Ultimate Board Game Collection
Tuesday, October 6th, 2009 at
5:28 pm
Games included: Chess, Checkers, Backgammon, Chinese Checkers, Reversi, Sudoku, Word Cubes, Jigsaws, Mahjongg, Gomoku, Naval Battle and Quatro.
Tagged with: Backgammon • Board • Board Game • Board Games • Checkers • Chess • Chinese Checkers • Collection • Game • Game Chess • Game Collection • Games Chess • Reversi • Ultimate • Ultimate Games • Word Cubes
Filed under: Wii Game Reviews
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not much fun at all really…it is much more fun to play board games the old fashioned way…(the loser has to clean up the game, right?) there is nothing special or extra-zippy about these games, i thought they might have made them uber cool because they are for Wii…sorry to say it is not so….these are just your run-of-the-mill board games. i bought this because i thought it might be fun to play mahjong, and chinese checkers by myself….however, mahjong is just the very basic solitaire version with no advanced scoring..which means it’s really just a glorified matching game. chinese checkers would be nice except for the fact that there is no way to turn the hints off, so you really don’t have to think or strategize at hardly all…(aren’t thinking and strategy the whole point of the game?) the battle ship-type game on it could have potential in the multi-player mode, as it is very fast paced and i can imagine it being fun at a family get-together. the word-find game is also o.k. i have played it a few times, though the letters are so small it made my brain rather numb i think. all in all, i would say it is not worth $30, you can get a used one for less though and not experience so much guilt that’s induced by overspending on a semi-lame wii game. a $20 price tag (or less) would be worth it just to have 12 games in one collection i suppose.
one star for batle ship
one star for the word find game
one star for having 12 classic games on one disc
3.0 out of 5 stars
ULTIMATE BOARD GAME
MOST GAMES WORK FINE. ONE IN A WHILE THE LOADING FEATURE LOCKS UP AND WE HAVE TO UNPLUG THE WII FROM POWER SOURCE AND RESTART.
2.0 out of 5 stars
meh
This wasn’t what I was expecting, the board games are ones that is a lot less popular so I didn’t know how to play some of them. I would think twice before getting it.
This disc contains 12 games.
- Chess. It has 3 levels easy, medium and hard. Up to 4 players can play at the same time. I have not played it. So I don’t know how sophisticated it is.
- Checkers. This game is only suitable for kids because the moves are very limited. You can move only to the adjacent unoccupied square. I don’t even play it on the real board.
- Reversi. It’s challenging but it’s easy to play. It’s a good party game. It’s meant for 2 players only. But up to 4 players can play it by dividing into 2 teams.
- Back gammon. It requires good strategy and it’s easy to play. It’s a good party game. It’s meant for 2 players only. But up to 4 players can play it by dividing into 2 teams.
- Quattro. This game is only suitable for kids because the moves are very limited. It’s not worth it.
- Gomoku. It requires good strategy and it’s easy to play. It’s a good party game. It’s meant for 2 players only. But up to 4 players can play it by dividing into 2 teams.
- Mahjong. This is not suitable for video game because the tiles are too small to see the patterns clearly. Even though my TV is 31 inches wide I still can hardly see the tiles from my couch. It’s easier to play on the computer because you sit much closer to the monitor. It’s also better to play with the real tiles.
- Sudoku. This game has both advantages and disadvantages. You won’t lose any number tiles because they are software. It’s easier to play with the video game because when you put a number in the wrong postion, the game won’t let you! It’s meant for 1 player only but more than one person can play it at the same time.
- Jigsaw. This game is best played with the real jigsaw pieces. In the video game, you can see only 6 pieces of the jigsaw at one time. The pieces move from the bottom right to the bottom left of the screen. So the same pieces will get out of view after some seconds. This makes it very hard to play.
- Chinese checker. It requires good strategy and it’s easy to play. It’s a good party game. Up to 5 people can play at the same time.
- Wordcube. This game is best played with the real pieces. It’s because the video game has a time limit of 10 minutes. You can make it shorter but not longer. I wish there was the option to turn off the time.
- Naval battle. This game is only suitable for kids because it’s too easy.
I can’t express enough how disappointed I was. I had read the reviews and thought it sounded like fun. My mistake was not finding out which “classic board games” were included. Had I known, I never would’ve considered buying it. I assumed they would truly be classics, board games that families actually play. The graphics are terribly generic. I still like Wii Sports, Cross Bow Shooting & Brain Academy the best. This Ultimate Board Game doesn’t remotely measure up. My younger kids liked the checkers, but it’s difficult to get a hold of the game pieces. They also liked Battle Ship, although it lacks any challenge that the actual board game has. It’s just not worth your time or money.
3.0 out of 5 stars
Simple, but fun and challenging
There is nothing complex about this game, or actually series of games. However, it is a lot of fun to play because it can be very challenging.
2.0 out of 5 stars
The game that could have been….
I bought this game thinking it would have to have at least some redeeming qualities, but I was wrong.
2.0 out of 5 stars
It’s ok…
The games are what I expected, but I am disappointed in the overall quality. It appears to be a poorly translated game.
2.0 out of 5 stars
boring, poor design, etc.
I read many bad reviews on gamefly & IGN as well. The music has three songs a jazzy/techno beat (the beat was a decent attempt at being hip) & another jazz like elevator music…
2.0 out of 5 stars
Wasn’t what I expected
I bought this game because I thought it would be fun to have board games on the Wii — something I’ve wished that gaming companies would do for a long time.
1.0 out of 5 stars
It was ok.
Guess I expected more being a Wii game. But it is a board game. Played some but not enough excitement in it.
3.0 out of 5 stars
Wii Board Games
Some of the tutorials do not explain fully the game or how to use the remote for all the things you should be able to do such as rolling the dice; I read the booklet that came…
3.0 out of 5 stars
Could have been so much better
This game could have been prettty good minus a few things. If you don’t know how to play games like Backgammon, this game will allow you to play it, but you may not end up with a…