Monopoly Party is by far the best Monopoly video game to 
date. Obviously. I rented it saying to myself "Well, 
Monopoly's fun, maybe this will be good to pass a few 
hours." My expectations were met, and exceeded. Monopoly is 
a board game in which you compete against other players to 
acquire the properties littered around the board, get lots 
of cash, and make your rivals bankrupt. It goes without 
saying, but the last person to be not bankrupt wins the 
game. Now that the basics are covered, on to the review!

Gameplay - If you've ever played Monopoly the board game, 
or any of it's hundreds of versions, you probably know what 
you're doing. Although (I think) board Monopoly has up to 8 
players, MP is limited to 4. That's not so bad, but they 
removed some of the pieces. Anyway, there are two modes to 
choose from, Party mode and Classic mode. Classic mode is 
pretty much your standard board game, 1 player rolls at a 
time, and so forth. Party mode on the other hand, has some 
more to offer, the most obvious being the ability to have 
all 2-4 players playing at the same time, making the game 
pass ever so much faster. And that can mean a lot, because 
Monopoly can take a LONG time to play. Another added bonus 
is that you can choose from theme boards including Classic, 
Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Prehistoric, and Ancient Monuments. Each 
has it's own unique pieces, houses, and hotels. You can 
also set the type of currency, and on the Classic board, 
the language. You play the game by rolling the dice, moving 
on the board, buying properties, participating in auctions, 
and wheeling and dealing with other players. I give it a 
10/10.

Story - Umm.. No story here. I guess it gets a 0/10, but it 
won't count towards the final score, because board games 
aren't supposed to have stories.

Graphics - Well, I'll admit they're not all that great, but 
if you're playing Party mode then it'll be so zoomed out 
that you won't be able to tell. On the flip side, the board 
looks great (of course! It's a big square!) and Mr. 
Monopoly was done pretty good. Plus, the frame rate never 
suffers, obviously. The pieces, aside from the Classic 
ones, could be a little better done, they seemed kind of 
blocky to me. The theme boards themselves look pretty good 
I'd say, and the dice look like dice, so you'd have to be 
real picky to have a big problem with the graphics. 9/10 
for the graphical department.

Sound - Seeing as the background music is initially almost 
inaudible, it doesn't really make a big impression on the 
game. Some of the tracks are good, and will stick in your 
head if you turn the volume up, but others are rather 
repetitive and annoying. Likewise, Mr. Monopolys voice is 
pretty good, and lets you know what's going on, but it gets 
annoying after about half an hour. Another problem with 
that is that he's trying to keep track of what's happening 
to every player at the same time (in Party mode anyway) and 
will just randomly say what's happening to any one of the 
player on the board. It's not really a bad thing, but it 
annoyed me for some reason I can't explain. I think that an 
8/10 is a fair rating.

Replayability - If you've got friends who are over 
constantly or family members who enjoy playing with you, 
this game should last forever. However if you're alone, 
playing against the AI will get boring eventually, just 
like any other game. How long that takes will differ from 
individual to individual, but it should still last quite a 
while. There's also the fact that it's one of those games 
you can just pick up and play whenever. There's a built in 
save function so that if a game is taking too long you can 
come back and finish it later, which is very likely in the 
world of Monopoly. Definitely a 10/10 here.

Final Score - 9/10 (not an average)
Final Recommendation - Let's see, if you like Monopoly, buy 
it. If you love Monopoly, buy it. If you've never played 
Monopoly, rent it. And if you hate Monopoly, don't buy or 
rent it. Simple as that. You also might wanna hold off on 
the buying if you don't have people to play with.