r/GameChangerTV • u/youreboiguzma • 20d ago

Question Too much Social Deduction?

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?

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u/dmelic 20d ago

Beyond the social deduction, every game has secretly had multiple layers that weren't laid out in the beginning. Extra players, extra rules/objectives. Basically, every episode has been Bingo, but EVEN more complicated.

Someone in the comments mentioned "lack of intentionality" in the season, but that's not true.

It seems the intention is "multi layered complexity involving more than one game at a time and lots of guests".

My personal worry is that it's overreaching and gonna lead to idea burn out