Outsmarted - Companion App 4+

We played our first games tonight and this was quite a good game, however the second time round we had “Royal Family” as of of the ring categories but whenever we wanted to get a question for that category no matter ring question or a normal question it wouldn’t serve us any questions of that type. Is this due to them banning them, was it a glitch with the games question database for that category or something or are they saying we temporarily can’t get Royal Family category questions in the UK because of the recent news about the health of the British Monarch? As a result there was no way for someone to win the game as all the teams/players would get stuck as this category was the last ring they needed to get to the final round, unless using a timed game. Please fix if this was the case. It would still give us questions for other categories just not the Royal Family despite being selectable still as a category. Other than that it’s a great game. Still giving five stars out of five for this.

We bought the deluxe version of this game after playing online with friends who had the game. We have not been disappointed! Throughout lockdown we have played with friends all over the country through Zoom or Facetime and everyone has enjoyed the game (even if they lost). Outsmarted has brought the concept of Trivial Pursuit into the 21st century and extended it to make a game which is both innovative yet comfortably familiar. No one has to read questions out, they are all contained in the databanks of the game. Many are videos but we particularly enjoy the problem solving aspects of the Quick Thinking round. Other categories such as Pub Quiz and Back to School contain a wide variety of subject areas rather than one single topic. We certainly have not regretted buying Outsmarted and with the new questions which are constantly being added can see us playing for a long time to come. Trivial Pursuit has now been officially relegated to the back of the games cupboard!

I came across Outsmarted completely by accident on a shopping app, and I’m so glad I did, it’s brilliant and all my family loves it. We can play together in the same location, or at our respective homes. It’s like Trivial Pursuit for the 21st Century, with video, music, and picture questions. You can use one phone/tablet for everyone, or one each, and because it’s an app, the questions can get updated regularly. You can also buy extra categories for £1.99 or £2.99 so it’s unlikely to become repetitive.

It’s fantastic fun, and will doubtless bring us all together more often to play a game, whether online or in person. Well done developers, I hope you have all the success Trivial Pursuit did when it came out.

An easy 5 stars from me, and two thumbs up too!