But I was surprised. This game is good. The many tutorials give you the kick in the pants you will need to get you started. Even if you've played other 'tycoon' games, you =will= need to refresh your knowledge of what you can do in Monopoly Tycoon.

The many scenarios for single players give you ample time to use what you've learned from the tutorials, and there's three levels of difficulty for each scenario. Try playing each scenario in all three of the difficulty modes: Bronze Cup (the easiest), Silver Cup (medium), and Gold Cup (the hardest). Some of the beginning tutorials are fairly easy in all three difficulty modes, but you will eventually find one that you cannot get past, even at the Bronze Cup level, without a little creative thought.

You can build a wide selection of businesses in each block, from apartments (people gotta have a place to live), to businesses, including those available for shopping in daytime (such as clothing stores and markets) and those available for entertainment at nighttime (such as theaters and nightclubs).

Play long enough, and the game adds even more new stores to build. Check the blocks that have apartments with the "poll" tool, and find out what your residents want you to build. People will come to those businesses first. And you'll make money faster than your competition, which is how you win.

There are many characters from the Monopoly game, each with their own personality traits that can be used to your advantage in each scenario. Try playing a few of the single player games as all of the characters and see what I mean.

And there's still people on the Internet that participate in Monopoly Tycoon online. Once you learn a bit more than the basics, try a multiplayer online game. You'll need all of what you learned about the game to win a multiplayer game.

I can recommend this game to anyone that has a love of tycoon games. I like it, and at this price, you can't beat it.

16 of 17 found the following review helpful:

Not Your Momma's Monopoly!!  Dec 30, 2003

If you are looking for an online version of the Parker Brother's Monopoly game; this ain't it. But, if you are looking for a really fun game with lots of challenging scenerios, then you'll enjoy this game. It is an imaginative The Sims meet Monopoly kind of thing. The graphics could be more sophisticated, but overall it is lots of fun and definitely not a waste of money. I would have liked to rate this a 4.5 because it is really better than the rating of 4 might make it seem.

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Almost Perfect!  Sep 14, 2004
By D. Cotto
This tycoon game was almost perfect. In my opinion it is a upgrade of playing the board game. You get to lease and auction property from the city and build stores, apartments and make money. Time goes by really fast in years and you see a little as far as the cars and the other way to tell is by the different type of stores available to open. Once in a while they give you a card and you either have to pay something or get money, similar to the board game. I really enjoyed it but I wish you can move on to the next level with what you have built instead of starting all over again at the new/next level. If it wasn't for that I would have graded it a 5.

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A nice twist to Monopoly  Oct 30, 2006
By Krystal
Great game...im a fanatic of the tycoon computer games...i find them to be very entertaining and they are a great way to pass the time....and real fast!!!....

Monopoly Tycoon is a good game...you can go for bronze, silver, and gold trophies for each scenario...

It has a very good tutorial within the game...it takes you through all of the features and you're ready to go once you go through the whole tutorial...

The first couple of scenarios are very short, but they serve to take you through the first steps so that you can get the hang of it...

Later on you play against up to 4 players, and it becomes harder but more exciting...the year doesnt end either...i had to go up to the year 2085 to win one time...so its great...the music is good too...

You get to create the store you want, set it at the price you want, build apartments, hotels, etc. Every couple of years more stores become unlocked and available for you to build...

An overall good game!


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Rucker the Millionaire  Nov 01, 2006
By Antoine M. Rucker Jr. "A.Rucker Jr"
This game was fun and exciting, it gave me the change to apply some of the things I was learning in ECON to real life, it also had an competitive aspect were you compete with the computer and its actaully a challenge!!! Played this game for hours while listening to Personal development, great game.

-Rucker the Millionaire
Man of God

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