The Game of Life

Publisher: Hasbro

Developer: Hasbro

Release Date: 1998

Date Played: 4/3/2017

Region: USA

Time Played: About an hour

What’d you think?: It’s a PS1 port of the Hasbro PC game based on the board game of the same name. I’ve played that game a lot since picking it up at an office supply store. The PS1 version is a pretty faithful remake, and you’ll have as much fun as you’d have with the board game. There’s no depth to the strategy of the board game, but there’s joy to be had in how the game wallows in its shallowness. There’s an enchanced mode where many of the squares result in spinning to get the chance at playing a minigame, which itself is more random chance at getting money (all that matters in Life). There’s also little cartoons that appear on every square that are about as funny as something a Dilbert character might have on their cubicle wall.

YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ALXcuELPkhE

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