Wer weiß denn sowas? - Das Spiel

I'll be straight with you: reviewing a German TV quiz adaptation is not my natural habitat. My usual beat is frag counts and respawn timers. But the multiplayer angle here is legit, so hear me out before you scroll past. Wer weiß denn sowas? - Das Spiel is a local-multiplayer trivia game lifted directly from the long-running ARD quiz show of the same name. You pick a side, either backing Elton or Bernhard Hoecker, and work through 30 individual show recreations covering more than 390 questions spread across over 100 categories. The structure mirrors the TV format closely: questions come with video answer explanations after each round, the original voice cast including Kai Pflaume, Elton, and Bernhard Hoecker is present, and you can create a custom character to represent yourself at the table. Up to four players can compete locally, which is the whole point of buying this over just watching the show. Here is where I have to pump the brakes. The control scheme is a mess. Mouse input is largely non-functional, keyboard bindings are counter-intuitive and poorly documented, and getting a second human into the same game requires either digging through Steam community threads or owning extra controllers. The four-player local mode, the headline feature, only works reliably with gamepads. If you are a regular PC user who does not own controllers, you will spend more time troubleshooting inputs than answering questions. That is a significant problem for a product aimed at family audiences who may not have a drawer full of third-party pads. The question content itself lands in mixed territory. Fans of the show will recognise the tone: obscure, oddly specific, occasionally delightful. The 100-plus category spread means the difficulty jumps around unpredictably, which works well in a group setting where someone always knows the weird nature fact nobody else does. Solo play exists but the appeal is thin. There is no online multiplayer, no post-launch content updates, and the 30 shows represent the full extent of the content. Once you clear them, replay value depends entirely on how well your group remembers the answers. Steam reception sits in mixed territory, roughly 69 to 70 percent positive across a small review pool. The positives come almost entirely from fans of the TV show who play it as a group activity. The negatives are mostly technical: broken mouse support, confusing key remapping, and controller dependency that was never clearly communicated at launch. None of these issues have been patched in the years since release, which tells you something about the post-launch support budget. If you have a regular games night crowd who grew up watching the show and you can guarantee two or more controllers are present, this does what it says. If you are a solo buyer expecting a polished PC experience with functional keyboard and mouse input, look elsewhere. Fred, Scout Team