Guess Who? (UK Version)

Reviewed by Sharon Mehl
Published by Hasbro Interactive

Age Group: Age 4 to 8, Age 8 and Up
Type: Thinking Games, Arcade, Board and Card Games, More Fun
Price: Unavailable

Requires: Windows 95/98, P 133MHz, 16 MB RAM, 50 MB HD, 4X CD ROM 2MB SVGA, sound card

Description:

Guess Who? provides detective fun for children and adults who like to figure out who done it. Guess Who? brings the classic board game to the computer by adding more twists and challenges than in the original game. Snoop out a single suspect, make it a challenge with two suspects, or challenge one of the Guess Who? Detectives to a five game championship.

Included in Guess Who? are a series of adventures, set in the town of Look-About-Landing. Help the Guess Who? Detectives locate items, play mini-games, use their deductive-reasoning skills to find the suspect, and solve the mystery.

Features:

  • Familiar Classic Guess Who? Game
  • Play against the Guess Who? Detectives
  • Includes familiar suspects from the board game
  • Choice of 1 Suspect, 2 Suspects, or Championship play
  • 3 Mysteries in 2 levels of play
  • 9 Arcade-style mini-games
  • 3 Computer skill levels
  • Single or Championship games

Technical Aspects:

The software installed smoothly and our children were off to become detectives! This software would not be suitable for people with auditory difficulty. Many things are spoken and the games are not playable without sound.

Report and Conclusions:

You may wonder about how fun Guess Who? really is. Well, Guess Who? is hooked on playing this game? Our list of detectives includes myself, my 7 year old, my 5 year old, and about anyone who has come over to our house to check out our new game! This software is fantastic! Need I say more? I had my doubts on how good this software title would be as we already owned the board game. I figured it would just be a way for my son to play the game when he didn't have someone to play the board game with. Oh, how wrong I was! Guess Who? expands upon the classic game by adding challenges, such as guessing 2 suspects rather than one. There are mysteries to solve and mini-games to play. There is a lot more here than you notice at first glance. There are only 3 mysteries to solve, and the pieces you need to collect are in the same place each time, but the suspects are randomized and you do have the choice of playing the advanced version which involves naming 2 suspects rather than one. Hasbro Interactive thoughtfully included, in the classic game, an option which is the ability to press a button and hear any or all of the clues that have been given in that game.

Guess Who? is great detective fun for a range of ages and Hasbro Interactive has done a great job with their graphics, speech, game flow, and the adaptability of making it a challenge from a young child to an adult. Great job! May you enjoy Guess Who? too!





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