On Tuesday, there will be a new service on the streaming service called theTriviaverse. You can play a game by yourself or head to head with someone else. Ahead of Tuesday's announcement, I was able to check it out, and I think a lot of people will be loading it up for a competition.
The way it works is explained here. If you are playing alone or against someone else, you will be guided by a pair of glowing eyes. You have a minute to answer as many questions as possible in each round. Animals, geography, science and technology, world history, sports, food, music, movies and TV, art, literature, and "miscellaneous" are just some of the topics you'll have to solve in order to get points.
If you are playing with a few people, the rules are different.
The answers are presented next to a virtual D-Pad, and you can pick the one you want by pressing that direction on your controller or keyboard, clicking on it with a mouse, or tapping the answer directly on the screen. The more questions you answer correctly, the more points you will score and the more points you will accumulate.
If you are playing with more than one person, the rules are different. You will take on three one minute rounds on your own. Each person will do two one-minute rounds. When I played a game with my wife, the stress and competition increased because my opponent could watch me try to guess correctly.
The game will finish at the end. In single player, you will get a title based on how you performed against a series of challenges, which are more points. I like the title "Shockingly Average" which features a yawning face. You don't get the title when you play two players. The game encourages you to play again even if you tie.
This is the next step in gaming.
It's ideal for a round or two of questions on your own or large questions for a group of friends and family. If you want to try it out, make sure you have a device that can actually play it, since it won't work on a few devices.
In addition to being the latest interactive title on the service, it is also the next step in the evolution of the game show genre. It is the next step in the evolution of gaming, which includes a catalog of mobile titles and explorations into cloud gaming. I think the speed of the game could make it a hit, and if it succeeds, we could see similar games on the internet.
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