You can check the official Xbox forums for other stories concerning the problems with the game. But don't take my word for it-- ask around. If this issue has been resolved, you might be missing out on a wonderful experience.
Online play really does change on games, so be sure to see what the story is before making a purchase. This game is buggy. No, really-- it's a mess, and basically it's entirely the fault of the EA servers. Rather than go through whatever standard Xbox network all the other games go through, the Hasbro games require you to connect to an EA server which, it turns out, is riddled with problems that complicate both local and online play of this and the other games of the package.
At press time, we're still trying to communicate with EA to figure out what is going on but I cannot in good faith tell you to buy these games. For example, I've only been able to get one Scrabble match completed online, and that was in the morning on a day I went into the office late.
Every weekend or evening I attempt to connect to the EA servers, there are one of two problems: either the game connects and drops me mid-match, or it won't even let me connect to the EA server at all. Either way, I haven't been able to complete a single evening match of Scrabble , and being someone who works, that's pretty much my only time to play it.
To further complicate things, the game has a bug which renders local play impossible. If for any reason you're logged in to Xbox Live and can't connect to the EA server, it won't let you play the full games you purchased locally. If you disconnect from the Xbox Live server and remain logged in, they work fine as local games, but then you aren't connected to the big lovely network for messaging, achievement logging, and what have you.
I don't consider these problems to be minor, and it's really unfortunate that some of the strongest board games of all time are being marred by issues which aren't a problem on any of the dozens of other games I've tried on the console.
I mean, there's nothing preventing me from playing Mega Man 9 whenever I feel like-- why would EA allow a game to be released which prevents your playing it while logged in to Xbox Live? Or at least, not until whatever server issues are resolved.
I had to rewrite this review a few times to incorporate the various problems I've been having. I contacted a few people at the PR company and have tried doing some research online, and at this time I have to say that the Xbox version of Hasbro Family Game Night is experiencing difficulties which render it unplayable.
At this time, I would suggest trying those versions instead of the Xbox one because at least to my knowledge, they don't rely on EA's horrible servers to play them. I'm really disappointed, because I wanted to play this game and like it, and a bug in the game prevents me from playing it without jumping through hoops. That's just insane, and what's worse is there are very few mainstream reviews of this game and none of them seem to have been written based on real-world testing experiences.
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Negative: 0 out of 7. EA Bright Light did about as good a job as a team can do when working with the classic games of many of our childhoods. All this publication's reviews Read full review. Game Chronicles. Scrabble is definitely the premiere offering in family game night, and even though a ll of the problems with the similarly-themed Boggle's controls are present, but given the fact that Scrabble is played at a much slower pace than Boggle, the inefficiencies are hardly noticeable.
Official Xbox Magazine. If you are a fan of the board game there is little reason not to snag this incredibly addiction, and online capable incarnation. With multiple local modes, online multiplayer and an intuitive interface, this is the best word puzzle game on XBLA to date. The game takes a long time to play.
Since you can't look at your tiles when its another players turn, it takes longer than normal to think up new words. But what most people will miss most is the feel of Scrabble. Its a tactile game, something you just can't get from playing it on your TV.
User Reviews. Write a Review. Positive: 1 out of 1.
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