The classic board game updated
Monopoly is the well-loved and classic board game turned PC game that lets you acquire property and compete with friends to obtain the most money.
Most people probably have fond memories of playing Monopoly and other similar board games with friends and family as children. Its combination of classic board-game fun and cut-throat boardroom capitalism make Monopoly the perfect accompaniment to growing up in the 1980s.
Monopoly Here & Now is an updated edition of the popular classic, featuring the same reliable gameplay and board, with updated locations, utilities and situations. For example, the spaces where the four railroads would go on the original game have popular aiprots like O'Hare International and JFK in New York instead. The traditional Monopoly utility spaces have also been changed to paying interest on credit cards and cell phone service fees. The amount of money dealt with at every stage in the game is quite different too. You can't buy a property for $60 like in the old days!
The design of Monopoly Here & Now is immediately familiar, but it includes numerous new elements such as animated characters and pieces. Actually, the animations start to become slightly annoying after about five minutes (and you can't deactivate them in the options menu). The music and sound effects that permeate the game can be deactivated, which is fortunate because they're irritating after about five seconds.
Monopoly's other elements like mortgaging and auctions are fairly well implemented, though whenever the computer makes a move, the alert window still reads "Click on a property you would like to mortgage", which might confuse some users into making them think there's something more they need to do when it's not even their turn.
Monopoly Here & Now is a fun re-telling of the classic game, let down only somewhat by its repetitive animations and sounds.
User reviews about Monopoly
by Gary Hannah
I love it but it won't allow me to purchase the full version, help!
by Patty Kimberlin
I play against the computer, and am still able to enjoy the game
by Tricia Burke
I love Monoply.
Monopoly can teach us alot of things. It can teach you how to invest and become wealthy. I am teaching my children the game, I want them to know the secret of investments from now. More
by Anonymous
A ruined classic Monopoly. Childish, stupid animations flying everywhere.
They have ruined the classic nice and cozy Monopolygame by making a show for amphetaminusers to look at. Idiotic and completely silly animations flying around with no control. From here to there and where.. totally confusing and stupid. Why cant it be the board with the players ownings along each side? Drop the clowny animations and make it elegant and classic and overviewable
Pros:
That its the classic monopoly gameboard
Cons:
They have ruined the classic view and gameexperience by making redicolous animations and very bad overvew More
by Anonymous
A ruined classic Monopoly. Chidish, stupid animations flying everywhere.
They have ruined the classic nice and cozy Monopolygame by making a show for amphetaminusers to look at. Idiotic and completely silly animations flying around with no control. From here to there and where.. totally confusing and stupid. Why cant it be the board with the players ownings along each side? Drop the clowny animations and make it elegant and classic and overviewable More
by Anonymous
Great game for 60 mins. Seems to be no way to obtain the full version..
Used up the 60 mins. Game will actually let you continue playing until you close out the application. I must have killed like 6 hours. Was Very satasified with game, only to be met with an epic fail. Get script errors and webpage missing messages when I try to buy the full version of this game. The links supplied with the game just simply do not work. At first I thought it was my firewall / Antivirus. Disabled them, just to see the same result. Such a pity really.Everything else, lived up to my expectations. It's a crying shame that, I can't even pay these people. Am I missing something?Setup:
Windows 7 Ultimate (Updated)
Kaspersky A/V
Really need to know more? LOL
Pros:
Interface is very simple.
Human player support.
Cons:
Once the 60 mins are up, if you close the application, it cannot be started again without paying. And since the links to pay for the game do not work, its abandonware now.
No way to pay for the game. Links seem to be broken. More