The Reaction Reviews

Good bit of fun for a short period of time for me playing with a friend. The steam friend partying system was great and super easy to use. The games need some difficulty options & more categories. They're very simple; could easily be a browser or phone game.

I would recommend The Reaction, but only if on sale. The game is very basic, which isn't necessarily a bad thing, but it could do with a few more options, such as a speed adjuster for each assessment, and local multiplayer. It could also use a few more categories of tests. While the reaction timing+perception tests are a fun way to assess your own cognitive abilities, using basic assessment means, some of them seem to be designed more for computers rather than people such as the math category, which can require some pretty fast calculation speeds, and the white screen assessment, which requires such fast reaction timing, that it can easily become enraging when you must wait for the assessment to reload. A difficulty adjuster would be a nice add-on to the game. Overall, it is a nice experience for personal assessment, and can serve as a decent multiplayer game for a select type of people, but I don't see there being a lot of replayability without more categories and settings. With local multiplayer, it could serve as a part of a game night, as it's multiplayer would be much better with friends, in person. Overall, in its current state, it is worth about a dollar or less. With significant improvement and additional options, it could reach the five dollar range.