Meh. Fun for a few rounds with friends, but don't enjoy it with strangers or watching streams of it.
How do you feel about Among Us?
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I've played it on iPhone and it is PROPER clunky. With revision over time, it could become a really polished game.
The first time I played it I bounced off it.
a week or so later I picked it up again as something to do while my girlfriend plays through Fire Emblem: Three Houses for the first time. I've been playing multiple rounds every day since, specifically at work since my workload is extremely slow
a week or so later I picked it up again as something to do while my girlfriend plays through Fire Emblem: Three Houses for the first time. I've been playing multiple rounds every day since, specifically at work since my workload is extremely slow
Seems like the old Garry's Mod gamemode TTT (Trouble in Terrorist Town) turned into a standalone game.
I don't have enough friends that would care to play it more than a day (this became clear after giving it a whirl).
I prefer Fall Guys (came to mind as a recent explosive popularity game) because I'm not dependent on others to enjoy it. The other beans could be CPU controlled and I wouldn't know.
I prefer Fall Guys (came to mind as a recent explosive popularity game) because I'm not dependent on others to enjoy it. The other beans could be CPU controlled and I wouldn't know.
It's alright for like 10 minutes and then you realize you just do the exact same thing over and over. Overall a 'meh' from me. (played on mobile)
I actuality like push the button in jack box more than among us. I feel like there's more depth to that game with its use of questioning. Among Us only works well when everyone knows the map and exactly how the game works.
It's the only game I can get my friends who don't play other, better games to play with me. It is a useful remote party option in the same vein as jackbox.
I would never play it without four or more close friends with me though. I would never just play it alone.
I would never play it without four or more close friends with me though. I would never just play it alone.
Lying-based games inevitably make me feel like shit, and I'm awful at them. (Or I'm awful at them because they make me feel like shit?) Something about my personality and particular anxieties just make me hate every second of them, I can't handle it.
It's fun as hell to watch, though! Don't have any desire to play myself but I think it's a great game.
It's fun as hell to watch, though! Don't have any desire to play myself but I think it's a great game.
It is through and through a role playing game: it depends completely on the people you're playing it with and if they go all out with the madness. As a game in itself, it's super unpolished, the servers were garbage a month ago when I played it and as a Mafia/Werewolf style game, there are way better options right now.
But... I had fun when I played it with friends! So I can't quite consider it a 'bad game', but as I said, I think that speaks more for the group that I played it with than for the game. So, maybe a 'Meh' is more fitting?
But... I had fun when I played it with friends! So I can't quite consider it a 'bad game', but as I said, I think that speaks more for the group that I played it with than for the game. So, maybe a 'Meh' is more fitting?
Lacking options in the poll.
I like the game, think it's pretty decent but ultimately it's a letdown since the parlor games it's inspired by (Mafia, Resistance, Werewolf and all the other social deduction games) are just a better experience in general and the video game aspects that it brings into the equation aren't really making the formula any better. It's an average social deduction game mashed up with an average video game that ends up combining into a good little video game to play every now and then.
It's good, but not great, essentially.
I like the game, think it's pretty decent but ultimately it's a letdown since the parlor games it's inspired by (Mafia, Resistance, Werewolf and all the other social deduction games) are just a better experience in general and the video game aspects that it brings into the equation aren't really making the formula any better. It's an average social deduction game mashed up with an average video game that ends up combining into a good little video game to play every now and then.
It's good, but not great, essentially.
Fantastic game, but one you have to get a group of friends playing, because when you play with randoms most of them quit because they aren't the impostor. This happens on PC and mobile both.
Amazingly fun when you do get a group together, sadly pointless without.
Amazingly fun when you do get a group together, sadly pointless without.
The poll options weren't varied enough imo, for me it's more of a good game that I play sometimes. I think it's great for my friend group, who have a mix of gaming PCs, phones, and laptops to play it on. The cross platform between PC and mobile worked perfectly for us, and allowed us to play with people we otherwise could not have.
The game itself is nothing mind-blowing, and the concept has been done before, but if you have the right group of people playing it can be a ton of fun. I think the game's simplicity is a good thing, as people who aren't used to play games much can get the hang of it quickly and focus more on the social aspect, which is where the fun comes from. Lying over discord is a bit easier than doing it face to face as well, but the audio lends itself to hilarious situations nonetheless. It's also just a perfect game to play during quarantine times.
I could not imagine playing the game solo though, or even with less than 4 friends. Also voice chat during the discussions is a must imo.
The game itself is nothing mind-blowing, and the concept has been done before, but if you have the right group of people playing it can be a ton of fun. I think the game's simplicity is a good thing, as people who aren't used to play games much can get the hang of it quickly and focus more on the social aspect, which is where the fun comes from. Lying over discord is a bit easier than doing it face to face as well, but the audio lends itself to hilarious situations nonetheless. It's also just a perfect game to play during quarantine times.
I could not imagine playing the game solo though, or even with less than 4 friends. Also voice chat during the discussions is a must imo.
This is my 'hot take' as well. I think even the Jackbox Push the Button gameplay is better moment to moment. I don't mind playing it bc my friends want to but it always strikes me as if we had just committed to another game like the ones you mentioned, we might be having even more fun.
Also: agree with all above posts re mobile controls. Woof.
Poll options are a bit random. I've played a few times on mobile, with a group of people in person. It's kind of fun as a social / drinking game, but I don't find it 'addictive' or 'amazing'.
Touch screen controls are awful though. Virtual joysticks never work very well, and with the other control method, your finger is in the way of the screen.
Touch screen controls are awful though. Virtual joysticks never work very well, and with the other control method, your finger is in the way of the screen.
Yeah, I didn't mention that but they're definitely not helping things.
I play it weekly with some friends, but honestly its just kind of boring to me. I just play to stay in contact with these friends at this point. Either I die and do tasks, or I live and still do tasks. Rarely am I the person to find the body, and rarely am I the impostor either.
Never played it, but from the footage I've seen I know it isn't for me. Same with Fall Guys, I just don't like these kinds of hyper communal mulitplayer fad games. I'd play and enjoy it for ten minutes, and never touch it again.
It's absolutely incredible, but it takes a good group. I find that if play with random people on my phone it takes 20ish minutes to get a good rhythm going.
As someone who was forced to play Wolf with a lot of friends in a lot of gatherings, i dont enjoy it as much. Yeah is fun for a little bit, but everythibg falls apart fast for me after playing with different groups of friends.
I also think the game isa buggy mess with an awful UI to the point of being surprised it wasnt an early access game. i have it on PC but the trying the mobile version the other day and holy shit is the touch controls badly designed, which is funny because playing on pc the minigames are obviously made for touchscreen
Today im playing with my work friends, see how that one goes.
I also think the game isa buggy mess with an awful UI to the point of being surprised it wasnt an early access game. i have it on PC but the trying the mobile version the other day and holy shit is the touch controls badly designed, which is funny because playing on pc the minigames are obviously made for touchscreen
Today im playing with my work friends, see how that one goes.
I think it's good but it's not a new take on the 'imposter' genre, with secret neighbour being another that comes to mind with way more intricate ideas. Execution is maybe not as good but that's what makes Among Us meh to me.
It is definitely a genre I would love to see evolve though, and if Among us can do that, I'd be down.
It is definitely a genre I would love to see evolve though, and if Among us can do that, I'd be down.
It's okay, good simple take on the genre which allows a wide selection of players. I'm more partial to something like Project Winter, but it can be a bit too complicated for some people. Was way easier to get a group of friends to play Among Us than other games.
It's a fun game, I just sorta dislike the fact that it's been around for so long, but at the same time.. grateful for it because there's so many people playing the game. This stuff isn't really new to me, especially with playing something like Town of Salem
Didn't get it then saw EZA play it and it was such a great stream.
I'd probably play it,
if I had friends.
I'd probably play it,
if I had friends.