Got first place a few times, and now I think I'm done. Random matchmaking works well on a technical level, but your game will only be as good as your group. Sometimes you'll get 5 or 6 genuinely funny people who score each other highly. Sometimes you're stuck with 7 curmudgeons who give basic Jacksfilms reference-based answers for every prompt and downvote everything.
In a standard game, you'll get three rounds. I played about 15 games and saw most prompts repeated 3-4 times. If the idea is to cycle new prompts in every week or something, then this is probably fine. But if this is the whole list? Things are getting stale fast.
The scoring system is a bit nebulous. You can laugh, smile, grimace, or rage at someone's response. But every time you push the button, it sends a wave of emojis at the other player, and the scoring amounts vary WILDY. Sometimes someone will score 1,600, sometimes -1,000. Most tend to be between 500 and -500, but what makes the scoring so volatile? Does repeatedly pressing your reaction button skew the score more? Does it make a difference if you press it immediately as opposed to waiting until the end of the timer? How many points are the purchasable Golden Roses or Tomatoes worth? If one person just mashes the angry emoji on every other player's submissions, does that completely throw the match? I have no idea!
It's a cute, free-to-play Jackbox type app, worth a shot if you've got time to kill, but would probably be best played with friends instead of randos.
In a standard game, you'll get three rounds. I played about 15 games and saw most prompts repeated 3-4 times. If the idea is to cycle new prompts in every week or something, then this is probably fine. But if this is the whole list? Things are getting stale fast.
The scoring system is a bit nebulous. You can laugh, smile, grimace, or rage at someone's response. But every time you push the button, it sends a wave of emojis at the other player, and the scoring amounts vary WILDY. Sometimes someone will score 1,600, sometimes -1,000. Most tend to be between 500 and -500, but what makes the scoring so volatile? Does repeatedly pressing your reaction button skew the score more? Does it make a difference if you press it immediately as opposed to waiting until the end of the timer? How many points are the purchasable Golden Roses or Tomatoes worth? If one person just mashes the angry emoji on every other player's submissions, does that completely throw the match? I have no idea!
It's a cute, free-to-play Jackbox type app, worth a shot if you've got time to kill, but would probably be best played with friends instead of randos.