Windows 3.x

Risk

Written by  :  PCGamer77 (3025) Written on  :  Jan 21, 2001 Rating  :

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Summary

A bad computer version of a great boardgame.

The Good

It's still Risk. It was also fairly easy to erase from my hard drive.

The Bad

This version of Risk was shoddy even by the standards of the day. The AI was dumb but lucky, which is always maddening to the human player. But the worst thing about this game is the complete lack of human contact or human-like behavior. There isn't a diplomacy module, and you don't even have pieces to move and dice to toss, so the computer version is actually WORSE than the old-fashioned boardgame, even if you were to play the boardgame by yourself. I heartily recommend one of the Hasbro/MicroProse versions of Risk if you have to play this on the PC.

The Bottom Line

A major disappointment, and a game to avoid no mattter how cheap you find it.