what it can do, and can't handle the "what-if's" the strategist may want to know.

The biggest drawback is the speed of the game during trades. You need to think fast, and you don't get much opportunity to gather more information when a trade is proposed. I would suggest not worrying about the time. Let it expire. Take your time, and then go back and propose it as a new trade.

If you like playing Monopoly, and either want to play against computer generated AI players, or on-line against opponents far away, this game is a must. If the only way you play Monopoly is with live people surrounding a table, the multimedia effects of this game won't replace that social interaction, but you might find this game to be a fun way to practice between parties.

The bottom line: There's room for improvement in future versions, but this is a pretty good PC implementation of a board game classic.

Awful Remake of The Original Monopoly

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 3 / 7
Date: June 06, 2003
Author: Amazon User

This game has several design flaws. For one, the computer constantly plays out of turn. This can be annoying when trying to make buying decisions. Secondly, the "voices" in the game quickly become old. You have the option of turning both this and the music off, which you may as well do, because both are of low quality. The music is that of redundant piano music; in other words, annoying. Additionally, the difficulty options that allow for easy to hard playing do not differ; I found no difference in difficulty when I chose easy or hard.

Also, please be aware that this game was not written by the true "Atari". Infogrames have changed their name to Atari to sound better, but it is still the same old French company that make bad games like this.

Poor Remake of the Original

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 9 / 14
Date: June 10, 2003
Author: Amazon User

This game does not even attempt to bring back the atmosphere of the original Monopoly game. It has several design flaws; the computer plays out of turn, the animations are not synchronized, and, worst of all, the "voices" in the game quickly become annoying.

Another quirk is that the game fails to offer any method of changing the level of difficulty (e.g., there is no difference in "easy" or "hard").

Also, please note that this game was not written by the true Atari company; instead, Infogrames have changed their name in order to establish a different reputation... I think, however, that they are ruining Atari's reputation!

Ok game

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: November 19, 2003
Author: Amazon User

This game is filler when there's no reason to go outside. The only pro vs. playing the real game is the ability to save for thoes long games you'd like to come back to later. Also the computer keeping tabs on player's money is nice but nothing a calculator and piece of paper can't handle.

Who Wants To Play A Game That Cheats?

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 19 / 21
Date: December 09, 2003
Author: Amazon User

All of the other people that have reviewed this game are correct. Some of the points are pretty picky, especially when this game has far greater flaws than annoying voices.

It is true that this game does allow the computer players to make deals and build on properties out of turn. Even more frustrating is when the computer interrupts you during a deal your trying to make with another player, to do a deal of it's own, and thereby cancelling your deal.

However, the most upsetting thing about the game that no one has mentioned is that the game simply cheats (it is very clear and obvious). I have played several games (winning only once) and every game has gone the same way. As you aquire properties, the roll of the dice time and time again will hardly ever roll in your favor. I have owned entire sides of the board or corners of the board, and for about 6 times around the board the other players will not land on your properties, but you will land on all of theirs. In one instance I had another player go to jail 5 times in a row around the board avoiding my properties.

Anyone who plays this game will take notice of my point. The roll of the dice seems to be calculated by the game according to the situation. This is wrong. The dice should roll by chance, and that has nothing to do with a "difficulty" setting. Although that is also true. There is no difference in the difficulty settings.

Also, this game is a drop from Monopoly 2. This version does not offer a board editor as Monopoly 2 did, and there are a few picky graphic flaws in this newer version.

Overall, the graphics are good and the gameplay is ok. Fix the cheating, the playing out of turn frustrations and it would be a lot better.

A Great Game For Those Who Loved The Original

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 5 / 6
Date: December 10, 2003
Author: Amazon User

What board game could be more American classic than monopoly? And MONOPOLY 3 brings it to your pc! No more playing alone as 3 different players for days and days (yes...I did this as a child, before the age of technology). There are cute graphics and animations, nice sound effects and voices (albeit a bit repetitious after hours of play), options galore that allow you to play with all sorts of different rules and with the Monopoly city versions of 10 cities (where the street names are names of places in that city etc). Basically if you loved Monopoly you will find this a good replacement to whining on your friends to play with you. But it does only seem to appeal to lovers of the game. Not to mention that there are issues with the game "cheating", and doesn't allow for different levels of difficulty. I believe the patch sorts some of these issues out, and they are eliminated completely when you play over the net. That's the real fun - playing with other Monopoly fanatics ;).
Despite a lot of bad reviews on Amazon, I find myself enjoying Monopoly immensely from time to time when I get that sudden board game urge. But if you have never thought once in the past year "oh I'd like to play monopoly", I wouldn't recommend purchasing it.

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