Party Game Sundays: The Price is Right - Decades

I love everything about The Price is Right, which is why I assumed this game was going to be terrible. Obviously something I love couldn't be turned into a fun multiplayer video game right? Wrong! It was actually pretty damn good. While it didn't have Bob Barker or Drew Carey it does have all the necessary elements to hype you up for some sweet game show action.

It starts as all episodes of The Price is Right do. The announcer yells "come on down" and then the four players do just that. You can't even skip it, which makes it even better. Then you actually bid on a showcase. The game is called decades, because it has videos for showcases dating all the way back to the beginning of the show. This makes it kind of hard to bid, because items were rarely priced as I expected. Who the hell pays $700 for a set of ugly designer luggage? We also had a showcase with a $3,000 bed... 

LOOK AT THIS HOT CAR!

What's magical is that it's still super easy to screw everyone over just like the real game show. We were bidding a dollar, and outbidding people by a dollar just to be funny. It actually worked though. Unlike the show though everyone moves on to the next round. Otherwise it would be a pretty bad multiplayer experience. This means that we all got to play beloved games like plinko, and cliffhangers. These were also challenging, because the items we were pricing were super outdated. 

Then as you'd expect you get to spin the wheel. It was done with motion controls, which didn't work super well for me. I think that made the wheel my least favorite part of the game, because it was pretty boring. Sure, if you end up getting a dollar it's cool, but you're just kind of hoping for a miracle as opposed to using any kind of skill.

The wheel is a staple, but it's also kind of lame.

In the end it was time to bid on the final showcase. Instead of choosing one of two to bid on the game just automatically chose one and we started our bids. We played a few games and saw such amazing things as a computer with 512k Ram, a 97' Range Rover, and a sweet motorboat. 

Overall it's a very accurate depiction of The Price is Right. Sure, it doesn't adhere strictly to the show, because it's a multiplayer game, but it feels authentic. It's also cool that it doesn't seem like they shit out the game. There was a certain amount of effort put into it. The fact that there are actual videos for the showcases is a nice bonus as well. It allows you to get super excited for something that you can virtually win. Too bad they couldn't send us that sweet computer with 512k ram.