Who Wants to be a Millionaire?

"Yes, Regis, that is my final answer because I've done this question ten times before"

This marvelous game is wonderfully fantastic. Until you've played the game about ten or fifteen times. Then you get the same questions over and over and over...
(This review assumes you know how to play the TV version of ''Who Wants to be a Millionaire?'' If not, then you should definitely give it a try if you like quiz shows and watch it once in a while)
Whenever I play this game, the first ten questions are always repeats. Always. Then, after fifteen minutes of clicking mindlessly because I already know the answer, I get to the good stuff. So it isn't always a blast. Besides that, it's a wonderful game. When I first got it, I played it by myself lots of times. I had my sister and my cousin come over and we played it again and again. My aunt, uncle, mom, and grandma all came together to play a round, working together of course. It still took all of us two times to get the million dollars, and that's saying something good about the game. Regis is wacky and has the ''Jellyvision attitude'' (If you haven't played You Don't Know Jack, Regis has a definite smart aleck kind of mood which works perfectly with the game). One time I let the computer sit awhile at the ''what's your name?'' screen. He started throwing out comments such as, ''Type in a name, any name,'' and ''Don't you even know your own name?'' Then he typed in Kathie Lee and said, ''Fine. I'll give you a name.'' He's funny. Believe me. The questions are well done, they're the kind that gets you thinking. Most of them are the type which will have you yelling, ''I should know that one.'' Only a few are ones that you've never heard of before. This makes it a better game. The major problem here is that they repeat questions. Since they need a phone-a-friend for every question (which they actually do call an actor and he gives a response through the speakers) question amounts are severely limited. Also, they polled an Internet audience of fifty people on each question to get their responses. Neat. Cool. That is, not the fact that there are too few questions. (Yes, I know I am repeating this way too many times. But this is chiefly what gave the game the score it got.) I was going to give this game a five, because it only seemed half-completed, but I boosted it up only because I think it is on sale at most places for only MSRP $19.99. This is a great deal if you like the show, and you should probably get it. Here are the official scores:

Graphics: 8/10
It looks nice for what it is. What else could it offer you as a game show game?

Sound: 10/10
Crystal clear and funny jokes. The ''mood music'' as I like to call it really gets you into the game.

Gameplay: 5/10
Too many repeats. Otherwise, it's perfect.

Replay Value: 5/10
Get your three hours out of it then leave.

Price: 9/10
Perfect for what it is.

Annoyances: 4/10
They should give the option for retrying a question if you miss it, and not do repeats until all other questions have been asked. Don't you think all question-asking shows should have a checklist of sorts and not repeat until they're fresh out of questions? Also, it may just be my computer, but it freezes up quite a bit. (especially when I am at 250,000 by myself) Also, the fastest finger was a good idea, but it doesn't work out. What happens is that they give you the four answers, then scramble them up and you buzz in when it is in the right order. But it's hard to think of it this way. They give you unlimited buzzers (each letter can be one) but this just leads into pressing a letter for each time it pops up. Also, fastest finger repeats WAY too much.

Final Grade: 6/10
Final Decision: Buy if your a fan, but don't expect too much out of it.

Reviewer's Score: 6/10, Originally Posted: 01/27/00, Updated 01/27/00