Among Us comes with a simple concept of survival which plays around human psychology of assumptions in a very basic plot of environment.
It comes with a very basic rules to win, either you have to vote off all of the imposters and complete all the tasks, and the imposter has to kill all of the crew-mates or stop them from completing the designated tasks to win. Players can also vote off other players from the location when found suspicious by a majority of other crew-mates.
The game allows the user to chose between a variety of maps and servers in order to play with their desired number and selection of players. The unlimited set of experiences to convince people from around the globe to agree with your observations or lies.
The insane addictive nature and popularity:
Cost –
The cost is always a big factor when it comes to games and the fascinating fact is that the game is free on mobile and R40 or $5.
Basic requirements to run the game –
It hardly needs the latest and most powerful hardware to run – requiring 1 GB of RAM, 250mb of hard drive space and a PC powerful enough to handle Windows 7.
Cross-play –
Among Us also allows cross-play between PC and mobile which allows users from various platforms to connect.
The Pros and Cons of the features and interface:
Pros:
Use of sound for visibility and immidiate feedback. Buttons has a limited constraints which guides the user from their very first attempt to play the game. The no requirements of account to play the game reduces the barrier of participation which is further a good news for speed runners or the people who play the game as a time killer.
Cons:
The communication requires an extra platform in order to advance the process as the game doesn’t allow in-game voice chats. The game comes with a large user base hence while connecting to the server you may face misleading information of the local or global servers generated.
Rating:
9/10