However, the animations can be extremely slow. I originally played the game with a friend who had graciously agreed to try one run-through of the game in hot-seat mode and we decided after about two minutes that the only way we would ever be able to last through the game would be to turn all the game animations off. Granted, the machine in question is not particularly fast by today's standards, but it should be fairly obvious that the type of person this game would appeal to is not necessarily going to have a high-end PII optimised for 3D-shooters and flight sims.
Why this wouldn't run properly on my old video card an S3 with 2MB EDO -- yes, it was old is beyond me, but it seems to me that this type of machine, sans high-end video acceleration, should be exactly the type of machine the game needs to run with. Sadly, it didn't appear to do so.
In fact, I would consider the "Recommended" machine configuration listed above provided by Hasbro to be a complete joke. Experienced gamers will already be familiar with games which vastly understate their minimum specs in order to encourage purchases, but for this sort of misstatement to occur with a game like this seems a tad ridiculous. In addition, loading saved games is excruciatingly slow, and switching back and forth from the game to the control menu in order to quit or save a game takes forever and a day.
This is precisely the sort of thing staring at a blank screen while the hard drive runs or the CD spins up that will cause kids to lose interest fast. This is a major point against the game, as far as I'm concerned. The game accesses the CD drive far too much, but there doesn't appear to be any way in which to install all the files to the hard drive.
As a result, slow load and play times will be the norm. The game can either be played from the first-person perspective mentioned above, or you can disable this option which saves you from having to run a large animation window of your car whizzing around the board and simply see a zoomed-out view of the portion of the board you are on where you watch a small car move around in a third-person view.
There is even a full zoom-out option wherein players can see the entire board at once, presumably so they can keep better track of the other players as well as their own positions.
This is nice, I guess, but the zoom-out makes the board so small that the writing on the spaces is illegible. Of course, since there isn't anything you can do to influence where you'll land on the next turn, I suppose having a legible board isn't necessary.
One of the most annoying things about the game is the fact that it is locked into a staid, cliched view of life circa The game is driven by what is written on the board, and the fact that this never changes means that The Game of LIFE is inextricably tied to the Eisenhower Administration. For example, a mandatory stop of "life's highway" is "Get Married," and there is Heaven forbid no divorce.
Certainly Hasbro Interactive could have made some attempt to bring the version of this game closer to reality. For example, imagine alternate boards corresponding to various lifestyles that have joined the mainstream in recent years.
Begin New Career" space, this board could have "Discover your liberal arts degree is useless. Go to law school. While the humor would be lost on the kids, having downloadable boards like this might be amusing for parents of my generation. The game comes in two versions. The first is called the "Classic Board Game" and simply consists of the rules present in the original board version.
Technically you can copy the game to any folder you wish, but the registry key I will be providing is set up to make the game work work out of this folder and this folder only.
Highlight the "Life" folder and copy it. You can actually play the game with only one file on your hard drive Life. Next we have to install the registry keys for the game. Even if you have never played the game before, you can pick up the concept in no time and be enjoying this title. Even I, a hardcore shoot-em-up action game fan found the animations hilarious at times, and the game enjoyable. The fact that I had fun playing this game speaks leagues about how fun it must be for a family, or young children that are completely into this genre.
The game has a musical soundtrack which contains familiar 'adaptations' of popular songs through the ages. While they are essentially elevator music, you'll still find yourself humming along. Major events in the game are marked by animations which are humorous and well-done.
As well, moving through the board is all done in 3D, seating you in your car playing piece. I can honestly recommend this title for anyone, of all ages, and say "You will enjoy this game!
The addition of multiplayer gameplay allows kids of all ages to connect to up to 6 worldwide players. Enter the multiplayer mode, with unique matchmaking and a whole new way of playing, or should we say living? Fasten up the flow, or easy it up and do it everything as you please. It feels just like real life, so all those things like reputation, career and relationship still counts. Are you up for the challenge of creating this new life? You better be!
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