Among us. What's the hype about this video game?

 Among Us! All you need to know.

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Are you an Imposter?

Well aren't we crazy? There are so many games and stuffs coming up and people aren't tired of trying them.  And just a couple of times for  the game and it blows up in internet.

Among Us is an online multiplayer strategical game developed and published by American game studio Innersloth and was released in June 15th, 2018. Ya, I too didn't know it was kinda old. The game was designed and composed by Marcus Bromander, programmed by Forest Willard, the artists are Marcus Bromander and Amy Liu. The game takes place in a space-themed setting where players are given one of two roles, most being Crewmates, and a predetermined number being Impostors. Sometimes, one, two or three, this is determined by the person who creates the room.

Maps!

The game has 3 servers which are Asia, North America and Europe. The game can take place on one of three maps:

• The Skeld. It is mainly a spaceship based map.

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•      Mira HQ. It is based on a headquarters building sort of design but keeping all the aesthetics and game elements similar to Skeld.

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•  Polus. A planet base.

 

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Crewmates! The super-duper important guys.

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Crewmates are given tasks to complete around the map in the form of mini games , consisting of maintenance work on vital systems, such as electrical rewiring and fueling engines. Impostors are given a fake list of tasks in order to blend in with Crewmates, and they have the ability to sabotage the map’s systems, traverse vents, identify any other Impostors, and kill Crewmates. If a player dies, they become a ghost; ghosts can pass through walls, but can only interact with the world in limited ways and are invisible to everyone except other ghosts. All players, aside from ghosts, have a limited cone of vision, only allowing them to see other players within a certain unblocked distance around them, despite the game’s top-down perspective. The Crewmates win by completing all tasks before being killed or by finding and eliminating all the Impostors. For the Impostors to win, they must either have a sabotage countdown run out or kill enough Crewmates such that the number of Impostors is equal to the number of Crewmates. Ghosts help their living teammates by completing tasks (as a Crewmate) or performing sabotages (as an Impostor). When an Impostor performs a sabotage, either there is an immediate consequence (such as all the lights being turned off or doors being closed) or a countdown begins. In the latter case, if the sabotage is not resolved before the countdown finishes, the Impostors win. Sabotages can be resolved by living players in varying ways depending on which sabotage is performed. Any living player who finds a dead body can report it, which halts all other gameplay and calls a group meeting. In the meeting, players discuss who they believe is an Impostor based on the evidence surrounding the killing. Players communicate in a text chat, but can only speak during meetings, and only if they are alive, although ghosts can speak with one another at any time.

So, what did I like about this game?

For the pros, the game is incredibly fun to play and allows players to have a fun time doing tasks and betraying other people. The game’s somewhat like UNO or Monopoly in that way—if both games allow people to shank each other or throwing them overboard a ship or a lava pit. The gaming interface is pretty user-friendly for a new player. The lobbies are easy to join and controls are easy to use. The game chat box also has a chat censoring feature which prevents offensive and abusive languages to be sent or received hence making it a safe environment for children too. And sometimes it even translates abusive language to funny words and that can make you a hard laugh!

What could have been better?

As for the things we don’t like, the game doesn’t have an in-built voice chat. And if you go out of the game and have a third-party app like Discord for Voice Chat, you will be booted out of the Lobby. Luckily, there’s a good chance that Innersloth is taking this into account and working for a major update which may probably include voice chatting between players. Another drawback of the game is that, there are only three servers for the millions of people playing the game worldwide. Innersloth can improve this shortcoming by introducing more and more servers for the huge player base, which would also reduce the pings for a player and hence make the game smoother.

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