Risk: Factions comes to PC

Risk: Factions has come to the PC, and is now available on Steam for $9.99. Humans, Cats, Zombies, Robots, and Yetis duke it out for world domination...

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EA released the Stainless Games re-imagining of the classic board game, Risk: Factions, on the PC yesterday. The title has already spent several months on the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, but it's available now through Steam for $9.99.

Factions puts its own spin on the Risk formula by introducing new objective modes, terrain benefits, and new maps besides the standard World. Players who prefer their Risk untarnished by new ideas can play the Classic mode, while Factions mode weaves a zany cartoon story around the action. If you've ever been playing Risk and thought to yourself, "if only Zombies were fighting Robots," this is your game.

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    March 9, 2011 7:15 AM

    Comment on Risk: Factions comes to PC, by Steve Watts.

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      March 9, 2011 7:18 AM

      Fuck yes. I bought this on Xbox Live, but really wanted it on Steam. Thanks guys, love your work.

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        March 9, 2011 7:20 AM

        But I will be waiting for the inevitable Steam sale.

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      March 9, 2011 7:19 AM

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      March 9, 2011 7:28 AM

      Summary: Risk: Factions has come to the PC, and is now available on Steam for $9.99. Humans, Cats, Zombies, Robots, and Yetis duke it out for world domination...

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      March 9, 2011 7:31 AM

      not worth more than 5 bucks, MAX.

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      March 9, 2011 7:36 AM

      Why does the name Risk still attract consumers when there are boardgames that are so much better? It's just the same with Monopoly, and it makes me sad.

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        March 9, 2011 7:42 AM

        Because most people don't play board games often enough to recognize anything other than the big names.

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          March 9, 2011 7:51 AM

          This would be the correct answer. I can name you like 15 board games, and like 12 of them are made for 8 year olds.

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        March 9, 2011 7:53 AM

        I don't care about the original at all, but Risk:Factions entertained me.

        And Monopoly never has.

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        March 9, 2011 7:57 AM

        Risk is popular because it is very easy to learn (basic rules) with a quick setup and it has a degree of strategy which differentiates it from other board games. It also doesn't hurt that it is 54 years old.

        Too many times have I tried to play Axis and Allies with friends only to send 20 minutes setting up to realize, they didn't want to be bothered with learning all the rules.

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          March 9, 2011 7:59 AM

          Stop playing Ameritrash!

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            March 9, 2011 8:04 AM

            I play Dominion, Ticket to Ride, Settlers, and others. Why am I not allowed to enjoy the games I like to play?

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              March 9, 2011 8:16 AM

              Because if you really liked to play them you wouldn't balk at the 20 minute setup and you'd bother learning all the rules? I wasn't really being serious with ameritrash comment. I grew up playing, and having fun, with Monopoly, RISK, Axis and Allies all that sort of stuff. If you like it, play it. People will be snobbish about anything. Although I don't know if I would call boardgames 'something basic' either.

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                March 9, 2011 8:20 AM

                You should work on your reading comprehension because I clearly stated that it was my friends who I attempted to play with who disliked the setup times and rules. I love A&A and have successfully played it dozens of times.

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              March 9, 2011 8:22 AM

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              March 9, 2011 9:35 AM

              Risk is a terrible fucking game. It has pretty much all of the qualities that should be avoided in board games. To name a couple:
              1. Extremely high chance element
              2. Early player elimination

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                March 9, 2011 9:43 AM

                the chance is the killer. there's just way too much luck for something that purports to be a strategy game.

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                  March 9, 2011 9:48 AM

                  If it is purely a chance game, why do, on average, the same people win over and over again? Look at the top 10 on Conquerclub.com, they generally stay the same. Look at Risk Tournaments, the same people are generally winning.

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                    March 9, 2011 9:51 AM

                    you can play the odds, of course. poker is obviously a game with a huge chance element but there are good players and bad players. it's just that that's not what i'm looking for in a strategy wargame.

                    i play labyrinth and twilight struggle a lot, and these are games with substantial luck factors (dice and cards). but the luck elements are more subject to strategic control which i find more interesting.

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                      March 9, 2011 10:01 AM

                      So, you basically get down to the you don't like the game because it isn't your style. Because when you and Overload say it is a horrible game, it comes off as if you are a Eurogame snob.

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                        March 9, 2011 10:03 AM

                        it's just my opinion, of course. i mean there's nothing wrong with dice games per se. craps, yahtzee, whatever. if you like rolling a lot of dice and winning or losing based on the outcome, risk is fine. i don't like that.

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                  March 9, 2011 11:51 AM

                  I can't tell you how many times my vastly superior numbers have been crushed by the luck of the dice in this game.

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            March 9, 2011 8:06 AM

            I just really hate that this snobbish attitude exists for something as basic as fucking board games.

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              March 9, 2011 9:06 AM

              fuckin hipsters

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              March 9, 2011 9:09 AM

              ameritrash isn't as pejorative as it sounds, there are plenty of good "ameritrash" games. however risk does suck.

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              March 9, 2011 10:19 AM

              If you can name a product, you can find people who are snobby about it.

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        March 9, 2011 8:11 AM

        Because Risk is one of the best board games to ever grace mankind. Nothing satisfies your desire for world domination like Risk!

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          March 9, 2011 8:12 AM

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            March 9, 2011 8:34 AM

            I'm sure he has, but he's right - Risk really is one of the best board games ever.

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              March 9, 2011 8:36 AM

              Risk has a great theme but the gameplay stinks.

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                March 9, 2011 8:38 AM

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                  March 9, 2011 8:57 AM

                  I don't doubt that you prefer other games (which?), but Risk is still a great game.

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                    March 9, 2011 9:37 AM

                    No. It's not a great game. There is nothing about it that qualifies it as a great game. It's a popular game, but from a game design perspective and from a strategy perspective it has so much wrong with it that it's laughable.

                    I don't blame people for liking it because it's a decent gateway drug to actual strategy board games, but man there is just no defending Risk. It's absolutely terrible.

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                      March 9, 2011 3:07 PM

                      I can't hear you over all the people cheering for Risk over other crappy board games.

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        March 9, 2011 9:34 AM

        Monopoly is actually a decent game when played by the rules. But I've never seen a group of players play by the rules.

        Most people don't even know what auctioning is.

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          March 9, 2011 9:46 AM

          even if you play by the rules monopoly has serious problems. it tends to drag on way too long after the game is a fait accompli. making big trades for blocks of properties is often prevented by deadlock. and the math of mortgaging properties when paying a wicked rent is onerous.

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      March 9, 2011 7:36 AM

      I liked the Risk II game that came out on PC about '99 or '00. The one that had Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture in it. Hopefully we'll see it on GOG someday.

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      March 9, 2011 8:00 AM

      Ugh, RISK. How pedestrian. I'll be over here practicing my elitist sneer and polishing my monocle.

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      March 9, 2011 8:03 AM

      Hooray!!

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      March 9, 2011 8:37 AM

      Do a Small World version with online multiplayer, please. Now thats a game worth playing.

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        March 9, 2011 8:40 AM

        Does the iPad version do online, or is it just hotseat?

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          March 9, 2011 8:46 AM

          Only 2 player hotseat for now. They're too busy with Memoir '44 online. Hopefully they can implement asynchronous multiplayer sometime this year.

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      March 9, 2011 9:02 AM

      What is the best iPad Risk game? I heard Dominion was good.

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      March 9, 2011 5:22 PM

      I wish they'd port this version of Risk to iPhone/iPad, it's a really great version of the game.

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