Game Focus: "Sadly, it seems that Sony hasn't learned their lesson with Jeopardy. Wheel of Fortune is plagued by many of the same problems and I get the feeling the game was rushed. The game could have had great potential if it wasn't so hard to invite friends into a game and the multiplayer actually worked. At a price tag of 15 dollars, it's quite steep for a game that feels like it was thrown together at the last minute. In this age of next generation consoles and social gaming, it's inexcusable to have a multiplayer system that's broken. If you enjoy puzzles, you'll get a more complete experience with a puzzle book, or just shouting out answers to the television set."
Pros
+ Decent representation of the game
+ Trophy support
+ Limited but decent Character Creation for PSN game
+ Music is on par with the game show
+ Thousand of puzzles
+ Gameplay is on par with the game show
Cons
- Limited and broken Multiplayer
- No hosts?!?! How could you!
- Atmosphere is lacking a lot, almost lifeless
- Annoying sound effects of audience clapping was over-used
- Game can't adapt to two player multiplayer
- Huge lag in Multiplayer that makes playing a timed game frustrating
- Animations are heavily repeated and look stiff
- Exploitable Multiplayer if players quit out, game doesn't end
- Game feels rushed, thrown together at the last minute
- Characters look ugly and don't interact with the environment well
PP: Wheel of Fortune comes with over 4000 unique word puzzles, so should you be stuck indoors long enough, you might actually make it through all of them across the variety of game modes, like Classic Mode, Quick Mode, and Family Mode.
Neil writes: "Way back in 2017 Ubisoft treated the Xbox world to two of America's finest game shows with the launch of Wheel of Fortune and Jeopardy! on Xbox One. But the launch was region restricted and saw a huge swathe of players unable to enjoy the fun that the games could bring. Here and now though, in 2020 we finally see both games rock up in the UK. And if you're after some family friendly fun to drag you through the tough times, these are it."
Ken relives his game show phase in his latest review.
