A bit too much here and now? (Monopoly Here and Now: The World Edition)

Member Name: Xx-Sarah-xX

Product:	Monopoly Here and Now: The World Edition
Date:	29/01/09 (46 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Still a fun game

Disadvantages: Takes more time with the whole bank card machine thing

Monopoly is a well known game and many versions have been distributed since the original in 1933. This much loved game is all about properties and money dealing. It is for 2 to 8 player and from ages 8 and upwards. The aim of the game is to get the most properties/money/hotels and houses on properties, if your the last one standing, then you win! To start with, the properties you can buy have changed in this version and starting from the lowest value (the brown properties) to the riches (dark blue/purple properties) and I will name them all now.
- Gdynia
-Taipei
-Tokyo
-Barcelona
-Athens
-Istanbul
-Kyiv
-Toronto
-Rome
-Shanghai
-Vancouver
-Sydney
-New York
-London
-Beijing
-Hong Kong
-Jerusalem
-Paris
-Belgrade
-Cape Town
-Riga
-Montreal

It still has the Chance and Community chest cards, some similar to older games and some newer. The free parking is different in this version as you cannot pick up money from the board centre, instead it gives you time in the game to buy houses/hotels if you want to. This game doesn't deal this money, each player gets a 'credit card' each starting with 150k each which is already preloaded on each card. A machine comes with this game which when you put the cards in it you can deduct, swap from card to card, or add money to a card. Also they have some different game board pieces in this including a mobile phone, a burger, and a hot air balloon.

~My thoughts~
Okay so the monopoly manufacturers have updated this game and made it very modern with bank cards and even the game pieces can relate to people better than a bankers hat or a plane.
I personally prefer the game where you handle money and have a set banker to the game just because its fun to have hold of your own money and if your like my sister then get to take the occasional $100 secretly from the bank :P Also the machine that adds and removes money is very noisy with a beeping sound, which is interesting and something new at first but then gets very annoying, they could of least made a button to turn down the sound!

All in all a great family game but I will defiantly be sticking to the older versions of the game.

Summary: 6/10, great idea but not really my cup of tea!