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Summary: LAN = 6 players
Review: Just to let you know, the LAN game supports up to six players, not four.
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Summary: Not ready for prime time
Review: As an avid RCT fan, I was really looking forward to MT release.Well, it arrived yeasterday and I must say, it is terrible. The graphics (esp. the text)look like something designed 10 years ago. The concept execution is very complicated, mixing city building SIM,business SIM and "character" SIM, but is a way too confusing way. The game froze a few times, and I couldn't exit it. The early scenarios are simplistic. It's not even up to the quality of a beta version! What else bad can I say?
I only refrain from giving it 0 stars (even though I gave up "playing" after 45 minutes)I am hoping MT has "potential" if I can steel myself to get back to it. BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD FOLKS.
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Summary: Monopoly Tycoon
Review: I usually play the board games, the ones that are very easy to play. The tycoon games such as airline, are very hard and difficult to play and understand for me. Monopoly Tycoon was very easy and understanding and did not take alot of time to get started. Their are a number of reasons why. The game has alot of tutorials. Twelve of them. They take you step by step into the game. The game functons, the auctions, everything step by step. After the tutorials, when you play the game as a single player. The game has scenarios (tasks) that have to be accomplished before you can go on to the next one. Once again, this game takes you step by step into game. The gameplay progresses slowly at your pace. The game is beautifully done because of the way that this game brings you into the game. Playing a game is learning, and this game you learn alot more than other games of the like. I was impressed right from the very beginning. I would highly recommend this game, especially if you like playing tycoon games or are a great fan of Monopoly games as I am. It is great for all ages.
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Summary: Monopoly Tycoon
Review: Actually I like the game. Played it for the past two days and it is pretty easy to learn which is a plus since I don't have a lot of time for games that require extensive tutorials and learning. My only problem is that with the single player games, you only play scenarios. You have to play at GameSpyArcade or thru a LAN connection to play a full game (I guess). But otherwise for people who like Monopoly and like strategy type PC games, this should be one to try.
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Summary: Beta looks good
Review: I can say that I've seen the beta, and this game looks like everything that you'd ever want in a simulation: You have your building, of course, but you also run your business, compete with other businessmen, and in the tried and true fashion of good ole' American business, underhanded tactics are frequent and often rewarding in this game.For it's price, you should pick it up immediately. Should be up for several awards if the final product is as good as it is shaping up to be.
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Summary: The Best
Review: MONOPOLY TYCOON begins in the 1930s, when the original MONOPOLY game was introduced, and progresses in real-time through the decades up to the year 2000. As the game advances, the architecture of the buildings and the needs and professions of the people change according to the decade. Players get to see their city in the daylight and wee hours of the late night, and every hour in between. There's lots of work to do and decisions to hash through, as players compete to become mayor of the city and try to be the first to earn $1 million, or be the wealthiest player by the year 2000. With a click of the mouse, players interact with the city's residents to find out what the people need and want. Listening to the residents of their fair city helps players formulate strategies to determine what properties to buy and how to develop them. Make your city the most successful by constructing residential, commercial and industrial buildings that keep the population happy and offer the best deals around.
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Summary: No, it's not "regular" Monopoly--it's better!
Review: Monopoly for the PC has been out for some time, so I don't know why the complaints about how this "isn't Monopoly". What's so exciting about regular Monopoly that take hours to play? This game is fast pace and cut-throat. I can just imagine what the multi-player is like. Being that I haven't played that yet, I'll just stick to the single-player. It has the familiar game pieces (as their 3D representative character) and blocks. The premise is similar, but with a twist. Instead of hopping around a board via die roles, you pick a block and start building. The single player gives you progressive challenges each with 3 difficulty levels. You only need to complete the easiest level to progress to the next. You also have railroad and utilities that you can buy in some scenarios. In single mode, you are pitted against 2 computer challengers and get scenarios such as "Be the first to make $2,000 in 1 day of business." This is where the "sim" comes in--you're not only building a wide array of shops, you're trying to build what will draw the consumers and shut out the competition. You poll the people in the neighborhoods near where you want to build to find their desires, which change over time. Fill a block with businesses and take it to auction--if you outbid the others, all of your stores get free rent/utilities for a period of time so that your bottom line grows. The game starts in the 1930s but ever 1 "day" is a five year advancement in time and you gain the ability to build new business that weren't available in the previous time period. Fads come and go so a store that was popular in the 1940s may not be in 1960s. That's okay because you can renovate and change the type of business it is. If it sounds like you get bogged down with all this, don't worry, you don't. You don't have time as it's very fast paced. Building is a matter of choosing a business type and dragging the mouse over x-number of squares and it zooms to completion immediately. The larger the building and/or the nicer the frontage, the more it costs. You can also sell off businesses that aren't doing well or change them into a different business. You have day businesses and night ones so you have to pick your building time well. Money comes in from customers, but goes out when it's time to re-order supplies and pay rent at 6 a.m. Also, you want to keep an eye on your cash levels and those of your opponents so you can send your block to auction at the best advantage for you. Like the traditional Monopoly, you can get "Chance" cards, some good, some bad. No passing go or landing in jail, though. One thing that's a neat touch is that the music changes to the appropriate period as you move through the decades. The only things that can be frustrating is the auctions--the characters can be tediously the same. (If you decide to quit the auction, you can click a button and speed up the pace. I wish it would just do that itself instead of bidding continuing to come from the computerized opponents.) The other thing is that it takes you through specific challenges--you're not just allowed to play a regular multiplayer against the computer (at least at first--I haven't finished all of the challenges.) The scenarios do help you get started if you didn't do the tutorial, but it would be nice if you could pick and choose which ones you want to play instead of forcing you to complete each challenge before moving on to the next. All in all, they've kept true to the idea of Monopoly, but have given a new spin to an old game.
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Summary: A great game and business simulator
Review: I never thought that Monopoly could be applied to a game like this. It is really a business/economic simulator, because you have to take charge of aspects such as cash flow, sales, supply and demand, etc. However, a drawback to it is that it does not allow you to play a regular game--you can only play the scenarios. But it is an excellent game, especially if you want to practice business/economics.
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Summary: Didn't like it at all.
Review: The game works like this: You are given ever increasingly difficult goals (eg. make x amount of dollars by the end of three years) and you build up your ability level. Sort of. It is more of a mission-driven game than a classic tycoon game, which is why I think the title is misleading. So my critique is: It is not really a tycoon / simulation game at all. You do not get to keep the properties you build up, though you do get to pick the colors, style, and quality of the buildings - which is a little pointless given that you lose the buildings at the end of the level. The game should be cumulative - the board game certainly is. The game does have good graphics, but I find that they only mask an uncomplicated and boring game. It is really unimaginitive, and doesn't inspire creativity at all. Other tycoon games are a better bet, and I would recommend Railroad Tycoon, Roller Coaster Tycoon, or possibly Maximum Capacity: Hotel Giant, for something truly challenging and engrossing.
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Summary: I like it
Review: Let me explain this game.... however bizzare it may be.
Basicly you are some business tycoon building shops, renting different businesses, and getting rich. Perhaps some 60 yr old retired business man may enjoy this, but definately not the general public.
However, it still has a good side.... starting shops, apartments, ect.. but that becomes boring and repetitive after about 1-2 hours. Definately not worth more than $5
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