Is this a great video game?
No, far from it.
Is it better than just playing the board game?
No freaking way.
But you know what?
It doesn't matter.
As soon as I started playing this, people walked in from all over the CGR offices to
join.
And sure, they laughed at the game.
They also stood there and watched me the whole time.
Not even watched.
They shouted answers, they made their arguments...I mean, they were basically playing it with
me.
And that's the thing about games like Trivial Pursuit Unhinged.
They don't have to be great to be fun.
So here's the crazy thing.
Uh...I've never played Trivial Pursuit.
I know, right?
The guy who works across the hall had to explain it to me.
Turns out it's kind of fun, though.
You have this game board filled with blocks, and each color is a different category of
trivia.
You land on a sports block, you answer a sports question, and so on.
Get it right, you roll again.
Get it wrong, your turn's over.
And...your coworkers laugh at you.
F*cking jerks.
Anyway, your objective is to make it to these wedge blocks.
There are six of them, and if you answer those questions right, you get that specific wedge.
It fits in your little game piece like a piece of pizza.
Once you get all six wedges, you go back to the center.
And if you answer the center question right...you win the game.
Listen to me, explaining Trivial Pursuit.
Hopefully, I'm not the only one who's never played this damn game.
I was always more of an Outburst guy.
Outburst...that was, like, trivia with balls.
And obviously, a classic Trivial Pursuit mode is included here.
That's also the one we had the most fun with.
And you can play with up to six players, which is awesome.
But the game gets its name from the Unhinged mode.
This is where the crazy video game gimmicks come in.
It's the same core game, only there's a point system, which I don't even understand...as
well as a bunch of these special blocks.
Some of them teleport you, some of them cut the amount of possible answers in half...it's
an interesting twist, that's for sure.
But it's also a bit too Mario Party for this kind of trivia game.
Speaking of the possible answers...uh, the game is set to multiple choice by default.
But you can also do a shout out mode, where you have to answer the question verbally.
Then you have to hand the controller to another player, the game shows them the real answer,
and they get to decide whether or not you were close enough.
Obviously, if your friends are jerks, this mode is problematic.
The staff at Classic Game Room?
Mostly jerks.
There's also a third mode, and this is probably the best one for single-player play.
It's the Flash mode, and it's basically a very fast, very streamlined version of Trivial
Pursuit.
You have to work your way up this tower, and you do that by answering questions correctly.
Each level of the tower gives you two categories to choose from, so it's a much faster game
to play.
And again, it's really the only one that makes sense for single-player.
So if you don't have friends...go make friends.
While you're out, don't buy this game.
The presentation is minimal here.
It's all about the board game itself.
So the graphics, the music...mostly generic stuff.
Also, I did notice some misspellings, which...sort of inexcusable, for a trivia game.
But one interesting thing is that...the questions are read by celebrities.
Like, Bill Nye reads the science questions, which is awesome.
Terry Bradshaw reads the sports questions.
Which is...I mean, those are, like...the exact opposite people.
Also, Brooke Burke reads the entertainment questions.
Which...her voice.
Famously what people love about Brooke Burke.
Anyway, there's not really much to say about this game.
I mean, it's Trivial Pursuit for your PlayStation 2.
As a general rule, I always recommend the actual board game over the video game version...but
honestly, this one's not bad.
If you can find it for cheap, and you want a great party game for your PS2...this actually
isn't a bad choice.
It's Trivial Pursuit Unhinged, for the PlayStation 2.
And a shout out to our friend Ron, from Cedarburg, Wisconsin...for sending it in.