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Game Information
Release Date: November 11, 2009
Developers: Electronic Arts
Platforms: iPhone, iPad, iTouch, Android
Genre: Board Game
Players: 1-4

Synopsis
Take a ride on the Reading Railroad! Buy Boardwalk! Go directly to jail! Enjoy classic MONOPOLY play in the tradition of the beloved, best-selling board game. Its GO time! From Marvin Gardens and Water Works to Park Place, own and manage the famous holdings of the MONOPOLY board, which comes to life with animated tokens and interactive features. Shake your device to roll the 3D dice. Tap the screen to manage your properties. Building a house on Baltic Avenue, taking a Chance, or opening the Community Chest are easy with intelligent design and intuitive controls. Play through 3 levels of difficulty and save games in progress. Also customize the number of players, the house rules, and even the game environment.

Gameplay
The rules are very simple and especially easy if players have played the Monopoly board game. Of every player in the game, their own purpose is to seize as many properties as they can and have other players go bankrupt before them. When players land on a property, they can either purchase or auction the property. Players can choose a token of their choosing to move around the board with. At the beginning of a match, the turns are randomized to see which player goes first. Once a property is owned, any other players that land on them will have to pay a rent fee to the owner of that property. When a player purchases a property, their color will be placed underneath the property they bought to show other players who it belongs to. For each colored property, there are colors that three or two properties will be in. By purchasing all the properties for that one particular color, players will then be able to build houses and hotels for those properties which increase the rent price when other players land on them. If players rolls 'doubles', that player gets to roll again but if the player rolls doubles three times, they automatically go to jail. When a player declares bankruptcy, the player who got them out will automatically be given that player's property since they couldn't afford to pay the rent owed. Players can also trade one another for money, property, and other items that would benefit players. Players can also earn money from passing 'GO' or landing on a Community Chest or Chance card, but can also loose money as well. Those cards also come out with other factors that will either aid or hurt players. Players who can't afford to pay off rent or need money, they can mortgage the properties they own and get receive money from those.

Graphics
For being a mobile version, the graphics are nicely done and contain fantastic clarity and textures. The board game itself is nicely furbished and clean to look upon. The texts on all around the board are sharp and crisp for players to read even from a distance. The icons on around the board look spectacular to how they resemble the icons on the actual Monopoly board game. The tokens look very well done and have great detail to see the small little details implemented on them. The different board locations each have their own array of different colors to fit the background of the game and really makes them unique. The gameplay is real smooth and the field of view is very clear to see everything on the board. Overall, the graphics are fantastic and appealing upon sight and really makes the game more pleasing to play.

Controls
There are really only two different controls players will have to perform. Firstly, when players roll the dice, players need to shake their mobile device in any sort of fashion then stop to release the dice and see what they roll. The other control being their finger to perform actions such as trading, selecting items, mortgaging, buying or selling houses, and other actions players might do throughout the game. Overall, the controls are nothing too advanced for even the newest players to mobile games and are just the basics for controls like most other mobile games.

Rating
Gameplay: 8.8/10
Graphics: 9.3/10
Controls: 9.5/10
Overall: 9.3/10