Risk: Factions Review
Short Version: Risk: Factions puts a great spin on the classic by introducing some fun and wacky animated character factions! The game injects new life into an old classic making it easily the best version of Risk since Risk 2210 A.D. It’s a shame though, that the single-player story mode is limited to a short tutorial campaign. Only consider purchasing this if you plan to play a few games online or hotseat with friends on a game night with some beers and pretzels.
What you’ll Like:
• Fun and Imaginative character Factions each more insane than the last!
• Best Version of Risk aside from Risk 2210 A.D. (The Board Game)
• The Fun Battle Animations between Cats, Robots, Zombies, Soldiers and Yeti’s!
• Including Hotseat Multiplayer and The Full Classic Risk.
• Battles Spiced up with Capture-able Missile Islands, Volcano’s, Dams, and Evil Temple’s.
• Best Part: As Generalissimo Meow, building a HUGE Army of 36 Cat Troops and carving a path of destruction littered with furballs, vomit, and well, cat-litter.
What you’ll Hate:
• THAT’S IT? Seriously short and disappointing “Singleplayer Story” Length. I WANT MORE ANIMATIONS! =(
• Underneath all the New Animated Hotness its still Basically Risk, so expect some Randomness at times.
• Worst Part: When I realized there were no more funny animations to watch after only 1-2 Hours of playing.
Final Verdict:
8/10
Very Fun!
BAD ASS APPROVED! Safe Buy!
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39 thoughts on “Risk: Factions Review”
Joe, if you liked Risk 2210, you’ll love Risk: Legacy. Same 2008 rules with new features, such as an evolving game board that changes with each game, such as renaming an area so that you get a special bonus while your troops control it, or blowing up a place on the map with a nuke, causing the area to be irradiated, and unlockable playable factions that appear once certain criteria are met. It’s expensive and if you like the basic board to be basic every time you play, then it might not be for you. But it’s a very good version of the game, and insanely fun.
I forgot to mention. Risk: Legacy is a BOARD GAME, not a video game, but an actual board game.
……. is it just me or did angry joe look totally badass in that charge?
DLC ideas:
Florida map
Germany Map
Disnbey Map(those would be some wild map features0
Bowler coats( British people who have joined forces with their favorite hat, Bowler hats. Color on the map, brown).
Hippies(smokin hippies. Color:Pink)
Samurai Penguins!(what more must be said? Color: White)
And the special Angry Joe Army!(Color: rainbow)
wait until the cats find out there bein breaded uhhgg
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I wish I could buy the DVD but I haven’t started making my own money yet lol
You know, I’d like very much to have my own cat army. Cleaning up after them would be hell on earth however, puke and piss all over the place!
Joe please make the movie because it looks awsome and is your cat actully a general?
i hate cats zombies for the win
They should have named the cat “General Pussy!” Get it?!
Damn And my xbox just broke 2 weeks ago… I have had it for 4 years now it decides to crap out!
i love cat’s 2 joe + do you have ps3? tell me on my ps name stafox10090
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the cat remides me as hitlore
I’d have a robot army.
Sorry for putting this here but it is the only place.
The forum page is just an empty frame for me. Community forum, published January, an and then blank for a quarter inch, then the bottom of the frame and the page continues. Please help!
Hey Joe, any word if you’re going to be ad PAX with Spoony?
Quiero que sigan haciendo entradas con esta calidad, muy bueno!
CHARGE!!!!!!!
YES! I get drunk and play this almost every night on live. More the Classic version then the new faction one. I hope I see you on there Joe.
8 out of ten no way this game was pointless and boring
hey, if thinking and planing games are not your thing, it’s your opinion. and opinion that SUCKS!
EPIC! as soon as i get an xbox live account, i will get this game. as for the kickassia DVD. i am VERY short on cash right now. (DAMM YOU WALL STREET!) but, if anyone has no excuse not to buy it and does not, they should be fired from the angry army, literaly.(how does out an airlock from orbital HQ sound?) and, yes, if i can dig up the cash i will.
by seeing this I would be so happy if my xbox would still be alive
cause this is badass!
My god… that’s so kickass!!!!
It would be awsome if EA makes a full game out of this.
I’m a Risk fan. Sadly, nobody in my family or friends are, so despite owning a couple versions of Risk, I rarely get to play it. I was thinking of picking this up for the single reason that I’d be able to play it online.
Glad to see it’s being received so well. Maybe this will encourage a renaissance in the board-video-game genre. I’d like to see a revamped Monopoly or Clue hit XBLA and PSN.
Good review.
This isn’t coming for ps3? Nooooooo. : ( Also we ps3 users need streets of rage !
Good review. Its probably a good thing that they didn’t go for the obvious chairman Meow for the Cat’s leader.
damn this looks badass, to bad its not for the pc.
Are you gonna review Blacklight: Tango Down? I’m curious what you think of it.
Cool review Joe
Never been a fan of Risk but the cats look like fun.
i hope this game comes to psn )= looks good
Hope so to, EA MAX_TORR says “bring to the PS3 owners this game”. Like the review a lots AJ.
Thanks for reviewing this joe i almost bought it online but then i thought nah cause i never played risk the boardgame so i didn’t know the rules now that i know it has a tutorial mode gonna go buy it now.
you got to make a dvd……………………….i love you
I agree, you should definitely make a DVD!!
You can pet this pussy-cat any day, I purr too~
Lolly, this looks like a really fun game. I must help my feline friends to conquer the world.. And with Joe on the kitty side.. we will NOT lose.
This looks really fun and I’d love to play it with my friends. as long.. as we weren’t fighting over which side to be.. because no way I’d be on any other side. (though the undead looks awesome too!) I love silly games, and this looks rather funny. Too bad the story is so short. But maybe they will listen to you and add more. <3
did I mention that I'm glad you like kitties?
That sounds so Gay becouse you are a Guy rigth if not my apologies.