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$19.00
from EBGames Summary:
Back in the day, Risk was THE must-have party board game. Risk could be found in nearly every frat house and dorm room in the country. It was the ultimate 'guy game'. The beauty of Risk was the fact that you could have fun while pretending to have an awesome worldly knowledge of geography, and also seriously taunt and diss your opponents, all the while swilling beer, eating munchies, making jokes, and wishing you had some girls around.
And that is why Risk makes such a terrible video game. The fact is, there is no intellectual challenge to Risk at all. Anyone can beat this game in just a few hours. Risk is a game that is meant to be a vehicle for socializing. It is not meant to challenge, to entertain a single player, or to be played remotely. Only if you have lesser than or equal to two digits in your IQ will you get 'stuck' in Risk and have to give the game serious thought with a furrowed brow. It simply is not that kind of game.
But kudos have to be given the developers for trying. Given the limitations of the board game it's based on, they have done an awesome job of spicing it up. The graphics, the voiceovers, and the music is very much suited to the overall theme of 'world conquest'. There even was a serious effort at giving the various CPU opponents some measure of AI to make the game more challenging, but given the basic simplicity of the board game, it just does not work.
If you happen to have a PS2 with and an extra controller, and have a few friends come over, up to six of you can play at once, since Risk is a turn based game. There is also support for online play, with no subscription costs. And, for very young gamers, there is some educational value in the game, since the geographical names are accurate for the most part, and the CPU controlled opponents are based on historical figures. But for the average gamer I cannot even recommend a rental of this title. There are some traditional board games that translate well to video games, and some that do not. Sadly, Risk falls into the latter category. Report this review >>
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