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Rent a spot on this "Pursuit"
posted by JMichaud (BETHESDA, MD) Apr 4, 2009
Member since Jan 2008
1 out of 1 gamers (100%) found this review helpful
Trivia Pursuit has been around for - quite some time. No other board game I can think of mixes fun with knowledge. Players race around the board to pick up the six wedges and back to the center.
A lot of what makes the game great is put into the Wii version of Trivia pursuit; you get to go around the board by simply flicking the Wiimote to roll the die and pointing to the highlighted square you want to go to.
There's some great visual questions that isn't in the original board game.
But there are some limitations here.
First off, typing in your answer is tough to do with the Wiimote, so the questions are answered via multiple choice. True fans of the game might be turned off by this feature.
Also, Trivia Pursuit is meant to be played multi player. The half baked attempt at single player by clearing the board just doesn't work for me.
And I would've like a bunch of different genres - not just the Genius edition and the Movie Pack.
Still, if you're a fan of the game, and you've got some friends, Trivia Pursuit for the Wii is fun - it just doesn't quite live up to the classic board game. RENT IT.
A lot of what makes the game great is put into the Wii version of Trivia pursuit; you get to go around the board by simply flicking the Wiimote to roll the die and pointing to the highlighted square you want to go to.
There's some great visual questions that isn't in the original board game.
But there are some limitations here.
First off, typing in your answer is tough to do with the Wiimote, so the questions are answered via multiple choice. True fans of the game might be turned off by this feature.
Also, Trivia Pursuit is meant to be played multi player. The half baked attempt at single player by clearing the board just doesn't work for me.
And I would've like a bunch of different genres - not just the Genius edition and the Movie Pack.
Still, if you're a fan of the game, and you've got some friends, Trivia Pursuit for the Wii is fun - it just doesn't quite live up to the classic board game. RENT IT.
Ask yourself one question?
posted by jdsampson (APACHE JUNCTION, AZ) Apr 15, 2009
Member since Sep 2007
The question you need to access yourself before playing this game is if you the trivial pursuit board game. If you do I think you will find yourself enjoying this game. Their is lots of random facts in here that make the game plenty difficult. It is slightly easier to get the answers right though because it is multiple choice. Even though on some of the map question you have to pinpoint an exact location on a completely blank map without any state or country lines.
To win the game you need to collect the tiles that we are all used to in trivial pursuit. You do not get a whole tile just by guessing one question right though. You get a third of tile with every question you get right.The game also throws a little twist in their to were you can bet on if you think the other person will be able to get the question correct or not. If you are correct on your bet you get a 6th of a tile peice. Each colour can only be earned by one person, then once all the tiles are collected you go into a final round. For each tile you collected you can get one additional answer wrong. So you continue until you run out of chances and the last person standing wins.
One element to the game I found annoying was the ability to steal peices from other players. You can land on chance spaces in the game which means some random challenge is supposed to occur. What happens though is almost every time its a steal tile challenge. It just made it a little frustrating that you can dominate than have someone be able to steal your tiles so easily. Other things it could benefit from is online play but local play is still fun. In short though if you like trivial pursuit pick this one up for at least a rental.
To win the game you need to collect the tiles that we are all used to in trivial pursuit. You do not get a whole tile just by guessing one question right though. You get a third of tile with every question you get right.The game also throws a little twist in their to were you can bet on if you think the other person will be able to get the question correct or not. If you are correct on your bet you get a 6th of a tile peice. Each colour can only be earned by one person, then once all the tiles are collected you go into a final round. For each tile you collected you can get one additional answer wrong. So you continue until you run out of chances and the last person standing wins.
One element to the game I found annoying was the ability to steal peices from other players. You can land on chance spaces in the game which means some random challenge is supposed to occur. What happens though is almost every time its a steal tile challenge. It just made it a little frustrating that you can dominate than have someone be able to steal your tiles so easily. Other things it could benefit from is online play but local play is still fun. In short though if you like trivial pursuit pick this one up for at least a rental.
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