Box Clever

Nil Satis · Post by **Nil Satis** » Wed Apr 15, 2009 4:23 pm

A new £1 a go game on the Gamesnets. In the spirit of these "make do and mend" times, I will keep my review short:

1. Not Clever

2. Should be put in a Box and buried deep underground.

Memo to those developing new games for the Gamesnets - Please. Stop.

Mattb · Post by **Mattb** » Wed Apr 15, 2009 4:32 pm

Another pile of unimaginative tripe then. Thanks for the brief yet concise report, and i shall save it the pleasure of my hard earned nuggets.

JG · Post by JG » Thu Apr 16, 2009 12:11 am

Alas I may have to expend a pound out of morbid curiosity.

Nil Satis · Post by **Nil Satis** » Thu Apr 16, 2009 11:07 am

Just to expand to save you that pound:

You have fifteen True or False questions where the first two or three questions get you one Pick and if you make it to the last five (i.e. get enough of them right) you get several more Picks. The only gimmick at this stage is that the questions and responses are animated to look as if they are written on a school notebook.

The Picks are used in an end game where you have something like 20 boxes to choose from. By the look of the five or so games I've tried this on in various locations, around 10 of the boxes will contain nothing and the others will contain prizes ranging from 10p to a massive Jackpot of ... £2. You'd hope that the prizes would be cumulative but they aren't so you spend 5 minutes of your life hoping for the undeniable thrill of possibly doubling your pound stake if you are lucky, although you are more likely to 'win' 35p (or nothing).

I would adapt the Brian Clough quote at this point, and say that this may not be the worst game I've ever seen but it's certainly in the top one, but sadly we've all seen so many stinkers that it's hard to be so definite. It's slightly easier to win your crap prize on this one than say on the similar Take It Or Leave It (the original game, not the better one based on the TV show) so I suppose that would have to be ahead of this one in the crap game stakes.

It wouldn't be so bad if one or two of the other new games were decent but they are all so poor that it seems like the games companies have lost all sight of what makes a good game.

JG · Post by JG » Thu Apr 16, 2009 11:56 pm

Oh my goodness, that makes The Big Reds look really good. Thankyou for saving me £1. It's not so much the paltry £2 jackpot, it's the fact that I can 'win' 35p off a £1 stake that is the sickener.

Cardinal Sin · Post by **Cardinal Sin** » Thu Apr 16, 2009 11:58 pm

And at 35p, it's actually paying out over-percentage, so the next unlucky punter can only hope to win 25p.

JG · Post by JG » Fri Apr 17, 2009 12:30 am

This reminds me of those quiz games on BetFred. Get a few simpletons on the game and it may drop the 50p prize. Get in.

cool · Post by **cool** » Fri Apr 17, 2009 5:49 am

I was seriously in a pub yesterday where the local in-breds were discussing in all seriousness which Shakespeare play Othello came from- I suppose given the educational standards of the ave person should have been amazed that they even knew it was Shakespeare.The pub didnt even have a fruit machine so they have yet been able to find the coinslot to educate themselves on the quizzer.
Should have told them Macbeth,they wouldnt have known any different.

Thumper · Post by **Thumper** » Fri Apr 17, 2009 8:39 am

What play did they conclude on? Hamlet

kingzilla · Post by **kingzilla** » Fri Apr 17, 2009 11:07 am

I have played Box Clever which a bit of a deal or no deal rip off, i realy cant stand these games that give you shrapenel that when it accumalates it makes up the 30% payout mark and basically gives you nothing in return back. Avoid avoid avoid

WaterGate · Post by **WaterGate** » Thu Apr 23, 2009 2:42 pm

Actually I think you'll find it's 31.722353553%!