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Great Implementation

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: October 17, 2007
Author: Amazon User

This version of Monopoly is faithful to the original board game in every respect. Plus, they have allowed the option to modify rule parameters for variations on the game play. For example, some popular 'house' rules are available, if you are accustomed to playing with them. This game plays very well, and it's nice to have mundane tasks like the handling of money automated for you. Other nice features include the options of using other locations for the board layout, multiplayer games for internet or network play, and the ability to save a game and come back to it later. Minor drawbacks are that the CD is required to be in the drive to play the game, and the player piece character comments get old quickly. I usually play with the sound off. But I highly recommend this version for anyone who love the game of Monopoly, and wishes to increase your skill at playing the game. It is highly faithful to the original board game.

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.

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.

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.

Great Game!!!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: September 03, 2004
Author: Amazon User

great game.....its really fun to play this game with other people on Gamespy...because you can meet people from other parts of the world who love to play the same game as you do.....its a must buy...Bought it for 11 dollars tho...just don't play with the PC alone....that's boring no matter how the game creator made it....

Be ready for a long game...

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: May 22, 2007
Author: Amazon User

What you see is what you get. You are playing Monopoly. Nothing really too fancy, but there are character animations and other such things (which I like to turn off, because I find them to be a little corny). My only complaint is that this game takes a long time. But, hey, thats how Monopoly is.

Nice

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: May 07, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Monopoly is always a good game to play. But I wish the software was faster during the game. The waiting time between actions can be boring

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

Good game with minor issues

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 6 / 6
Date: December 12, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Monopoly is a classic boardgame, and most families will have played the game and probably had plenty of fun. Monopoly 3 takes this to a new level.
The game is very easy to get to grips with: with the interface you can't really go wrong. With a large choice of different boards and many different game option, the game is customisable and therefore you can tweak the setting to exactly how you like them, which I admire.
The computer do appear to cheat with the dice rolls, but often this can't be noticed . The soundtracks can be funny and add a bit of atmosphere, but are mostly repetitive after the first couple of games.
The only real complaints I have with this game is the cheating, and the camera view: When you want to trade, for example, the camera will only zoom in on the centre of the board, so you can't actually see the prices.

Overall: If you have played Monopoly before and liked it, then this is definitely worth considering, although earlier free version could probably be given just as much thought.

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.

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