Diplomacy

by Atari

Product Features

• Diplomacy allows the player to negotiate anything that is logically negotiable - Form alliances or break them on a whim
• Players must decide whom to trust -- and how to convince others to trust him
• Avatars representing your opponents will express feelings depending on your actions and play style
• An enhanced graphical language will be the negotiating tool between the player and his human and AI opponents -- making the
• options almost endless for the player

Product Details

• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S. and to APO/FPO addresses. For APO/FPO shipments, please check with the manufacturer regarding warranty and support issues.
• ASIN: B0009J8WDO
• Item Weight: 12.3 ounces
• Media: CD-ROM
• Release Date: October 4, 2005
• Average Customer Review: 2.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #22,852 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

Diplomacy The Game (PC CR-ROM), Product #26782

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

24 of 26 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Buggy, buggy, buggy, November 13, 2005

By 

G. Linden "linden" (Seattle, WA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Diplomacy (CD-ROM)

It'd be wonderful to have a computer game version of the board game Diplomacy, but this game is unplayably buggy.

Even with the latest patch (v1.1), the tutorial messages have spelling mistakes and odd characters in them. The rotation and scrolling of the game board are choppy and doesn't work properly. The avatar animations are silly and repetitive, but disabling them makes it impossible to do negotiations. At startup, the entire screen goes black for about 60 seconds before coming back up to the entry menu. And there's many, many other bugs.

I own several Paradox Interactive games and often find them to be buggy, but this one is unplayable. I give it two stars instead of one only because I desperately hope the next patch gets this game to the point that it is usable.

It really would be fun to have a computer version of Diplomacy, but this attempt by Paradox is too buggy to play.

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Appalling & Absolutely Awful, November 22, 2005

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Joel Spahn - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Diplomacy (CD-ROM)

If I could give this PC game a lower rating, I would. Paradox Interactive has dropped the ball and is selling a catastrophe for $40. This isn't just a bad game, it's bad software outright. The poor user interface renders this PC adaptation simply unuseable - failure at almost every turn. But don't let these reviews fool you, the board game is wonderful (buy it instead or search the internet for a free Diplomacy software).

For a review I mostly agree with, go here:
http://pc.gamespy.com/pc/diplomacy-2005/665958p1.html

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars blankety blank blank!!!!!!!!!!!!!!, January 23, 2006

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K. Vestal "drv" (nacogdoches tx) - See all my reviews
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= Fun:1.0 out of 5 stars 

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This review is from: Diplomacy (CD-ROM)

it had great promise... but, alas alak, after spending a few hrs learning the tutorials and reading the manual, and having a few minutes of winning....it started showing what the other reveiwers c/o...multiple bugs, screw ups, frustratingly getting frozen, not allowing the player to make his moves during a turn, not alowing a easily readable playing interface....not letting you see what a fellow's treaty proposal is/was....i finally got so upset, i broke the CD and tore the box and manual into smll peices! i may not buy another avaon hill comp game in a long while!