Risk II for Windows

Pros: Cheap. Easy.
Cons: Bad and uneccessary CGI sequences

I adore board games, but it isn't always easy to get someone to sit down and play with. This is when I resort to playing board games on my laptop. After a futile search for the original version of Risk, I finally relented and bought this here new & ...

Pros: smarter AI
Cons: tedious graphics, lack of customization, hardly an improvement

Risk II could have been a lot more. It could have offered customizable maps, more adjustable rules, and different graphical themes. However Microprose does none of that, and gives you a game that is only partially fulfilling.

A number of...

Pros: Good Replay Value on A Classic Game Brought to life.
Cons: Artificial Intelligence, Load Times, and Clicking to Skip through them.

A highly popular board game brought to life by Hasbro entertainment. Risk 2 for windows brings the game into a 3-D world with better action scenes, different levels of tournament play, and battles zooms which show your battle for middle earth at close ...

Pros: Simple graphics, loads quickly, multi-player via internet
Cons: Multi-player connection has some bugs, no "hot-seat" option

If there is one board game that is one of the most well know classics available, it's Risk. As with many other people who have played the game, my friends and I would gather every once in a while to battle it out in a friendly game of global domination!...

Pros: Plays very quickly, smart AI
Cons: Overused animation and sound

I am an avid fan of the popular board game Risk, but its not always easy to get together two other people to play the game. Plus, the average game takes hours upon hours to complete, because there is so much strategy involved. There have been computer...

Pros: You have players available all the time
Cons: Slow game, animations get to you fast

I am back from a 2 weeks vacation in France to see my family. It really was a great trip, but I am happy to be back home. Now, before I left, I promised bgoodday to write a review for his write off. Well here it is!

This review is part...

Pros: Good graphics, has a good "plot line"
Cons: Each game takes a long time (approximately 30-90 minutes, depending on the amount of players)

The world is in disorder as armies try to achieve world domination. You are the supreme commander of one of the armies and you aim to annihilate everyone else. To begin your quest for world domination, you pick territories (e.g. Eastern US, East ...

Pros: Superb AI, nice options, good game play
Cons: Useless options, might be too difficult for some

Before online multi-playing, gamers like us used to gather around a table and try to best each other in board games such as Risk. Nowadays, I find it hard to get that much entertainment while I have half-life installed on my computer, but once in a...

Pros: No lost pieces, can save longer games
Cons: A bother to constantly changes seats to play

Everyone wants to feel like they can conquer the world at one time or another. Risk is just the game for those moments. Just yesterday my little sister called me up begging to play. She couldn't get the idea out of her mind after hearing mom say,...

Pros: Everything
Cons: everything

Ahhh yes, risk. One of the greatest board games ever created. Many people have played the classic board games over the years (in fact I have 4 different boards). The game is built around the idea of you assuming command of an army. In the traditional...

Pros: graphics are better, more stable
Cons: removed most of the best portions of previous version

This is going to be a short review, because there really isn't much to say about the new version of Risk for the computer.

The original version - for the Macintosh, in its beautiful monochromatic form and quick play - was a staple at my...

Pros: The old game plus lots of added goodies, faster gameplay than the board game
Cons: I ran into a bug that wouldn't let me save

Risk is the classic game of taking over the world. Oh how I loved that board game. Unfortunately nobody would ever play with me, but now I have Risk for the computer. It's basically Risk plus a bunch of added bonuses. Thankfully nothing that made Risk...

Pros: Game play, variety of opponents, music and effects
Cons: Dice rolls seem to favor the computer far more than chance.

I've always been a Risk fan. Perhaps because it fulfills my male aggressive tendencies without actually hurting anyone, especially my wallet. If you're a heavy strategy game fanatic look elsewhere. There is a fair amount of thinking to be done, but...

Pros: As good as the board game.
Cons: "Ultimate Risk" Direct X issues.

My friends and I used to play Risk for hours when we were in high school. Heck, it just took that long. That is one thing that even the "Fast Dice" option on the PC version can't avoid. If you want to kill two or three hours this is a great...

Pros: Faithful conversation, retaining most of what made the original board game so good.
Cons: Save options and repetition.

OLD GAME - NEW FORMAT

The first thing to point out about this game, for those who don't already know, is that it is a conversion from a classic boardgame. Having seen other classic games ported to pc format, such as Monopoly, Trivial Pursuit...