Game Time! Price Is Right DVD Edition

Game Time! Price Is Right DVD Edition

Year: 2005

Ages: 8+

Players: 1-6 (For the purpose of this review, there were 3 players)

Set Up Time: < 1 minute

Playing Time: Took us 15 minutes.

Object: Win prizes for a chance to win at the showcase showdown just like on the TV show.

Review:
+ The game is played in stages just like on the show. It starts out with contestants row and then goes to a random (out of 12) pricing game and then the wheel spin. From there, the two wheels spin winners face off in the Showcase Showdown. This series of games gets repeated depending on how many players there are.
+ The announcer explains all of the products in extreme detail, just like on the show
+ There are 12 different pricing games meaning you won't always have to play the same ones.

- There is no Bob Barker or host at all. The announcer does all the explaining and product descriptions.
- After every section (contestants row, pricing games, wheel spin) the DVD goes back to the main screen so you can pick your next choice meaning that this game doesn't play through. It's also horrible because the main screen plays the theme music over and over and it's about 100 times louder then any of the game options. I found myself muting the main screen (for sake of my sanity) which then I had to constantly remember to un-mute it to play the games.

- The prizes and the prices both date themselves. This game is from 2005 but so many of the products we laughed at because they look so much older. This is also hard when trying to guess prices because you have to think what they would have been ten years ago, not today. It's also a downside for us Canadians because it's all American prices. 
- At the Showcase Showdown after seeing the prizes, you have to pick your amount out of a choice of 6 amounts. Meaning that you can't type in your own amount which is both good (because both the players who made it to the Showcase were off in numbers by $20,000+ per showcase) and bad (because limited options make it easier to win). 

Overall:
In some ways this DVD game is just like playing the real version. It starts with contestants row and works itself all the way to the showcase showdown. Plus there are 12 different pricing games to play and the announcer goes into detail when explaining all of the products. It differs from the real version because there is no host, the game doesn't play through by itself, the prizes and prices are both dated and you can't put in your own guess during the showcase showdown. This game could have been improved by NOT having the theme music on the DVD menu 100 times louder then the rest of the game, and by having a way for the DVD to keep track of how many players and what they have all won (instead of everyone doing it on the cardboard bidding cards, see picture 5). Also in case you're wondering, it doesn't remind us at the end of the game to get our pets spayed or neutered. Bob would be so disappointed. 

B-

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