My summary after a year of playing. Spoiler: disappointed
I started playing Monopoly for fun, distraction from work, anxiety. At first it was really fun: everything is nicely illustrated, it's intuitive, the mini-games are interesting. After a year I can note the following pros and cons:
What I like:
Introducing of more interesting mini-games
Bonuses like Monopoly bank
Albums have become more beautifully illustrated
Innovations almost every week, you don't get bored
And now to the downsides:
The most important and huge minus is the feeling that I am constantly being scammed. You can get used to the 10 windows with offers to buy, but scam has become infiltrated in the whole process of the game.
Fake boards for shutdown, fake participants in tournaments and events, impossibly difficult gold cards, increasing number of points for smaller rewards, rigged board moves, removing the net worth rewards, incredibly expensive cost of building at high levels... I mean, it's impossible to not notice those Scopely moves, even if you treat Monopoly simply as a game for fun without trying to close the albums.
- I'm not at all addicted to games or anything else, but Monopoly made me spend a couple euros. So, all these techniques really work, even if you don't take the game very seriously.
When I saw a new album with 17 sets in 40 days and a 10K reward, I think I just lost interest. I got that uncomfortable feeling of being scammed over again. Now I'm thinking of either starting a dice strategy (not participating in anything, only picking up gifts and daily rewards) or quitting the game.
What about you?