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Trivial Pursuit... I just want to make sure that we're on the same page because I'm going to say that the graphics in this game are great; great by Trivial Pursuit standards.
Let's face it, EA's Trivial Pursuit does not have any fancy movie files (actually, there are no movies whatsoever); you're not going to find a cast of celebrities delivering witty lines. Well, you do get a commentator that things he's witty, but we'll get to that later.
This game is the video game version of the popular board game, Trivial Pursuit. As you can imagine, the action as well as the graphics revolve around the actual board game and the questions. The graphics are very clear and the players are represented by Xbox avatars, and as I said, by the board game's standards this game looks great, but compared with Assassins Creed or Fallout 3, this game looks very limited and boring.
The same goes about the game's sound. By board game standards the sound is more than acceptable. You do have the commentator or the narrator as I like to call him, comment and narrate your every move with comments such as: "And I told my friends that you were smart,..." or "Do you invent stuff in your spare time?" or "Are you sure you're not cheating?" Basically, he comments on your ability to answer questions. Most of the time the sound is a welcome addition adding some variety to the game, but sometimes it gets annoying as well. For example, sometimes your question is displayed on the screen and as you try to concentrate on it, the commentator is still rambling on. The other thing that could have made the sound a lot better would have been if the commentator would have read out the questions. My reasoning behind that is that if you play this game from an educational standpoint, it would help to know how to pronounce some of the names and locations in this game. But at least learning six different categories helps even without sound.
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