![]() ![]() They aren't bad, mind you, but their quality is only eclipsed by other games that concentrate on a particular game type instead. The games in Puzzle Addict and Brain Strain are fine, though you've certainly seen the minigame types in other brain games. Control Freak, for example, is a decent quiz game but can't hold its own against games like TV Show King or Trivial Pursuit. The only real issue here is that each of the three games isn't particularly strong in their own right. Variable difficulty levels also make it enjoyable for all skill levels, and the special Generations mode does a good job of varying the difficulty of the questions among all players, depending on the age groups you input before playing. It certainly helps that all three games are fairly fun in their own right and that the single-player mode has the small hook of encouraging you to progress until you reach a personal skill level with that particular game. On paper, having three game shows doesn't seem like much to offer for something with the GSN license attached to it. Some examples of puzzles include jigsaw puzzles, memory tests, silhouette matching and simple math problems. Games are randomly chosen, and the selected player must go through some challenges that require some thought. For bonus points, the game throws in mini versions of sudoku, word search and shuffleword, where words are split into pieces and jumbled together.įinally, there's Brain Strain, which has more in common with games like Brain Challenge or Big Brain Academy. Single-player mode has you concentrating on the crossword while multiplayer gives each player a chance to solve a part of the puzzle. Puzzle Addict is a game centered on a giant crossword puzzle. However, if you try to answer the question yourself and fail, you can decide who answers it next, and whoever gets the correct answer will then gain control of the board until all of the rounds are over. If the other player answers correctly, they get the bonus instead. Letting someone else answer will still give you control of the board, but you earn bonus points if he or she answers incorrectly. Multiplayer gives you the opportunity to select someone to answer the given question. When playing alone, you have the chance to use a joker card to cut down the number of incorrect answers, giving you a better chance at winning. The single-player mode differs a bit from multiplayer, though. The player is given bonus points for answering the question correctly and in a timely manner. ![]() Control Freak is your standard quiz game show in which you answer a series of questions from a randomly chosen category. While the featured shows don't exist, the game compilation provides some good entertainment at a budget price.įamily Gameshow is composed of three different game shows, each with its own host. Storm City Games must have been thinking along those same lines when they released GSN presents Family Gameshow for the Nintendo Wii. ![]() ![]() GSN, or the Game Show Network as it was once called, is another network that seems like a perfect fit for a video game, as some popular game shows have made the transition to video game form fairly well. That doesn't mean that it doesn't happen, however, as evidenced by last year's Food Network: Cook or Be Cooked, which used the network's focus on cooking and applied it to the cooking game genre well enough to be considered decent. Even with some specialty networks, it seems easier and more logical to base a game on one aspect of the network or a recognizable show rather than the whole thing. What isn't so common is a game based on an entire network. Games based on TV shows are quite normal nowadays. ![]()
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