Are You Smarter Than The Crowd? Reviews

I really wanted to like this. I absolutely love Tipsyduck's YouTube videos and find his dry humor hilarious, but playing an online game with zero people online whilst the host just says demeaning comments is just... depressing. There's theoretically fun to be had if you could convince several of your friends to buy and play this game with you but it's not worth it otherwise. And that's not to mention how the game has received zero updates in the past two years making the content almost nonexistent. There's just NOTHING to do. I will be returning it.

This game has long been abandoned and came out as a buggy & unplayable mess, though they have been fixed I cannot recommend this game due to no longer receiving updates, lack of replayability and especially lack of playerbase. I love TipsyDuck but this game was an unfortuate failure, I had high hopes from the trailer.

this game feels too linear for it's length, it has forced cutscenes despite being designed to be played repeatedly. The gameplay feels like you're literally playing an IQ test, but it feels janky since you have to do it in first person. I don't feel like the gameplay came first when this game was made, I think the idea of it came first

So, I bought this game because I want to support Tipsy Duck and I would like to see this game succeed. It's not a bad game, but it definitely need a some fixing. I want to see this game succeed. I played one round, it was a little confusing but figured it out with the other player I was playing with, it's fun just a lil buggy right now. All in all, I can't wait to see an update!

"Are you smarter than the crowd" is a party game in the same vein as something like a Jackbox Party Pack game, but of course, much different. It's just came out, and while a majority of the reviews currently base their scores off of technical issues, I'd like to approach this from an alternate point of view, while still addressing those later on. A major reason one might have in this game would have to be because of the creator's renown for his previous work made through Source Filmmaker and Blender, with his unique and blunt presentation. Through the game's ever-prevalent, "Host", TipsyDuck's style and humor still has that same charm seen in his earlier work through these, strange pseudo human / egg people. Speaking of, this game does provide a good amount of customization for them: giving a wide variety of colors and name-tags to give your contestant/audience member. Additionally, the scenery around the sound-stage is visually nice to look at, and moving around the area has couple of funny details that add to the overall world-building. While clearly not in a finished state, this game absolutely has potential. The main idea of the game is that you (if chosen as Contestant), are to face 9 other (max) players in a series of three, fairly simply puzzles. The challenge starts with a Jigsaw puzzle, a Memorization puzzle, and a "Pattern Recognition" puzzle, all designed to progressively increase your IQ score, with the goal of seeing who reaches the highest total. The first two puzzles are simple enough to do, though had trouble with the pattern recognition section, as after the first half of the puzzles the symbols began to look unique and I couldn't discern what was a pattern and what wasn't. Overall, going through a round of the game is pretty entertaining, and with a group of friends going in first-hand, I imagine could result in some pretty fun times. At this stage, there aren't many players, so a good portion of the entertainment that would come from this is going to be lost right now. However, I had still found value in playing the rounds over again to both try my hand at getting a better score, as well as see one of the different endings depending on whoever achieves the highest amount. For those who are more globally competitive, there is additionally an "I.Q." Map that totals the average IQ for each country in the world that lists the smartest country by rank. It's a neat system, and it certainly adds a sense of replay-ability to beat other countries. As for some constructive criticism design-wise, I think this game could benefit greatly from a large number of randomized voice-lines for the Host. With him having new things to say every moment the replay-ability could be substantially better, as I found myself playing multiple times to reach those unique endings, but hearing the Host say the exact same things each time was disappointing. And of course, the obvious bugs and technical issues that are currently in this version. While I may not recommend you buy this right now, I would recommend keeping an eye on it if it's presentation is interesting to you. If you'd like to take a further look into the game and how it plays in it's current state, you can check out a video recorded here: [url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7vAaZSpAc-w] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7vAaZSpAc-w [/url]

This game is funnier than it has any right to be. Major bug issues still, feels very early access. But still great fun for 3 bucks. >I was also expecting a firm reminder to not climb trees.

For the time being I don't think I can recommend someone get this game due to how buggy it is. Personally I am going to hold onto my purchase for now because I do really love the creator behind its work and I'm going to put my faith into him putting some more work into it and even if this game does not get patched in a substantial way at least a little bit of my money went to an animator that I have loved the work of for so long.

Tried it out just to see what Tipsy created. First puzzle is pick up pieces and place them to form the pattern on the screen. After two pieces placed the controls no longer worked for picking them up and the puzzle could no longer be completed. Rinse and repeat that 4-5 times and that's the whole game experience. Great humour, game doesn't work. Don't buy it yet.

Though the games most severe bugs have been fixed, many still persist, and the games low replay value and odd control scheme makes it difficult to recommend.

Tipsy Duck is an amazing creator that gives us all lots of laughs in his youtube videos. Such enjoyment is not found here however. It can hardly be called a game, much less a party game. 99% of the time youre standing around, listening to the same exact skit every time, which never really made me laugh, and I just didnt find the typical tipsy duck absurdist humor in it. Then they play the whole "IQ" thing completely straight. Just IQ tests, exactly as they are, with only a few jokes thrown into the test themselves, like a tic tac toe joke. Thing is its the exact same tests every time, only random event is the ending, which you get like three of. Im pretty sure the block puzzle is impossible. And its just kind of boring all the way through. There's nothing to do when youre waiting for the next thing to happen. And just overall, I found it to be a bit of a let down. Not a very enjoyable game.