Buzz! Quiz World (Game Only)

by Sony

Product Features

• Take on friends and family with 8 player local multiplayer quizzing and challenge groups of friends online with Sofa vs. Sofa Mode.
• Personalize the experience with hundreds of player names to choose from to create your own profile, which Buzz comments on.
• Customize the game and choose the round types and subjects you want. Choose from new rounds and contestant characters.
• Answer over 5,000 new general knowledge questions including hundreds of pictures and videos.
• Buzz Buzzers Required, but not included.

Product Details

• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B002G5JXMS
• Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 5.3 x 0.6 inches ; 4.2 ounces
• Media: Video Game
• Release Date: November 10, 2009
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (21 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,460 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
  • #6 in Video Games > PlayStation 3 > Trivia

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

Buzz! Quiz World is the second release of Sony's Buzz! quiz show franchise on the PlayStation 3 in the US market. Combining the best features from earlier versions of the game, along with new enhancements for play on PS3 including compatibility with new wireless controllers, 2-8 multiplayer support, downloadable quiz packs, PlayStation Eye support, user created quizzes and improved contestant customization, Buzz! Quiz World offers some of the best quiz action on any game console to date. Customize your ultimate trivia experience. View larger. Gameplay Buzz! Quiz World places players in the role of a contestant competing against others, in the over-the-top yet family-friendly, fictional game show, Buzz!, which is hosted by the equally over-the-top host, Buzz. The goal here is to accumulate as many points as possible through a series of rounds, to become the overall champion. As with earlier games in the series, each player has their own franchise specific controller/"buzzer", (not included in this game-only release), which consists of a large red button to ring in to answer questions/make selections and a variety of other color-coated buttons used for scrolling on-screen options, navigation, contestant customization, etc. One of the great features of Buzz! Quiz World is that it is designed to utilize earlier released wireless Buzz! buzzers. These take advantage of the PS3's USB connections via a dongle, each of which accommodates up to four wireless buzzers, ensuring that there is always room for another buzzer, up to the eight players that the game supports both locally and online. Rounds play out through a wide variety of modes, all of which are focused on fun multiplayer action and compromise both returning play options and those brand-new to the Buzz! franchise. The variety in these is designed to ensure that both casual players and serious quiz fans get maximum fun out of Buzz! Quiz World. Additional features include: PlayStation Eye support which allows players to take pictures of themselves while playing for use as avatars later; online multiplayer chat; AI recognition of over 300 male, female and nicknames that allows Buzz to address/criticize players using your real name; the ability to create and save up to 30 contestant profiles; extensive contestant customization; a standard knowledge base of over 5,000 questions; additional downloadable quiz packs; user created quizzes; and players' choice of preset rounds, or the ability to choose your own. Key Features Personalize the experience with hundreds of player names to choose from to create your own profile, which Buzz comments on. Customize the game and choose the round types and subjects you want. Answer over 5,000 new general knowledge questions including hundreds of pictures and videos. Choose from new rounds and contestant characters. Take on friends and family with 8 player local multiplayer quizzing. Challenge friends online with Sofa vs. Sofa Mode. Screenshots: Your favorite characters. View larger. New exciting modes. View larger. Extreme customization. View larger. 8-player multiplayer. View larger.

Product Description

Personalize and customize your ultimate trivia experience! New customization features allow you to set your BUZZ!™ quiz experience exactly how you want to play. Choose the rounds, choose the topics, play a short or long game, or even play without BUZZ!! Plus an all-new name and profile feature makes the game’s commentary personalized to you, your friends and family. Now you’ve got the power to play BUZZ! any way you want

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Improved in every way, Buzz is back., December 6, 2009

By 

Enthu Hiryu (Minnesota) - See all my reviews

= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Buzz! Quiz World (Game Only) (Video Game)

Buzz! Quiz TV was my introduction to Buzz Quiz. I fully enjoyed that game and found it to be perfect for parties, family events or having fun when I feel like playing a game that uses my knowledge against opponents rather than my virtual bullets. This year, Buzz! Quiz World has come along and instantly taken the place of Quiz TV.


Buzz! Quiz World

9/10

The Good:
+ Slick new presentation with improved visuals all around.
+ Player Profiles allows individual stat keeping.
+ Much improved online gameplay over Quiz TV.
+ Cimpatibe with Quiz TV Quiz Pack DLC.
+ The categories are improved and many new game types.
+ Customizeable game types allows you to pick your rounds.
+ Buzz is less repetitive in his remarks, yet every bit as cheeky.

The Bad:
- Characters from Quiz Tv seem to be absent.
- Still no custom character editor.
- Only features English, no Spanish or French language options.

Buzz! Quiz world does what few games can do - Please all ages and types of gamers and non gamers at once. I have played an 8-player game with children, teens, twenty-somethings like myself and older adults. Buzz! managed to pull everyone in so we were all crying foul as the current winner answered correctly. It is so perfect for anyone that likes socializing.

With Quiz world, many of my complaints with the Quiz TV have been addressed. For starters, you can now customize what rounds you play. Don't like the pie round? Now you can turn it off to make a custom game suitable to the group playing. Many people I play with complain about the Final Countdown round (which now plays the titular song by Europe) and you can even cut that out. Quiz World also features several new rounds such as Boilng Point, which gives the points to the first player to answer six correct questions.

Buzz now personally addresses player by asking you to pick from a list of names. It goes a long way and makes it feel more like you really are in the game and Buzz is more than just a virtual muppet. Also, this allows tracking of individual profiles, and Buzz remembers your tendencies. For example Buzz said to Kevin, one player who is frequently winning but had fallen into 4th, "Kevin, good to see you back at the top where you belong" after he had regained the lead in one round.

It's many of these small little details that really adds to the longevity and overall fun a game offers. At the end of every game, Accolades are given. It reports who was the fastest buzzer, who had the most right answers (which doesn't always equate to a win), who had the least and who got to pick the most categories just to name a few.

An 8 player game of Buzz! Quiz is a great experience, but Quiz TV had made it lite on rounds and features. Thankfully, Quiz World now allows full games for 8 players too, whereas Quiz TV only had 3 round 8 player games. This may not sound important, but it really does make the game more interesting to have it more than 3 round if you 'd like. Now you won't have 7 other people surprised the game is over already.

Another area where Quiz World shine is the online mode. You can now play with 1-4 people on the same PS3! In Quiz TV 4 people could play, but would all control the same character. Quiz World gives everyone control over their own character and allows up to 8 players to play online on multiple PS3s, or 2 if you have 4 players on each one. Of course, it still features My Buzz quizzes so you can create and share your own custom trivia packs.

The only thing I would like to see Buzz! add is more characters to choose from, or even better the ability to use PSN Home avatars or create your own character to use. There needs to be more characters for practical reasons too. In the instance that you have 5 females players or more, some will have to choose a male character. It's a minor gripe, but something they could have easily remedied by at least including all the characters from Quiz Tv. Where are Cave Girl and Disco Man?

Overall, Quiz World is much improved and a worthwhile purchase for Quiz TV owners and those new to Buzz. You will most certainly be happy with. For those like me who had a Quiz Tv, this is a nice upgrade that will be thourughly enjoyed!

8 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Buzzers are required!!!, January 4, 2011

By 

M. Ha "absolute584" (San Francisco) - See all my reviews
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= Fun:3.0 out of 5 stars 

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This review is from: Buzz! Quiz World (Game Only) (Video Game)

The buzzers, both wired or wireless, are required! I found out the hard way. The product description is confusing and lead me to believe they "might" work with wireless controllers. I assumed it was the PS3 wireless controllers but they are referring to the wireless buzzers. I didn't know this and now I do.

I have not played the game yet so don't know if it's fun or not.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Best "Party Game" Ever (In My Opinion)!, March 16, 2011

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OddGoose (Colonial Heights, Virginia) - See all my reviews

= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

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This review is from: Buzz! Quiz World (Game Only) (Video Game)

I believe the title says it all. This is actually my first review on Amazon, but I chose this particular product to write about for a reason: it is simply fantastic. I feel a strong urge to share just how incredible my experience with this game over the past year or so have been. This game is perfect for nights where friends come over and can hang around, have a drink, and test each other's knowledge on various subjects! Ever wondered if your best friend has any common sense, is a a fashion guru, or a history buff? Wonder no more, because this game will bring out those answers soon enough! Not to mention it offers online play, where if none of your friends are available, and you don't feel like playing with yourself (lol), you can compete with up to eight other individuals...around the globe! I'd be lying if I said I haven't received compliments or heard many stories of fond memories of people who have dropped by to play this game with me. It truly highlights an evening! Alright...I think I've pretty much made my point, however just in case the message wasn't clear...BUY THIS GAME, you won't regret it!!! :)