CHARLOTTETOWN, P.E.I. —
Cindy Nguyen
The Guardian
Daniel Oresanya grew bored with quarantine months ago.
Then he went on YouTube and saw his favourite YouTubers streaming a game called Among Us.
After watching the livestream several times, he decided to play it and was hooked.
He recommended the game to his girlfriend, Kathleen Mendoza, who complained about him playing it all the time, until she fell in love with it, too.
The goal of the game is to find the impostor, who is the killer, Mendoza said.
“As a crewmate, you have to do tasks and survive while trying to find out who the impostor is. It gives me a sense of adventure and excitement,” she said.”
“And if you’re the impostor, you win the game by cancelling the crewmates out or successfully sabotaging the ship that you and the crewmates are in. You have to plan strategies in order to win.”
There are lots of suspense, deduction, adventures and action in the game, she said.
“The game helps you sharpen your deduction skills. You have to think hard about who the impostor might be through assessing other players’ suspicious actions in the game … you also have to use logical reasoning and persuasion in order to convince other players they should not be suspicious of you.”
Among Us is intense because it encourages teamwork and quick thinking, Oresanya said.
“I enjoy the intense moments of the game as an impostor because you have to be careful not to be caught.”
But things can get a little heated when you’re the impostor and your teammate is determined to point you out, Mendoza said.
“Although I persuaded the others that it was him and he got voted out of the ship instead, it was annoying.”
Oresanya agrees.
“It sparked my trust issues at some points,” he laughed.
“I have learned to work as a team to figure out who is not being honest among the group.”
But it was all fun, Mendoza said, who enjoys the game’s graphics and applications.
“The graphics of the game are visually pleasing,” she said.
“Also, it is an online multiplayer game that you can play on PC or mobile. You get to have a good time with your friends, family, or even strangers,” she said.
They have made some new friends, Oresanya said.
“Lots of people are playing it, especially during the COVID-19 quarantine period when everything is on lockdown.”
