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Good, but after a while boring

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 12 / 21
Date: November 13, 1999
Author: Amazon User

I bought this game at a book fair because I thougt it looked like the best game ever. It's not. When I first got it I played it forever because it was so cool choosing battle tactics for your men instead of just sending them in like in the board game. After a week or so the excitment died down because it's the same old stuff, fight your enemy, watch them die, then do it again. I think the graphics are extemely good and I really like it when you die and you get executed. However, the speed of the graphics kept changing on my computer and I'm not sure why. Overall though, it's only an okay game.

an instant classic

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 15 / 16
Date: November 25, 1999
Author: Amazon User

I bought this game for about the same price amazon's asking for it, and I felt it was worth it. Afer all, it did keep me entertained. I love the new ultimate risk feature where you pick battle tactics and get to play diffrent scenarios from the nepolianic wars and americian expansion. A must for big risk fans.

Amazing

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 8 / 12
Date: November 27, 1999
Author: Amazon User

This game can be a lot of fun, but you must have a lot of time to play it. It can last well over two hours. But it is a really neat game.

Risk

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 5 / 8
Date: February 16, 2000
Author: Amazon User

This game is pretty good playing wise...but I can't seem to get the software to save games. I always get an error. It makes so I have to play a single in a single sitting.

Ok game

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 5
Date: July 04, 2000
Author: Amazon User

It's all right. It is a good RISK simulation. If you love the board game this is a must have. The 3-D battles were fun and the game never gets repettitive. The only reason I gave the game 3 stars was I'm not personally a fan of RISK.

Graphic, Long-Lasting, and Strategic

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 5 / 7
Date: January 15, 2001
Author: Amazon User

This game is very good and best for Risk players. I'll explain the game; if you've played, skip to ////////. Risk is a battle game that combines strategy and luck. The goal is to conquer the world with your armies, country by country. Owning entire continents gains extra reinforcements, as does owning individual countries. Risk is unfortunately downhill for players that are behind. //////// The computer game offers several customizable features, such as "blind Risk". The game offers an Ultimate Risk variation, but it's not explained and not very good. Fortunately, there are three levels of AI (artificial intelligence). The graphics are good, and there's a neat winning clip. I recommend this for people who like Risk or other strategy games.

A risk not worth taking

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 11 / 26
Date: July 15, 2001
Author: Amazon User

I'm not much for video games, but world conquest has always had a certain appeal, so I happily purchased this CD-ROM yesterday. Thankfully, the store made an exception to its return policy...

This, dear reader, is awful software.

For whatever reason, this game would not function properly. After spending the better part of fifteen minutes flipping through a useless instruction booklet just to learn how to configure the game to play by the board game's rules (which, by the way, are not the default), I could not save the settings. Figuring this may have been my fault somehow, I started the game anyway.

Bad idea. After struggling with the poorly documented, counter-intuitive, and incredibly gaudy controls for quite some time, I finally got to a decent strategic position and tried to save my game. I suppose Risk is allergic to FAT32, because it would not save to disk. Irritated, I played on, and one of the computer players suddenly stopped playing and gave control of its armies to me... apparently it had better things to do.

Even if you think my computer troubles are somehow self-imposed, I would strongly urge you not to purchase this game. The AI is weak, the graphics distract from game play, and configuration is a nightmare. Don't ask about Ultimate Risk or Internet play... it wasn't worth my time to find out, and it isn't worth yours.

classic risk

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 16 / 19
Date: July 24, 2001
Author: Amazon User

for classic risk this game cant be beat. it has 5 different maps to play on and several levels of challenge. I have found it very challenging when set at the most difficult level. sound game save to keep those long games going. a must have strategy game

good game

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: September 23, 2001
Author: Amazon User

This game is good but it is not for everyone. I have spent many hours unable to get away from it. Not everyone goes for this kind of game where you have to think. I figured out how to beat the AI almost every time but it took a while to get to that point. Different maps have different strategies. The save game feature does not work on any of my computers with different operatins systems. I just leave it on if I want to save it.

Flat No

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 4 / 5
Date: October 27, 2001
Author: Amazon User

The box says multiplayer so I brought this one home to play on an impromptu 2 player network along with a friend. Unfortunately, multiplayer means "3 or more players" which is written nowhere on the outside of the box. Sooo, in a nutshell my 1 friend and I are hosed. No stars here!

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