Very addictive and fun!!!!

I waited a long time to buy this game because I was constantly debating whether or not to spend the money due to all the negative reviews, but I finally broke down and bought. I LOVE IT!!!! Its very addictive!!!! I play everyday!!! Please read my entire post to get in game details and descriptions of the game overview to give you a good idea of what you will be getting when you purchase this app.

A lot of reviews say that the AI is favored to win and/or cheats. I do not agree. I have won 30 out of 35 games against the AI playing various levels. I love the graphics. The game is identical to the classic board game version, but without having to do all the set up. Trades are fun and easy to do and the AI is usually pretty agreeable, but does turn some down if they are way too one sided.

The best way to win is to work hard to gain 3 of the same color and put up property before the AI does. You will be over there doing houses one at a time and he goes straight to hotels, which in the end is why he always loses. He may have 3 hotel properties compared to my 6 properties that have 2-3 houses each, so the odds are he is hitting on mine more than I am hitting on his. So then he has to start mortgaging everything and selling off his hotels to pay. Once I can start building houses it is not long before the AI goes bankrupt.

This is a great way to kill time. Its a fun game with great graphics and depending on how you play and what you buy, you can almost always win. I dont use the "house rules" feature so I cant comment on how good/bad that feature works because I stick to the basic game rules. Ive played this game pretty much my whole life and have never played this game with anyone using "house rules". Id honestly never even heard of that before I got the app. Im just not sure why anyone would change the rules of a game that comes with rules already set, but to each his own.

I felt like the pace of the game was actually pretty fast. I can honestly say it way faster than playing the board game version with other people. I also like that you can "pass" on buying a property that you land on and then it goes in to a bidding war and the highest bidder wins it. If you have more money than the other player or AI sometimes you can win the property for a cheaper price than just buying it straight up. You can pick your own game piece and you can pick the game piece that the AI uses. This was a good option to me because some pieces, like the thimble, sort of "hop" around the board and I got a massive headache from watching it hop. The dog and cat are the most fun to watch. The car and the ship seem to move around the board the quickest.

This is totally worth the $4.99 purchase price. I highly recommend this app!!! Five stars!!!!

Update July 13, 2017: I would say this is definitely proof that this game is not rigged in any way to favor the AI.

My current stats:

Overall record (won/played) 68/73
Record (easy) 49/54
Record (medium) 11/11
Record (hard) 8/8
Most money earned: 27k
Highest # houses: 32
Highest # hotels: 12

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