Fortune Street

While this game is presented as a board game and thus should be treated with a spirit of good, fun competition, when players compete against computer opponents, there is a fair amount of trash-talking that occurs. Computer characters will gloat when something in the game goes their way, talk down to players when they're in the lead, and make egotistical comments about themselves. These comments appear every time a computer player rolls the die, which means that this bad sportsmanship becomes a large and unavoidable part of the game. Also, to win in this game, players need to buy, buy, buy. Players build shops in vacant spaces on the board and then collect money every time another player lands on one of those shops. There is no particular product or trademark that is promoted in the game, but there is a message of spending as much money as possible.

This is a complex strategy game that will only appeal to a very niche group of players. The basic concept is the same as the classic board game Monopoly -- players buy unowned properties ("shops") and then collect 'rent' every time another player lands on one of their shops. In addition, if players own additional shops in the same color group, their shop value increases, in similar fashion to players collecting all the same-colored properties in Monopoly. However, this game goes much deeper, allowing players to buy 'stock' in each of the color groups, collect dividends on rent even when the rent is paid to someone else, steal shops from other players, invest money into individual shops to manipulate the stock price, and devise strategies on how to navigate the winding, twisting board. This results in an incredibly nuanced game with a very steep learning curve. All of that being said, there is also an "Easy" version of the game that nixes the stock mechanic and makes it slightly more accessible to players, though this version has its own unique set of nuances and strategies.