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Who Wants to Be a Millionaire

Who Wants to Be a Millionaire

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Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Great Game but has same questions sometimes.
Review: I love this game and would will make this many of my family and friends Christmas and Hanukkah gift. When the new version comes out (which I bet is already in the works)I will buy the new one because it will have more questions and maybe some new things. I think they need a Mac version. Buy it! You will like it! Trust in me!

Rating: 2 stars
Summary: Final Answer: "Millionaire" Is Disappointing
Review: I looked forward very much to this game. I'm sorry to say I was very disappointed in it.

It's not a total washout though. The sound and graphics are superb. The music and the "Virtual Regis" do indeed give you the feeling of being a part of the show, even though the best you can accomplish is becoming a "Fake Milliionaire."

Unfortunately sound and graphics alone do not necessarily make for a successful game and, to be quite honest, they stand as the only high-point of this product.

There is obviously a very limited amount of questions in this game. The question repeat after just a few plays. And then they keep repeating. It is so bad that you can play one game and then start another, only to find that one or more of the questions from the previous game repeat.

If you're expecting the easy question to be as simple as the TV show you're going to be very unhappy. There are relatively few "throwaway" answers (in comparison to the TV show) and some of the "easy" questions are, in fact, extremely difficult.

There is a 30-second time limit on each question (unlike the TV show which allowed virtually unlimited time).

The lifelines are similar to the TV show. The operative word here is SIMILAR. 50/50 is exactly like the boob-tube version; two wrong answers are eliminated. The "audience match" is based on a survey of 50 people polled on the Internet ..... amazingly many of the percentages shown are ODD numbers, which is a mathematical impossiblility. That can be forgiven I guess. But the "phone-a-friend" lifeline is extremely poor. The "friend" in each case is "one of Regis's friends" and each is far from being a reliable knowledge source, except on the easiest questions. On the harder ones you might do better using one of your own friends or a Ouija board instead! (The fact that you hear a simulated phone call is entertaining, I suppose, but this is a triumph of style rather than substance.)

Another negative ..... you only get the "Is this your final answer?" question from "Regis" on some of the later questions. On most of the questions if you inadvertently select "B" rather than "C," for example, you are stuck with that choice. This is a real downer.

Another problem ..... you are supposed to press "L" to select a lifeline and then "5" "P" or "A" to indicate which lifeline you want. Unfortunately it is all too easy to forget to press "L" and to immediately press "A" (for "Ask the audience" ..... what happens then is the game assumes you are answering the question with selection "A" ..... at which point there's a 75% chance you will be eliminated from the game!

The game's shortcoming are all too obvious and once the novelty of the music and the "Virtual Regis" wears off there's very little that's that's enjoyable.

Rating: 3 stars
Summary: Initially a fun game but gets annoying fast . . .
Review: I've had the game for three days and played less than ten times each day. I did not get any repeat questions the first day. But on the second day, I started getting repeat questions. In one game, my first four questions were ones I had already seen before which was annoying. As you keep playing more games, don't be surprised if at least three or more questions are repeats depending on how far you get. This game should have more questions to really be fun.

On the plus side, the sound and graphics are great. It really is just like the TV show. Thus, for the money, I would recommend the game if you really like the TV show.

Rating: 2 stars
Summary: Repeat, after repeat.
Review: Who Wants To Be a Millionaire, is lacking the one thing that could make it a mega-blockbuster. After just two hours of playing the game I started getting repeats. They need to come out with a add on pack with more questions. Ether that or give everyone their money back. If you our looking for a game that is good for just two hours of fun then you have found the game for you.

Rating: 2 stars
Summary: Mixed review
Review: This game is GREAT for about 15-20 games. After that, the questions start repeating. If you are looking for one evening of fun and not much more, get it.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Good Family Game and Good Value For The Money
Review: This is a great family game. Instead of using multi-player mode, we play as a family and work together to solve the questions. The only drawback is that the questions repeat themselves too often and too soon. The disc should have contained more questions. The graphics are eye-popping and realistic. The CD even has the ridiculous music found on the show! Regis makes a fantastic host to this game and you get a lot of the feeling of the game with a lot of his wisecracks and voiceovers. This game encourages a lot of cooperation and problem solving, especially playing as a family. I endorse this game and hope that they release a sequel, especially if they increase the number of questions.

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: The game crashes
Review: Each time I play, the game crashes. One day after a crash, I called Disney Inter Active and it took more than a hour to get the game back. This problem of crashing continues on a daily basis. I am using Windows 98 on a Hewlett Packard, Pavilion.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Best Family Game for the New Millenium
Review: The game starts out great, but you can get a little frustrated just trying to install the game. Once you are able to play, the graphics are amazing and the sounds are just too realistic, the animation is so superb that even Bill Gates would be jealous. There is a great explanation of the rules for persons who may not have seen the show before. With Regis talking and making jokes even if you lose (which we did) it makes the game fun and exciting. There are great challenging questions but are U.S. based. The lifelines are even fun you get all the options of the Television show except instead of you calling one of your own friends Regis calls one of his. The game is very exciting with lots of surprises around each corner. The only real disadvantage of the game is the multi-contestant, as in the Television show it's fastest finger but it is somewhat confusing and the computer does not always recognise when you have the right answer. All around though the game is exciting and lots of fun. Not in a long time has a computer game been so good that the whole family can gather around and play it together.

Rating: 3 stars
Summary: Needs more questions
Review: This game is just like the TV version. You run out of questions too soon. If there were more questions, this game would be fabulous.

Rating: 2 stars
Summary: needs more questions
Review: The graphics are great and the cyber-Regis is a nice touch but this game is SERIOUSLY lacking enough questions. After about 10 games I started seeing some questions for the second time.


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