

Both game types will often be finished within thirty minutes.

Also the fashion how questions are posed has changed, but all in the frame of the game show theme.īefore starting the game you will first have to make a choice between a short game and a long game, even though the long version is still quite short. Now it mainly depends on points, in order to get pieces instead of solely answer questions correctly. You will still have to answer as many questions as you can correctly, earn points and get the pieces of the small puzzle you will have to complete. The main goal of the game has not changed that much compared to the original board game. Overall the soundtrack adds up to the authenticity of the game and the theme they’re aiming for. The background music proves to be simple, yet fitting for a simple game show. Sadly, not all of the hosts sound all too appealing, but overall they are of a decent quality. Sound wise the game offers you the choice to pick a game host in several different languages, which is a nice touch for a low priced game. On the other hand, the question screens look fairly simple, but they do the job. The characters look appealing, with their overall comical appearance and emotions. Even though the colorful scenery is clearly inspired by the original board game, it end up looking a bit like a mix between the ‘Scene it’ games and the ‘Buzz’ franchise. Graphically, even with the parade of colors, Trivial Pursuit Live! will not really wow you at any given time.

Pretty much the basic principle of the original Trivial Pursuit game, wrapped in a nice package.Īs is to be expected, this version of Trivial Pursuit lacks a real storyline, but the efforts that were made to give the game a nice theme, are certainly appreciated. Answer questions correctly and collect all pieces of the puzzle in order to win. You will feature on a game show called ‘Trivial Pursuit Live!’, which is a quiz where knowledge reigns supreme. A bold idea that has certain plusses but also a decent amount of downsides. Even though ‘porting’ a real board game imposes the risk of the game itself losing its appeal, the developers tried to wrap the game in the form of a live game show. After the recent digitalization of RISK, Ubisoft and Hasbro decided it’s now time for all the board game lovers to emerge in the digital version of Trivial Pursuit.
