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Risk (1996 video game)

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reviewed the PlayStation version of the game, rating it two stars out of five, and stated that "For Risk fanatics who sometimes have trouble convening games with human opponents, this is a decently satisfying quick fix, as you can play against several computer players. But for anyone else, it's an
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for failing to recreate the experience of board game play, but called it "a moderately enjoyable game" overall.
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an improvement over previous computer adaptations of the board game, and wrote that "in some ways,
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s 1996 "Classic/Puzzle Game of the Year" award, which ultimately went to
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unexciting, uninspiring, unimpressive interpretation of a classic game."
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as "a superb enhancement to a classic game." Reviewing the game for
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Staff (April 1997). "Best of the Bunch; Finalists Named for
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Developer(s)
BlueSky Software
Publisher(s)
Hasbro Interactive
NA
Genre(s)
Turn-based strategy
turn-based strategy
video game
same name
Hasbro Interactive
Computer Gaming World
Next Generation
PC Gamer (UK)
PC PowerPlay
PC Zone
Next Generation
Computer Gaming World
Monopoly CD-ROM
PC Zone
PC Gamer UK
artificial intelligence
Next Generation
Computer Gaming World
Baku Baku Animal
"Online Gaming Review"
the original

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