The Weakest Link (video game)

The Weakest Link is an edutainment video game based on the television show of the same name, developed by Traveller's Tales, published by Activision and distributed by BBC Multimedia, for the PlayStation, PlayStation 2 and Microsoft Windows platforms. Anne Robinson, the television show's real-life host, features in the game throughout gameplay and recorded footage, beginning with the opening speech, at the beginning of each round, and during each round's voting stage.

Weakest Link
Developer(s)Traveller's Tales
Publisher(s)Activision
Platform(s)PlayStation, Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 2
ReleasePlayStation, Microsoft Windows
  • EU: 28 September 2001
  • NA: 2 October 2001
PlayStation 2
  • EU: 2 November 2001
Genre(s)Edutainment
Mode(s)Single-player, multiplayer

The rating for the game on the covers is "3+" in game ratings certification.

Gameplay

The gameplay consists of choosing specially-created characters, and the game can be played either with a second player or against the CPU. Players can choose the difficulty of questions for each game, as well as whether to play from the beginning or from a particular round with selected CPU characters. Players can also "bend the rules", changing the settings to whatever they would like to play, including questions, the difficulty of CPU players and more.

The money tree is as follows:

Question Price
Championship
Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4
7 £2,500 £10,000 £30,000 £125,000
6 £1,750 £7,000 £21,000 £87,500
5 £1,000 £4,000 £12,000 £50,000
4 £500 £2,000 £6,000 £25,000
3 £250 £1,000 £3,000 £12,500
2 £100 £400 £1,200 £5,000
1 £50 £200 £600 £2,500

Reception

The PlayStation version received "mixed" reviews, while the PC version received "generally unfavorable reviews", according to the review aggregation website Metacritic.[4][5]

IGN criticized the PC version's gameplay for slow pace and the graphics by stating they were "drab".[15]

References
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