Field of 64 Pricing Games - Week 2

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For those of you keeping score at home, there was an error in the original thread for this week.  We seem to be back to normal now...

Welcome back to the Field of 64 Pricing Games. This week, we have two new matchups from the Barker Bracket. Newbies are welcome to join the discussions.

Now, onto the matchups:

In the first game this week, we have

#5 GRAND GAME

vs

#12 FREEZE FRAME

And in the second game, we have

#4 HIT ME

vs

#13 DICE GAME



To vote on the games, please do the following...

1. Give a sentence or two comparing the two games. Which game do you prefer and why?

2. Then, give a score to the match-up using my 11-point must system. It works like this: give a final score to the "game", but the score must add up to 11. So, if you think one game is worlds better than the other, you can give a final score of 11-0. If you think the games are real close in preference, give a score of 6-5. Other possible scores are 10-1, 9-2, 8-3, and 7-4. At the end of the match-up, the game with the higher average score will advance.

3. If you don't adhere to the 11-point system, your vote will not count.

4. Voting each week will end on Thursday at 5pm. Winners will be announced later that night, or on Friday.

As usual, I will start the discussion...

In the NCAA tourney, there always seems to be one upset in the 12 - 5 game, but I don't think this is it. Grand Game is faithful to the pricing element of the show, and also has the Bob suspense moment going for it. Freeze Frame has always bothered me some, as I rarely think contestants actually look over all the possibilities before pulling the plunger. Grand Game wins 9-2.

Let me give you some backround on the second matchup.  Why does Hit Me have such a high seed? To be honest, I don't remember, it just kinda slipped in there.  I have never been a big Dice Game fan.  It is usually played for cheap cars, and is easy to win, even if you have no clue what you are doing.  I can't say Hit Me is one of my favorites either, but if you can ID the exact price of one product, you can win.  Hit Me wins in a squeaker, 6-5.

[goldroadfanatic]

Well, I did not catch that error.

Here we go again...

Grand Game has a green glitzy setup and is a very classic game.  It has easy gameplay and it is exciting to win the $10,000/$20,000.  There have been memorable wins over the years.  Freeze Frame is a game with a nifty film set, but it is a victim of "Range Game syndrome".  In the end, Grand Game wins 9-2.

Hit Me is a classic grocery game on the show with a cool set, but contestants get confused when playing it.  Dice Game relies on luck and is compatible with either really cheap cars (Chevy Cobalt, Ford Focus, etc.) or more expensive ones (Pontiac G6, Ford Mustang,etc.), nothing in the middle.  The set is even cooler than Hit Me's with the 3-D dice.  This is tough, but in the end Dice Game wins 7-4.

[Alfonzo]

Interesting match-ups!

Grand Game has a nice set with lots of green and lots of lights. It's also played for Ten Large. Might be a little overplayed, and easy for the money it offeres, but it's still a cool game.

Freeze Frame has a nice set nifty sound effects, and a cool winning flash, but in the end it's just a quickie Range Game rip-off played for a single prize.

The Green Game wins this one!

Grand Game 8-3

I think Hit Me might be overanked here! Yes, it does have a good set, but it's WAY TOO EASY to win!!! Too many contestants stumble into a win without even knowing how they won, how to play or how to do simple math! It's also kinda dull.

Dice Game might be lucked-based, but it's much more exciting with its close wins and heartbreaking losses. It also had lots of memorable contestants like Scott, Walter and Edrie.  Great set, too!

We might have our first upset of the tournament!

Dice Game 9-2

[tpiradam]

Grand Game is more exciting than Freeze Frame. Would you rather win $10,000 or a $3,000+ prize?

Grand Game wins 9-2

Hit Me vs. Dice Game

I have always found Hit Me Challenging. Dice Game is much easier and has a better set design than Hit Me

Dice Game wins 8-3

[Jordanar18]

First matchup - I can't give Freeze Frame any credit, as it's too tacky for me. Although Grandy isn't my favorite cash game, I'm going to give it the edge.

Grand Game, 8-3

Second matchup - Hit Me is one of my favorite grocery item games on the show.  It's creative, and it produces a lot of winners.  Dice Game is just okay in terms of gameplay, IMO.

Hit Me, 7-4

[Mallory16]

Grand Game has the great green set with the Popeyes-shaped chase lights (old logo, that is), and the "mini" dollar amount below the main one.  Freeze Frame has a pretty darn good set as well, with the numbers revolving around the price, and the thing looking like a construction site.  Guess they're making a movie about a construction site.

And while Freeze Frame may have the cute little numbers spinning, Grand Game just has "it."  Freeze Frame doesn't.  Grand Game has the excitment of each reveal, especially the last, and the numbers sliding, and one of the best winning flashes!  It's just darn good!

Grand Game wins, 8-3.

And we're all curious how Hit Me got such a high seed.  Hit Me is ridiculously easy--a bad point--and it confuses the hell out of most contestants who play it--also a bad point.  Why such an easy game would cause such difficulty I don't really know.  Probably because the rules are somewhat complex, even though Bob's advice of picking out the price multiplied by 10 and the exact price should not be.

Dice Game is just a simple car game, with dice rolling for each number, and guessing whether the actual number is higher or lower than that rolled.  Not the easiest game, but a pretty simple game, with lots of simple excitment added in, worrying if a contestant did well with guessing higher or lower.  Oddly enough, 2s and 5s tend to be more exciting than 3s and 4s, likely because those can give more of a shocking result than a 3 or 4 does.

Hit Me has an all right set.  Dice Game has a better set.  Simple as that.

Dice Game wins, 9-2.

[Jordan7]

Grand Game is a good game with the awesome green set and a pretty cool concept. Freeze Frame has a nice set to, but there's something about Grand Game that's better. Freeze Frame kind of rips off Range Game. Bob really raises the suspense in Grand Game too.

Grand Game wins 9 to 2.

Although Hit Me is a neat game with a good concept, it confuses too many contestants. The game is much easier than people play it. It's got a good set, but Dice Game gets the win here. A much better concept, rolling dice and determining if the number is higher or lower. A much better set too, and the flashing effects for the win are really neat. Pretty suspensful too.

Dice Game wins 7 to 4.

[sternal]

Grand game Vs Freeza Frame
Grand game offer lots of cash. Freeza fame it's too slow of a game for me.

Verdict Grand game 9 to 2.

Hit me vs Dice game
Hit me and Dice Game are both good to watch neither are boring to watch but I like Dice game more than Hit me
Verdict Dice Game 8 TO 3.

[Garvin8r]

Grandy vs Freeze:

Nothing says cash like Grand Game's green set.  A certain contestant comes to mind when I think of this game -- her name is Pauline.  This game has a lot going for it, from cash wins to Bob's ability to provide suspense within the game, especially on the last pick, when the odds are 2:1 against the player.

Freeze Frame is just a new take on a quickie game.  Find the right two pairs of numbers that make up the price.  The audience often convinces the contestant to pull the lever prematurely.  However, I just don't get the same feeling about this one that I do about Grand Game.

Grand Game wins 9-2.


Hit Me vs. Dice Game

Both games are straight out of the casino, and I feel the seeds should have been switched on this one.  I have more fun watching Dice Game than Hit Me, one of those being contestants Edrie and Scott.  What kinds of moments do we really have with Hit Me?  I can't think of one off-hand.  It confuses too many people with its pricing rules then are shocked when they win.

After all that, Dice Game wins, 8-3.

[GoldenBulldog]

GRAND GAME vs. FREEZE FRAME

Freeze Frame is just a quickie that is played for a 4-digit prize. While this game does offer some nice prizes, if you don't pay attention, you'll miss this game. On the other hand, we have Grand Game, one of my all-time favorites. This game is known for its evil GP's, but it has tons of suspense.

GRAND GAME wins 7-4





HIT ME vs. DICE GAME

Hit Me is "The Price is Right" version of blackjack; I have started to believe that Roger has made this game just too easy sometimes. Dice Game, however, takes this one because it's played for a car, and the losses that this game has are sometimes painful to watch.  The suspense of Dice Game ranks above Hit Me, so...

DICE GAME wins 10-1

[Aaron A. Camp]

GRAND GAME V. FREEZE FRAME

GRAND GAME: Grand Game, the easiest cash game on the show, is one of the most exciting games in the rotation. I really despise the set, though.

FREEZE FRAME: Freeze Frame, a way-cool game played for a nice prize, has one of the best sets in the rotation. The game feels like a rip-off of Range Game, though.

VERDICT: Freeze Frame wins 6-5.

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HIT ME V. DICE GAME

HIT ME: Hit Me, a pricing game based on Blackjack, is one of the worst pricing games in the rotation. The set is ugly, and the game is too easy.

DICE GAME: Dice Game, a simple card game, isn't the best pricing game in the rotation, but it isn't the worst, either. The gameplay is simple, yet it is exciting. The set is too yellow for my liking.

VERDICT: Dice Game wins 11-0.

I prefer Freeze Frame to Grand Game, simply because it has a much cooler setup as well as the awesomely cool camera shutter sound effect as each price enters the frame in turn
so Freeze Frame wins 9-2

and in the Hit Me vs Dice Game matchup I've always liked the games on Price Is Right involving playing cards, and I've long thought Dice Game was far too simple to win

therefore Hit Me wins that match up by an 8 to 3 margin.

[BRB_TheFireball]

Grand Game is exciting the moment the giant price tag goes up, the trumpet closing of the "Family Feud" theme plays, and the announcer says "It's a chance to win up to $10,000 in cash!"  Freeze Frame is a boring one-prize game thanks to those slowly rotating numbers.  Freeze is a nice change of pace from Double Prices, but that's about it.

Grand Game takes it, 10-1.

And now, for match #2.  Hit Me is one part pricing, one part blackjack.  Dice Game is one part guessing game, one part... dice.  There's no real pricing in Dice Game--it's just guessing if a certain number in the price of the car is higher or lower than what you roll.  Both games rely on luck.  In Hit Me, you better hope that the dealer doesn't turn over a blackjack when you're holding 20.  In Dice Game, you better hope that the number is not 1 when you roll a 2 or 6 when you roll a 5.  Both games have had their share of frustrations over the years.  Hit Me is frustrating cuz of contestants who can't do a simple thing like look for the marked price that ends in a zero to find the 10.  Despite that, some contestants can recover from getting suckered into picking that 8 by finding the 2 and ace for the win.  Dice Game has a tendency to produce losers via contestants rolling a 2 when the number is 1 or 5 when the number is 6.  Ford Rangers in particular have a tendency to have multiple 1s or 6s in their price.  After all of that, I still go "YAY!" whenever Hit Me shows up.

Still no upsets from me yet--Hit Me wins, 7-4.

[PimpinJC]

Grand Game has that cool set and awesome reveal; I would say it's the quickest cash game on the show.  Freeze Frame is a cool one-prize game with a good looking set.  Bottom line, though, winning cash is much more exciting than winning a prize.  Grand Game wins 10-1.

Hit Me is a great one-prizer and it is really easy; however, most of the contestants make this game hard to play.  Dice Game has a really cool set and a unique way of dishing out cars; but, most of it depends on luck, and the cars are really cheap.  This is tough, but I will say Hit Me wins 6-5.

[BuddyTom]

I do like the set for Freeze Frame, but I agree that the urge to stop too soon is very high. If the price you want goes around, few people wait for it to come around again, fearing that they're taking too long (similarly with Card Game, Magic # and Range Game). Grand Game is one of those games that I always love to see, and it can be easy or truly evil, depending on the whims of a certain Roger. For me, the choice is pretty clear:

Grand Game wins 9-2

Hit Me vs. Dice Game is a harder choice. I've loved Dice Game since I was a little kid, especially for the set (colorful, lots of blinking or chasing lights). But it has its limits or predictablilty, though at least the confusion factor is low. Hit Me is an underplayed game, and I do love GP games! The strategy may be easy, but some people don't seem to know it. And yet they can pull out wins with a little luck.

Hit Me wins 6-5