Monopoly 3

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Summary: Cheating Ruins the Game
Review: All in all, there is actually very little to praise in Monopoly 3. The music is dull and after a few minutes begins to grate. The voices are annoying from the very start. The game, as noted in other reviews, cheats incessantly; making it a game not worth having.

The only reason to actually own this game is to play online with others. If you won't be doing that, and will only be playing against the computer, don't bother. The game cheats to the point of absolute frustration.

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Summary: Who Wants To Play A Game That Cheats?
Review: 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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Summary: Who Wants To Play A Game That Cheats?
Review: 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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Summary: Great Game!!!!
Review: 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....

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Summary: Great Game
Review: 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.

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Summary: Good game with minor issues
Review: 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.

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Summary: Great game
Review: 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

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Summary: you get what you pay for
Review: 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.

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Summary: Poor Remake of the Original
Review: 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!

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Summary: Awful Remake of The Original Monopoly
Review: 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.