I love monopoly but...
Im a type of person whos skills-set allows me to dominate in all my monopoly games. Im undefeated. I make 7 year olds cry and fill 90 year olds with minutes of regret. This monopoly app is very well produced. Images are flawless.
Now for the problems. Im on a monopoly level where no one will play a game with me anymore. I rely heavily on the AI opponents provided within the app. The programming of this app leads me to have several issues involving real world gameplay. Firstly: over my many games of monopoly Ive been able to get a feel for how the die are going to roll. More often than not, the numbers which are rolled in the app are too "convenient" for a real world simulation. If someone just built a hotel, someone is going to land on it within the next round. Secondly: to springboard from my first complaint of convenience, the AI always seems to be able to predict whats going to happen next and plans for it. For example, the AI will stop after building one house on each property leaving over 2000 in the bank. An average player would max out their budget to build houses in hopes that someone will land on it before their next turn. The computer always seems to know when theyre going to land on another players property in advance and plans their budget accordingly. So where the average player is going to lose money mortgaging and reselling houses, the computer is exempt from mortgages. Thirdly: the difficulty level of the AI seems to stem primarily from the ability to make trades with the AI. Level three doesnt allow any trade and level one allows all trade. Fourthly (is that even a word?): More players! Monopoly is amazing when you can max out the number of players playing. Three opponents is a good start but five would be much more entertaining. Lastly: itd be cool if we could change up the game a bit in the settings. While the average house rules are included others arent: immunity isnt an option (i.e. If youre trading for the third property for your set, itd be nice to offer a one or two stop immunity for that player whos trading you the final property). Another house rule which hasnt been fully exploited is the option of building unlimited houses/hotels. Once youre at your first hotel thats your max earning potential.
All in all an amazing game if you have players in the same room as you, but if youre playing against the computer youre out of luck.
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