Deal or No Deal DVD Game

Deal or No Deal DVD Game is a DVD game based on the UK version of the show of the same name developed by Music&Brands and published by Channel 4 DVD for the 2006 holiday season in the United Kingdom as part of their 4DVD Interactive lineup of DVD Games. Despite sharing the same name, it has no connection to Imagination Entertainment's DVD game of the same name, which is based on the American and Australian versions.

Why It Sucks

 * 1) The game is painfully slow to run, even on higher-end DVD players, computers, and consoles.
 * 2) As with most rushed-to-market DVD games, it is prone to randomly crashing or straight up not even working at all on some DVD players.
 * 3) Due to the way the live video was recorded, you can't choose what numbered box you want, the game only lets you choose Box 5.
 * 4) Extremely long and frequent loading times that are represented by black or blue screens which could make you think the DVD has hung up.
 * 5) You have to scroll through box by box to get to the one you want, and there's only one box on each screen with a 15-second loading screen between each one. Because of this, it can be insanely boring to get to the box you want to open.
 * 6) The amounts of money in the boxes when opened are not randomized. For example, you might get a long line of reds or blues instead of a mixture of both. There are also chances when the game will end up recycling the same layout you would have gotten beforehand.
 * 7) Noel Edmonds has a small number of recorded lines and quips which are more cheesy than funny, and they can repeat in no time.
 * 8) It is very obvious that the clips featured (Noel's lines, the contestants opening boxes, the audience) are all recorded separately from each other, and very acted out on that, too.
 * 9) * One hint of this is when the contestants open boxes, you don't see any of the others on the left and right, and it clearly looks like it was recorded on a separate set from the main one.
 * 10) On the terms of the contestants, their acting is lifeless and shallow with very repetitive dialogue when you ask them for advice when the Banker announces an offer, due to very few clips being recorded.
 * 11) There is no background music at all, making it feel very surreal.
 * 12) The Audience reaction clips also get really old, mainly as they play every time a box is opened and are unskippable, too.
 * 13) A heavy amount of bugs and glitches, including lag throughout the footage and even clips ending before they're supposed to. The game might end up crashing if you press the buttons on some DVD player models, and go back right to the beginning.
 * 14) It's nothing more than a cheap Christmas cash-grab made to cash in on the success of the game show itself.

Redeeming Qualities

 * 1) Noel Edmonds is still the host of the game like he was in the show.
 * 2) The contestants who open the boxes were actual contestants from the first series of the actual show, and were chosen by Noel himself for major accomplishments achieved.
 * 3) The second DVD Game - Family Challenge, released a year later, fixes the problems this game has and makes the experience a lot faster.