SpyParty Beta

DailyGeek · 5 Jun 2013 at 19:31

Evening,

So I read this on Eurogamer this morning..

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2013-06-05-spyparty-enters-open-beta-finally

..and thought, ah, looks ok, a bit like The Ship.

Got home and was a bit bored so figured what the hell, I'll give it a go - just had a really fun hour or so of gaming. It's such a fresh concept and works really well and so far the people playing seem to really enjoy each other's victories and losses, very little bad feeling which makes quite a difference!

Anyone else playing? The video on the EG article will explain better than me trying to

Kishywish · 5 Jun 2013 at 20:08

I've been following the SpyParty site for a long, long time.

I'm so glad it's in open beta. Thanks for the spot. It's a very clever game.

theonejat · 5 Jun 2013 at 20:42

Thanks for bringing this to my attention. Looks good/different. I'll check it out when poss.

caff · 5 Jun 2013 at 23:27

What the hell, for a tenner I'll give it a go.

caff · 6 Jun 2013 at 00:20

It is quite fun - had a few games against some dude who was new too - it's pretty tense having the sniper beam fixed on you....

DailyGeek · 6 Jun 2013 at 10:39

It's intense, I love it. I think being Spy can be pretty tough but the mechanics are great.

Mr.Fantastic · 6 Jun 2013 at 11:17

JackFrags did a video on this which makes it look interesting.

JoeF1 · 6 Jun 2013 at 12:22

Love this concept.

caff · 7 Jun 2013 at 19:56

Played a bit more of this tonight - it's a bit like poker.

2 players join a match. One player is a spy at a party. The other player is a sniper.

Playing as the spy, you have to trick the opponent by behaving like the computer NPCs, but performing certain actions that might give your game away.

Playing as the sniper, you have to watch the room carefully for suspicious behaviour. Once satisfied you have your mark, you take a shot.

It's good fun, worth a go for £10. The players on there all seem pretty friendly.

FrenchTart · 8 Jun 2013 at 00:16

How long do you have to hold up when pretending to be an NPC? I can see how it'd be fun but I'm struggling to see the longevity atm.