Gamefarm Math Quiz is a fast paced math quiz game for people of all ages and maths levels. Does it get top marks or must it see the teacher after class? Read on to find out.
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Two modes are available to play in Gamefarm Math Quiz. The first is The Quiz which allows up to six players to battle it out in five rounds, Challenge is a single player mode which has four rounds to test your skills.
The Quiz mode is presented in a game show style format and has support for four players on standard 360 controllers or the Big Button Pads if you have them, the final two players can use a USB keyboard if one is available. Each player can choose from a good variety of farm animals as their character.
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As mentioned there are five rounds in Quiz Mode; Warming up is a multiple choice answer, Wich (sic) Question gives you the answer but you must pick the correct question from the changing suggestions, Ready Steady displays the answers and you must buzz in at the correct one, Basic Quiz is another multiple choice round and finally Chicken Race is a race against all the players for the first to reach the finishing line by answering questions correctly.
Points are scored depending on the round, they are usually calculated by choosing the correct answer the fastest giving the best score, while slower answers give less. This is a good idea as it allows all players to participate at their own speed and still score some points and not be blocked out by fast first answers.
At the end of the game the results screen is shown for the top three players and the scores are saved to the highscore table. While I only played the Quiz Mode with two players it was very enjoyable and with more players it could be great fun.
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The single player mode, called The Quiz, features four rounds instead of five with Ready Steady being absent from class. The aim of this mode is to complete the rounds as fast as possible, answering correctly to build up your end of game score. The score is calculated on the difficulty level chosen, number of correct answers and the time taken. It is not as fun as the multiplayer mode but still very useful if you want to brush up on your maths skills.
The difficulty level is something that needs its own paragraph because as I mentioned at the start, this is a game for all maths skills levels. Nine stars of difficulty are available to choose from in three categories Child, Highschool Maths and Super Nerd. The difficulty levels feel just about right for each category, 38+6 for easy, 25×27 for medium and 10.942+88.545 for hard at their highest rating in each category. I failed miserably at the hardest setting so there is quite a challenge to master this difficulty!
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The presentation is done mostly well, text is big and very easy to read which is important. There are one or two spelling mistakes but as this is not an English test they can be forgiven. Graphics are done well and are bright and colourful but do give the feel the game was designed more for children than adults. Music is sparingly used, there is a somewhat annoying crowd chatter on the title screen, the in game music is represented by a countdown type theme which works well. SFX is put to good use, each animal avatar having its own noise as a buzzer.
Gamefarm Math Quiz costs 80 :MSPoints: which is good value for money, the single player mode works fairly well, it could be useful for helping a child with maths or even for adults to do a bit of brain training. The real draw is the multiplayer mode which is great fun, and also it is a perfect excuse to dig out the Big Button Pads if you have them collecting dust after Scene It and fancy something a bit different.
More information on Gamefarm Math Quiz as well as to download the trial and full versions of the game can be found on the Marketplace.
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