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[GAME ON] RISK: Factions. Out now!
Raiden333
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What's better than Risk? Online Risk, so there's no chance of being stabbed or strangled in real life when you betray someone. This is coming out on XBLA next week.
More importantly: It's ridiculously silly:
Ok, if you're anything like me, that right there just sold you on this game. But here's the nitty gritty:
I know I'm not the only Risk-geek out there. Can we turn this into a [Game On] in a week?
Dibs on Chairman Meow.
More importantly: It's ridiculously silly:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hi_3TT89hKQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8M_8muRe3YM&feature=channel
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ff4c0jbOa-4&feature=channel
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bcqxtnxhz7A&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NPLKlf67c3M
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8M_8muRe3YM&feature=channel
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ff4c0jbOa-4&feature=channel
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bcqxtnxhz7A&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NPLKlf67c3M
Ok, if you're anything like me, that right there just sold you on this game. But here's the nitty gritty:
EA borrowed some of the streamlined rules from Hasbro's 2008 update and added some story and humor to the game. The 2008 rules are more objective based and make the game go by faster. To win, players must meet three objectives. In a two person game there will be five possible goals, but as you add players more objectives become available, and everyone scrambles to meet them first. Examples include controlling four barracks, controlling three connected cities, or taking control of seven territories in one turn. You start each game by placing your capital, and even if you've achieved three objectives you can't win if you've lost control of that capital city.
But, of course, if all you want to do is play some classic Risk, you can do that, too.
Traditionally, you only have one Risk map to work with. EA has added multiple maps and dynamic terrain for Risk: Factions. For instance, you might find a dam on a map -- take control of it, and you can flood several territories, wiping out any armies stationed there. Other maps will include volcanoes that can cause a lot of destruction.
There are five playable factions in all, and you'll unlock a new one in each chapter. The factions don't have different abilities, so games will be balanced. They do all have their own comical attack animations, but you can also turn on "fast battle" and skip them if you want to speed up the game. EA has only unveiled three of the factions, so far: humans, cats, and robots. You'll start playing as the humans, switch to the cats, and then call in the robots to help out the humans.
Risk: Factions supports up to five players, both locally and online. When setting up a game, the available maps will be filtered depending on how many players are participating (not all maps work well for five players, for example). The maps are all part of one world, and as you spend time with the game you'll get to know the lay of the land.
We're excited for Risk: Factions. The focus is definitely on the new rules, but purists will still find reliable old Risk here, too.
I know I'm not the only Risk-geek out there. Can we turn this into a [Game On] in a week?
Dibs on Chairman Meow.
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Did you just volunteer? :P
Is there any point to factions outside of aesthetics? Like are there special units or something?
They tried to bury us. They didn't know that we were seeds. 2018 Midterms. Get your shit together.
Nope, purely cosmetic. Which makes sense, as it removes balance issues.
My friend, the attacker, then went to roll and... yes.
Three 1's.
I had someone take a picture of that moment, I will cherish it forever.
I can't resist taking over the world with Nazi Zombies.
I was actually laughing at work with some of them ... God this is going to be awesome.
Those trailers are gold.
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Next Wednesday.
Franky...since when did you get so high and mighty...that you could...*huff, snarl*...JUDGE ME?! - Mao
I don't know about that, but I do know one thing:
THE UKRAINE IS WEAK!
Yes, if you control Asia you win. Unless of course you roll the die wrong, it's all about the die. You can wipe out an army of 100 with an army of 10 if the die will it (and this usually happens once every game). I always start in Australia and south east Asia because of the bottleneck and hope I roll good.
Risk 2210 would be decent - especially with the Factions expansion, which is what I first thought of when I saw the thread title. Vanilla Risk is one of those games I just cannot go back to. Though to be fair, so is vanilla Axis and Allies.
As much as I enjoy Twilight Imperium as a PC/console game it would just be a significantly less complex, gimped MoO or GalCiv.
While I normally agree that Risk is a terrible game, this looks much nicer because:
a) The game is using an objective-based variant, which fixes one of the largest problems with standard Risk.
b) The game is quite clearly not taking itself seriously.
c) SHINY!
Risk is also simple & fast enough (with an objective based victory variant) to get a game wrapped-up in half an hour or so, and is abstract enough that you can plug-in virtually any theme you like. Axis & Allies or Twilight Imperium, by comparison, can take hours to finish, and strongly emphasize their own themes.
The strongest start in Risk is Australia, hands down, due to it's single chokepoint. You can hunker down and build-up your forces the entire games and then launch a blitzkrieg to take Asia after everyone else has thinned themselves out.
When I play classic risk with my friends, I've had pretty good luck with starting by taking over South America and bunkering there at first, and expanding to take over North America ASAP.
Everyone's usually busy worrying about whoever started in Australia.
Asia is too wide open, making it hard to maintain borders and keep all of it conquered. Australia is too small, and thus doesn't give any reinforcement numbers worth a damn. The best continent choices start with places like South America, with only 2 entrances and a better reinforcement reward. From there you can expand to other comparable continents, like Africa and North America, gaining high reinforcements every turn with very few borders to place them on.
You and I are like this.
I am agreed on all accounts ... I haven't played objective based Risk, but I still love the classic Risk and my friends and I will play it time to time, booze or no booze.
Don't get me wrong, I know a lot of people who don't like Risk/Life/Monopoly, and that's fine, you can have your opinion.
You're just wrong.
Only 2 borders and instant access to North America and Africa? Yes please.
- is there any option to see the AI's dice rolls versus you?
- is there a five player local mode (with pass-the-controller or somesuch)? They mentioned this in an interview, but it's starting to look like it didn't make it. This would make it an instant buy.
- According to Rat, you have to log in to play, so there is no controller swapping. So it looks like at the least, you'd need 4 controllers, and not be able to play with 5 people.
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