Monopoly (Sony Playstation 3, 2008)

It's nice to just chill out on the couch and play Monopoly without counting money. You can play regular game with AI, but the other game style requires 4 players.

Will have to say that the repetative narration gets old FAST and is a major slowdown of the game. The change rules ability is pretty flexible, yet there should be an option that if you land on a property it's able to just simply be passed up, instead you have to buy or run an auction. We get around this by not bidding on the property during the auction.

Dissapointing that you can't do online play. I know a full game can be very long, but the ability to play live people in certain modes would have been a nice feature. Also lacks the abilty to have some save game slots. What if I was involved in a game with one other that needed to be picked back up later..... Then at the same time there is the family game that gets played.... The mini games can be both fun and frustrating as the contols I don't feel are nearly as smooth as they could be.

I would go 3.5 stars for the game. Solid Monopoly play, but lacking thought in some simple designs. Extra game modes add to the playability, but Monopoly is what I mainly shelled out the green backs for. I won't complain too bad as I picked it up for less than half the local game store wanted for a used copy.

MONOPOLY - is mostly a fun family game, that you can emjoy with other players. Solo play is a bit boring but with others as the game is suppose to be played, it shines :D. Being able to play with one controller for multiple players is great, new richest mode is different :S and new boards make the old MONOPOLY that much better. The only down side to this game is the turn speed. If the animation speed and turn speed itself was faster the game play would be less about watching your turn pass then actually interacting with the game.

Overall - Great Game for the Price :D

Very fun game to play with family and friends, it has different boards you can earn by buying properties which helps to keep it fresh. Also it has new game modes with minigames, fun and quick ways to play. the only thing i dont like is the old guys voice telling me the same things over and over, but overall its very fun

I've always been a fan of Monopoly and have purchased most of the official computer game adaptations of the game. It's been a while since a good one was released so I was excited to see this come out. Over all, this is a good game, with pretty good and challenging AI characters. The game offers more than just the traditional game, by including both the Monopoly and Richest editions, as well as mini-games if you're short on time. The Monopoly edition starts with the classic board, and as you complete games new boards become available. Most of the "House Rules" you expect are present and easily configured at the start of the games, except trade house rules - there is no "free pass" option available. You can play up to 4 humans, or up to 3 AIs (at least one human and 1 AI required), and game play can be extended over several sessions if desired.

My only issues are within the game play itself. The game is nicely animated and narrated, the latter which can become annoying very quickly as the same phrases are repeated over and over and over as actions are taken. The background music is also repetitive and you find yourself quickly looking for the volume control to turn it down (off). There are no options to reduce the narration, turn off the excessive animations, or change/stop the background music. None of these are a show stopper - just turning the volume down resolves most of them. The game also does not have on-line playing, so if you no longer want to play with the AIs and have no other humans at home, you're out of luck. Over all, a good rendition of the game, closer to 3.75 stars for me.

This game is everything that the original board game was, plus with extra fun sidegames. The regular gameplay part is so nice to play without having to handle all the money by hand. Letting the PS3 do all the dirty work makes gameplay go much faster then the board game. A really nice thing about the PS3 version is that it will save your game for you at whatever spot you are at when you quit. The alternate version (richest) is an interresting and different twist of the game which is fun to play for a while, but mostly seems to hinge on a lot of luck.

A few downfalls of the game are the repetitive auto-responses/commentary from the game. Along with a few small items such as haveing to repetitively push the continue button for the next player to get to their turn.

If your objective of this game is to have a fun and playable version of Monopoly, then this is a great choice. If you are looking for an extreamly high-tech version of Monopoly to go with your PS3, this may not yet be the choice for you.