Customer Reviews

Family Feud 2010 Edition

5 star:		(17)
4 star:		(21)
3 star:		(15)
2 star:		(6)
1 star:		(7)

 

 

I was so excited to see that Family Feud was coming to the Wii; the console is really lacking in game show games, and that's a big hit with my family. Believe it or not, they got this one mostly right.

Family Feud, along with The Price is Right 2010 Edition and the upcoming Press Your Luck, uses the same or similar selection of 16 avatars for your player. You can save this avatar to a profile under your name and, while playing single player mode, unlock new hairstyles and clothing. The avatars in Family Feud are mostly the same as Price is Right 2010; there are a couple of different ones.

The graphics are pretty standard, nothing spectacular, although they do a good job of making it as close to the show as possible. Your family consists of 4 people, not 5: your avatar and 3 randomly chosen others. In single player mode, my family keeps changing. You start right away with a face off, and buzzing in is as simple as swinging your Wiimote down. You have 15 seconds or so to put in your answer -- it's not as hard as it sounds. Put in the first two letters, and the game will guess what you're trying to put. (I've found that if it doesn't guess your word, that's not the answer!) If it's a single word answer, click that word when it shows up, and it automatically answers for you. If you have more than one word, point and click those letters fast so you can get to the second word and hope it shows up. However, if you can't think of an answer or make a mistake, it can be tricky to get something up there in time. (At least it's not like the PS2 version of Family Feud, which was almost unplayable!)

For the most part, the top answers are good. There are, of course, some really dumb ones. We had the question "Name a singer known only by one name." The usual were easy: Madonna, Cher, Sting. But the last two answers were Kiss (not even a singer!) and Elvis. Another question "Name a food you need a spatula for" had pancakes but also included spaghetti. I don't know anyone who uses a spatula for spaghetti! It can get frustrating when the answers are so bizarre that you can't sweep the board.

After you get 300 points (there is a sudden death where you have to get the top answer if you don't get it in 4 rounds), you have the Fast Money Round. You've got your two chances, just like the show, and it's pretty easy. We've only lost once.

Single player involves your family against other computer-generated families that have their own little stories. For the first five, which I've beaten, they are incredibly easy and generally have really off-the-wall answers (one family would duplicate something I answered earlier). Beating the family unlocks the next one as well as two new pieces of clothing or hairstyles.

Multiplayer pits you against a friend (or friends - this is the ultimate party game because you could have as many people as you wanted on each team); each of you need a Wiimote.

Family Feud, compared to Price is Right, is a lot like the game show. It's fun to play with friends, and there are always a few laughs at the choices when you put your two letters in. I'm very impressed by how well it transferred over. This one will be a big hit in our family for a while.

I just opened this game today and I love it BUT it will frustrate you! I gave an answer of "applesauce", got a strike but "apple sauce" was on the board. Gave an answer of "plates" and it gave me credit for "paper cups". Not the same! Gave an answer of "seat" and it gave me credit for "bathing suit". What? Gave an answer of "gorilla", got a strike but "apes" came up. This is just within the first 15 minutes of playing, curious to see what other oddities come about!

I think perfectvelvet gave a great review, so, everything she said but I'd also like to add one thing; a warning if you will....

I have a 7 yr old son who LOVES this game and is too happy to play it for hours. The questions are challenging (at times) for an adult, but a clever child could do very well, also. My son gets many answers I don't even think of!

HOWEVER....one of the questions we ran across last night was, "Name an age children stop believing in the tooth fairy" Oh my gosh, my heart sank :-( He took it in stride and never said a thing after, but now I'm worried there's a Santa question too!! This is rated "E", but perhaps the creators don't yet have children?? I don't know but it was a HUGE disappointment for me.... The game is great but I just didn't see that coming.

Just beware!

This game makes me really have to wonder about Ubisoft, the company who created the game. While I haven't encountered any major software issues yet, the game could use a truckload of improvement. First off the 15 second's they give you to enter your answer is far to short for some people. My wife and I were able to do it most of the time but if you accidentally mess up a letter or something good luck. It does do a little in the way of guessing the answer your trying to input however usually you have to enter a few letters before your answer comes up. But some people aren't as quick with the wii remote and possibly the layout of a keyboard. I remember a jeopardy game for ps2 that gave you the option to extend the input time. It's very disturbing that that isn't an option here. Actually other than some volume settings there are no options whatsoever to customize the game.
Next the answers themselves are sometimes impossible. One question we got "Other names people call a Nerd" or something. And some of the answers were jerk and idiot. Who would guess those? And most of the questions had answers like this. It looks like the game developers just took whatever answer someone said and put it in. If the question was What color is the sky? And someone said Ford Focus as an answer that would be in the game. I'm sure the TV show does not do the same thing. Then as other people said sometimes the connections between what you said and the answer it gives credit for is not the same. One time we entered in fork and got buzzed but entered spoon and got credit for silverware. Last time I checked a spoon and a fork were both silverware. Other then this, the game looks sort of like TV show but the whole thing seems to just have been done on the cheep. It's just a way to cash in on the "family party games". If you absolutely must have this game it will do but just wait a few months and it will be 19.99 or less. Hopefully some company will come along who actually cares about making TV game show video games.

Ok, so first off my expectations weren't that high for this game to start with. Even with this low expectation this game was far worse than I could have ever immagined.. First and foremost it does not scramble the questions, so if you play it once and then start it over, it starts with the same questions as before. so you have to play through the re-run questions to get to ones you haven't seen.
Next, whomever came up with the answers must have been drunk. One of the questions we had. "Name something you can spin"
one of the most popular answers was "Money".. wtf? Money.. you don't spin money, you spend it. I could see if it said "coin" this makes some sense..
Ok, so that's just the beginning. I chose an answer "Merry-Go-Round" and I got an X when it revealed the answers it uncovered one of the answers and it was "Merry-Go-Round" WTF? I said that you stupid game..
Needless to say, not only will I never play this game again. Don't waste your money on it.. Terrible job creating this it was way more frustrating then it was fun.

-Disappointed

Nintendo dropped the ball on this one to me only because they did not make it wii speak compatible. They make all these accessories for the wii and then only make them useful for one or two games (ie. nunchucks, wii speak, the balance board). I am so happy that the upcoming Wheel of Fortune will utilize the wii speak accessory but I think that it would have been a lot better if Family Feud had done it also.--Not to mention ALL game show wii games.

Don't get me wrong, I like the game...and so far I haven't had a repeat survey...I just really think they could have made it better.

Small changes I would make: You should be able to make a bio for your team and they could verbally announce you and your opponents...of course you would want to make that optional or be able to skip, they could read the question more than once like on the show, they should tell you the top answers when you play the fast money round (the only time they do is if you get it). The computer could be a little harder to beat and I hope the 2011 version has more than twelve families to unlock if that's how there going to do it again.

And I don't know if it's just me and I haven't taken the time to read all the instructions but the avatars are limited and kind of on the corny side. I think all these games should allow you to use your mii...how hard could it be to incorporate that into the games and it would tie everything together.

I still want Family Feud 2011 so you see...It can't be that bad.

I am a previous owner of Family Feud on the PC. We absolutely loved it and played it every game night. When I saw they had it for the Wii I was pumped!! My biggest disappointment was in the "Fast Money" round. Typically you have one player on the team go first while another leaves the room or closes their eyes etc. (On the PC game you only had to close your eyes because the game didn't read the questions out loud to you) On this game not only does it read the questions out loud but the previous players answers stay on the board. No chance for having the question be a surprise for the 2nd player. In my opinion this takes a lot of the fun away.

As previous reviewers have said, it's very difficult to type your answer in time if you make a spelling mistake. Some answers are way out there and the avatars are very basic with very little chance to customize them. Why couldn't we use our Miis instead?

The basic fun of the game is still there but it could have been much better. I don't think it was worth it for the price.

I have a problem with this game? Question: "What is a type of music that is hard to dance too?" When I saw Rock and Roll and Jazz on the survey, I was wondering about the people surveyed to get these kind of answers on the list?

I'm a bit bewildered by the positive reviews of this game. I know fans love the game itself, heck, I consider myself a MAJOR fan of the actual game show and man I find myself going to YouTube to check out Richard Dawson in his prime. But it's not all bells and roses in this game on my beloved Wii. First the good stuff. How the questions are answered if flawlessly executed. I thought without a keyboard that answering questions would be a tedious task with the remotes, but it works well and how the suggestions instantly come up as you start typing is great. It's definitely better as a multiplayer experience and I love the classic intro music before the game starts.

But from there, this game is a disappointment. First off, why no ability to download new questions online? It can be easily done with the ability to go online with the Wii and at the Wii store, but no, you're stuck with the questions on the disc. I had repeat questions on my 2nd game, and in many cases, they were consecutive questions that were from the previous game. 1000 questions offered seems like a lot, but really? Is it? You can easily go through 25-35 questions a game. You're bound to find repeats and eventually you're going to hear them all depending how much you play the game. The presention is average at best. While the opening theme is there on the menu screen, it's not on the game itself. There is no game show host at all, and the guy who does that voice is a generic guy. Does the job, but needs more spunk. The people in this game are prerendered for you, heck you can't even use your Mii's in the game so again, you're limited. The avatars are pretty shallow, and while you can change their wardrobes somewhat, again, it's so limited to what could have been. The game also has some bugs. I noticed when you buzz in after playing consecutive games, that the buzz sound doesn't even work anymore. Um, hello quality control? And as I said above, some of the answers for the surveys should simply not be there. I always wonder if they ask these questions to hundreds of people like they say, but sometimes I wonder.

For the price you pay for this game, 1000 questions is not enough. The inability to download new ones even makes it more of a reason to be weary of spending your money on this. It's got some fun moments and yes, it feels and plays like the Feud. But over time, I think it will end up back on your shelf drawing dust in no time.

This game is poorly made and needs to be taken off the market. Too often, the opposing team provides answers that have already been provided. For example, if our family chooses to play and we provide three wrong answers, the opposing team gets a chance to win our points. Most of the time, the opposing team picks a answer that we already tried (we end up keeping our points but it feels lame). At least once per game, we provide a correct answer that gets a strike. Later, however, when they go over what is missed, our answer shows up on the board (frustrating). My daughter loves this game, however, she can't play it unsupervised because some of the questions are too adult-oriented. In one instance, there was a question/answer sequence about Santa Claus not being real and I ended the game. Also, because you have to use a virtual keyboard to enter answers, children often cannot enter the answers quickly enough in the 30 second time frame. This isn't a game I would give to anyone under 10 (not sure what the age recommendation is on the game). We've played this game three or four times and then stopped, too frustrating.

Only 12 episodes that last 15 minutes per episode. Very awkward to type in answers and only a tiny amount of time to give your answer. Pause and you loose your game. It was a very expensive disapointment. I would rather play this game for free online.