Trivial Pursuit is a game that has been around for a long time in one form or another, so it was only a matter of time before it made its way onto a modern video gaming platform one way or another and Trivial Pursuit LIVE is just that, Trivial Pursuit on the XBOX One. Sometimes when they take real life board/party games and try to turn them into a video game it ends badly but there have been examples where the formula works, so which one is trivial pursuit? Read on to find out.

The gameplay itself is, well, just like any other trivial pursuit game merged with the XBOX/Microsoft interface in that you sign in using your gamer profile which keeps track of all your high scores and unlocked achievements. Essentially you choose the length of your game as well as how many players you want to include either computer controlled or real people. The game itself, for those who have never actually played any trivia game (if there are any out there) is pretty straight forward: answer questions in a certain category, the most points, win. There are of course bonus points and questions and there seem to be a wide variety of questions so you don’t get the same questions over and over again.

Graphically the game looks smooth, it has a gameshow style set up where your characters stand in front of a giant version of the trivial pursuit logo with a snazzy announcer giving the questions and letting you know what is happening on the game. While the game won’t be winning any awards for most beautiful game, the graphics definitely gets the job done for what it needs to do, my only real complaint would be that sometimes the camera seems to zoom in and out or move really fast at times which isn’t a great combination when you mxi it with the bright colors used by the game at some times.

Audio wise there isn’t much to say, the background music is ‘up-beat’ and fits the game show template of the game. The announcer who reads the questions and makes comments is pretty much just a generic announcer voice (not that there is anything wrong with that) but besides the announcer reading questions and the occasional generic sound every now and then there isn’t much audio to even talk about. Having said that, there are no real complaints from me about the games audio.

The real value in Trivial Pursuit Live is in its multiplayer, playing with the computer gets old quickly but playing with a group of friends or even just people in general is just as fun as playing the actual physical game (maybe even more so) as playing a trivia game against a computerized opponent can only be done so many times. I did have some dropped games and trouble finding/connecting to opponents at times but more often than not the multiplayer worked without issue for me, however there is definitely room for improvement on that front in the area of connectivity.
Overall Trivial Pursuit Live is a fun party game and a fun game to play online with friends who maybe live a long distance away, but I definitely wouldn’t recommend it for someone only looking for a single player experience. The amount of questions available give the game a high replay value, add in that you can play it with friends, family, or whoever else you may want to and it is definitely a great deal for any fan of the board game/trivia game genre.

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