Welcome to our review of a game you can only play with friends! Welcome to “Use Your Words”.
As our intro says it all, this game can only be played with friends and is not a single player game. You are responsible for the fun you will have by using your words.
How does this game work?
You use the Switch as the main hub, and your friends use items like tablets or their smartphone, log into a website with the given password and follow the game on the Switch. 3 to 6 players can play and others can spectate through the internet.
On the screen, you will have questions and it is your job to make em as funny or witty or shocking as possible, in order to get everyone to vote for your answer! Out of imagination? Use the house decoy and the game inserts some rather well thought out answers for you!
I have gotten through a few different questions/mini games so far and I must say, watching a little clip, instantly finding a way to subtitle the clip, it ain’t easy! It is actually proving to me that not always the funny comments get chosen, but witty ones may too.
This game stands and falls on your inventiveness to keep the game going.
I personally think this is the bad part about this game, if your party is not into the game, prepare for some boring time. One of my plays, there was a player that could not get into the game and well, it ruined the mood a little, resulting in an early end to the game.
Another mini game I played, the one I loved the most, labeling a picture and best describe what they do. I ended up using the house decoy and a very witty yet vulgar answer… I need to say you can change this in the settings, thankfully, because this makes the game available to children as well.
In conclusion, this is a party game. This is a good party game, but also a bad one. The mindset of the players will decide how the game goes and I consider it an advantage that it allows for a house decoy, even if that brings you fewer points. This entire game has the potential to bring a lot of hilarity and tears from laughter and I do not know a valid alternative for this game.
So is it worth buying? I honestly can not answer this, you always need at least 3 players and while it does bring all the fun, not everyone always has friends available to help play and this is the caveat where this game may lose its appeal to some.
If you are looking for a party game for yourself and some friends, it is currently the only option on Switch and I would definitely take a gamble on this game.
My rating is 70%
PS. 1 small thing, I was unable to take screenshots in this game, I do not know if this was done on purpose or not, but it did bother me a little that I could not take a memento of me beating my best friend ^^
