Fun, true to game and sound. Poor accessibility.
This reviewer reminisces about Countdown on the TV, eagerly guessing words that I would start before the final letter is placed. Was always a challenge and also fun.
This game gives all the feels but it falls short on accessibility. Specifically, it’s unforgiving of any ‘slip of the hand’ and mistakes leads to the time running out. For example, accessibility considerations should be taken for those with developmental coordination disorders (between 5-10% of the population, usually mislabelled, life-long), who are usually very creative and could excel at the real game.
Improvement points, albeit no updates in 9 years:
1. Allow pause, it is more accessible. Cons about it being easier are moot if people want it paused all they need to do now is shift apps and it will go in standby.
2. Enable an undo button. Cons: none, if resolves mistakes and is one of the most basic of processes when using text or numbers.
3. Optional 5 seconds if a solution is already being typed, particularly numbers, but a mistake will give your right answer zero.
4. Enable voice typing and math speech recognition to truly be accessible.
Not making something accessible because it makes it easier for others without a condition is exclusionary and possibly discriminatory.
This game gives all the feels but it falls short on accessibility. Specifically, it’s unforgiving of any ‘slip of the hand’ and mistakes leads to the time running out. For example, accessibility considerations should be taken for those with developmental coordination disorders (between 5-10% of the population, usually mislabelled, life-long), who are usually very creative and could excel at the real game.
Improvement points, albeit no updates in 9 years:
1. Allow pause, it is more accessible. Cons about it being easier are moot if people want it paused all they need to do now is shift apps and it will go in standby.
2. Enable an undo button. Cons: none, if resolves mistakes and is one of the most basic of processes when using text or numbers.
3. Optional 5 seconds if a solution is already being typed, particularly numbers, but a mistake will give your right answer zero.
4. Enable voice typing and math speech recognition to truly be accessible.
Not making something accessible because it makes it easier for others without a condition is exclusionary and possibly discriminatory.
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Its great but nowhere near as easy as the tv version
There are obvious differences which are obviously not possible to replicate on an app from the original. What annoys me most are irritating nuances, like when you get a word as long as the computer has offered and it always mentions its own offering as the longest word possible????? Or when neither (myself or the computer) gets the conundrum, it states I (just me!)has not been successful. That computer never fails to misspell a word at any level?. These can be discouraging to people on lower levels. Not me 😁
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Could be so much better
This could be so much better, but almost every letter round, you get duplicate letters. It is constant, and more often than not you get. Ore than one set of duplicate letters, and often triple letters. It really should not happen that often. It has been the case since I started playing .
Also, the computer on hard mode is odd on the numbers game. Fails to solve simple solutions, but manages to solve really obscure ones. Not really reflecting reality.
Also, the computer on hard mode is odd on the numbers game. Fails to solve simple solutions, but manages to solve really obscure ones. Not really reflecting reality.
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Great practice!
It’s not quite the same as watching on the television with a trusty notepad and pen, and the numbers round takes a bit of getting used to, but it’s great practice and the different format makes your brain work in a slightly different way, which can only be a good thing. I usually pick the ‘hard’ setting, or occasionally ‘expert’ if I want to destroy my self-confidence (although I have beaten it once!)
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Poor making choices
The game is fun but way choose too slow. You have to have finished typing in word before time is up or fail and typing letters out takes far longer than writing it. So can end up a letter short. Also if you don’t press too accurately it misses on a phone costing more time. For numbers say use big number times number and realise adding number to big number gets closer. But if do everything in head often run out of time when type in. On paper can just scribble alterations. Would be better if could declare score for words and numbers and then write down solution. With say time for word and time for numbers. Or be able to use voice input…So say E V O L V E
Other thing it disqualifies words that are legitimate UNBUNGS
Other thing it disqualifies words that are legitimate UNBUNGS
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