Play Against Yourself...Family Feud III: Dream Home!
Ooooooh, its a game show! Gosh, I used to love watching these whenever I was home sick from school as a kid. My Grandmother is addicted to the Game Show channel, and still gets a kick out of watching the old re-runs. South Africa isn't too big on game shows, and the ones we have are pretty slow. It's all about reality tv these days. But anyway, I am really into Family Feud III: Dream Home. It's got some kinks, but on the whole its really cute if you like to play in short spurts.
The “Family Feud” section of the game is just like the classic game show. You are asked trivia questions, and must guess at the responses of people surveyed. So....its technically not trivia, but more like trying to guess how other people think. Your opponent is the score of the “average” player, so there's no AI or anything like that. You more or less play against yourself in single player mode. If you have a higher score than average after round 4, you get to move on to the fast money round. Fast Money is probably the best part of the game, imo, where you have two chances to get over 200 points. You are asked a bunch of questions, and can guess only one answer each time. You want to try and get the number one answer, or at least pretty high up. If you win, you get a bunch of money to spend on your dream home, but even losing will give you some decorating cash.
The “dream home” section is a cute idea, though it never really ties in with the game show. You basically buy items, and click to add them to your dream home. You can't move them around, and your décor is limited to only one or two color schemes per room, so its not as deep as I would have liked. I love decorating rooms in the Sims, but that's because there are so many choices. It was a good attempt, though it didn't work as well in the game.
One thing to note – the announcer sounds eerily like Ray Combs, the original host who passed away years ago. I wonder if its a relative? My biggest complaint was that the game's dictionary wasn't as deep, and so sometimes typing in synonyms won't work (ex. I typed “food” and failed because the answer it wanted was “snacks”). This can also work in your favor, accepting answers that don't really match. Despite some of the flaws mentioned above, the games are short (maybe 5-10 minutes total), so its a good one to play during tea breaks. I've played for hours and haven't hit any repeat surveys yet.
Lisa
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