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Tarfumes.com - Risk
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List Price: $19.99
Our Price: $14.49
Your Save: $ 5.50 ( 28% )
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Manufacturer: Encore Software
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Batteries Included: 0
Binding: Video Game
Brand: Encore
EAN: 0705381142607
ESRB Age Rating: Everyone
Feature: NOW IN ITS 50th YEAR, Finally A NEW VERSION OF RISK IS HERE! You're battling to conquer the world. To win, you must launch attacks and defend yourself on all sides. The dangers are great but so are the rewards. You have to take RISK! Features: -Play RISK Anytime with New Faster Gameplay Action -Two Game Variants including Random Deal and Territory Grab -Clever New Voiceovers add humor and incre
Format: CD
Label: Encore Software
Manufacturer: Encore Software
Model: 14260
Platform: Windows
Publisher: Encore Software
Release Date: 2007-09-11
Studio: Encore Software
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NOW IN ITS 50th YEAR, Finally A NEW VERSION OF RISK IS HERE! You're battling to conquer the world. To win, you must launch attacks and defend yourself on all sides. The dangers are great but so are the rewards. You have to take RISK! Features: -Play RISK Anytime with New Faster Gameplay Action -Two Game Variants including Random Deal and Territory Grab -Clever New Voiceovers add humor and incre
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NOW IN ITS 50th YEAR Finally A NEW VERSION OF RISK® IS HERE! You're battling to conquer the world. To win you must launch attacks and defend yourself on all sides. The dangers are great but so are the rewards. You have to take RISK! Features: Play RISK Anytime with New Faster Gameplay Action Two Game Variants including Random Deal and Territory Grab Clever New Voiceovers add humor and increase replayability Save a Game in Progress Use Automatic Dice Mode to further speed up the action Play against up to 5 Computer OpponentsSystem Requirements:Windows® 2000 SP4/XP (Home & Pro) SP2/Vista ™¹ Pentium® III 850 MHz processor or faster 512 MB RAM 50 MB free hard-disk space 8X CD-ROM drive or faster DirectX® 7.0 or later compatible 800x600 32-bit color video card with 16 MB of video RAM DirectX 7.0 or later compatible 16-bit sound card keyboard and mouse ¹Administrator privileges are required to properly install the program on Windows 2000 Windows XP and Windows Vista. Format: WIN 2000XPVISTA Genre: ENTERTAINMENT Rating: E UPC: 705381142607 Manufacturer No: 14260
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Summary: Okay for beginners learning the game, otherwise not a challenge.
Comment: Risk This version of Risk will be fine for a person who has never played before and wants to learn the game. It will allow a beginner to win often. For persons who know how to play the game and are familiar with its basic strategy, this game will not be much fun. The AI is weak and leaves computer players wide open for easy conquest. AI players make too many playing errors i.e. not attacking a conquered continent aggressively or not attacking when their forces are built up enough. The previous versions played the game better.
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Summary: Risk Computer Game
Comment: This game is fun and fast. Selectable opposition makes the game tough or easy by the number of generals involved and their skill. Multiple human players participate in Hot-Seat style.
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Summary: Action adventure that impels the player to conquer the world.
Comment: Risk is a well illustrated and animated action game.; cannon fire and fallen soldiers; and the added bonus of map venues, with spinning globes and battle statistics.
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Summary: VERY PLEASED
Comment: Came wrapped like new and fast.If you like risk like I do you can't go wrong.
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Summary: '95 computer version better
Comment: I am the biggest Risk fan out there, and the original Risk version is my favorite computer game, which I play constantly. A few years ago, they released Risk II which ultimately lost all that was good about the original game. It seems they decided to start over, and came out with a new version of Risk I, which seems promising, but is also ultimately disappointing. I am not sure why they took such a big step back from the '95 release with this 'update'. But there are a few things that I really like about it:
POSITIVES:
-The game has an ongoing voice-over/commentary that sounds like Patrick Stewart (Jean-Luc Picard) and which adds a great deal of fun. It is the best new feature. Unfortunately, the commentary is very limited, so you repeatedly hear the same comments over and over and over and over again. In the next release, I hope they expand the dialogue library.
-The game lets you choose which generals you play against, and each general (allegedly) fights differently. Unfortunately, in practice, they don't. The computer AI in the '95 was DRAMATICALLY more intelligent than this version, even if I selected the most brilliant generals. In fact, I think it is impossible to lose a game in this version. the '95 version, on some maps, like North America, it was extremely challenging to ever win.
NEGATIVES:
-The AI is really dumb and it is impossible to lose.
-They give you only one map you can play off of. The '95 version had 5 maps to choose from. Let's hope they come out with an expansion pack.
-You cannot view what card you were given at the end of your battle until the start of your next turn. The '95 version didn't have this restriction.
-You are forced to play with the ever-increasing point format to the cards. The first time a set of cards is turned in, you get 4 armies, then 6, then 8, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30. Because the only map they provide has so few countries, there is virtually no way for the game to go beyond 7 or 8 turns if you play against multiple generals.
OVERALL
I hope they come out with an expansion pack for this version that includes more maps, and improves the AI and commentary tracks, and gameplay options. If they do this, then this could be a classic. As it stands now, it seems more like a good start. Until then, you should find a copy of the '95 version. It's still the best version available.
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