


The game then continues until a winning side is declared.Īmong Us is interesting for me because a large part of its appeal doesn’t come from the gameplay itself – that is rather mundane in fact – but instead the multitude of exciting and infuriating situations it can present. Discussions over and everyone then votes on who they find most suspicious with the player scoring most votes getting kicked out of the map and booted into space or into a nasty pit of lava. Discovering a dead body will allow you the ability to call an emergency meeting where the remaining players who aren’t dead will then discuss who could have committed the awful act. Kill enough crewmates and the imposters win. The imposters meanwhile will do their best to pick off crewmates one by one without drawing suspicion on themselves. If everyone does their job and completes their tasks then they all win. The goal for the crewmates is to move about the map (of which there are three in total) completing an assortment of tasks as they go. If you’ve played the likes of Werewolves or Mafia then you should get the idea here pretty quick. We’re not here to dissect the origins of its popularity though, we’re interested in whether it’s any good and how its first attempt on console fares.Īmong Us is essentially a social deduction game that sees you taking on the role of either a crewmate or imposter within a group of up to ten players. Whether that be down to the sudden interest from key influencers on Twitch or YouTube or simply the fact it’s the perfect sort of game for gathering friends together online during a time where seeing them in person isn’t exactly an option. Among Us has been quite the talking point of 2020, quietly launching on smart devices two years ago to little mainstream attention but now one of the most popular games currently out there.
