Judged: A Court Simulator
- November 14, 2018
- Can of Soda Games
In Judged you start as a newly minted judge in lowly traffic court. As you weigh the evidence from police testimony, breathalayzer results, and eye-witness testimony you'll have to keep your appeals rate for judges overturning your decisions low to ensure you get promoted into more prestigious courts.
Reviews
- The game has a unique concept of turning legal decision-making into a video game, which could appeal to those interested in law.
- Some players found the game worth the low price they paid, suggesting it could be a fun experience for a very casual gaming session.
- There is potential for improvement, and some players hope that future developers will explore this niche more effectively.
- The game is plagued by numerous bugs, including crashes during gameplay and a lack of saving functionality.
- Gameplay is repetitive with only a few cases available, and decisions often feel meaningless due to random overturns on appeal.
- The overall execution is poor, with unclear mechanics, outdated graphics, and a lack of depth in the cases presented.
- stability3 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 100 % negative mentions
The game suffers from significant stability issues, with users reporting numerous bugs, a lack of essential features like sandbox mode, and a frustrating decision-making system that undermines player choices. Overall, the game's technical shortcomings contribute to a negative experience, leaving it feeling incomplete and poorly executed.
“The graphics are buggy.”
“Incredibly buggy, missing sandbox mode, only a couple of cases, meaningless choices, and a stupid system where they overturn half your decisions anyway. The entire game could be made in MS Paint in about an hour... there is literally nothing this game does right.”
“This game is buggy and broken.”
- graphics2 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 100 % negative mentions
The graphics have been criticized for being buggy and failing to accurately capture the intended nuances, which detracts from the overall appeal to the target demographic.
“The graphics are buggy.”
“This case, which should appeal to that demographic, manages to get almost all of the nuance wrong.”