Sony’s plan to draw the casual gamer to their console is about to take another twist soon with the release of Buzz! Quiz TV. Asking users to create content for their games is a clever idea and one that not only sets Buzz apart from other quiz games out there, but also considerably lengthens the experience enjoyed by the user.

Straight from the beginning of Quiz TV you are met with fantastic HD presentation, which from the off, gives you a very good impression of what you are about to play. The menus line up on the left hand side of the screen, giving you the option of playing alone, with friends at home or online. There is also some rather snazzy quiz music which accompanies the menu, just to get you in a quizzical mood. 

Before starting the game, you are given the option of choosing you character, clothing and then naming them. Finally you are then asked to choose a buzzer noise, which range from animal noises to all sorts of things such as trains, bells and clowns. The best thing about this part of the game in my opinion is that each character has their own personality and will act differently depending on whether they answer right or wrong, it isn’t a big deal really but at least it shows you that thought has went into not making the characters all clones of each other.

The single player campaign it has to be said, is a bit of a disappointment, playing through the game by yourself offers no reward whatsoever, once you complete the quiz the only sense of satisfaction you are left with is that you got the questions right, however apart from that, nothing. Things improve 100% once you have friends next to you, this is where this game really comes into it’s own, unlike in the single player game, when more than one person is playing you are suddenly met with a good variety of round types such as fastest finger, pass the bomb, high stakes and pie fight, with the climax being the final countdown, were points are swapped for time and the loser ends up in the basement. The multiplayer is certainly good fun as answering the questions and getting them right suddenly means something, after all you have the incentive of winning the quiz against friends, which is at least rewarding. 

Choosing users generated questions is simple, before you start a game you are given the choice of what subjects you would like to cover and from here you simply select user generated questions, within this option you can even choose specific question sets or just press start and be given four random ones. Once you complete a set of questions you are then able to rate them for quality.