Game » consists of 3 releases. First released on Jun 23, 2010
Similar to Catan and Carcassone, this is a fun, fast, and frenetic XBLA-to-board-game conversion. The ease of computer automation makes it possible to play a lot of matches and learn strategy. The art style is delightful and brightens up the game. There's a low amount of "campaign" content, but like Catan/Carcassone, it's about playing lots of custom games.
Risk: Factions is a pleasant surprise to most people. A lot of people, myself included, downloaded the demo expecting the game to be translated to the Xbox Live Arcade in the most generic fashion possible. This couldn’t be farther from the typical port. The game features awesome animation, easy to play gameplay, and some of the best times you can have with an XBLA game. The singleplayer component features both a campaign and custom skirmish games to be played against the game’s A.I. T...
*As seen in Luchazine #2 Boards games are a perfect fit for XBLA. Anyone who has played RISK in their life knows the game can go on for hours until a Humans vs. Cats, the ultimate struggle. victor is declared ruler of the world. Stainless Games injected their own concept of objectives players can race to accomplish, thus making most full games about an hour. This new concept makes RISK an entirely different game, and one I don't really care for. Thankfully, purists can stick ...
