Guess Who? Board Game
by Hasbro
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Toys and Games Reviews of Guess Who? Board Game
Customer Review: Guess who 'fixed' something that wasn't broken?
Summary: 2 Stars
An old favorite of mine as a child, I bought this for my 4 yr-old a few months ago hoping he would enjoy it as much as my sister and I had. Right from the beginning, it wasn't exactly as I remembered.
The original style of the game came with the boards already put together but the ones in this set you have to put together yourself. All the windows have to be separated from plastic and then the cards have to be inserted, which takes some time. That alone wouldn't be a problem, except the cards are flimsy and kept popping out of the tiles as I was trying to put them in because the tiles are curved and you have to bend the card through and under little plastic bars otherwise they fall out all the time. The original one had flat tiles, which would be a great improvement to make to this game.
The plastic is also VERY cheap; some of the tiny pegs that connect the tiles to the boards bent or broke during the very first game, meaning the tiles no longer go all the way down without popping out or won't stay up at all. We kept having to stop after nearly every turn to sort the tiles and boards out which was a real shame: what 4-yr old is going to wait around while Mummy sorts the tiles out for the tenth time? Not mine! My son found it very frustrating too; he would try to push the tiles up or down after they came loose but they kept falling out of the board and he couldn't snap them back in without knocking over an handful of the other tiles! We had to keep starting the game over. Even I had the same problem, so helping him didn't actually help much!
The pictures are good, however. The faces have been updated and are a lot of fun. Some of the expressions are subtle; older children would probably have a much easier time of determining whether a face has a smile or a grimace! Once my son got used to the faces, however, he did fine. He still occasionally wants to play the game but he does get fed up pretty quickly and back in the cupboard it goes.
**TIP: If you are considering purchasing this for a younger child, I would recommend putting the tiles in the same locations on both boards. Then you can 'help' them if they accidentally turn down the wrong people... you'll have your own board to refer to :-)
Maybe we got a defective set? The low ratings I've given this particular version are obviously based on our limited experience with this particular set. If it had been the original I used to have, it would get five stars all round as a game in general. My sister and I would play for hours! I am now hunting on eBay for an original if for no other reason than to compare.
Overall, I just don't know why the manufacturer felt the need to 'modernize' something that was fine as it was. Don't fix it if it 'aint broken, right?
I hope this review helps you with your purchase ... maybe you'll have better luck than we did :-)
Customer Review: cheaply made
Summary: 2 Stars
This idea of this toy is GREAT! It is very educational. Teaches kids to think and form questions, stratigies. I had this toy growing up and we loved it and it was durable. My daughter got it for her 7th birthday last week and I already took it back because it is made so cheaply now. It does not stay together. A few of the piece's moldings were not straight so you can't get the pieces to stay on the main board. WHen you go to flip up all the characters usually at least 3 fall off the main board. Very frustrating. Customer Review: fun game!
Summary: 4 Stars
This game is great at developing language, communication and observation skills. Great for a child in speech therapy as well as it forces the child to communicate with descriptive words by posing questions.
Customer Review: Enjoyable for KIDS
Summary: 4 Stars
I played this game as a child and enjoyed it. I recommend this for a young age group (about 4 to 12) with adult supervision as it teaches kids deduction skills. All other (older) ages will enjoy the game the first time it is played but will be bored by about the third time.Customer Review: fun game for younger kids, poor construction
Summary: 3 Stars
I purchased this game for my 4-year old. The idea is good, but teh construction is poor. She enjoys it very much and it has helped her learn to ask appropriate questions to narrow down her characters as well as to listen closely to responses and use reasoning to determine which people to "put down" (ie: does a "no" answer mean to put down people with earnings or not?). Even my 3-year old gets a kick out of it but he needs assistance with the actual game. I agree with the other reviewer that pointed out the unbalance of the characters. A round with a female or someone with earings for example goes very, very quickly. Also, the character images apppear to be computer graphics and it looks like they used the same face template for most of the people, causing my daugghter to ask if a few were male or female. I am VERY, VERY disappointed with the construction. The face cards must be slid into their plastic holders (not so easy), which I wouldn't mind if it was only done once, however the cards have a habbit of falling out occassionally. The plastic holders are garbage. At least several pop off everytime we play, and we are constantly stopping the game to fix them. The sliders that keep track of wins when playing multiple games do not stay in at all and I have almost vacuumed them up several times when we did not realize they came out. The rows are too close together so if you accidently put the wrong person down, it is very difficult to pick it back up without knocking over more people by accident (annoying for me, frustrating for my daughter). Overall, the game if educational, fun, appropriate for children approximately 4 and up (maybe 3 1/2), however the construction is very cheep and disappointing, especially compared to the one I had as a kid.