Risk: Urban Assault, while flawed and bare-bones, has renewed my interest in Risk. Risk’s biggest issue, pacing, is only half-solved in Urban Assault with the “Fast AI” system. Most Disappointingly though, it lacks any semblance of a campaign
Risk Urban Assault2016
Risk Urban Assault
2016 Ubisoft Entertainment60Worthwhile
Playtime
ShortTypically 6 hours
Playable on
Included with
- PlayStation PlusExtra
- Xbox Game PassStandard
Available on
- $14.99
- $14.99
Game modes
- 2–5 players
Details
- Launch
- August 1, 2016
- Developer
- Zoe Mode
- Publisher
- Ubisoft Entertainment
- Themes
Overview
Lead your troops to victory with Risk Urban Assault! In a post-apocalyptic world, rally your armies and march across some of the most famous cities around the globe. From Shanghai to New York, be cunning and play strategically to defeat your opponents.
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Reception
Press54
Players68
MediocreWorthwhile- OpenCritic54from 4 reviews
Risk: Urban Assault is a decent game wrapped in a terrible package disrespectful of the player and their time. It throws pointless animations, cutscenes and bloat into a board game that is already well known for being a soul sucking grind. If this was just a board game I’d begrudgingly recommend it to people who really like Risk but as a video game...
RISK: Urban Assault adapts the board game to the consoles so that we can enjoy it playing it with friends. However, if you play alone, you will find that the AI is terrible in this game..
A solid adaptation of the classic board game, but it won’t win any medals.
Ubisoft has done everything it can to dress Urban Assault up and give fans a reason to dip again, even if they already own vanilla Risk on their PlayStation 4s. The game itself is a quality take on the board game. It’s just unfortunate that there is such structural issues with Risk itself that it’s rapidly losing relevance, even in the board game scene....