Common Sense Media Review
By Chris Morris
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based on child development research. How do we rate?
Social word game similar to Draw Something but not as fun.
Parents Need to Know
Why Age 14+?
Any Positive Content?
Where to Download
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Guess!
Parent and Kid Reviews
What's It About?
Players must write clues for words, but are restricted in the hints they can give. For instance, the word might be \"Santa,\" but they're not allowed to use the words \"Kringle,\" \"Christmas,\" or \"reindeer.\" If the person they are playing with guesses the word, they both get coins. The game goes in rounds, with each player taking a turn at writing hints. Coins can be used to buy other words when none of the choices is appealing.
Is It Any Good?
Guess! is, in many ways, the love child of the old game show Password and Draw Something, so it's a tried and tested formula. And the game is certainly fun, but it's not perfect.
Finding a friend to play with isn't as easy as it is in Zynga's "With Friends" games -- and random opponents are hit and miss. (In our testing, we found some nice people and some really offensive ones.) Ultimately, though, typing out hints is a little less fun than drawing them, so the game doesn't have the fun factor it's aiming for.
App Details
- Devices : iPhone , iPod Touch , iPad
- Subjects : Language & Reading : reading , spelling , vocabulary
- Pricing structure : Free
- Release date : November 7, 2012
- Genre : Word Games
- Publisher : TinyCo, Inc.
- Version : 1.5
- Minimum software requirements : iOS 4.3 or later
- Last updated : November 11, 2020
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