Risk

It’s known to everyone that military strategies are lacking in plot. Risk is no exception. No one bothers to introduce you to a storyline, because it’s absent. You just have a glance at tutorials, if you’re not good in strategies. Instructions are pretty clear. The next thing you see is a field in the form of a global map. Here are your lands and the enemy countries which dream of conquer you. Your goal is keep them away and defeat them instead. The whole gameplay is turn-based: you make move and wait untill the rival makes one too. You see the impact and correct your attack in accordance with it. That’s all. Sounds boring? If only you’re not addicted to the strategies.

There’s nothing we can say about the graphics. It’s simple and never attempted to be somewhat splendid. To be honest, it works for this game. The soundtrack is based on a military motives with a lot of drumming. There is a voiceover who orderly informs you on the name of the country you’ve picked up. Both melodies and voice sound are too much pompous.

There’s nothing spectacular about this game. No action scenes or gaudy locations. Music is mediocre. By a strange coincidence, all these disadvantages look good for Risk. It’s probably out of top 10 pc games and big let down of Hasbro’s trademark, but it’s still ok to play at especially if you’re a fan of a genre. If you don’t want to spend couple of hours under marching rhythm of Risk, don’t even bother. You better play some free online games.