Comments on: The Making of: Monopoly Tycoon

By: Out Reach

Out Reach — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 20:22:50 +0000

I’ve had it for ages but it won’t install on my new PC :\

By: Paul Emil

Paul Emil — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 13:00:25 +0000

I got this for a birthday a while back. I thought it sucked (Opinion! Opinion! Not a troll!). I guess economic games have never really been my strength. See also: Capitalism series (which I personally hate).

By: yxxxx

yxxxx — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 14:27:40 +0000

I loved this game at the time and still do.
It was a really great use off the monopoly license.

By: Schmung

Schmung — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 08:55:33 +0000

I’ve got a copy of this stashed away somewhere. Jolly good fun. I played through it and then my dad did the same. This comment rings very true :

My main complaint about the original game was that the motivations behind the ebbs and flows of the economy weren’t always obvious enough, so you’d be wondering why your cinema’s revenue had plummeted and couldn’t find out why.

This was what eventually killed it for me I think, but I’m actually quite tempted to dig it up and start playing again as I’ve fond memories of it. Nice interview as well.

By: John

John — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 00:06:34 +0000

I too bought this from the PC Gamer review. I was working at an EB then, and after playing it like crazy sold the hell out of it – likewise crazy-like. Everybody loved it.

I personally was really impressed with the way that it managed to incorporate the multiplayer in a way that seemed fluid and interesting.

By: Maskatron

Maskatron — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 17:54:22 +0000

It’s been quite awhile since I played it but I remeber being blown away by it since all I was looking for was a competent computer version of Monopoly. It is so much more than that.

By: hydra9

hydra9 — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 14:59:54 +0000

It’s only a pound or so, plus shipping, on Amazon…

By: Lucas

Lucas — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 13:49:46 +0000

There’s something special about economic strategy games symmetrically designed such that the single player is just like the multiplayer. Startopia and 1701 AD also both spring to mind (freeplay wise).

I didn’t play very much Monopoly Tycoon (I usually tried on too high a difficulty and lost quickly), but it was enjoyable and impressively unique.

By: Filipe

Filipe — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 13:29:24 +0000

I remember getting this for free in a box of cereal. I was pleasantly surprised how good it was, given it’s source.

By: cHeal

cHeal — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 10:29:07 +0000

Not a patch on Rollercoaster Tycoon but Monopoly was an excellent game. It didn’t just make the board game a computer game, it adapted the board game for the gaming medium. Brilliantly realized, it managed to offer a thoroughly enjoyable management game with the underlying mechanics of the board game intact.

I bought this on release but gave it away to an old work mate (along with a load of other old games) years ago. I’d probably be tempted to pick it up on budget again if I saw it at the right price.

By: Matthew

Matthew — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 09:55:00 +0000

I did the same when I saw it on budget release.

By: Kieron Gillen

Kieron Gillen — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 08:02:31 +0000

Rob: Yeah, that was one of mine. Glad it worked for someone.