Monopoly Tycoon

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Summary: Good game if you are on a budget
Review: Overall the game is decent. It's one of those games that you can pop in the machine and play for a half hour on any given day. For that reason it makes a good game when you need a break from the truly addictive games, it also gives the game a long shelf-life. The grpahics and sounds are fair at best. As other reviews have mentioned, every scenario is the same city; however, they do change what has already been built at the beginning of the scenario. For example, if you have previously succeeded by owning Park Place and Boardwalk and building them up, the next scenario might have Park Place and Boardwalk already built up by the city. This forces you to change your overall strategy. On the later and longer scenarios there are more and more buildings being constructed but the population remains pretty stagnet. Your computer components don't ever change the way they think which you may or may not like. If the price is right, go ahead and buy.

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Summary: Riches to Rags
Review: This game can quickly catch you, and it appears fun in the beginning. But after a while, once you have beaten the simple scenario mode and you have played multiplayer a few times, the game starts to become really repetitive and boring. The concept is always the same throught the entire game, and nothing seems to change. I wouldn't suggest getting it...after 2 weeks of playing it, you will probably get bored of it and put it down.

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Summary: Quite boring
Review: This game gets boring after an hour or two. The interface is a bit confusing at the beginning.

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Summary: If money and power is your thing, this is a game for you.
Review: I think this game is great to teach a lesson in business and wealth creation. A lot of the principles apply in real life. However, there is a formula for success, which makes the game boring after you figured it out. There is a good selection of challenges that you can play. I do wish there is an option where I can design my own challenge. Computer players are not too competitive, even at the "advance" level. Great graphic, good tutorial. Overall, great game if you are into money and business.

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Summary: This is a confusing game -- very challenging
Review: Bought this game for my teenage daughters last Christmas ('02) and none of us have played it very often. Not at all like the board game, it's a bit confusing and hard to play. I suppose we need to take the time to read all of the directions -- I've tried but they haven't helped much. Consider Roller Coaster Tycoon instead.

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Summary: fun at first but...
Review: When I got this game it was fun. But, after you finish the first level of game scenes it can get pretty boring. I found myself fast fowarding frequently. It's not very replayable. Maybe if they would come out with some additional game levels then you could expand but right now once you've got it you've got it.

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Summary: whats this? a pile of dirty laundry?
Review: man, roller coaster tycoon is awesome, but this is like a piece of junk. who would want to but this?

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Summary: Not for serious simulation game players
Review: If you're into such "real" simulation games such as Railroad Tycoon, Civilization, or the Sim-series, this game is not for you. It is very simplist, and not at all challenging. The graphics aren't that great, and there aren't that many factors influencing game play that make it interesting.

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Summary: Worth a Discount Price
Review: The concept of the game is an interesting spin on the board game-- place businesses in blocks to garner a profit, lease the lots to monopolize a block. The game stays true to the original board game in its buy-out concept, building hotels, become the basic "tycoon". The game does get a little monotonous after a while, what with repeating the same process of building stores and attempting to outdo your opponents with the same maneuvers. The graphics are somewhat grainy as well. But the music is pleasant, and, as long as you don't obsessively labor over it for a week and then drop it, it is a fun game.

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Summary: Uhhhhh... whatever
Review: This game is so stupid, it's sooooo little kiddish and a message to all game companies and gamers: "The stupid animation such as the unique mouse and junk has to stop, grow up" (Roller Coaster Tycoon excluded, it rocks and it's not like that!!) so don't get this, it will turn your brain into mush and you will be walkin around like an idiot.

I would give this a 0 star, but it only goes down to 1 so there!