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PlayStation 3 Review by Ellie Gibson
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First, the good news: Buzz! is back! A new instalment in the hit series of quiz games has been released just in time for Christmas. It features 5000 new questions, three more round types and three new characters. There has been a host of minor technical improvements which enhance the overall experience to a significant degree.
Now, the bad news: Buzz is back. The eponymous quiz show host is as bouncy, bolshy and full of irritating wisecracks as ever. Once again it will be just minutes before you want to grab him by his silly hair, yank the top of his giant head as far back as it will go, stuff your Buzz! controller into his gaping maw, push it so far down his gullet the flashing red button pops out the other end, stab the sharpened end of a tree branch into each buttock and call him Rudolph. Or perhaps that's just me.
So putting Buzz to one side for now, let's start with those round types. Buzz!: Quiz World features old favourites such as Fastest Finger, Pass the Bomb and Final Countdown but now there are extras like Over the Edge, where every question you get wrong tips you closer to a giant gunge tank. In On the Spot you get to bet your opponents' points on how likely they are to get questions right, which is a good twist.
The least interesting new round is Boiling Point, where you compete to raise the temperature on a thermometer by giving correct answers. The winner is the first person to get five questions right. Without dynamics such as constantly shifting scores or the chance to mess up things for your opponents, there's little tension until the very end.
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But if you're not a fan of Boiling Point, or any of the other rounds for that matter, you can give it a miss. Buzz! Quiz World has more options for selecting rounds than any of the previous instalments and you can even build your own custom game. Alternatively you can opt for all "Crazy" or all "Serious" rounds, or play games with a time limit of 15 or 45 minutes. It's about time Buzz! fans had the option to customise their games to this degree so the addition of this extensive range of choices is welcome.
However, it's a shame there still aren't many options when it comes to customising your character. You can't design your own avatar or import one from Home, and instead must play as one of 12 wacky stereotypes featured in the game. New characters include a medieval knight and a bearded yogi, but old friends like the annoying mime artist, slutty cheerleader and porno nurse also make a comeback.
This is undoubtedly one of the harder questions in the game. Or possibly from the German version.
They're all as naff as ever except now they look a bit more dated. There's still no explanation as to why evil alien overlords and old grannies are competing in a television quiz show together. Not that Buzz! is the type of game which requires a sophisticated plotline, but a bit more consistency to the character design would be good. As would the option to play as an avatar who looks like you, which is available in rival quiz game 1 vs. 100. There is some Home integration in Buzz! Quiz World - you can win items for your apartment, such as a bonsai tree - so why not extend that to avatars?
At least the player naming system has been improved. Now Buzz calls players by their names, or rather the names they've picked from an impressively large database. It includes multiple variations and spellings too so you can be Pete or Peter, Jackie, Jacky or Jacqui. Those with more exotic names can choose from a good selection of nicknames - things like Tiger, Fingers, Gramps, Iceman and Hightower.
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markymark22
20/11/09 @ 10:37
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That second paragraph...about what you'd like to do to the buzz host?? Its exactly what i want to do to thierry henry! Lets see how good his handball skills are with a buzz controller hanging out of his ass!
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optimusprym8
20/11/09 @ 10:37
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aw you almost had me fooled this was a review not an advert for ShopTo
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seasidebaz
20/11/09 @ 10:45
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@markymark:
Let's not bring football into this. Buzz! is clearly better than football. The review commentary is better for a start. |
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You forgot to mention that the game is localized, just like Sony and everyone else forgot.
So if you buy the game in the UK don't expect it to have any other language aside from British, Australian and General English. It's a major flaw by Sony, not mentioning the game is custom-built for each country. That information was not divulged, the game website does not say it and even the game box does not have that information. So unless you really research it on the web, you won't find out until you play the game. |
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kangarootoo
20/11/09 @ 10:52
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@Hspoupas
I can understand the content being localised, but are you saying that you can't change the menu language either? I figure the content should be localised for relevance, and tis reasonable to expect the Buzz dialogue to only be in the local language, but its odd that the underlying engine doesn't include all menu languages. |
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DavidBoring
20/11/09 @ 11:14
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@Hspoupas
are you sure ? because buzz wuit tv featured at least the english and german localisation onthe same disc |
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sickpuppysoftware
20/11/09 @ 12:07
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"But Buzz needs replacing with a character who's fresher, funnier and less likely to induce homicidal fantasies about reindeer."
You don't know Jack ;) |
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frycrayola
20/11/09 @ 12:36
+5
I played this at the weekend. A crowd of guys after a day's drinking elevated it to near Best Game Ever status, not least when the final round has the remaining players with a single second to answer a question about Transformers.
"Robots in Full Time Jobs" indeed... |
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Yes I'm sure.
Buzz Quizz TV had every European Language on it, but Buzz Quizz World is like the Master Brain series. I only found about this after I played my game...I then researched online and came up with the only information about this there is, which was released after the game came out. http://community.eu.playstation.com/play... |
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Pinky_Floyd
20/11/09 @ 14:19
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Brilliant. More 8 player lunacy just in time for Christmas. It's a buy from me, and a buy from him!
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makeamazing
20/11/09 @ 18:00
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I think thats good for reviewing though..its being reviewed from the point of view of someone who loves quiz's, rather than a reviewer thinking, I hate quiz games...
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notmyrealname
20/11/09 @ 18:06
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Ellie loves using the exclamation marks when describing this game:P
Also: - hand of god? Yes. - Ireland backwater unable no chance in hell to ever beat France? Yes.
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We always used to play Buzz on the PS2 but the PS3 version that came with the wireless buzzers was crap. It had a lot less rounds and categories etc. It just felt like a really half-hearted attempt at a new Buzz game. Am tempted to get this purely for the Xmas entertainment. I assume this is a full game and the original is no longer required?
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