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Who Wants to be a Millionaire IS the Weakest Link...

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: September 26, 2001
Author: Amazon User

Millionaire, watch out, cuz there's a new game in town! Weakest Link has everything from Anne to 21 real characters to choose from. You can now have the inconvenience of Anne in your own home! Anne has everything from new Brutal Truths to over 100,000 questions! You even get to hear "You ARE the Weakest Link! Goodbye!" and get to take the Walk of Shame.

You can play with up to 7 other players, human and/or computer, and you can even play over the net or over a network!

If you don't run out and buy the game the opening day, you ARE the Weakest Link! Goodbye!

Move over Regis...new kid in town!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: October 04, 2001
Author: Amazon User

Weakest Link is one of the best PC games out there. You compete like you are on the real TV show. If you like to watch the show on NBC or the BBC, then you are in for a treat. If you do not buy this game, with 7 votes, YOU ARE THE WEAKEST LINK...GOODBYE!

Great Representation of the Show

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 4
Date: October 14, 2001
Author: Amazon User

If you like the TV Show, you'll really enjoy this game. The set looks just like the one on TV. There's plenty of options (make human player be able to bank at any time, make more questions on certain topics appear more...), but I'll review it based on normal gameplay.

Differences from TV: There are 7 players instead of 8. Also, the first question in the money chain to $125,000, starts at $2,500 and not $1,000. The last round when there are 2 players left, the amount of money banked is tripled instead of doubled. This still makes it possible to bank $1,000,000 in the entire game even though you have 7 players.

Other than this, it's exactly the same. The questions are multiple choice, but you only get the first letter in each choice, so the correct answer will not appear in full, so you still have to know the answer outright. Example: The first month of the year is? Choices: J,F,M,A. You'd have to pick the J. Rules are identical to the show. The strongest link starts from the previous round starts first. If there is a tie in votes, the strongest link decides who is voted off. If you get to the final 2, the strongest link in the last round chooses to go first or second in the 5 question final round. Then it goes to sudden death if tied after 5 until someone is ahead after the extra round. The computer players votes are very good. They usually notice who's missing questions but aren't always predictable as to who they're voting off. After each round, the same "announcing voice" as in the show comes on and says "______ was the strongest link, _______ was the weakest link.." Very realistic.

The box says there's 100,000 questions in the game. If you play it, and don't look at the computer players' questions and answers, and only focus on if they get the questions right or wrong, (can be easily done by not looking at the top of the screen) you'll only see a fraction of all the questions asked in that round. I think this will diminish the chances for repeat questions (a fear that I have in buying/playing games such as this one).

This is well worth the purchase, especially if you like the show.

Problems running the game

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: October 15, 2001
Author: Amazon User

I love the concept of a Weakest Link game, but the program does not run properly on either my Gateway 233 MHz laptop running Windows 98 or my Sony 750 MHz laptop running Windows ME. The program runs too fast, so the characters' comments jumble together, and I only get 25 seconds to play each round instead of a few minutes.

Activision's customer support was friendly, but they had no suggestions for fixing the problem other than waiting for them to release a patch or an updated version if enough people have problems running it. I would not recommend purchasing this software until a patch or new version is released. However, I am looking forward to playing it again once that happens.

the best pc game show ever!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: October 16, 2001
Author: Amazon User

Excellent game. The most replay value you can get for under ... bucks,easily. A must have for game show fanatics or regular gamers alike. I liked but this game is a helluva lot more fun as well as being suspenseful. Attaboys go out to Activision for a quality inexpensive pc game.

Improvision of The Show

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 6 / 7
Date: October 21, 2001
Author: Amazon User

Great game! One problem I had was that I didn't have a good video card, and you need a GOOD one that supports 3D graphics. If not, it will appear blank when the announcer introduces the contestants, etc. Plus the question and possible answers might not show up if you don't. It looks great!

There are three "Modes" in the game.

1 - Normal - Exactly like the T.V. Show. You have about 4 choices to choose from but only starting with 1 letter of the correct response, not so much to give it away.
2 - Easy - This option gives you 4 choices to choose from, including the whole word. A teenager/young adult could play this with ease.
3 - Junior - This option gives you 2 answers to choose from. The EASIEST. A 2-year-old could play this mode and win.

Overall, I give it a 4 star, because Anne repeatedly says the same things like "Coherently, you have gotten rid of all the Weakest Links, and you still banked only this much."

Excellent !!!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: October 23, 2001
Author: Amazon User

The game is 90% to the REAL programme, but still, there are some improvements.
1) the phrase "NOW THE RULES....." can be heard after introducing the team.
2) the introduction of the team should be done by the team's own voice, instead of the other's
3) there are some scene of "LET'S PLAY THE WEAKEST LINK" repeated, such im[provement can be avoided or eliminated.

YOU ARE THE WEAKEST LINK, GOODBYE !!!

Hope that there will be more versions internationally.
Including USA and Hong Kong of course.

The Weakest Link - Good Buy!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 15 / 15
Date: October 27, 2001
Author: Amazon User

Activision's "The Weakest Link" is by far one of the best PC game recreations of a TV game show that I have seen. If you are not brave enough to face Anne Robinson in person (and who would blame you?!), this is a perfect opportunity to have the game show experience in the comfort of your own home.

The 3D graphics are amazing (though for (price), the technology is not quite yet there to give you and your fellow contestants anything better than block-head look). The game plays just like the TV show… from the lighting, to the music, to the "camera" swooping in/passing by each contestant. The only difference is the answers are presented in a multiple-choice format. You get the real-life Anne (in filmed segments) zinging the "team" with her trademark barbs between rounds and "cyber"-Anne furiously whipping her computer console around as she fires away. Even the same male TV announcer from the NBC show calmly informs us who was the strongest link, the weakest link, and who banked most for the team. Get too many answers wrong or take too long and your fellow players will vote you off. The "Walk of Shame" is even intact as players try to rationalize their mistakes or blame other players as they walk of the cyber-set.

I would actually make this a 4.5 star review -- while the PC game ultimately ran fine for me, it did not on a slightly older computer. So a word of caution to those who may not have purchased a computer within say the last 2 years or so. Additionally, you are given 2 screen resolutions to choose from. Neither gave me a totally smooth graphics (although they are good enough to still enjoy the game).

Overall, this is fast paced fun for fans of "Weakest Link" TV game show and its host Anne Robinson.

Goodbye (evil wink).

A VERY FUN GAME!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: October 28, 2001
Author: Amazon User

OK,WHEN I FIRST SAW THIS,I THOUGHT,COULD THIS BE BETTER THAN MILLIONAIRE? WELL,YES! THIS HAS MORE EXCITEMENT,TONS AND TONS OF QUESTIONS,AN ANIMATED SET,AND OF COURSE ANNE! EXACTLY LIKE THE SHOW,EVEN THE EXACT SAME INTRO'S AND ENDING'S LIKE ON TV,THE ONLY DRAWBACKS ARE: THE COMMENTARYS OF THE CONTESTANTS AND ANNE REPEAT TOO MUCH,AND IT WOULD BE NICE IF THE CONTESTANTS MOUTH'S MOVED OR THEY HAD SOME EXPRESSION,VIDEO'S AND PICTURES (NOT THE ANIMATIION) ON THE GAME ARE GRAINY,AND YOU HAVE TO SELECT THE RIGHT DRIVERS,VIDEO CARDS,ETC.,EVERYTIME YOU START THE GAME,NO OTHER GAMES DO THAT THAT I'M AWARE,IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT DRIVERS YOU WANT THE GAME TO USE,AND SELECT THE WRONG ONES,THE GAME STARTS,YOU CAN HEAR THE SOUNDS BUT YOU CAN'T SEE ANY PICTURE! AND END UP HAVING TO DO AN IMPROPER SHUT-DOWN ON YOUR PC,AND ONE OTHER THING,NO SCOREKEEPING!!!!!!!!!! WHAT'S A GAME WITHOUT SCORE KEEPING?!?! WELL HOPEFULLY THESE ISSUES WILL BE FIXED ON THE 2ND EDITON (IF THERE WILL BE ONE,I HOPE!),BUT STILL A GREAT GAME. GOODBYE!

You'd have to be the weakest link not to buy this!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 3
Date: November 04, 2001
Author: Amazon User

One word-BRILLIANT-Buy it now.Its got 100 times more questions than WWTBAM + its got Anne,- need I say more?

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