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Risk II | 
 enlarge | From: Hasbro Interactive
Category: Video Games
List Price: $39.95
Buy New: $3.25
You Save: $36.70 (92%)
New (9) Used (2) from $1.99
Rating:  3 reviews
Sales Rank: 3844
Genre: Military and Historical Strategy Games
ESRB: Everyone
Media: Video Game
Operating System: windows-98-operating-system
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 4.9 x 0.5
UPC: 077708503478
EAN: 0077708503478
ASIN: B000652U0W
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Classic Game or Simultaneous-Turn options | | • | Choice of 3-D Globe or Classic Flat Map | | • | Superior graphics with animated battles | | • | Mission-based play with preset objectives. New territory depth enhances attack and defense strategies | | • | PC: Windows 95/98/ME (works w/ XP tested) |
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Product Description
Play the Classic Game under the familiar rules, trading cards for armies and rolling the dice to outdo your opponent. Play the 'Same-Time-Turn' option for a whole new Risk experience.
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| Customer Reviews:
 Designed by some 9-year-old child October 18, 2008
I've loved playing Risk for decades. It's one of my favorite game-playing memories from my "formative years". This particular game looks good, has some interesting options, and hasn't crashed on me yet. That being said, I will never play it again.
It's absolutely infuriating to play this game because the AI is so, SO godawful. Utilizing "strategy" that calls for habitually stopping short of the border of another player's continent when the other opponent has only one (1) army on the border, the upshot is that some players are allowed to hold continents and continue to build extra armies, all for lack of one simple die roll. After a few repetitions of this beginner's mistake, very quickly this game descends into a contest of which opponent plays more stupidly than the other.
It's almost as if the players had an ongoing silent peace treaty- such treaties are part of the game, of course, but when such passivity occurs every single time then after a while it becomes clear that this is just a programming shortcoming. In the several games I've played so far, I've entered into several treaties and the average length of time that transpires before the other player breaks the treaty is 2 turns. So it seems unlikely that one can blame the passive approach on "contractual agreements".
Also, armies are left in small groups of 3 or 4 on countries in the interior of continents- countries that will never see any action- instead of being concentrated on the borders where they're needed. This is a mistake typical of a 9-year-old, and players who make decisions like this are easy to beat in a game with a small number of opponents. But when multiple players are in action they make so many bad decisions that the effect is that they may as well be teaming up against you.
Nothing that a smart player can do can overcome the collective stupidity of the other players. By failing to make common sense moves they give so much advantage to everyone else that they make it virtually impossible for the reasonably skilled player to win.
I appreciate that this isn't chess, but there's very little reward competing in a game that's so poorly designed.
Anyone want my copy of Risk 2? I'll let it go for 49 cents.
 No Dice October 18, 2007
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I purchased this for my boyfriend as a gift. He loves the board game, and was able to easily teach me how to play on this. Graphics are great, the sound is entertaining for a while, but it gets a littl bit agravating. I thought it was great on the pc, but he thought it was better as a board game because he gets to roll the dice by hand. Personal preference there I suppose. He said the dice are half the fun of the game. Risk does get you thinking and stratagizing. It's probably good to boost your IQ, though that's just my thought. I don't know. Oh, one more thing. If you're in a bad mood and want to just take over the world, break out a pc game of Risk and go for TOTAL DOMINATION. Lol
 Risk 2 July 5, 2007
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Love this game and the same time version is awesome. Great buy for all who like risk.
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