Customer Reviews

Ultimate I Spy

5 star:		(30)
4 star:		(20)
3 star:		(7)
2 star:		(4)
1 star:		(5)

 

 

My 4 year old son has already mastered all of the I Spy PC games and books and apparently they have stopped making new titles in either so we were hungry for anything new in I Spy. We got a Wii not too long ago and when we saw this we just had to get it.

The images are 3D and very realistic; you rotate your way around and through them to find the items. (one example is an aquarium that you 'swim' through) The images are very detailed and some of the items are very small so if you don't have a super steady hand it can get frustrating but I think it will get better for him with time. Also, my son sits in a bar stool type chair to play this because the 'mouse' kept getting stuck because of his height. This has never been a problem with any of the other games but with this one, he seems to need a boost.

Usually in each image there are 2 or 3 interactive items (out of about 6 or 8) that you find and interact with. (i.e. a paper heart that you cut out using the remote, a paper airplane that you fly and steer) These are actually quite tricky and take a couple of tries to get them right. This is great for paying attention to instruction as well as great hand/eye coordination.

All in all very fun (for everyone) and a MUST for any I-Spy fan!

We got this for my nieces and nephews for Christmas. I'm a real gamer, my wife plays a few games now and then. Neither of us has played any of the other I spy games. We've seen the books, but I haven't found this type of thing interesting since I was little and where's waldo was popular.

We always try out games before we give them to the kids, and usually we play them for 10 or fifteen minutes. I played this for a few hours, and now my wife's addicted too! We're sure the kids are going to love it too! You just zoom around and find whatever is in the riddle. Some of it's hard to find, but us adults have always found everything.

So you have to move around a 3-d level and find the items in a riddle. There are about 10 items per riddle and in all there are 40 riddles. The movements you can make are limited (your movements are on "rails"). This is actually a good thing since it it's impossible to get lost.

It's not given a 5 because it's a "perfect game", but because it does enough right to get played a lot in my house. I got it cheap because of a special deal. I don't think it's a must buy at $30, but it's definitely a great buy when it becomes a budget game.

I don't know how long it will be for sure yet, but I'm guessing that it will take us adults somewhere in the 8-10 hour range to finish it (40 riddles with 10 to 15 minutes each). I think it will take the kids longer.

Cons:
1. Sometimes the controls are a little wonky. Never had more than a momentary problem, so it's not a game killer. Also, sometimes you need to hit the number 2. Why games that control mainly with the arrow keys, a & b make you also hit the 2 button is beyond me.
2. This isn't a con if you play with your kids. Some things may need adult help--especially for kids who can't read. One of the clues is a "rebus 4 U". You're supposed to find the letter U, but they should have just put "find the letter 'U'". Clues that hard are rare. The game requires reading in some puzzles where you have to find words. Etc. Reading ones are common.
3. The gameplay is repetitive, but it's 'I spy'. What do you expect? But, I didn't like how some of the mini-games where repetitive. Kids may enjoy that repetition. There also are only 10 levels that you visit a number of times (there are 40 puzzles, so I assume you'll visit each level 4 times).

Pros:
1. Non violent puzzle fun that everyone can help with. Even though only one player controls the wiimote, my wife and I have so far sat at the tv and pointed things out to each other.
2. Good 3d graphics. Nothing amazing, but if it were just a 2d where's waldo on the wii, we wouldn't like it near as much!
3. The actual pointing at items and moving around the level is very accurate. You can use the arrow keys to move around, but the nunchuk works great too!
4. There are a few nice additions. There is a final goal in building this machine. You can play the mini-games with a second player (not interesting to us adults).
5. Auto saving. It's 2008, why doesn't every game autosave?

edited out a half sentence on 07-23-09. We still love the game!

Length:: 3:58 Mins

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This game is very fun and addictive. Some of the clues are very hard to find (I cannot find the skate in the auquarium level 4, any help?). Good times!

I've been playing this with my 8-year old daughter, and we are really enjoying it. Another great I Spy product (we have the books and computer games also). Sometimes it's frustrating because the second remote (me, usually) can't rotate the images to look around, but the whole family can get in on the action to find the items and solve the puzzles. If you like I Spy, you'll enjoy this game.

I was excited to get this for my 6 year old twins. The game is not very fun and has many snags. It gets stuck and won't let you out of the mode it is in. It keeps repeating the same activities and only lets one player control the movement of the pictures to search. It leaves us frustrated and unwilling to play it.

Invest in something else unless you get this for ten dollars or less.

This game is probably too difficult for a youngster to do on his or her own. However, my six-year old daughter & I had a great time working through this game as a team (two people can search at the same time with two remotes, but only one person can "drive" around the scenes). And now that we've been through it once, she is having a good time going through again on her own with just minimal reminders from me (she is a huge I-Spy fan and her favorite Wii Play game is Find The Mii..).

Anyone who likes I-Spy will love this game and most of the mini-games are OK & don't detract from the game (some of them can be kind of hard, though). The only thing keeping it from a fifth star is that I think $30 is a little high for a game with limited replay value. However, I have seen it elsewhere for less.

Fast Service. My 6 year old son loves to play this game. Great game for those who love the I Spy books.

This is a fun game. It brings the I spy books to life. However, I really think it's more of a one player game. We love to find the things, but my kids fight over who gets to control it.

We love the I Spy boks and we have a Wii so we thought that it would be a fun game and it is. This game is really fun for all ages. I would say from 6-whatever. Some items are easy for little kids to spot and others are harder (although you don't get to pick which kind of riddle you would like) -a con. Another con is that there are only 10 pictures and 40 riddles - we went through the game very fast! So I think this is a better game to rent than to buy - but it is a must play for people who like the I Spy books.

Bottom line, the game is fun but to make it worth buying it needs a lot more riddles!

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