Customer Reviews

Family Feud DVD Game

5 star:		(5)
4 star:		(4)
3 star:		(3)
2 star:		(3)
1 star:		(12)

 

 

I look at games to be fun, but also very exciting at times. For game shows, they really sometimes miss the enduring excitement that the television shows really pull off. For so many of those as board games, they fair well, but could be improved. For game shows like Wheel Of Fortune, Jeopardy!, and Pyramid, they hit the nail very well as board games. Another one that has hit that stride before was Family Feud. The game really has had different variations whenever it came to the board game phase. Yet, Family Feud also has had that over 25 years with hosts like Ray Combs, Richard Dawson, Louie Anderson and Richard Karn. Yet, the way this game show has been put to DVD is really a surprise to what the survey says.

The Family Feud "Survey Says" DVD game is really quite different from the longtime successful game show. The DVD game features Richard Karn, the current Family Feud host, and his announcer Burton Richardson as the voiceover. The game features 800 questions which does provide a lot of fun, but the game really isn't like how the longtime game show is played. The game deals with 2 players at home, trying to match all the Top 5 answers on the survey, with a twist. Both players must try to out score the opponent by scoring the most points on each question round. With a pair of duel question rounds where both must answer the same survey question, and the fast money question round where both are given seperate questions to answer, and match the surveys.

The graphics and the feel of the game is alright, but it sometimes doesn't feel like the traditional orgaic feel that Family Feud made over all these years. This game does offer a nice little twist to the longtime game show, but some may feel this isn't worth the money. All in all, Richard Karn also could've read the 800 questions, instead of Burton Richardson. Some may feel interested in this game, but others will not feel the need to say, Survey Says!!

Graphics: B
Questions: B
Overall: C+

Do you love the Family Feud?
Do you love predicting what other people think?
Do you love Ray Combs?
If you answered yes to any or all of the above questions, do not buy this game. You will be extremely annoyed with the survey answers. It almost seems like they trapped 100 monkeys in a cave and let them slap random answers instead of surveying actual human beings. A sample question is as follows... "What is a complaint people have with valet service?" Three of the "answers" were 1) Driving too fast, 2) Driving carelessly, and 3) Unsafe driving. Hmmmm.....brilliant! The only fun we had with this game was making fun of it. So, in conclusion, if you have an enemy and you want to ruin a birthday, Christmas, or a Bar Mitzvah buy them this game. You will be guaranteeing them hours of misery and pain.

My husband and I played this game with another couple and we were all disappointed that it is very different than the game show. We all agreed that it could have and should have been made more like the actual game show. It was a waste of money.

A great party game with friends and family! This game is pretty close to watching it on TV. I read the other reviews and was a little hesitant in buying it but when I played it at home, I thought it was really cool! After all, there's no way ANY game will be just like the game show on-air...that's one of the advantages of watching it on TV!

Get a life, people!!!

This is the first time I'm writing a review of anything on Amazon.com, but I need to warn people about this game. It would be great except for 2 problems:
1. It skip excessively.
2. There is no way to easily skip past games that you've played. So once you've taken out that DVD, put it back in and you'll recognize the questions -- you've answered them already!

Not recommended.

If I could give it negative stars, I would. However, Amazon makes you give it at least 1.

I was angry to see inappropriate questions coming up while playing this "family game" with my children (example: name an article of clothing men often leave on during sex). It was embarassing and there really should be a better label of this game. I threw it out.

Coming from a long time Family Feuding family, I found the game to be very fun and always different! The DVD technology mixes up the game each time we play, which keeps the game new and exciting. The limitations of the assigned answers is challenging, but we have figured out how to play the game within the context of the game and we really enjoy it! I recommend this game to anyone who enjoys Family Feud!

Play the online version because that one makes sense. This was a cheap ploy to make money on Richard Karn's and Imagination Games. Case in point: In the fast money round, you play like the show until it comes to scoring... the game only gives you the number 1 answer and it's points. How about my specific answer? How many points was that Richard?

My family & neighbors have asked to play this game often since we bought it. It has been a hit in our household. I even popped the DVD in and play by myself one night! It seems geared more for an adult crowd though.

I agree with the other review. We bought this to play with the family. I do not know why it is even called Family Fued. The questions are inappropriate for kids. Way too much about sex. My kids after the first time playing asked "What is a stripper"? Not the way they need to learn about grown up topics. I am very dissapointed in the company for making these questions. If they want adult topics make a seperate game for that!