Unexpectedly Interesting Among Us. Review

Among Us is a breath of fresh air among all identical online games that have been made by one conveyer recently. The concept of the games is based on the popular Mafia but, nevertheless, the developers managed to do it in their own way.

In fact, Among Us was released in 2018 but it has got popular only now. In September 2020, the game was on first place on Twitch for the amount of hours outdoing the longstanding leader, League of Legends. Also, in September the game moved sixteen positions higher in the list of popular PC games taking the third place there.

We will not be looking for the answer to the question why people paid their attention to the game only in the autumn 2020 but we should agree with the idea that this game is as good as it is said. To prove it, let us talk about the positive and negative aspects of the project that excites the mind of the modern gamers.

Gameplay

To begin with, we should explain what is the main idea of the gameplay of Among Us. There is a group of astronauts on a spaceship or a space station. The crew is supposed to do little tasks scattered on the location. These assignments are very simple actions, for example, to push a button to fill up a gas tank or matching colorful cables (which is the most difficult task there, by the way). The main component of the game is traitors. There are some evil aliens among our space inhabitants. These evil-doers look similar to the spacemen but they have long tongues and sharp teeth. At the beginning of each game, the random generator chooses who is going to be a betrayer and who is going to be a regular teammate. Of course, it is much more interesting to play for the first group.

Aliens win in the case of a successful sabotage or murder of all astronauts. The sabotage is changes to the tasks. Clicking on the icon, you may see the map of the location where you may choose a place where you want to have a diversion. For example, if you click on the door, it will close, and if you click on a nuclear reactor, there will be a countdown to the end of the game with a win for the aliens (if, of course, the astronauts don’t have enough time to fix the reactor). They may also climb into vent holes and teleport between them.

If you start a game as a regular astronaut, your task is to keep an eye to suspicious faces, to vote for their expulsion from the team at emergency meetings or in case of seeing a dead body. Simple, right?

Graphics 

The design of Among Us is rather simple. Two-legged little men of all the rainbow colours in  minimalistic spacesuits. There are donates, not an in-game on but DLC. Fortunately, it will not influence your victory only your looks. The colours are obscure. The image is two-dimensional. There is nothing else to add, it doesn’t offend eyes, it is pleasant to play.

Online

Among Us supports cross-play. What does it mean? It means that you can play with a friend even if you are using different platforms, for example, PC and IOS. Let us say that the game on mobile devices is free.

Thanks to the breakout, the game has millions of new users and this lets us find new sessions very fast.

Besides, you may gather together with a group of 10 people and spend your time in a great way.

Sum up

What can we say? The juice is worth the squeeze. A bit more than a hundred rubles may give you an unforgettable experience, fun, and even an argument with your friends (who knows). Should you take Among Us? Definitely, at least in order to try something new which is really interesting.