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by rkagerer 792 days ago
Among Us.

I tried it once and was looking forward to it, but it was just a bunch of kids running around with no coordination whatsoever killing each other. After a few plays I asked Steam for a refund. Maybe I was doing it wrong and should have tried it with friends.
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helboi4 792 days ago
I've only played among us as in private lobbies with friends to have fun during the pandemic. That's why it was so popular. Would never think to play it online with strangers. There's really not much to it its just about as complex as a simple boardgame. It was just a way to easily socialise with everyone you knew even if they weren't a hardcore gamer during lockdown.
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bombcar 792 days ago
Online boardgames is a good way to look at it - https://www.fantasyflightgames.com/en/products/red-november/ and similar for example
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FragmentShader 792 days ago
I played mostly with friends and it was fun.

When I first got into public lobbies - yeah, everybody was a kid and the first color shouted into the chat would get kicked.

The trick I found was to switch the search language to English as I was in European servers with my native language. That way, I would match with Europeans that manually changed their language to English as well... or just british kids.

Anyways, it got way better, no more "red is sus" and then kicking without proof. But then everyone was too rude. People always got EXTREMELY angry when I found who the impostors were by either using the cameras or just remembering who was with who + kill spots + behaviour. Like, we win the game because I confirmed the users were impostors based on actual proof, then they cuss me and ban me from the lobby!

So, yeah, I kinda not played much in public lobbies for these reasons. But with friends it was fun!

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OkayPhysicist 792 days ago
Yeah, random lobbies are absolutely unplayable. Lobbies that are coordinated in some public Discord server tend to be a coinflip if they're going to be passable or not. But the game really shines when you have a core group of people to play with that all engage with it in good faith.

Of course, all those groups burnt out on the game after playing way too much of it over the pandemic, so it is what it is.

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