Buzz is a Playstation 3 quiz game that has been a part of Sony's previous console versions portfolio. It plays out like a TV show game based on knowledge about various topics. It's innovative characteristic is the "buzzer", a special controller designed specifically for this game series:
Each "buzzer" supports up to four players which makes the game suitable for a home gathering of few people. The players select a unique avatar among many options, add their names and start the game. A typical game has several stages (depending on a duration - based option that is configured in the beginning), with increasing difficulty. During the first few stages, the players simply gather points depending on their knowledge while in the final stages knowledge has to be combined with quick reactions to stay in the game.
The game allows a group playing via a PS3 set connected to the internet to search and find other groups of players, which greatly enhances the fun factor of the game. The virtual host is also a star in the game, quickly having fun with players that stay behind in score or fail to answer a question that everyone else has answered. Versions of the game exist for a large amount of languages also.
Ratings:
Fun factor: High. Thousands of questions from a large variety of topics along with quick pace and humorous lines of the host blend in to provide a very nice gaming experience.
Cost: Normal. Standard cost for a PS3 game.
Complexity: Low. The game is very straightforward, everything a player needs to know can be sorted out in one round. From the second game onwards, you can showcase your knowledge and reflexes.
Duration: 25-45 minutes depending on scenario selection.
Replayability: High. Buzz supports addition of user-generated questions which can make the question selection more randomized. Games between two groups of players are clearly the most fun as they also end up as remote team contests.
Each "buzzer" supports up to four players which makes the game suitable for a home gathering of few people. The players select a unique avatar among many options, add their names and start the game. A typical game has several stages (depending on a duration - based option that is configured in the beginning), with increasing difficulty. During the first few stages, the players simply gather points depending on their knowledge while in the final stages knowledge has to be combined with quick reactions to stay in the game.
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The game allows a group playing via a PS3 set connected to the internet to search and find other groups of players, which greatly enhances the fun factor of the game. The virtual host is also a star in the game, quickly having fun with players that stay behind in score or fail to answer a question that everyone else has answered. Versions of the game exist for a large amount of languages also.
Ratings:
Fun factor: High. Thousands of questions from a large variety of topics along with quick pace and humorous lines of the host blend in to provide a very nice gaming experience.
Cost: Normal. Standard cost for a PS3 game.
Complexity: Low. The game is very straightforward, everything a player needs to know can be sorted out in one round. From the second game onwards, you can showcase your knowledge and reflexes.
Duration: 25-45 minutes depending on scenario selection.
Replayability: High. Buzz supports addition of user-generated questions which can make the question selection more randomized. Games between two groups of players are clearly the most fun as they also end up as remote team contests.
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