What Are You Stupid

Review

Answer questions to crazy characters with specialist subjects; humiliate and beat them down in this 1 v 1 quiz battle game from Beat-Fu Studio

When you start the game there’s a movie-type introduction . . . you’re playing with your toy car on the floor (as all good little boys do), when you see your Dad talking to Uncle Ron on the sofa. You head over there in the hope of getting some attention, but they’re having none of it!  They aren’t very pleased with you for doing so, so they kick you out of the room. This continues as you visit other family members, but they all think you’re some stupid little boy, so to get respect and revenge you challenge each of them to a Quiz Battle.



You’re at home, which you share with your Mom, Dad, brother Dave and sister Nat. Here you’ll get some tips on how to play the game. You are then ready for your first quiz battle; your Dad, whose specialist subject is “Anything Obvious”, is first to test your knowledge. Once you beat your dad, you progress to level two and then this will also unlock the rest of the people you can battle.

You can then choose who you’d like to battle next. Ideally, choosing those categories you’re not very good at and getting them out of the way while on an early level is the best thing to do. The only two you can’t battle at any time is Uncle Wilbur (Final Boss) and the Librarian, who is an extra character and you can only battle her once you’ve taken care of Uncle Wilbur.

Levelling up will make the speed of the text faster, give your opponents more HP, give more damage to you etc if you get a question wrong. To find out information on your opponents and their chosen subjects you click on them; if you fancy taking them on, hit the Challenge button. You level up each time you beat one of the characters.

Each character has a health bar just as in fighting games; the first person to lose all their health loses. If you get a question right, then your challenger loses some health; get it wrong and you lose some. When your challenger’s health gets around the half way mark, they turn mad and start humiliating you; their nicely brushed hair is now a mess, they’re foaming at the mouth and have bulging eyes, because they can’t take being beaten by a little boy who they consider stupid.

Your grade is determined by the percentage of correct answers; get all or most of them right and get a grade A, which will also unlock some items. For example, if you beat your Dad and get a grade A, you’ll get his funny vacation photos (selfie with Jaws behind him), which can be found in your room (kind of a trophy room).

If you want to visit another house apart from your own home, there’s a little tricycle in the room; clicking on this will open a map of all the houses you can visit and hovering your mouse over them will let you know the subjects at each place. Each house will have a different form of travel - tricycle, skateboard, scooter. I had to laugh at one of my Uncles who went past in the background ringing the bell on my bike!

All the characters are crazy, and even more so when beating them, change personalities.  Grandma, for example, is a western specialist, so she starts off yee-hawing as a cowboy, but when the health bar drops to around half way she becomes an Indian with a tomahawk and cries “Ow Ow Ow Ow!”!  Then there’s the scientist who turns into a Frankenstein’s monster look-a-like, with plugs hanging out each side of his head; and Aunt Mary (food & drinks specialist) who says, “I’m the Fat Lady and I haven’t sung yet,” while wanting a rematch. They all totally lose it when beaten!

In total there are sixteen different categories, which cover Animals, Video Games, Sports, Geek Stuff, Socialites, Movies, Food & Drink, Music, Eastern Subjects, Western Subjects, Ancient History, Science and Anything Difficult. There seem to be quite a few questions on each subject, so you shouldn’t get the same ones all the time if you fail in battle. There is also a Battle Report, which shows your progression through the family members and the results as you rise to the top.

All the artwork in the game is hand-drawn and is very good. I do like the way the characters change while you’re beating them, and how their egos are knocked down a notch. The music is very good with an upbeat vibe.  The comebacks and abuse chat are great and are personalised by what their specialist subjects are.

On the menu screen you’ll find options, three slots for profile saves, delete profile and start game. The options consist of Fullscreen On or Off, Music, Voices and SFX volume sliders.

 

Review written by Piston Smashed™ for Zeepond.com!

 

 


Positives

+ Good, funny quiz battles
+ Nice hand drawn artwork
+ Nice music
+ Achievements

Negatives

- No cards
- I Am Stupid (Need to brush up on American history)

Review Summary

A crazy quiz battle game where you’ll have your opponent’s pulling their hair out as you beat them at their own subjects to prove “I’m Not Stupid!” 

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Zeepond Rating: 7/10

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