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Essays 08 September 2022, 15:38

author: Darius Matusiak

Among Us. The best games where we can be evil

Table of Contents

  1. Genre: an online game that defies genre standards
  2. Release Date: June 15, 2018
  3. Developer: InnerSloth
  4. Platforms: PC, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch, Android, iOS

Among Us is a real sensation of recent years. It's a game that's difficult to classify as any single genre – it's as much about cooperation, as betrayal and diversion. Because when most players are scrambling to prepare a spaceship for flight, the saboteurs, or the so-called impostors do everything they can to prevent it, while also trying to conceal their actions and identity. And in their actions, they can be really mean, because in addition to spoiling various elements and initiating an unstoppable disaster, they can also murder other crew members.

So when we play as the impostor, we become evil in its purest form. Not only do we plot, break, and kill, but we also have to pretend that we ourselves are as terrified by the events on the ship as anyone. You should be careful, because the crew can see through our plans and vote us off the deck, which is tantamount to death. Among Us is therefore a game in which we can become completely evil and perfidious, and what's more – in relation to our close friends. And the amazing wave of popularity of this production seems to only confirm the thesis from the beginning of the text saying that we like to be bad without any consequences.

  1. Among Us in our encyclopedia

Darius Matusiak

Darius Matusiak

Graduate of the Faculty of Social Sciences and Journalism. He started writing about games in 2013 on his blog on gameplay.pl, from where he quickly moved to the Reviews and Editorials department of Gamepressure. Sometimes he also writes about movies and technology. A gamer since the heyday of Amiga. Always a fan of races, realistic simulators and military shooters, as well as games with an engaging plot or exceptional artistic style. In his free time, he teaches how to fly in modern combat fighter simulators on his own page called Szkola Latania. A huge fan of arranging his workstation in the "minimal desk setup" style, hardware novelties and cats.

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