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37 of 37 found the following review helpful:
Monopoly with a twist! Jul 18, 2007
By M. J. Petrie
My husband and I loved this game!! Besides the love of the tropical theme, it has different features that the original is missing. The biggest change is that it now uses a DVD instead of chance/community chest cards. All the properties are names of beaches, railroads are beach transportations, and utilites are solar power and wind power. The new tokens are the parrot, beach hat, scooter, cannon, flip flop, and sail boat. But enough about the pieces, lets talk game play.
The first thing you do is roll and the DVD will tell you which "job" you have (mayor, artist, surfer, developer, police chief)- each has their own bonus. Then you roll like you would normally- but if you look at one of the dies there is a TV picture on it. That means you choose the News Update on the DVD and stuff happen. There was a lot of decisions that the DVD asked of you that can effect the current player or somebody else. The game is much quicker due to some new rules (ie landing on Free Parking you can pick any unowned property and purchase it) and you can choose to develop tourist attractions(casino, pier,etc) instead of beach houses/resorts. These tourist properties can bring in some bucks too!
The bad news: The first kinda downer is that it is 3-5 players (which is hard on a couple like to play games together). Pieces looked a little cheap (plastic houses/hotels/piers etc and cardboard fortune pieces) hopefully they will last. Money tray still doesnt hold all the money options- not a big deal, just annoying. Some of the news update stuff is a little silly, but cute.
I felt like this was a fresh breath of air to a game that can feel pretty tedious after awhile. I would recommend to anyone who enjoys monopoly!
6 of 6 found the following review helpful:
 A distortion of the original monopoly, but fun all the same Dec 23, 2007
By M. Packham
"Stuart"
Monopoly 'Tropical Tycoon' ("MTT") is a DVD-driven version of the perennial original Monopoly. The object of the game is to obtain 'fortune tokens', which are amassed by accruing properties; making 'decisions' when asked to by the DVD; landing on Chance or Community Chest; and cashing in your remaining money at the end of the game. Along the way you can build 'beach houses' (houses) and 'resorts' (hotels); however, the game introduces four new buildings: the casino, the pier, the restaurant and the park. These can be built when the player owns a monopoly over a respective property group. All of them, ultimately, are there to make money (of course). They also vary in 'fortune token' value for those concerned about the end-game.
But what about the DVD, you ask? Well, the DVD introduces a number of new aspects to the game and re-invents a few of the old ones. For instance, instead of Chance and Community Chest cards being in hard-copy, one clicks the icon on the corresponding DVD icon to bring up the result. Further, new to the game is the introduction of a 'News Update', which is triggered by rolling an icon resembling a television on one of the two dice provided. These updates are nothing more than a Chance or Community Chest card in disguise, albeit prefaced with an irritating news update. Upon subsequent replays, these updates become tedious and repetitious. The result for the casino, pier, park and restaurant cards is also brought up on-screen through the DVD menu. The higher the value of your property with the expansion on it, the more you will be paid.
Against the backdrop of this panoply of expansions, you play Monopoly as per usual. Once again, the dice is king. If you are unfortunate enough not to roll well during the game, you might as well give all your money to the opposing players in advance. Without a monopoly you are powerless and in the thrall of your opponents.
This brings me to one of the more irritating aspects of the game. The expansions (restaurant, pier, casino and park) bring in a great deal more money than the beach houses or resorts. Let me illustrate. A restaurant on the yellow properties with houses either side can be built for $300. If another player lands on the restaurant, they will pay about $1,060. The amount of money a resort (i.e. a hotel in original monopoly) generates is about the same; however, it would cost upwards of $1,500 to put that resort in place. If another player built a casino on a yellow property you will probably wind up paying about $1,600. Again, the casino can be built for $300. This means that, as soon as you get a monopoly, from a very early part of the game you can take an insurmountable lead simply by building three casinos or two casinos and a restaurant, for instance. Whereas in the old monopoly you would have to spend a fair sum building up your houses in the hope of attracting a windfall, this is subverted by the introduction of these expansions. Landing on one of these will eliminate half your bank balance, leaving you hamstrung and leaving the other player able to buy up more expansions.
I do not believe that the expansions were thought through well enough. In all the games that I have played, the game has ended within an hour because the amounts that need to be paid are so enormous that it bankrupts a player if they are unlucky enough to land on it twice. This applies even to expansions built on the pink property lots. Yes, that's right - even expansions built on pink property lots will be devastating. Further, there seems to be an inordinate amount of 'pay $XX' events when you land on Chance or Community Chest. I do not remember there being so many in regular monopoly. It got to the point where I was laughing with my friends that Chance should be called 'Pay'.
I can see that the intention behind the game was to introduce a new element into Monopoly. MTT succeeds in doing this; however, the new elements were not properly considered. What could once be a game of give and take - a game of struggle and gradual success - has been rendered an arbitrary exercise in tedium. Further, for those kids out there, I can think of nothing more cruel than a child landing on a casino and being forced to pay $1,500 in the first few turns of the game. This, I imagine, would result in the waterworks commencing and the game being shelved for an indefinite period of time.
Stick to the original monopoly.
4 of 4 found the following review helpful:
 Island Monopoly-DVD game Dec 28, 2007
By Rita A. Peichel
"RAP"
What an awesome game! We played this as soon as it was unwrapped (as a Christmas gift). It was so nice to have a different version of an old game, but also have the rules pretty much the same. We love the fact that we could stop the game anytime and declare a winner. Monopoly has a tendancy to drag on & on and get quite brutal, but this was a fun and interesting interactive game that we will play over and over. Great for anyone and everyone (over 8 yrs old). Would recommend this game to all who love to play video AND board games!
2 of 2 found the following review helpful:
A great way to update a fantastic game! Apr 25, 2008
By Cricket
"Living life and loving it!"
I bought this game as a christmas present for the kids and somehow we didn't get around to playing it until just last night! It was a lot of fun for all of us. I liked the interactive Community Chest and the fact that you can stop playing at any time. It has several features the standard monopoly doesn't have besides the obvious DVD feature. You now are awarded fortune tokens for different events which can help you win in the end even if you don't have the most money/property. I was the first to go bankrupt last night, but that just makes me want to play again!
2 of 2 found the following review helpful:
Updated version much more fun Dec 28, 2007
By Hoolia
I recall Monopoly from my childhood and this updated version was much more appealing.
The DVD option was nice because it was a new twist but at times can slow the game down while you wait for the outcome. You do have 'choices' on Chance which wasn't available on the original card versions.
I've played it twice since I purchased it and it has been a great time and seems to go faster than the original.
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