GameZone writes: "Ah, those great family nights, mocking and taunting each other, laughing and playing a board game. The video-game market has made inroads in the kinds of entertainment options available to families, but not every board game translates well to the video medium
Hasbro Family Game Night 2, from EA, has noble intentions of taking some of the most entertaining party and family-oriented games and putting them into a collection and game-show style setting. But the problem is that these games just don't have the pizzazz the board games do and the Wii remote hinders the game-playing process markedly. You can, of course, play the games individually, or compete in the Mr. Potato-head game show setting with your Mii representing you in the spin-the-wheel-to-determine-the-game format."
BlogCritics: Hasbro Family Game Night 2 is a great idea with promise, however I feel it needs some tweaking. Overall, I don't think that I would recommend purchasing this, but rather go out and rent it, try it out and perhaps you will have better luck than we did with the games. A definite "try it first before buying" game, in my opinion.
Gaming Nexus writes: "But instead of going on and on about the great fun most Hasbro games are, this review will probably read like an "airing of grievances" from Seinfeld, because I have a lot of issues with this game. This is one of those games that you think should be good, but trust me, it isn't.
The biggest problem is the game selection. They took mostly games that use physical actions to play, beyond the rolling of dice or moving of pieces around a board. The problem is that these games just don't cross over into the digital realm very well."
VGC writes: "Hello, and welcome to Hasbro Family Game Night… 2! There's not a whole lot to say; it's a collection of five Hasbro board games: Connect 4x4, Bop it!, Operation, Jenga, and Pictureka. In the transition to the video game format, many of these games have changed drastically, and barely resemble the board games on which they are based."
that is such a low score. I enjoyed the games on the 360 though.