Wer weiß denn sowas? - Das 2. Spiel

I'll be straight with you: I came to this one at the request of a German flatmate who had the TV show on in the background every Tuesday night, and after two sessions with controllers in hand I have a pretty clear read on it. Wer weiß denn sowas? - Das 2. Spiel is a local-multiplayer quiz title built around the ARD television format of the same name, hosted in-game by Kai Pflaume with original voice work also from Elton and Bernhard Hoecker. It is fully German-language, and that is not a caveat buried in the small print, that is the entire premise. If your household does not read and hear German comfortably, stop here. The structure is simple and faithful to the source show. You pick a side, Elton's team or Hoecker's, and then answer questions across 30 pre-built show episodes, each one pulling from a question bank that the developers count at over 390 entries with paired video clips. One to four players can participate locally, which is the whole point. This is couch software. You are not connecting to a ranked lobby, there is no online matchmaking, no elo, no netcode to critique. The multiplayer is whoever is sitting within arm's reach of a second controller or keyboard. That brings me to the most consistent complaint surfacing across player forums and storefronts: input handling is a mess. Multiple users have flagged that keyboard controls use arbitrary letter assignments rather than mouse clicks or arrow keys, and controller detection is unreliable enough that some players report being unable to get a second person into the game at all despite having hardware plugged in. For a game whose entire value proposition is local co-op and local PvP, that is a foundational problem. The Steam rating sits at Mixed with roughly 62% positive across a small review pool, which tracks with what you see in the community threads: people who got it working with the right setup and enjoy the show enjoy the game, people who fought the input layer walked away frustrated. When it does work, the core loop is fine. The question variety covers a wide range of topics in the style of the TV programme, trivia that leans toward general knowledge, science curiosities, and everyday phenomena rather than pop culture or sports. The character customisation is shallow but present. The hosted presentation with original voice actors gives it an authenticity that cheaper trivia titles skip. If you have played the first game, this sequel adds a new batch of shows with no content overlap, which is its clearest selling point. The ceiling here is a living room full of German speakers who already like the TV show, a working controller setup, and expectations calibrated to a light TV tie-in rather than a polished party game. If any of those three conditions fails, the value drops fast. There is no ranked mode to grind, no online play to extend the life past those 30 shows, and no post-launch content updates on record. Once you have cleared the episode list, you have cleared the game. Fred, Scout Team