Monopoly Streets

by Electronic Arts

• Experience Mr. Monopoly's world at an interactive, 3D street level in celebration of the 75th anniversary of the beloved Monopoly game
• Add houses to your properties and watch as high-rent districts sprout mansions and lavish hotels
• Occupy your own property headquarters; watch it rise to luxurious splendor or fall into a dilapidated ruin in tune with your fortunes
• Add competition to the game by auctioning properties with your friends - snatch a great deal or try to break your rival's bank
• Establish and save house rules to play longer or shorter based on your own schedule

Product Details

• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B003KMHBCA
• Product Dimensions: 7.5 x 5.3 x 0.6 inches ; 3.2 ounces
• Media: Video Game
• Release Date: November 1, 2010
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (52 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,833 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
  • #4 in Video Games > Xbox 360 > Games > Board Games
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

Platform: Xbox 360

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Synopsis

Monopoly Streets reinvigorates the classic game of fortune in a whole new format. Explore the streets of your favorite town as you journey from the cheap motels of Baltic Avenue to the ritzy Boardwalk suites and more. Watch your fortunes rise and fall as your player headquarters change from a luxurious mansion to a dilapidated hut - and back, if you're lucky. Feeling competitive? Use your street smarts to auction off your properties and break your rivals' banks, or even challenge players worldwide in exciting online play. You set the standards with the opportunity to set and save house rules - play longer, shorter or whatever way you want. Play in classic game mode, explore new game twists in Monopoly City and Monument City or download extra themed boards and tokens online for changing adventures that keep you passing "Go" over and over again. Jump into the excitement of this classic game but watch out - once you reach the top, there's nowhere to go but back down.

Key Features:

• Experience Mr. Monopoly's world at an interactive, 3D street level in celebration of the 75th anniversary of the beloved Monopoly game
• Add houses to your properties and watch as high-rent districts sprout mansions and lavish hotels
• Occupy your own property headquarters; watch it rise to luxurious splendor or fall into a dilapidated ruin in tune with your fortunes
• Add competition to the game by auctioning properties with your friends - snatch a great deal or try to break your rival's bank
• Play the way you remember with classic game board modes offering a nostalgic glimpse into the past, or explore all-new Monopoly and Monument Cities
• Establish and save house rules to play longer or shorter based on your own schedule
• Hop online to challenge players for your shot at fame and earn a spot on local, national and world leaderboards
• Download fun extras online, including themed boards and tokens

Product Description

To celebrate its 75th anniversary, the world of Monopoly comes to life through a living, breathing city that you can build, own, and monopolize. Monopoly Streets has everything you love about the board game, presented as a street level tour of Mr. Monopoly’s fully animated world. Engage in a head-to-head race to build the greatest city and accumulate the most wealth. Play against your friends live and online and see their Xbox avatars populate your world! New features, such as property auctions, add new excitement to the classic play. From the cheap motels on Baltic Avenue to the luxurious Boardwalk suites, there is excitement around every corner in this remade classic.

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33 of 37 people found the following review helpful

4.0 out of 5 stars Best console Monopoly video game so far BUT there are problems November 26, 2010

By John

Platform for Display:Xbox 360

Fun: 5.0 out of 5 stars   

If EA fixes the Issues / Problems / Bugs in this game, then I'll give this game 5 stars. Until then...

UPDATE #2: EA has released another DLC item, a 3D "CITY" board called Stratosphere City for 560 MS Points. It's a futuristic city with hover cars. It has custom names for the properties and cards, unlike the prevoius DLC Championship board. Please Note: this is a "CITY" board so it has the buildings that are constructed as your build houses and hotels, etc etc...

UPDATE #1: EA just released some DLC for this game. The board is 240 MS Points and the tokens are 80 MS Points each.

Championship Board (Las Vegas 2009 Monopoly Championship theme). This board uses an official Monopoly game board since it's a recreation of the 2009 Monopoly tournament championship. There are NO custom names for the properties, community chest or chance cards.

Horse and Rider (Male Jockey) token
Cannon (Army Guy) token
Rocking Horse (Female Equestrian) token

PLEASE NOTE: This DLC is NOT DRM's locked so it can be shared amongst other gamer profiles (gamertags) on the same or different Xbox 360 consoles.

Please Note: This review pertains to the Xbox 360 version of the game. Not all features / issues may be present across all platforms.

Finally, a video game console version of Monopoly that has an Online Multiplayer component.

I previously purchased Monopoly Party back when it was originally released on the original Xbox console and the more recent Monopoly video game for the Xbox 360 which was released just a couple of years ago. Both were good games, but they lacked an Xbox Live Multiplayer option so you were stuck play locally with friends/family and/or against the BOTs....

The two included 3D "city" boards for Monopoly Streets are great and add something new to the Monopoly franchise. The rest of the boards are 3D but don't have the "city" buidlings aspect. The surrounding envirnments are fun as are the custom names for all the properties. For the "city" boards, as you buy properties and build houses and hotels your property comes alives with 3D scenery, houses and hotels. Every player also has a skyscraper which represents their total worth and the height of the skyscraper increases/descreases during gameplay. You only get two of these "city" boards one of which has to be purchased. Apparently, there is another featured in a gameplay trailer and will be probably be available as DLC as EA has stated this game will feature DLC for characters (tokens) and boards.

All tokens and boards are compatible with every rule set and gametype options so you can mix things up and even use your own Xbox 360 Avatar as a playable character for use with any of the tokens. For Xbox 360 Avatar; props, pets, hats and costumes will NOT show up in game. Avatar shirts, pants, shoes, glasses, watches, and rings will show up on your character in game.
Provided Rule Sets: Official MONOPOLY, Speed Die, Short Game, Bull Market, Jackpot, Fast Deal, Custom. All rule sets can be edited to create your own gametype with a variety of options to choose from to make your own House rules. You can also ssave a custom rule set for use in the future.

Xbox Live Gametypes: Quick Match, Create Custom Match, Join Custom Match, Create Ranked Match, Join Ranked Match. Online Ranked matches cannot be started with BOTS (computer) but if a NON connection HOST player quits before going bankrupt they will be replaced by a BOT (computer). You can play with up to four people locally on the same Xbox 360.

The Monopoly Store is a nice touch and adds to the replay value as you try to earn Monopoly money to unlock additional content. Winners of a game gain just under 10,000 M and even the losers get some money, so if you are good you'll be rolling in the Monopoly money to unlock additional content.

Unlockables in the Monopoly Store:
M = Monopoly Money used to buy items in the Monopoly Store

Available Tokens and their (Characters):

Top Hat (Magical Kid) - UNLOCKED at start
Shoe (Little Girl) - UNLOCKED at start
Moneybag (Burglar) - M 15,000
Car (Race car driver) - UNLOCKED at start
Wheelbarrow (Farmer) - UNLOCKED at start
Dog (Dog walker) - UNLOCKED at start
Cop Hat (Officer) - M 20,000
Battleship (Admiral) - UNLOCKED at start
Iron (Maid) - M 10,000

Available Boards:

MONOPOLY City (3D board) - UNLOCKED at start
Cheese Board - M 6,000
Cardboard Board - M 7,000
Landmark City (3D board) - M 25,000
Classic Board - UNLOCKED at start
Jungle Board - M 9,000
Sweet Board - M 10,000
Plaza Board - M 5,000
Ice Board - M 8,000

Overall it's a good game, and probably the best console based Monopoly game to date, at least on the Xbox/Xbox 360 but it does have several issues that need to be fixed/patched.

Issues / Problems / Bugs:

1. If the connection HOST (person who starts a game) quits during an Online match (ranked or custom) the game will END for everyone in the game and NOBODY will get any credit for the game. That means nobody is declared a winner, nobody gets any Monopoly money for use in the Monpoly Store, and the stats don't update for whatever you did in the game.
The reason this happens is that there is NO Host Migration in the game, so if the HOST quits the whole game ends.

WARNING: If the connection HOST chooses to declare BANKRUPTY or goes BANKRUPT they "have to spectate" for the rest of the game and stay in the game until a winner is announsed by Mr Moneybags and wait for the game to automatically send everyone back to the Main Menu.

It is STRONGLY ADVISED that you HOST your own Online Matches and/or play with people who know about this issue otherwise, you'll more than likely end up with a connection HOST who QUITS not knowing that this ends the game for everybody. However, it is apparent that you don't necessarily become Connection Host even if you are the one to start/initiate the game.

This is also something that could be EXPLOITED by someone choosing to QUIT instead of having a loss show up on the leaderboards and their profile stats. Aside from doing this to GRIEF (annoy) people online.

2. Duing an Online match a human can go into the "Morgage and Build" menu, wait out the 60 second time, go back into it, rinse, repeat. Thus have a neverending turn in an attempt to GRIEF and make the other human player quit the game, for a win.

3. A BOT (computer) or human player's character can spin around in get put int he wrong direction and then get stuck on and/or fall off the game board and be unable to complete their turn. Thus making it immpossible for anyone else to take their turn. The game will never end and everyone will have to QUIT the game.

4. During the initial rolling of the dice to see who goes first, the dice will keep spinning or freeze and no one else will be able to take their spin and/or start the game.

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14 of 15 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Fun game indeed November 5, 2010

By Terrence L. Williams

Platform for Display:Xbox 360|Amazon Verified Purchase

Fun: 5.0 out of 5 stars   

This is a VERY fun game!!! The new mode (Streets) is a fresh take on the classic game. I have to say....I don't play very many games online, but this game is a blast to play via Xbox Live. You can customize the rules to your liking, and the game runs very smooth with no lag at all. The only gripe is that the avatars are pre-selected to match your token.....and their voices and animations can get a bit stale after a while. Fear not because the game gives you the ability to skip those animations!!! The major difference between this and the version for the PS3 is that you get to use your Xbox avatars in place of the generic avatars provided in the PlayStation 3 version. I am such a fan of games, I ended up getting a copy of both for each system. This is truly ONE OF THOSE GAMES that you can spend HOURS playing!!!

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful

4.0 out of 5 stars I don't really like Monopoly but... November 29, 2010

By k lee

Platform for Display:Xbox 360

Fun: 3.0 out of 5 stars   

So I am not really a monopoly fan but was looking for a game that was easy to play with a variety of people young, old, newbies to video games and veterans to video games. I think this fits the bill. I am terrible at Monopoly anyway and always lose, but at least this version is fun and interesting while I am losing. The sounds the characters make are super funny and the ability to customize the rules is also a plus. One thing I would change is allowing you to choose a piece AND your character rather than forcing a player to only have the character attached to a specific piece.

We felt the game play was too slow so we sped it up in the Options area and the game moved so much quicker.

It's not very involved and that is just what I wanted - simple, easy to start, and put away when needed. I would say the only reason I'm not giving it 5 stars is because I don't really like Monopoly in general, but others in the house love the game and we enjoy playing it together.

9 of 11 people found the following review helpful

1.0 out of 5 stars Very one sided game. March 1, 2011

By J. Black

Platform for Display:Xbox 360

Fun: 1.0 out of 5 stars   

I know people say it all the time, but his game cheats worse than any video game I have ever played. I was playing on medium computer. I owned every real estate on the board except railroads, utilities, board walk and parkplace. I have houses/hotels on nearly all my properties and the computer had hotels on board/park. I landed on park place 4 times in a row and the computer continously slipped past all my real estate by landing on chance/Community Chest/rail roads. I would not recommend this game to anyone just stick the the real thing and save yourself 40 bucks and hours of headache.

11 of 14 people found the following review helpful

2.0 out of 5 stars What COULD be EPIC turns out to be EPICALLY FLAWED March 10, 2011

By Blackout

Platform for Display:Xbox 360

Fun: 3.0 out of 5 stars   

For Monopoly fans, there has never been an ultimately authentic and playable online version of Monopoly that worked.

Westwood's CD-ROM version in 1995 was pretty cool for its time back in the day, and can still work, but you need a degree in computer science to get it to work currently. It was the ONLY version of Monopoly that allowed multiplayer ONLINE and did it right, with up to 8 players and not 4, and with all the correct official rules or all the house rules as you wanted. If you turned off all the 3d animation junk that gets boring after 1 game, you had a VERY solid experience, but you needed to keep the CD in the drive.. then Westwoods's servers eventually died and they stopped supporting it.. yada yada yada... it's a dead horse.

POGO's version of Monopoly is pretty bad. Period. Moving on.

Hasbro had out a pretty good thing with Monopoly 2008 - with one HUGE fatal flaw - NO ONLINE MULTIPLAYER!?!??! ARE YOU KIDDING ME? Same thing goes for EA's last version of XBOX Monopoly 360 - which falsely lured players into thinking it was multiplayer by having the LIVE logo on it. You can read all the rants on that version of the game on here as well.

So finally... I am in Best Buy and I see "MONOPOLY STREETS" for Xbox 360 LIVE and my eyes light up!

"What is this?! Some new version of Monopoly that's going to epically fail like the MEGA edition or that ridiculous CITY version?" I thought to myself - but much to my delight - NO it was REAL Monopoly, just all glamored up in 3D mode - and with one HUGE bonus - 4 player ONLINE multiplayer WITH voice chat on XBOX LIVE!

YES! YES! YES! FINALLY! FINALLY! A version ONLINE with voice chat with the fluid slick xbox live interface. This is going to be it!

NO. NO. NO....

EPIC FAIL.

This some SO close to being the ultimate online version of Monopoly that everyone has been looking for who is a Monopoly fan and wants to play a game online with friends, famliy, or complete strangers from around the globe - but it has flaws so bad, that it ruins what COULD be awesome.

So rather than a long winded review that goes over what people have already written here or what you can find on youtube or any of the general game review sites (all of which pass up these epic flaws) I will get right to it:

The 3D STREETS version of the game, while initially cute, is very lacking in enough variety to be played more than a few times. At first it seems really neat, but then you notice that they didn't put much variety or detail in, and then the repetition of the characters voice overs as well as VERY limited music makes you want to pull your hair out. They could have done SO much more with this - so I have to say - the STREETS version is a novelty at best and it fails. Especially if you are a hard core Monopoly nut and want to play a real game - you will tire of this and tire QUICKLY, then turn it off.

But ALL hope was not yet lost, as they have the classic board, the tournament, board, and a few other varieties. I myself am a Monopoly purist. I don't want to land on a Simpson's version.. or a Disney version or any state or college football version of the game... I want New York Avenue.. I want Baltic... I want Boardwalk. NO BS - give me the classic original board with the real names, or the deluxe board maybe or tournament board - but don't screw around any more than that.

So, you turn off all the animations, turn off the annoying voice overs, turn off all the BS, and get down to business of playing Monopoly with real tournament rules ONLINE - with VOICE chat - on xbox 360. YEAH.. ok... this looks good! Alright!! Yeah!!

NO.

They screwed it up. The screwed it up BIG time and EPICALLY with two FATAL design flaws. I am HOPING and PREYING that these can be patched, but if they are not - toss this game in the trash as another failed attempt at getting the Monopoly experience online.

"What are the flaws?" is of course the question you are undoubtedly asking now, and here they are:

EPIC FAIL GAME DESIGN FLAW #1:

No matter WHO is hosting an online multiplayer RANKED match - when ANY player leaves the game - the entire game crashes and goes back to the menu. NOTHING... NOTHING... NOTHING is more INFURIATING than this HUGE flaw. You're playing a 4 player game... you are an hour in and by now someone is clearly taking the lead and one of the players is about to get wiped. Well... even AFTER they go bankrupt, a player HAS to keep their XBOX on and stay and WATCH the full game. If the losing player leaves (the natural thing to do after going bankrupt) the game crashes and returns to the main menu, and suddenly you start busting out all sorts of new and interesting curse words. This happens to almost EVERY ranked match with more than two players. EA needs to fix this now. When people lose, they don't want to stick around another hour, nor will they, and you also get spoiled sports who see they are losing, or get bored and go get a pizza and just exit the game - thereby CRASHING and ending it for all other players without any ranking. LAME. Did I say lame? Let me say it again. LAME. This needs to be fixed. If a player goes bankrupt of course they should be able to shut off the game, and if a player is NOT bankrupt and leaves either AI should take over or all properties and money should go back to the bank. Simple as that - make this a menu option and fix the game now EA, please!

EPIC FAIL GAME DESIGN FLAW #2

This is almost as bad as #1, and that is that while one of the rule sets is "official tournament rules" there is nothing official about it. Meaning, game play is severely changed by a few weird issues, the biggest of is that there is NO TRADING OR BUILDING until YOUR TURN. This is NOT how Monopoly has EVER been played. Tournament rules CLEARLY allow building and wheeling and dealing between EACH PLAYERS turn. Meaning, if I am player #4, and you are player #3 and I can see that you are coming up on my properties and call a pause in the game AFTER player #2 finishes his turn and before you roll your dice to build houses or make a trade. This version of the game only lets you do it on your turn and this is another HUGE flaw that Monopoly purists will hate. There are other little quirks.. like what happened to the $200 or 10% on income tax... now it's just $200... and Luxury Tax is $100 when it has always been $75. These tiny little things will annoy the purist, but the above two big flaws just entirely RUIN what COULD be the best version of Monopoly online.

PLEASE... PLEASE... PLEASE Electronic Arts... FIX this! Unless it is fixed, I would not recommend buying this game. Read more ›