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BUZZ! The Music Quiz (PS2)
by Sapphylcw
I received Buzz one Christmas as a present, it came with the game and with four buzzers which have a big red button at the top and four rectangular buttons which are outlined in different colours in order to be able to make suggestions. In order to play you just plug your controllers in, put the disc into your playstation and off you ... go!
This is predominantly a music quiz and the manufacturer states that it uses songs all the way from the 1950s to 2005 which should give most of the family a good chance to get some answers right! I know some of the songs I've never heard of but some I'll recognise in a second. I really like that there is a large period that the music is from because it doesn't isolate people who may not be up to date with modern music! There are 1000 song clips and over 5000 questions which should stop the game from being too repetitive and you can play on your own against the computer or with up to three other people.
The gameshow is hosted by 'Buzz' and he has a host called 'Rose'. Players can then select their own character to represent them throughout the game and the set up on the screen is just like a TV gameshow.
There are eight rounds however you don't have to play all of the rounds at once so if you only have a small amount of time to play or someone in your group has a short attention span you can just play one or two rounds! The rounds are as follows:
Point Builder: A simple round which gives everyone a chance to build up some points. These are multiple choice questions and you all get points if you get the question right.
Snap: If you see the right answer appear onscreen, then Buzz (press your red button) in as fast as you can.Whoever's fastest and gets the answer right gets the points!
Fastest Finger: The quicker you buzz, the more points you get, so first the answer gets the most points, second gets the next most and so on.
Offloader: In this round you can 'offload' your question to someone else, this is good for if you get a question you can't answer or you know they won't be able to answer because if they get it wrong they lose points!
Pass the Bomb: This is like a 'hot potato' game. The bomb gets passed from player to player and you need to get the question right to pass it on, if you get it wrong you hold the bomb until you get a question right and if it explodes while you're holding it you lose points!
Point Stealer:If you get questions right you can steal points from other players, a nice way to get revenge! This is also really good for bringing down one person if they're way ahead of everyone else!!
Buzz Stop: This is a pass or play round, so Buzz in if you want no-one else to have the chance to answer the question if you know it, and pass if you don't. Basically you buzz when a question comes up that you want to answer but they move quite quickly so you need to be fast!
Look Before You Leap:The final round, you buzz if you know the answer but if you don't know the answer then you'll lose points!
Tie-Breaker: If there's a draw then of course there's a tie breaker to sort it out!
As you can see, not only can you win points in this game but you can also lose points, steal them from other players or have someone set you up! This makes it a lot more fun than just building up points alone.
There are a few things I find annoying about this game and that is that although 'Buzz' is generally quite a funny gameshow host (because he's got lots of cheesy lines!) he does have a tendency to go on a bit when you just want to get going! Also when a character wins a round they have an on screen celebration which takes forever and you can't skip past it so you just have to wait until they're finished high kicking or whatever it is that your character decides to do!
In general this is a really fun game and even my dad who doesn't like video games got involved and enjoyed it!
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