Buzz! The Big Quiz - Solus (PS2)

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In 2006 the second game in the Buzz series, Buzz!: The BIG Quiz, won the BAFTA award for Best Casual and Social game. [4] Buzz!: Quiz TV has been nominated in the Best Social Game and Best Multiplayer Game categories for the 2009 BAFTA video game awards. [5] The series has sold over 10 million copies. [6] In this round, answering the question correctly first gives the player a chance to steal points from an opponent of their choice. There are two different rounds in Single-player, such as Time Builder and Hot Seat. Multiplayer mode consists of over eight rounds, such as Point builder, Snap, Fastest Finger, Ask a Friend, Pass the bomb, Hitman, etc. As the game start, the host of the show asks a question from different teams, and you must press the button to answer the question from four different options. Kautz, Paul (3 May 2006). "Test: Buzz! Das große Quiz (Musik & Party)". 4Players . Retrieved 14 August 2020.

The player characters, too, are amusing enough - without having the "straining to be funny" feel that many other games end up suffering from. Buzz' co-host, Rose, even gets a few moments in the limelight, particularly when you choose to skip her (helpfully clear and well presented) descriptions of how to play each round. Rather than merely skipping forward, you get a little comment on the way - some of which are funny enough to induce a genuine laugh. It all contributes to a great atmosphere; the little sarky comments, jokes and humorous digs are perfectly tuned to ensure that the experience is fun and irreverent. The final round is a vicious race against time - only fast fingers will triumph! The first Buzz was a great game. No, shuddup. It's the only game my parents played last year. It's the game which people - even more so than Singstar - turned up at my house, stinking of booze, and demanded an opportunity to play. Hell, I spent the last six months in an increasingly estranged relationship with my girlfriend, but no matter how bad it got and how the hatred simmered, we could always play Buzz silently until it lightened our mood. When I finally got around to returning the game to the person I borrowed it from, we split two weeks later. Linger, Elliot (26 August 2009). "The Buzz! Tomato Challenge Makes Its Way Into PlayStation Home". SCE . Retrieved 26 August 2009. The Big Quiz was released in the UK on 17 March 2006. In the same year it won a BAFTA for best casual and social game. [1] Rounds [ edit ] Multiplayer [ edit ]As of 10 September 2009, Buzz!: Quiz TV fully supports game launching. [14] Game launching is a feature that allows users to set up multi-player games in Home and launch directly into the game from Home. Buzz!: Quiz World supports PlayStation Home rewards by winning the quiz rounds in the game.

Starting with its most positive attribute, you can integrate another set of Buzz controllers into it, and play eight-player. Which is good, no matter how you look at it. Let's give it an unreservedly positive paragraph, eh? A little similar to Point Builder in the other Buzz! games, in that it is usually the first round, but players can choose the question topic.

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Ask A Friend – New to Buzz!, this round gets each player to nominate a friend to answer the question for them. If they choose wisely both will receive points but if they nominate someone not-in-the-know then both will suffer.

Hot Seat – Use the total time you earned to answer questions. Try to earn as many points as you can. Rob Fahey in Eurogamer praised the quality and difficulty level of the questions, and the game rounds, except for the mystery rounds which he felt were random with their awarding of points and weren't much fun. Other than that he said that the balancing of the rounds and questions was arguably close to perfection and scored it as 9/10. [2] To shamelessly steal the ever-perceptive Mr Gillen's intro for his review of Buzz! The BIG Quiz, the first Buzz was a great game. No, shuddup.PlayStation Home SingStar Rooms Launch on September 24th, Buzz! Game Launching Support Announced". SCE. Archived from the original on 12 September 2009 . Retrieved 10 September 2009. Caoili, Eric (November 26, 2008). "ELSPA: Wii Fit, Mario Kart Reach Diamond Status In UK". Gamasutra. Archived from the original on September 18, 2017.

The follow-up, The BIG Quiz, should by rights have been better again. It expanded the focus of the game beyond music, turning it - on paper- into a vastly more accessible experience. In reality, some pretty dodgy questions, weak balancing and hit and miss humour meant that the game felt rushed and somewhat disappointing. It was still a party favourite, but not the game which the Buzz concept deserved. Look Before You Leap – The question and answers are revealed slowly. Players buzz in and choose an answer when they know it.

An improvement from Hitman in Buzz!: The Big Quiz. Answering a question correctly first gives the player a chance to throw a pie at a fellow contestant. In addition, players can take two hits before they're out instead of three. You can play with up to players, aiming to earn virtual money at the end of the game to win. There are different rounds, and each round has a set of questions with four different options. To answer the question, you must select the possible choice that you think is correct and submit your answer to get points. In this round the player has 10 seconds to answer a question. If the player answers correctly, the remaining time will go towards use in the Hotseat. If the player answers incorrectly, they will receive no time at all.