Buzz! Brain of the UK - or one of its 21 regional variations depending where you are - takes you through a selection of all new quizzes, with both a single player mode and multiplayer modes.
The single player mode starts off with you choosing your character. The characters are very similar to other Buzz games, with them all being cartoon versions of “famous” people. Then you are shown a screen with 15 different challenge types, only three of which are available to begin with. To unlock the rest you have to get a least a bronze medal in all the available challenges.
The challenges in Solo quiz mode vary quite a lot. There are six different types of challenge out of the overall 15, which include a ‘Quickfire Round’, where you have to answer fifteen questions; a ‘Time Challenge’, where you have to answer as many questions as possible with a minute; a ‘Picture This’ challenge, where you have to guess the answer to ten questions using the pictures as clues; and perhaps the most challenging of all, the ‘Virus Challenge’, where you are faced with a scrambled picture and a question to match, as the picture unscrambles the virus will eat away at you score; ‘Top Rank Challenge’, where you have to rank the answer in a certain order; and ‘Snapshot Challenge’ where you have to guess the answer to the question and then if guessed correctly you choose a square on a box, whatever square you choose reveals part of a picture.
At the end of each round you are awarded a medal according to how many points you score, at least a bronze is required to advance. The game also includes 14 trophies for you to earn by doing various tasks. In terms of the questions, although some will be familiar to veteran Buzz!ers and quizzers in general, they are rarely repeated and if they are it will only be after a lot of rounds. I found that most of the questions are extremely difficult but there are some ridiculously easy ones such as one showing the Great Wall of China, and it asks who built this; the Italians, the Americans, the Japanese or the Chinese? Sheesh! Some of the questions are localised for your particular region, so unsurprisingly our version had a lot of questions about Britain.
Buzz! Brain of the UK is another solid Buzz game. He game is well presented and offers plenty of challenges to keep you going. The added trophies mean you always have a reason to go back to it. With more than 4000 questions all about the UK as well as general knowledge - all of which you can play with your friends at home or online against other trivia fans on PlayStation Network, you won't be able to put your wireless buzzers down. If that’s not enough quizzing for you then you can go online to the MyBuzzQuiz website to write your own quizzes or download extra premium quiz packs from PlayStation Store.
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