You Don't Know Jack (quiz teaser episode - post your score) -new game out today
The 1990s classic quiz game is coming back in February for Xbox, PS3, Wii, DS & PC, and they have a teaser episode up on their website here;
http://www.youdontknowjack.com/episodes/e1/index.html
Post your score from your first playthrough. I started poorly, but picked it up towards the end;
$18,614
Your turn...
http://www.youdontknowjack.com/episodes/e1/index.html
Post your score from your first playthrough. I started poorly, but picked it up towards the end;
$18,614
Your turn...
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Good thing the single player is nearly as satisfying. I've been playing through the later YDKJs that I never owned (except for The Ride, which won't run on Vista no matter what I do
Final score $20,415.
And yes, 3 out of the 7 rounds were very US-centric (measurement of a cup in pints? I know it's 250mL.) I got two of them right purely by guessing... And no, it wasn't the pints one.
I got stuck on the cup one - I knew it was 250mls but not sure of pints. Afterwards I realised if I hadn't been in a hurry, I did know that 600mls is around a pint, so I should've got it if I'd thought about it...
British cups are different to American. I only remembered this after putting in my answer!
Now, I never really considered myself a 'trivia game' fan, but there was something about YDKJ that made me come back for more. Even though it doesn't have much in terms of 'graphics' (just a bunch of text, and some dancing numbers, I guess) the amount of dialog throughout the whole game more than made up for it (which is kinda what I like about Telltale games, lots of funny dialog in every game). Lots of times, I chose the wrong answers, just to hear what the host would say.
Anyway, I'm just wondering if I'm the only one who is a fan of the series? Even thought that was about a decade ago ('95 - 2000), do you guys remember it?
Personally, I don't like the fact that this one is (once again) 'Episode' based, and each one is 10 questions long now. For me, that kills the 'randomness' of the game it use to have (I mean, to get the 'All answers right' trophy...I have already played the 1st episode about 5 times to get it.) Then again, there are about 73 episodes, so I got some work to do. (Not counting any add-on content coming)
But, Online play was simple and fun. I played one game, and on my 1st try in a 4 player Online game, I got 2nd place with $13,000 (I was only 1 or 2 grand away from the winner) I really enjoyed it.
If anyone else has any thoughts or opinions on the new YDKJ, let's hear 'em.
The "episode" based-ness of it is part of what makes it good I think. Rather than just answering 10 random questions, they're made part of a coherent framework, and it allows them to write non-generic material for the host.
Man, the free version on the now long-defunct toasted.com in the late '90s was great. They released new mini episodes every week or so IIRC. Rather than being based in the browser, it took over the whole screen and really had a great presentation.
My friends and I were considering getting it tonight, but instead we played Xbox 360 Monopoly. I was the top hat, got a Monopoly on Boardwalk/Park Place after fleecing the computer player on a trade, and summarily bankrupted everybody.
Do the PC and Wii versions have DLC?
Yes, I knew that. (and so did The Netshow & PS1's Mock 2) Uh...to my knowledge, I believe the add-on questions are only for the PS3 & 360 (but I could be wrong, I guess the PC could get it to).
Well, for me, while 'episodes' are great for online gameplay, well, it good when its your 1st time playing it. But, usally (and 5th Dementia prooved this) you'll get at least 1 player who has already played the episode before and already knows what the answer is, so it then is just a race to see who can press the button the fastest. Thats a little unfair for people who may not have played that one. But, again, with over 70 episodes and since it just came out, now is the best time to play online.
Also, if you guys want a sample of the new game (and for me to give away half of the 1st episode...) check this out. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=whUk1XkWv9U Enjoy the funny.
I still think the linearity of the episode based structure was used best in Vol 4: The Ride, though. That thing felt so full of context aware content it was amazing. It seemed to notice the tiniest details of how we were playing, and worked them into the game. I have no idea how fine tuned that actually was technically or if it was just very cleverly written to sound like everything was being observed, but the feeling of playing that game is still unmatched for me.
Unlike most trivia games, the You Don't Know Jack series has personality, they're well written, and well voiced. The audio prouduction across the whole series is pretty stellar. They structure the game like a television show pretty well. When you're in the menus at the beginning of the game, you can hear all the mic chatter between the crew as they're getting set up to start the show, and there are occasional sponsor interludes, and commercials at the end. The whole package front to back is just very slick and fluidly produced.
The best You Don't Know Jack games are always paying attention to what you have been answering, how much money the various players have, what the previous questions were, and (like well written adventure games) have witty quips and comments for all of those situations. So if player two is super bombing out, they get mocked by the host for it, and get picked more often to participate in the weird mini games. If you're playing it single player on a Friday night, the game might notice and point out that maybe it's a little sad that you're home alone playing a computer game. The latest one has an Xbox achievement called "turncoat" for ignoring your patriotic obligations and playing it on the fourth of July instead of celebrating America.
Sounds pretty cool. Unfortunately, the games don't seem to be available over here, so I'll just have to make do with Buzz for now, which is a shame (buzz is a great game and all, but i fancy giving a different quizz series a go).
Been playing Louder Faster Funnier and Lost Gold to keep my Jack cravings sated for now. Also thinking about finally getting The Ride, since it's apparently the best YDKJ of all.
Whaaaaat? I was going to get it, but those things might kill it for me. I don't have any consoles.
I own every old Jack, but they have lost me as a customer for their new PC release.
I even bought the PS2 Buzz game, just for the USB Buzz controllers. A quick little autohotkey script and you have hand buzzers for the old Jacks on your PC.