Ultimate Risk brings tons of new features to the classic game. For a start, you get realistic terrain types like forests, jungles, mountains, swamps etc, all of which affect how your units perform in these areas.
You can erect capitol buildings and forts to strengthen your territories, and use generals to better organise your units and broaden your strategic options. One of the best new features is the option to take enemy units as prisoners of war instead of killing them, so you can use them as a bargaining tool against your opponents.
And, of course, you get action sequences which kick in when both you and your opponent have ten units or more before going into battle. These battles look quite smart but, unfortunately, you can't control the units yourself. Ultimate Risk also has five different game maps to play on, Internet and modem play and the option to play against human opponents on the same pc and lots of other little tweaks that make it far more exciting to play than the classicversion of the game.
In summary then, Hasbro have taken a classic board-game, put it on pc, and brought lots of new features to it, and I for one enjoyed it. It's addictive, highly replayable, and it looks quite smart too. So, wonderful as Risk is, it unfortunately isn't the Steel Empire for the 90s affair I was hoping against hope it would be.
Now if you don't mind, I'm just going to retreat into a corner and cry my eyes out for a couple of days. If you love Risk, but hate it when your opponent wipes their hand across the board to disrupt the game, then you should fire up your PlayStation for a good round of clutter-free, strategic action.
While it's not spectacular, this version of Risk accurately represents the classic board game and comes with four modes, three objectives, and eight-player capability. The graphics and control serve the game well, while the maps are very colorful and accurately depict each continent. A point-and-click interface makes it easy to move your armies and attack, and the sound is adequate, with minimal war effects «and a soothing battle overture.
Fans of the board game will jfeally dig Risk on the PlayStation. In case you didn't know, Hasbro Interactive has an old habit of taking traditional board games and spicing them up with full-motion video, new features and alternate rule sets. Risk is the latest classic to receive this friendly treatment. This PlayStation disc has two games. Classic Risk is the game most of us are familiar with. Up to eight players can compete on a number of different stages including the original world map from the board game and a host of new ones.
You can change a number of options and rules to fit the game to your liking. It introduces several new facets to the simple formula. Now, you must deal with terrain, weather effects, POWs and rebel forces.
You can construct forts, defend capital cities, create alliances, use power-ups, create super troops, choose offensive and defensive formations, set booby traps and much more. Hasbro has breathed new life into a classic. If you've ever been a fan of the board game, then you won't want to miss this totally fresh experience.
This isn't the Risk you grew up with. Many Saturday evenings of my youth were spent warring and scheming over a game of Risk with my friends. I could go into long tirades about allying with so-and-so, or how we all snorted Pepsi out of our noses laughing when what's-his-name got stuck in Australasia again.
But we're in the '90s, so let's see what happens when Hasbro Interactive attempts to translate this classic board game to the PC environment. Part of the challenge in translating a popular board game to the PC is keeping what people liked about the original, yet enhancing it enough to make it successful in the new setting.
If you mess with tradition too much, you will end up alienating the devoted fans of the original -- those who are most likely to purchase the game. Yet at the same time, if all you do is make an electronic version of the old game, you will probably not attract enough of a new audience to reach the next plateau of success. Hasbro Interactive has found the perfect solution to this dilemma by making their new Risk really two games in one.
For the traditionalists like myself, they've provided Classic Risk, a perfect rendition of the original even down to the monotonous dice rolling. For those who want to expand their Risk experience, there is Ultimate Risk, structurally tied to the old Risk, but with many new and fun additions built in. Hasbro's Classic Risk is everything you think it should be, and more. If you want to, you can exactly replicate a game of the old Risk on your computer screen -- from the random territory card distribution to reinforcement placement and continent control.
But this version of Classic Risk gives you some cool new options. For starters, there are numerous maps to choose from: the original World Map, as you'd find in the board game; the World Map c. Furthermore, you can choose from three different game objectives: World Domination the last one standing wins , Capital Risk where you try to capture your opponent's capital , and Mission Risk where you need to fulfill the mission on a card dealt to you, e.
The turn sequences are what you would remember. First you place your reinforcements, then you choose where to make your attack s ; next you free move some troops between two neighboring territories, and finally you get a card if you conquered at least one territory. Lather, Rinse, Repeat. While I was very comforted by the option of playing the original Risk, and though it served as a nice re-introduction, it wasn't long before my curiosity regarding Ultimate Risk got the better of my more traditional side.
This is where I'd like to focus my review, for I feel that Ultimate Risk is what makes this title worth buying for the general gaming public.
Let me explain right away that Ultimate Risk probably won't cut the mustard for those strictly devoted to the intricacies of the Talonsoft or SSI war games. After all, this is still Risk , and as such, it has an inbred element of chance which I find exciting but that may frustrate more die-hard wargamers. That being said, I would suggest that Ultimate Risk is the wargame for the rest of us.
There is enough of the original Risk here to avoid a steep learning curve, yet this enhanced version of the game provides many wonderful new wrinkles. Let me describe a few:. You can build forts to protect the boundaries of your empire. The forts are entirely defensive, but also sturdy. They allow you to feel pretty well guarded against attack, and free up your troops for use elsewhere. You can have up to five generals at a time.
They lead your attacking armies to greater success on the battlefield, and actually gain rank with victory, making them even more effective. The pesky rebels will arise randomly in any weakly protected territories. Therefore, you can't just walkthrough an area and leave one battalion in each territory. You should have at last three in each. Rebels are like any other army in that, given the strength, they too can build generals and forts.
Realistic Terrain. Terrain acts like terrain in Ultimate Risk. You can't place forts in mountains, for instance. This adds a nice touch of realism. Prisoners of War. When you defeat an enemy, you may capture some of its troops. These can be traded back to that army for the return of your own captured battalions. Natural Disasters. Watch out for these. At the end of every round, they randomly strike territories on the board, and if they kill all of your troops in a given territory, rebels will gladly step in to take over—another good reason to have more than one battalion in each territory.
Ultimate Risk is more strategic than Classic Risk. When you attack or defend, instead of rolling dice, you will select an attack or defensive formation e.
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