Friends: The One With All the Trivia
by Warner Home Video
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Software Reviews of Friends: The One With All the Trivia
Customer Review: Problem Error Possible Solution for Friends Trivia
Summary: 4 Stars
I don't generally write reviews. My main reason for writing is to let other Friends fans know of the way that I was able to get this software to work. When you insert the DVD, browse to and then right click on the setup.exe file, click on properties, and then go to the compatibility tab. Select the check box and change it to Windows ME/98 compatibility.
I don't know if this will work for everyone, but I was having problems like other people, and after I did this, everything worked great. I do have burning software installed, and am running XP.
As far as the actual review of the software, if you are a Friends fan, and you have a partner who is as enthusiastic about it as you are, then you will love this software. My wife and I play it constantly and have a blast every time. There aren't many options on different gameplay modes, which is why I knocked a star off, but it does what it's supposed to do. Give you a fun Friends trivia session.
Customer Review: 3 Tries. Won't Work
Summary: 1 Stars
I purchased 3 copies of Friends: The One With All the Trivia. None of them would work. All 3 came from different sources and all of the disks showed read errors. They must have been bad from the manufacturer. My computer and DVDRW work fine with other CDs and DVDs.Customer Review: Very disappointed
Summary: 2 Stars
Like many others customers, I am very disappointed with this product. It seems to have malfunction or something else, because to play properly, I have to re-insert the disc 9 or 10 times! It's such a shame... I am probably the biggest Friends fan in France :)) and I hoped that this software could last a little bit more my favorite TV show...Customer Review: Recommended to the fans of Friends
Summary: 5 Stars
I am a Friends fan and I really enjoyed this game. The questions vary in difficulty, and the narration by the characters is a nice feature.
Regarding the issues with the keyboard, the keys for each player are indeed very close together. Also, when two players can answer the same question at the same time, it's easy to press the wrong key by mistake. But I guess in time you can get used to the keys.
I didn't have a problem installing the game, although I have a CD recorder and recording software installed. I didn't choose the full instalation, since the CD has to be in the drive anyway, but the game runs properly, it didn't seem to freeze when reading from the CD.
Compared to SceneIt, it's very different. This is a complete trivia game that keeps score and announces the winner. SceneIt is a board game, and the DVD is used to ask questions, and in order to play it as a trivia game you need to keep score with paper and pen.
Customer Review: Trivia can be fun. Game Slow. PC Requirements Unrealistic
Summary: 2 Stars
The game disk does not run on my laptop. But it will play it on my desktop computer. Very annoying, but at least I can play (other reviewers have not been so lucky).
The game has some good questions and I enjoy testing my Friends knowledge. The game itself is rather simple and not totally fun. The "game board" is the outside of the Friends' apartment building. When you get a question right a window lights up. When you get one wrong a window dims. If you don't answer the question nothing happens. You win when all the windows on that floor are lit up. I would prefer that they make you answer all questions- none of this passing on a question- it would up the ante and perhaps add some excitement.
If you play a multi-player game you cannot select which letter is your buzzer and the letters assigned by the game designers are adjacent keys on the keyboard! It's silly for the two players to be huddled together, hovering over the same part of the keyboard when the designers could have selected other letter keys set further apart.
There are SOME video clips and still images accompanying the questions, but it's mostly a trivia game without visual aids or embellishments. Think Trivial Pursuit with a computer screen as the cards.
This game was a gift. If I had to do it over again I'd probably spend my money instead on Scene It! Friends Edition. As of right now, Scene It! Friends Edition is on sale at Circuit City for the same price as this game is on Amazon. (And though I haven't played it, the reviews of that game are much better than this one).