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by Optimus Truck Time

The game itself is very nice. It’s monopoly. But the AI just ruins the whole experience for me. When you start off, if you get lucky, you might buy a couple properties in the first few laps around the board. The AI on the other hand will make extremely one-sided trades and eventually get color sets within 5 turns. But of course they still somehow have 1200 left even though they bought around 7 properties. Then they put hotels on the given set. That’s when everything goes downhill. Everybody somehow starts landing on those properties and the one AI starts taking off. Meanwhile, even if you have 10 properties, you’re lucky to get a color pair with a few houses on them because you had to trade to get it and the AI had to overprice the property they’re selling you. I have started about 30 games, but when I know I’m going to lose the game I quit just to save time. I’ve won 1 game out of the roughly 30 games. If you have average luck you’d win about 7 ish games. So the math isn’t mathing on that. I don’t really care if I win, I just want to have fun. It’s hard to have fun when the game is manipulated against you to get absolutely crushed every game. Also another thing I’ve seen is that there are a lot of issues when leaving the game and the incorrect housing will be there, people will have different amounts of money, or a move just won’t even register and I’ll be back where I was before. So some major problems there also.

by MzBryant

Unlike traditional board games that you buy once and when taken care of will last your lifetime, you have to purchase electronic board games over and over again! I have purchased monopoly many times since 2005 for my computer and then iOS devices. I am repeatedly forced to purchase new versions through planned obsolescence by Hasbro changing who is licensed their game. In 2017, after upgrading my iOS software, my previous version stopped working. I again purchased the latest “official”version licensed by Hasbro—that time to EA. Like the previous versions, very little changed. With the most recent new iOS update, the EA version crashes only when you select play a new game. The version was the traditional board with traditional rules and specific optional rules that I liked. I once again purchased the “official” version (this version) to find something that is too busy and not traditional at all. Ironically, it has a photo that shows the traditional board, but that isn’t an option! None of the customizable optional rules reflects the choices of upping the starting dollar amount, setting a specific (higher) amount for free parking, etc., that allowed the game to progress at a faster speed. Extremely disappointed! I requested a refund and will try again in a few years when Hasbro licenses the game to someone else again under their planned obsolescence system.

by Tbear0610

The AI advantage is abundantly obvious in this game. It begins from the start. The chances you’ll go first are low, I’m talking 1/30. Then you’ll land frequently on properties already purchased. To top that off when you go the chances you’ll roll a 4 are about 75% putting you on tax and paying out $200 before you really start. AI trade offers with other AI are never rejected so they’ll get a property set quickly. I’ve had it where AI has been around the board twice, I haven’t even made it once and AI has a property set and hotels. Dev’s have said they don’t give an unfair advantage to AI. I say, if your willing to pay the money for the game see for yourself in addition to several other comments with people having the same issue. You’ll get to the point where you can predict by round 2 which AI is going to win, then the game becomes about watching them land exactly where they need to. It’s so obvious you can be more accurate predicting where the “randomness” is going to place AI. Your chances if doing this correctly are better than your chances at winning. Oh, and this is on easy mode. For Dev’s to say that AI doesn’t have an unfair advantage is an insult, share your probability tables then. The game is a waste of money and time unless you enjoy frustration and watching AI get miss your property over and over while you will miraculously land on theirs over and over.