When EA went on to make a "new updated" Monopoly Streets I sold off my "original" Monopoly Xbox 360 version and purchased the new one. I think I may have mortgaged the wrong property. Monopoly Streets is an updated version of Monopoly with fancy graphics but basically the same game play. I took it out of the back log last night and threw it in my PS3 just to be disappointed 2 hours later. The graphics are average, the characters are annoying and I just was not that impressed by it. Let me just give a few examples: Who ever thought of the "Daisy Duke" type girl for the wheel barrow should have to play Sonic the Hedgehog for the rest of his/her life. If I heard one more "Yee-Haw" I think I was going to throw the controller through the tv. The race car driver and boat captain are not much better either. The problem is it is the same animation over and over again. It gets to point where you are annoyed and can not hit the fast foward button fast enough. Next the dice shake is a 2 button push instead of one. Come on, if you want to change it up use the sixaxis or Move controller, it seems lazy and tacked on. The game also has people walking up and down the street that never interact with the characters and much like Casper they ghost right through when they walk by. Show them watching the construction being built or have them visit me in jail.
There are other ways to play to speed things up (dealing out the properties, Jackpot mode, etc.) if that is what you want but if you are having friends over I would not put this in unless there is nothing else to play. This is a game I looked forward to and felt like I got it for steal at $30 instead its getting traded in at Gamestop as part of the 2 for $50 deal for LA Noire which seems like a great idea. Two word review: Sad Face
Grade D - get the original
