Family Fortunes: The Interactive DVD Game

Family Fortunes is an adaptation of the British game show of the same name (itself based on mh:besttvshows:Family Feud) made for DVD players, developed by Imagination Games (a company who made DVD games in both the US and UK) and published by Universal Pictures (UK) Limited in 2005 for the holiday season, it was also released in 2006, 2007, and 2008 in a "All Star" format, hosted by Vernon Kay.

Why It Sucks

 * 1) None of the presenters of the original show (Not even Les Dennis, the most well-known person to present the show) are anywhere to be seen. Instead, there is only a voiceover.
 * 2) The graphics are incredibly bland and cheap.
 * 3) Rushed, cheaply-made MIDI compositions of the tunes used in the show.
 * 4) The game barely counts as "Interactive", as the players must write down everything (including their own score) using the wipe-clean scoreboards that come with the DVD.
 * 5) * On the topic of scoring, the DVD itself doesn't give the players any indication of how many points they got.
 * 6) Confusing and unfaithful rules compared to the show. In Big Money (Fast Money), you have to guess the top answers with no marks for the second answer.
 * 7) False advertising: The front of the keep case claims that the game features the show's well-known 'UH-OH' wrong answer sound, but it isn't heard anywhere in the game.
 * 8) Like many other DVD games, this one was rushed for the holiday season.

The Only Redeeming Quality

 * 1) The later DVD games of the show fix some of the problems (albeit still having the cheap MIDI tunes and the lack of interactivity), and used Vernon Kay from the All Star series as a host. The fourth edition, published by FremantleMedia (now Fremantle), is a definite improvement to the Universal games in every way possible.

Reception
Like with the Catchphrase and Bullseye DVD games from Upstarts, this one was also received poorly.