Monopoly game gets a makeover

[SandEagle]

http://finance.yahoo.com/career-wor...but-will-die-hard-fans-buy-it?mod=family-home

'Monopoly' Gets a Makeover, but Will Die-Hard Fans Buy It?

by Lindsay Robertson
Thursday, February 4, 2010

©HasbroHasbro has unveiled the design of the new 75th anniversary edition of their classic board game, Monopoly, set to hit stores in fall of 2010. "Monopoly: Revolution Edition" is slick and round instead of dull and square, with debit cards and an ATM instead of paper money and a banker, clear plastic representations of the classic tokens (bye-bye, little boot!), and clips of popular songs (like Rihanna’s "Umbrella," Daniel Powter’s "Bad Day," and Beyonce's "Crazy in Love") that play after certain actions.
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M This is not the first game to get a modern reboot (there’s an update to the classic Trivial Pursuit, and Scrabble got a face-lift for its 60th anniversary), but Monopoly’s changes will undoubtedly appeal to the 21st century's techie youngsters. For one thing, the adjusted-for-inflation prizes are more impressive.
Players can collect $2 million dollars for passing “Go” instead of a mere $200 — practically what the average kid gets for losing a tooth these days. But it's bound to annoy die-hard fans of the comforting classic version, who might send it directly to jail come next fall. (At least they can take comfort in the fact that Monopoly: Revolution retains the classic Atlantic City-based street system.)
So far, the Internet echo chamber's biggest criticism focuses on the new version's tight security. It seems that when it comes to Monopoly, half the fun comes from cheating by stealing from the till when nobody's looking, a loophole the new version closes with its fancy electronic banking. (However, an electronic banking version has actually been on the market for years.) Surely our nation's tech-savvy youth will somehow find a way to game the "Monopoly" system, assuming they can be pried away from screens long enough to start a game.

replacing cash with credit cards? songs? no boot? round board? wtf is this world coming to?

 

[Terabyte]

songs? wtf lol

 

[lxskllr]

It sucks. I hope, and expect it to go the way of New Coke.

 

[FoBoT]

is that online, PC/MAC or console?

 

[mugs]

"Monopoly: Revolution Edition" is slick and round instead of dull and square,

Yeah, but the gameplay is still dull and boring.

 

[geno]

The Crystal Pepsi of the the 2010's

 

[Zenmervolt]

Yay. Another "board game" that needs batteries.

ZV

 

[BeauJangles]

Does it play "Party in the USA" when you win?

 

[Newbian]

You don't win. You just do a little better each time.

 

[dbk]

do not want

 

[CPA]

clear plastic representations of the classic tokens (bye-bye, little boot!)

This will not fly...You can't get rid of the top hat, boot, car or thimble, that's absurd.

 

[Platypus]

Ugh, fuck that shit. I played some classic board games that they've redone over the past year or so with my young cousins and they totally fucked them up beyond repair. I remember the game Life being awesome as a kid, you could play the stock market and all sorts of shit.. now its completely different and shitty. I cannot imagine how putting some awful auto-tuned music into a classic like Monopoly could be anything but a complete failure. Debit cards? Are you going to buy a piece of land on your debit card? That shit doesn't even make sense.

 

[techs]

So there's going to be new spaces to land on like "Housing bubble collapses"?

 

[destrekor]

people cheated at Monopoly by stealing from the bank? lol that's just fucking pathetic

 

[dawp]

I don't mind the round board, but every thing else can go.

 

[shortylickens]

Or you could just play on the computer which keeps track of EVERYTHING for you and doesnt even require other people to play.

 

[Patranus]

My version is better

 

[disappoint]

Or you could just play on the computer which keeps track of EVERYTHING for you and doesnt even require other people to play.

Link? Do you play on a site or a stand alone game?

Umbarella ella ella eh eh eh under my umbarella ella ella eh eh eh eh eh eh...

 

[Gothgar]

weak

 

[Babbles]

I played the pervious edition where there was an electronic ATM type bank, the properties were renamed (e.g. Boardwalk became Times Square) and all of the prices were like 10x higher.

I did not care for it much. It was somewhat annoying to have to relearn what properties were what as well as learning the new prices. The electronic bank was hit and miss. It was nice not having to worry about dealing with the paper money, but during more complicated transaction in the latter part of playing it was a major pain.

I would still be open minded in giving it a try, but I don't think I would shell out money myself to play it.

 

[Chaotic42]

What about giving a campaign donation in exchange for some exclusive hotel building rights?

 

[Riceninja]

i read right up to "rihanna's umbrella"

 

[Whoozyerdaddy]

Epic... Fail...

 

[Sea Moose]

where can you plug in the tv?

 

[grrl]

i read right up to "rihanna's umbrella"

That's where I quit too.