Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? Don’t we all? This new release for Xbox One has arrived after its long running TV series into an adaptationWho Wants To Be A Millionaire? Don’t we all? This new release for Xbox One has arrived after its long running TV series into an adaptation gaming experience, Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? quickly became one of the most iconic quiz game shows with variations of it appearing around the globe. With a simple format; if you can answer fifteen questions correctly then you will win a million dollars or 1000 Neurons in this case and a few achievements along the way. The TV show alone has proven this to be a task the majority cannot do, I’m sure the stress of the actual show and being in front of a live audience and on television has it’s pressures but that doesn’t pertain here. The latest incarnation of Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? This version is a sprucing it up with a few new changes for 2020 video game release, updates to graphics and play options etc. There’s a few different modes to choose from in this version. Starting with the solo mode in which you simply answer questions and try to win the million like the television show. Before you get into the game you choose and personality to sit in the contestant seat for you as the player. Each one is voiced to give them a bit of matched personality, but they all are too similar in lines about answers being obvious or having faith in them. While Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? has tried to replicate that game show feel, but it's only at the surface as a big part of the show’s entertainment value is the chat missing between host and contestants between answers. That still didn’t stop me from having fun with the game as I used the A button a lot to keep progressing to the trivia speed and unlock my next category. Before going into a game you can choose which question packs to activate, with a minimum of four being required. These sets include Geography, History, Lifestyle, Entertainment etc at the start. There are a few thousand questions advertised for the game setting of categories of four minimum to assist you areas of knowledge and desired trivia categories which is a nice option. Several Several of them will be locked behind other packs which you have to grind to unlock. The unlock packs include categories of more interest likely or the gamer world like Disney, Harry Potter etc. Each pack has a different cost and you have to use the in game currency called "Neurons" to unlock them. Neurons are calculated by how far you pogress in the safe tiers in each game played, with a win in solo earning you 1000 Neurons and no tier earning 0. The locked categories range from 1000-3500 Neurons, so you will need to play quite a lot to apply them all or selected favorites. Once you have chosen your avatar and question sets you take the seat. While playing you do have access to the standard lifelines such as 50/50, Ask The Audience, and Phone A Friend. You can also swap a question for another of equal difficulty. In normal mode there is a timer to answer questions, with a timer to answer each question based on difficulty and the final answer seems to be an base number plus additional time saved during the 1st of fourteen questions. When you phone a friend you avatar has a choice of people to call, though outside of knowing their names and relationship to the character you have no idea what their strengths are. Sometimes they will be wrong even though they sound 100% confident in their help, this is likely variable. The audience can also be wrong as well, which does happen in the actual television show as well. Most of the time the questions do reflect where you are on the money sum, but you can occasionally get a surprisingly tough question early at times or maybe it’s just a category I am not particularly strong in. Outside of normal solo play there the Family mode which has been designed seemingly to include questions aimed at children, which I thought was a nice touch. Other multiplayer modes include Co-op where all players have to agree on the same answer, Free for All where everyone answers the question to rack up points, and Taking Turns There is also online multiplayer which, starts with ninety nine players and asking them all the same set of questions until just one player remains. The last person standing can keep going to climb the money. While it promises that many players, there are very few players online to compete with. Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? stays faithful to the show's traditional 1998 presence minus the celebrity, with thousands of questions and a few modes for both local and online multiplayer. In the end it is what it is a solid representation of the hit TV show turned into and Xbox One game for you to enjoy. If you’re a fan of the show it’s highly likely you’ll enjoy the show. If the price seems a bit steep, it’s likely due to the premium paid for the rights to the game show.… Expand
