Kyle Harrison

At first the game was fun and enjoyable to play against friends on both the classic (should be normal monopoly rules) game and speed die. However after a few games we noticed that their are a few glitches and mistakes. For example houses can only be built drying your turn. If in the case of a limited number of houses their is no auction which defers from the normal monopoly board game rules. This can be detrimental to some players after a trade has gone down and allowed others depending on who follows who on the turns to have priority to buy houses. If you land on a expensive but I bought property that isn’t affordable at the moment (not enough cash in hand) you don’t have the opportunity to mortgage off other properties that you do own. As such it forces an auction that you are most likely won’t win due to limited cash. This problem can be reduced if you mortgage on a previous turn upon examining the bought and expecting to land on the property. Their is no option to 3 or 4 or 5 etc way trades. As such players may have to negotiate in a party before carrying out such a action. In the instance a player backs out of the deal after receiving what they need and deceiving the other players then there’s nothing anybody can do to stop that from happening. Players can only examine the full board and make deals on their turn only which is only a minor issue considering the rest of the post. Lastly a glitch in the game was my mate upon being forced to pay a large amount of money like 1300, were unable to sell his hotels due to no houses being left in the bank to gain some cash. In normal monopoly what should happen is the whole colour set is forced to sell all the houses and hotels and the player given the right amount of cash. If they had remaining cash after paying the rent due they could buy back some of the houses that went into the bank if there was any remaining. In monopoly plus however their is no option to do this and as such my mate could not raise the money to pay and although he had 3/4 of the board most with houses and hotels was forced to declare bankruptcy which ruined the game since he was still in the most powerful position. If this glitch isn’t fixed then the only option is to never built hotels in the off chance you get unlucky and can’t afford to pay due to a bug preventing you from raising money by selling hotels and houses due to a housing shortage. I’ve only played 6 hours and have already came across these problems that shouldn’t be in a classic monopoly board game. Although I’ve had fun these issues can sometimes be game breaking. In conclusion I don’t believe the game to be worth 11 and upon knowing these issues would only pay for the game if at a discounted price of £5 or less. If these issues were fixed the game would be extremely enjoyable 1/2 star rating for me