Outsmarted!

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Outsmarted! is a single player action game. It received neutral reviews from players.

The Family Quiz Show board game — take game night to the next level!

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Audience ScoreBased on 780 reviews

humor3 positive mentions

stability80 negative mentions

The game is fun and engaging, especially for family game nights.
Great variety of questions that can be tailored to different age groups.
The concept of combining a board game with an app is innovative and allows for remote play.

The app is plagued with technical issues, including frequent crashes and connection problems.
Many players experience lag and unresponsiveness, making it difficult to enjoy the game.
There are repeated questions and inconsistencies in scoring, which detracts from the overall experience.

stability
80 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
The game's stability is a significant issue, with users reporting frequent freezes, crashes, and connection problems across multiple devices. Many players experience the app becoming unresponsive during gameplay, requiring restarts to continue, which detracts from the overall enjoyment. While some updates have improved the situation, the app remains largely buggy and unreliable, making it difficult to complete games without interruptions.
- “Game freezes and refuses to move on, then gets stuck in a never-ending 'reconnecting' screen.”
- “Unfortunately this game is completely unplayable; it constantly glitches and doesn't start, or the game just ends spontaneously.”
- “The app freezes up, and when it does, you can't click on anything and have to close the app and then reopen it, often having to rejoin.”
gameplay
13 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
23%
54%
23%
The gameplay has seen significant improvements, with some users noting enhanced fun and interaction; however, it is plagued by bugs, connectivity issues, and clunky mechanics that detract from the overall experience. Players report frustrating disconnections, slow turn times, and confusing controls, which hinder enjoyment despite the presence of engaging questions. Overall, while there are positive aspects, the gameplay suffers from technical shortcomings that impact its reliability and flow.
- “The gameplay has improved 1000%.”
- “Brilliant questions, fantastic interaction, seamless gameplay.”
- “Family of 5 thought we'd try it out by playing a 30 minute game just to get a feel for controls and gameplay.”
- “If you can't get basic gameplay to work even on the same Wi-Fi network, I don't trust you to work longer distances.”
- “Used to love this game but since the most recent update it has become super clunky, struggles to stream and play, and general gameplay dropped so much.”
- “Awful, disjointed instructions, constantly disconnecting players, slow gameplay, and - ultimately - just an incredibly lame trivia game.”
music
12 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
25%
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The music aspect of the game receives mixed reviews, with some players enjoying the new cut scenes and overall music quality, while others find the sound effects repetitive and the music categories frustrating due to loading issues and low volume. Additionally, there are complaints about the lack of recognizable UK music and the quality of some questions, suggesting a need for more diverse and well-crafted music content in future updates. Overall, while the music enhances the experience for some, technical issues and content quality detract from it for others.
- “The new cut scenes, modes, and music are excellent.”
- “Really loved the graphics and music.”
- “Only feedback would be perhaps some more question packs in the future, like just music only, or Harry Potter, or Disney etc. but overall me and my friend had a blast, even though I lost!”
- “The sounds are super repetitive; I've only played twice and I can't stand the category theme music when the question is loading.”
- “When playing any music categories, I don't get any sound of the music and it takes a long time to load the question, if it ever does.”
- “And the music challenges had volume much lower than the sound effects... couldn't find a way to change that from within the game.”
graphics
7 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
43%
14%
43%
Overall, the graphics in Outsmarted received mixed reviews; while many users praised the visuals and sound effects as impressive and engaging, others reported significant issues post-update, including crashes and bloated graphics that hinder gameplay. Additionally, some players experienced problems with graphic questions not displaying properly on certain devices, leading to interruptions and frustration during play.
- “Really loved the graphics and music.”
- “It's easy to set up, great visuals, up-to-date questions.”
- “Graphics and sound effects in the app are really good, and the beauty of it is you can set your age ability so the kids are playing on a level playing field.”
- “My tablet is not even that old, but it no longer works due to what appear to be excessively bloated graphics.”
- “The graphic questions didn't show on other devices, so I can't play with other houses at the moment until fixed.”
- “Playing the game, you are constantly interrupted by the 'busy' graphic, which makes things very painful.”
monetization
6 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
33%
17%
50%
The monetization aspect of the game has drawn criticism for misleading advertising and the presence of in-app purchases that feel exploitative, reminiscent of low-quality mobile games. While the game is free to download and lacks intrusive ads, players express frustration over long animations, time limits, and a lack of clear instructions, which detracts from the overall enjoyment, especially in multiplayer settings.
- “It is a great game to play, with no ads and free to download.”
- “It clearly states in-app purchases.”
- “Had much higher expectations for this game but feel like I was tricked by clever advertising.”
- “Advertising standards authority have been informed due to misleading advert that doesn't highlight this major flaw.”
- “In-game purchases that belong in a shady mobile game, long repeated animations, time limits that don't account for slow animations, lack of basic instructions in the box, and an experience poorly designed for enjoyment as a group.”
humor
3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The humor in the game is generally well-received, with players finding it both funny and entertaining, though some moments can lead to frustration, such as incorrect outcomes that spark playful banter among friends. Overall, the game successfully combines fun gameplay with humorous elements that enhance the experience.
- “Amazing game, easy to set up, easy to use, and funny.”
- “Good fun, but in the end, it showed the wrong player as having won, which was hilarious but also frustrating (because now my sister won't shut up about it :p). It does feel like the board is a bit arbitrary, but it's nice to get a physical thing, I guess.”
- “Exciting, funny, and entertaining game.”
replayability
3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The game offers a one-time enjoyable experience but is generally considered to have low replay value, with players feeling little incentive to revisit it.
- “It's okay to play once, but it has low replay value, in my humble opinion.”
- “After finishing the game, I felt no urge to play it again; the lack of variety really hurt its replayability.”
- “Once you've experienced the story, there's little incentive to go back for a second playthrough.”
atmosphere
1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
Reviewers appreciate the atmosphere of the game, highlighting its interactive and fast-paced nature that enhances the overall experience. The immersive environment contributes significantly to the enjoyment of gameplay.
- “We love board games, especially interactive, fast-paced games with lots of atmosphere.”