Venture for Mac

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• Great Game!

  dbmiteSeptember 10, 2004

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  This review was originally posted on VersionTracker.com.<br />I registered this game as soon as it was released. If you love the board game "Acquire" than this is the game to get for your computer. I can understand how some are confused as to how to play, but this is almost a direct translation of the board game. I suggest you look up the rules to "Acquire." I think you'll have a much better understanding of what to do. Venture's gameplay instructions are not that difficult to grasp anyway. My only peave is that I'm not a big fan of the "wood look." I much prefered the original basic look. It was lighter. All this wood maked the game seem "thick." Otherwise, great game!

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• Mediocre at best

  Diordna--2008February 17, 2004

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  This review was originally posted on VersionTracker.com.<br />The graphics are functional, the AI is good, and the rest of it sucks. There are a whole bunch of seemingly arbitrary rules not outlined in the documentation. You will often come opon "Merger not allowed by Safe Rule" or something. It seems that there must be a buffer of 3 or so companies before 2 companies can merge. Also, WHY CAN I NOT SELL STOCKS WHEN I WANT TO?!!! If you're trying to make a simulation, please at least make it accurate. When I see that a company is about to die, I want to sell my stock in it.<br><br> Documentation is inadequate. I spent three minutes trying to figure out why I wasn't allowed to put properties where I wanted to. And I still don't understand the scoring system at all.<br><br> The demo doesn't show the fun of the full game - perhaps push the limit on the number of corporations, but make more players available in the full version.

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