Who Wants to be a Millionaire

Have you ever wanted to swap places with the person on the telly for your chance to pocket some of the riches they’re vying for? Well, you’re not alone!

For those of you out there who thrive under the pressure or would simply like to dream of what you’d do with all that money, you can earn your worth by playing Who Wants to be a Millionaire. This original version of the game offers you all the thrills and excitement that the television version has to offer, except you can skip all the ramblings of the host and the annoying pauses and advertisements and get on with finding out if you picked the right one from the four possible answers.

For those of you unfamiliar with the game and its procedure, the idea is that you have one question, four multiple choice answers and three lifelines. The first lifeline is ‘ask the audience’ where you can get the assistance by asking the question to the AI audience, you can then decide to go with the answer or go with your gut instinct. The second is the ‘50:50’ option where you eliminate two incorrect answers which leaves you with one correct and one incorrect answer. Lastly, you can ‘phone a friend’, again, much like the ask the audience option, you get the advice from a computerised ‘friend’ who’ll give you an answer. As with all other options, you can decide to stick with what you’ve been told, ignore what they say and go for anything you like or cut your possible losses and run.

Although sometimes it’s a bit of a tame option to ‘chicken out’ there’s much respect due to anyone who can hold it together under pressure and not gamble the lot. I myself fell foul to goading myself on just one more answer like some kind of general knowledge addict, and more often than not I managed to lose!

In terms of the questions, they are all pretty random and I never was asked the same one twice (after several hours of fun). So for me, this can only be a good thing and certainly adds to the overall appeal of the product.

This game’s a little hindered in its partiality to ask Australian themed questions at times. This I believe is due to it being an Australian rather than UK version, however this didn’t make the game impossible or any less entertaining. Actually in a quirky way it made it a lot more unpredictable and challenging – particularly when asked ‘what’s the main colour in the Vegimite logo?’ No doubt to anyone from Australia or visitors to there (or at least the world foods section in the local supermarket) will be able to answer that in record time, meanwhile the rest of us will be a little more stumped!

So in the end then, if you love general knowledge, fancy testing your brain rather than your fingers and thumbs will certainly find this game every bit as exciting as the real deal… it’s just a shame the money you win isn’t real – even if it is $ than £!

Rating 93%

Positives

Quick and instantly accessible

Good graphics and sounds

Lots of questions – none were repeated

Negatives

The game’s made a little harder due to it favouring Australian themed questions

Getting to 1,000,000 seems almost impossible

The money you win isn’t real – sorry!