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Product Features
- Classic Game or Simultaneous-Turn options
- Choice of 3-D Globe or Classic Flat Map
- Superior graphics with animated battles
- Mission-based play with preset objectives
- New territory depth enhances attack and defense strategies
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Product Description
Amazon.co.uk Review
Practically everyone has played Risk, and it's simple strategic gameplay has garnered an enormous following. Several PC translations of the game have been attempted over the years, but none come as close to capturing the feel of the board game as Risk 2. Best of all, this version brings many extra options and methods of gameplay to the table so that even experienced players will find interesting new challenges.
Players who want to dive right in can play a game of classic Risk against either a variety of computer opponents or against human opposition online. That alone would be worth the price of admission for Risk fans, but the real fun of Risk 2 is its Same Time mode. Here, instead of taking turns building armies and attacking, all players plan their attacks at the same time. Once the big decisions are made the game proceeds to the combat phase, where battles are resolved all at once. Everyone moving at once adds a great deal of challenge to the game and opens up a lot of new strategic options.
The game's graphics are spectacular. The world map is rendered well enough in an old-fashioned style, but the real fun begins when players attack or defend a country. When this happens the game zooms smoothly in on the countries involved in the conflict, showing them in a 3-D topographical map view. It's done so well you never tire of watching the animations, but players who do are free to disable the option, just as they can disable any of the other multimedia flourishes that slow down gameplay. --T Byrl Baker
Pros:
- Many options and modes of play
- Same Time game is different and fun
- Computer opponents are wily, and the game has good multiplayer support
- Simplistic compared to hard core strategy war games for the PC
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The year is 1812. Napoleon's army is on the march, and it's every empire for itself. As Supreme Commander, you'll seize territories, crush your enemies, and betray your allies in a fast-paced, ruthless quest for world domination. Play the Classic Game under the familiar rules, trading cards for armies and rolling the dice to outdo your opponent. Play the Simultaneous-Turn option for a whole new Risk experience that includes I-COM communication and negotiation features, territory-depth enhancements, and territory bidding. Risk 2 is the ultimate form of this world-domination game that people of all ages have enjoyed for 40 years.
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35 of 35 people found the following review helpful
There are a handful of games which, hand on heart, every ex-child can say they've played, Monopoly is one of them and another is Risk.
The basic tenant of the game is simple, build armies, invade foreign territories and gain a sense of megalomania into the bargain as you attempt to beat up to seven other players in the race for global domination.
Most board game conversations are take-it-or-leae-it affairs, no more than a direct (and rather tedious) port of the original boardgame, Risk, however, uses multimedia elements to really enhance the gaming experience. Soldiers march from territory to territory, cannone fire with an impressive boom and the bodies of the fallen litter the scenery.
Even better is the inclusion of a variety of quality AIs, each of which is pre-programmed to take over the world in it's style of play - which makes an interesting change from the faceless and samey computer-based opposition in other board wargame conversions.
To further spice up proceedings, Hasbro have thoughtfully added a new twist in the form of a simultaneous play mode where player moves are all carried out at the same time - a nice alternative to the turn-based play mode of the classic game.
13 of 13 people found the following review helpful
I have recently purchased this software. I am a complete novice to PC Games. I purchased it because I liked the Boardgame as A child.
So this is a novices simple review: Real easy to use and the tutorial is great. Bags of fun, like the real thing....and for me with XP it is compatible also with Nvidia....I would give it 6 stars for the price.
So this is a novices simple review: Real easy to use and the tutorial is great. Bags of fun, like the real thing....and for me with XP it is compatible also with Nvidia....I would give it 6 stars for the price.
Greg Sexton...Milton Keynes, England.
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
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As other reviewers have noted, this is a reasonable - and mercifully bug-free - implementation of a classic board game. It also runs just fine under Windows Vista, unlike some XP games. My only quibble is that the AI just isn't smart enough in 3 player games. Once you up the number of AI players though it's quite a challenge. A real nostalgia fest, and despite my misgivings about AI quality it's well worth the price.
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We had this many years ago i.e Windows 97.
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I'm dissapointed with this piece of software .. as an ardent fan of Risk I was hoping that it would be on a par with the Windows 95 version. Read more
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Published on 13 May 2007 by E. Honary
It is just like being back at university
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