Hello XbA, AJ again with another game review! The game is 1vs100 and most of you have played it or at least heard of it. Last season/a few months ago it was released onto the dashboard as an avatar game that gold members could play. Usually the game was up and running every night from 7pm central and the last round would end around 11:30pm central which is a great idea on the developer's part to limit the time that people could spend playing this game seeing as how they offer real prizes.
With the recent addition of achievements I think that this game definitely deserves a review (seeing as how it's free and free achievements are win). Whether you play games to complete them or just play for fun this game has something for everyone. With the extended play you get the chance to get associated with the game and get your bearings and basically just learn the mechanics of the game. Extended play is simply any round that is available and usually just has general trivia questions which could range anywhere from politics to Norse Mythology. The other version of the game is what they call a "Live Show". In this show there is crowd; the top 3 scores from the crowd receive an XBLA game, then the 100; these players are chosen on a variety of different stats: from previous round played, last round's score, or weekly score. This 100 competes against the 1 chosen player to receive a maximum of 10,000 Microsoft Points. Lastly the 1 is the person who the game revolves around, if they screw up, the points get divided up between the remaining members of the chosen 100.
Onto some of the pros and cons of the game. If you have a crazy work schedule like some members of XbA then you might find the times that the rounds are offered a bit annoying. The other thing that bugged me about the game personally is that if you play the game enough you will start to notice that ALL the questions repeat. If you play it more than enough you will eventually be able to answer 95% of the questions without fail. The leader boards from last season seemed to be a bit more organized but now some awards (not avatar) are available. On the positive side of things; you can have up to 4 people in your party if you need help or aren't particularly good at trivia. There's also an option for the guest setting so that if you do not have more than 1 gold account people playing at home can have more than 1 player on the same Xbox and up to 4 if you have enough controllers of course.
Now onto the most important part of the game; the FREE achievements!!! The achievements for the most part are pretty simple and can be gotten rather quickly with the exception to a couple. One requires you answer a total of 100 correct which is possible in one night if you're knowledgeable or play all the rounds offered. Another requires you simply answer 500 total questions regardless if you get the answer right or wrong. The only other 1 that deserves mention requires you to get 6 consecutive instant answer bonuses. This means that you have to get 6 questions correct in a row and you have to pick the right answer within .7 seconds of the answer being shown on screen.
All in all the 200 points should be fairly easy to get to even the casual gamer and if you aren't into the whole completion thing then this game offers tons of re-playability. They seem to add new questions every so often so hopefully you won't notice many repeats but if you do then you can feel that much smarter when other people you're playing with get them wrong. The only other thing I hope to see this game offer is 50 more achievement points and a lot more questions!
Thanks XbA!
With the recent addition of achievements I think that this game definitely deserves a review (seeing as how it's free and free achievements are win). Whether you play games to complete them or just play for fun this game has something for everyone. With the extended play you get the chance to get associated with the game and get your bearings and basically just learn the mechanics of the game. Extended play is simply any round that is available and usually just has general trivia questions which could range anywhere from politics to Norse Mythology. The other version of the game is what they call a "Live Show". In this show there is crowd; the top 3 scores from the crowd receive an XBLA game, then the 100; these players are chosen on a variety of different stats: from previous round played, last round's score, or weekly score. This 100 competes against the 1 chosen player to receive a maximum of 10,000 Microsoft Points. Lastly the 1 is the person who the game revolves around, if they screw up, the points get divided up between the remaining members of the chosen 100.
Onto some of the pros and cons of the game. If you have a crazy work schedule like some members of XbA then you might find the times that the rounds are offered a bit annoying. The other thing that bugged me about the game personally is that if you play the game enough you will start to notice that ALL the questions repeat. If you play it more than enough you will eventually be able to answer 95% of the questions without fail. The leader boards from last season seemed to be a bit more organized but now some awards (not avatar) are available. On the positive side of things; you can have up to 4 people in your party if you need help or aren't particularly good at trivia. There's also an option for the guest setting so that if you do not have more than 1 gold account people playing at home can have more than 1 player on the same Xbox and up to 4 if you have enough controllers of course.
Now onto the most important part of the game; the FREE achievements!!! The achievements for the most part are pretty simple and can be gotten rather quickly with the exception to a couple. One requires you answer a total of 100 correct which is possible in one night if you're knowledgeable or play all the rounds offered. Another requires you simply answer 500 total questions regardless if you get the answer right or wrong. The only other 1 that deserves mention requires you to get 6 consecutive instant answer bonuses. This means that you have to get 6 questions correct in a row and you have to pick the right answer within .7 seconds of the answer being shown on screen.
All in all the 200 points should be fairly easy to get to even the casual gamer and if you aren't into the whole completion thing then this game offers tons of re-playability. They seem to add new questions every so often so hopefully you won't notice many repeats but if you do then you can feel that much smarter when other people you're playing with get them wrong. The only other thing I hope to see this game offer is 50 more achievement points and a lot more questions!
Thanks XbA!
