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60/100
Critics1 review

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2010 · Big Ant Studios · Party · Quiz

Truth or Lies

In Truth or Lies, which is set for release this fall, players join family and friends in a roundtable style game play answering an astonishing array of thought-provoking questions. Utilizing a proprietary voice calibration system that works in conjunction with either the Xbox 360 Wireless Microphone or USB microphone, Truth or Lies measures stress levels in a player's voice to reveal the honesty of their answers.

Released
14 September 2010
Platforms
PlayStation 3WiiXbox 360
Genres
PartyQuizRole-playing
Developers
Big Ant Studios
Publishers
THQ
Modes
MultiplayerSingle-player
Perspective
First person
Themes
Party
Country
Australia
Age ratings
PEGI 12ESRB T

About

Truth or Lies is a 2010 party video game that uses a microphone peripheral to score players on their response to in-game questions. The game was developed by Big Ant Studios and published by THQ for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and Wii. A version for iPhone with the same name released and was published by HandyGames under their parent company THQ on February 15, 2011.

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Gameplay

The main game mode has 5 categories; kids, teens, adults, couples, and families, each changing what types of questions are asked. There are 3 game length options, short, medium, and long, changing the number of questions asked per round. There are 3 rounds per game with each player answering a set number of questions per round. There are more than 3,000 unique questions throughout the game categories.

The game listens to the player's voice through the Xbox 360 Wireless Microphone or Logitech USB Microphone respectively, using voice calibration to determine if the audio is a truth or lie. The player is awarded anywhere between 0 and 1,000 points. At the end of each round, the announcer scores all players based on the number of points earned. At the end of the third and final round, all the points are accumulated as the announcer ranks each player from last to first, giving them a ranking on how well they performed.

Reception

The game received "generally unfavorable" reviews according to the review aggregator website Metacritic. The Xbox 360 version has an aggregate score of 28 out of 100.

IGN's Kristine Steimer rated Truth or Lies a 4/10, with a persistent point being "It would be an interesting game if it actually worked." None of the questions made her uncomfortable as she expected, but she did applaud the game for presenting unique questions for each category. "Unfortunately, regardless of whether or not you calibrate at the beginning the technology doesn't work consistently, making the experience more annoying than fun", writing further, "It got to the point where I had no idea whether or not my response was going to be scored correctly." She described the Hot Seat mode "kind of pointless" due to the inconsistent technology and the people around you creating the questions. To summarize the review, Kristine suggests "Save your 40 bucks, buy a few bottles of wine and play good old fashioned Truth or Dare with your friends instead", giving the game its final bad ranking.

Releases by platformdates and regions as published

PlatformReleasedRegions
PlayStation 314 September 2010North America · Australia 4 November 2010 · Europe 19 November 2010
Wii14 September 2010North America · Australia 4 November 2010 · Europe 19 November 2010
Xbox 36014 September 2010North America · Australia 28 October 2010 · Europe 19 November 2010

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