When they said that the new RISK: FACTIONS XBLA game was going to have cats and robots in it, I was skeptical. When zombies were mentioned as one of the factions in the game, I started losing interest. But it's a good thing I didn't, because not only do I get to do another one of those pro video game reviews that will put my name in lights (on Metacritic at least), it's also a pretty good edition of RISK. In fact, I almost wish that any new version of the printed game would bring forward some of the new things in the video game. I like the cartoon style, I like the factions (but they need a special power or something), and I like the special buildings.
Too bad the AI is terrible. As good as the presentation and interface is, you just can't match a human player in this kind of game.
Coming up next: SNIPER: GHOST WARRIOR, which is kind of like the straight-to-DVD version of a CALL OF DUTY game, and probably another review or two that will not, under any circumstances, break 1200 words.