1 vs 100™ -- Review

Category: game show trivia games

Price: $4.99

App Store Link: [Full] / No Lite Version

Review: Like it

Recommendation: Stays true to the game show. Fun & unique trivia game. Worth the money.

Replay Value: High

1 vs 100 is a trivia game based off the television game show of the same name. As the contestant, you answer a series of questions against a "mob" of 100 people (computer controlled). The goal of the game is to eliminate as many members of the mob as possible. Mob members are eliminated when they incorrectly answer a question. Players earn money for each member of the mob eliminated. The game ends when a player chooses to walk with the money or incorrectly answers a question, in which case the player's winnings are split among the remaining members of the mob. Like the now classic "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire" game show, dollar values are tiered, meaning the longer contestants stay in the game, the more money they make per mob member eliminated. Also like Millionaire, contestants are given 3 "helps" including: "ask the mob," "poll the mob," and "trust the mob." These are very similar to Millionaire's "lifelines."

Overall, the game plays very smoothly. It's clear the that developers put extra effort into making players feel like actual contestants on the show. The host even announces the game for you. For those unfamiliar with the game show, it's still a very good trivia game with a fun twist. Personally, I'd recommend this to anyone looking for a new trivia game willing to play the price. My only criticism of the game is that because it is so true to the real-life show, it sometimes feels unnecessarily slow and repetitive in it's delivery of questions (e.g always watching the board select the dollar value before every question, the host always saying his little spiel before every question, etc.) Players can tap through these screens, but even that adds unnecessary waiting if you're in the mood for quick trivia; however this could easily be fixed with a setting to toggle of waiting between questions.