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- Average Rating:2.7
- Helpful Votes:218
- Reviews Submitted:11
- First Review:October 29, 2012
- Most Recent Review:June 7, 2015
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The Game of Life ®
Spin the wheel and choose your path – the possibilities are endless! Stay single or say “I do”. Retire rich or lose it all. Anything can happen in The Game of Life!
Overall rating
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5 of 7 found this review helpful
Don't Waste Your Time!
PostedOctober 29, 2012
Snippycat
fromAnchorage, AK
Skill Level:Intermediate
Favorite Genre(s):Hidden Object, Card & Board, Strategy, Time Management, Puzzle
Fun Factor
1
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5
Visual/Sound Quality
1
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5
Level of Challenge
1
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5
Storyline
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5
I tend to like about half the games that get poor reviews. This is definitely one that deserves BAD reviews!
I used to play a PC version that is, sadly, no longer compatible with my OS. It had an enthusiastic announcer that helped keep track of what was going on...no such luck here. The other game's board had the spaces labeled and you could pull out to see the whole board at once. In this version, you can't tell where you're going, or where the other players are most of the time. None of the squares are labeled either. You only find out what it does when you land on it. Part of the strategy of the original game was seeing the other player's positions, the upcoming spaces, and routing options. You won't get any of that here. When given an option of which fork to take, you can't see the benefits/pitfalls of either. Just pick one blindly.
There is an info icon on each player's card, but it doesn't tell you anything when it's clicked during game play. You don't know how much income the others make, or what kind of risks they're taking. Another detriment to strategy. You do get to see each player's current cash and life tiles if you land on a space to take money from one of them, but this is no great bonus.
The most irritating new addition was the "sue for $100,000" space. While I can see potential strategic benefits and understand that its "updated" for today's players, it reminds me how over litigated the world has become. I play games to relax not live in a virtual mirror.
The best part was the skip button. It lets you skip over all the other player's actions. At least it gets the game over with faster.
I don't recommend this game.