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Guy Game, The xbx Game Reviews
Guy Game, The
Critic Score
Metascore: 47 Metascore out of 100
User Score  
6.4 out of 10
based on 20 reviews
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The Guy Game, a new video game based around the insanity that is Spring Break, was shot live on location on South Padre Island during Break, and challenges players to match wits with over 60 attractive co-eds, all of whom are set on showing off their best "assets." The game features the following: 20 outrageous episodes featuring interviews, stunts and challenges with over 60 attractive college babes; funnyman host Matt Sadler, as seen on MTV and winner of HBO's National Talent Search; Smackdown with up to four players. Top scorer becomes "President" and makes the rules; low scorer loses influence and respect; Over 1000 popular trivia questions from the worlds of sports, movies, TV and more; Choose one of eight sexy babes to be a personal cheerleader; Find out who has the biggest Ballz in high-speed action mini-games such as Ballz Out, Ballz In and Ballz Shotz; Features the world famous Hottie Challenge. [Top Heavy / Gathering]

PUBLISHER: Gathering
DEVELOPER: Top Heavy Studios
GENRE(S): Trivia, Game Show
PLAYERS: 4
ESRB RATING: M (Mature)
RELEASE DATE: August 31, 2004

What The Critics Said

All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...

88
Game Chronicles
There is a really good game lurking under those boobies.
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80
PGNx Media
Succeeds at pleasing its intended audience (the older teenage male, which I very happily fall in). As a trivia game, the questions are varied enough to keep things interesting and the breast parade never feels pushed or clearly added for marketing reasons.
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77
IGN
It may be tasteless, but I prefer this kind of tastelessness over "BMX XXX." At least it's fun tastelessness. It's a trivia game with a random sampling of college girls who are willing to do some rather crazy things for...fun. And you get to watch.
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75
GameSpot
If you're up for a little bit of trivia with a dirty sense of humor and you have three like-minded friends, The Guy Game won't let you down.
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75
Game Over Online
The novelty of playing the game is sure to wear off after a while, especially considering the limited number of episodes. It’s possible to go through every single episode in a weekend, which doesn’t speak volumes about returning to this game time and time again. Second, while the single player game is adequate, this game is much better as a party title with plenty of alcohol.
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73
Team Xbox
Once the buzz of seeing more than 60 girls topless wears off, this one might collect dust on the shelf, or under the bed, or wherever you hide your “adult entertainment” collection.
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70
netjak
The Guy Game features tons of questions and the inclusion of the Spring Break girls is an original twist on an old concept; after all, "Hollywood Squares" was doing the same shtick even before "Street Smarts."
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70
Stuff
At times, the game is more complicated than it needs to be (e.g., top scorer sets the rules, minigames within the game), but there are 20 episodes with over 60 girls displaying their tidbits, many of which are quite tantalizing.
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69
BonusStage
Sounds like the American dream of most 18 - 25 year old males, right? Too bad the game never really breaks free from mediocrity and ends up being far too much work for just some quick flashes of the shirt puppies.
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60
GamerFeed
Thankfully, The Guy Game offers a good deal of entertainment for the audience it's shooting for, mainly the drinking crowd that's into checking out topless hotties and is up for a little trivia to earn their way.
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51
Gaming Target
Good for a few party nights if your friends haven’t played it already, but be warned that the game has almost zero replay value.
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44
XboxAddict
A decent attempt at making a game around !&%$@#* appeal, but it still doesn’t quite hit the mark. The repetitive questions in each episode give the game almost no replay value.
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30
Game Informer
If youre seriously interested in this "game," you're probably a loser who's embarrassed to buy porn, and way too chicken to actually talk to a real girl. [Oct 2004, p.129]
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30
GMR Magazine
A delicate blend of "You Don't Know Jack," "Girls Gone Wild," and repeatedly smashing your head against a concrete wall. [Oct 2004, p.116]
28
My Gamer
Trying to pass this disc off as a game is an insult to video games. If you want to see naked females, then rent a porno. If you want to play mini games, play "Mario Party" or "Wario Ware." If you want to play a trivia game, then play "You Don’t Know Jack" or "Who Wants to be a Millionaire." Mixing all these elements into an Xbox game is ridiculous.
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20
1UP
No, the problem here is that getting to the naked women is a painstaking chore, and the few seconds of a girl going wild does not make up for the five minutes of inane videos leading up to it.
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20
GameSpy
"But it's a great drunken party game!" some will scream. I'm sorry, but it's far too complicated and asinine for intoxicated people to grasp. It took me forever to reach unobstructed FMV toplessness, and I was sober.
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15
Official Xbox Magazine
The Guy Game's trivia-based party-game core isn't fun or interesting enough to justify the ooze you'll feel covered with after watching one dumb, drunk, or disinterested girl after another reveal her chest to a horde of sweaty virgins. [Nov 2004, p.89]
8
Electronic Gaming Monthly
Or, if you're a life-hating masochist, you can waste $40 on The Guy Game, spend countless hours answering dumb trivia questions - and guessing if vapid skanks can answer dumb trivia questions (usually not) - and then...maybe see breasts. [Nov 2004, p.128]
0
Xbox Nation Magazine
There's absolutely nothing appealing about any of it. Nor does the game possess any redeeming qualities, save for the fact that it won't immediately afflict you with cancer. [Oct 2004, p.97]

What Our Users Said

Vote Now! The average user rating for this game is 6.4 (out of 10) based on 9 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

Michael C. gave it a 1:
Wow, what a good idea gone horribly wrong! This game is such a waste of time. If you're old enough to actually buy this game, and have any desire to do so, do yourself a favor and buy any pornographic magazine or video instead. I'm almost too ashamed to admit I've even played this piece of crap.

Chimpsky gave it a 1:
IMHO a big pile of steamy horsesh.t, way past sell by date, completely sexist, banal + uninspired...sober or drunk.

Jon S. gave it a 10:
Excellent game! I got together with my buddies and got hammered playing this thing.

Uter gave it an 8:
Nice to see some effort put into this sort of game. It's weird but nearly all the strippers they hired are horrific (rewards should be having them put their clothes back on). The college girls are pretty awesome though.

Grend gave it an 8:
Pretty fun, especially with friends and beer.

Bob D. gave it a 10:
Oh Yes!

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