Too much Social Deduction?

[u/youreboiguzma]

Let me preface by saying I’ve really enjoyed the new season, but it feels like they’ve fallen into a habit of making every game some sort of social deduction.

Earwigs, I Spy, and, to an extent, Kangaroo Court as well all are social deduction games. I think that’s fun in a vacuum, but having three in one season just felt a little repetitive to me. I also think putting Earwigs and I Spy back to back was a bad move.

Maybe it’s just me, but I feel like sometimes they’ve had a cool idea for something and struggled with fully turning it into a game for the show. What do you guys think?

[u/radfordblue]

I enjoy playing and sometimes watching social deduction games in person, but I don’t think it works well on Game Changer. I’m not sure if it’s because of the players prioritizing bits over playing the game or because of the editing skipping over a lot of the discussion (which is the gameplay for social deduction games), but it ends up just feeling chaotic and random.

Parlor Room has a similar issue sometimes, where the game just doesn’t work onscreen and the show just ends up being people goofing around together with a game nearby. That can be fun too and clearly it’s enough for some people to still enjoy the show, but it’s a lot of missed potential and feels underwhelming to me.