Brilliant
Great Effort
Here’s some issues I noticed:
1) Empathize. It’s that it’s quite hard to empathize with the characters on the screen. You just show up in the middle of nowhere and given a task with very little context and character development. Given time to immerse in that world, I felt my actions would be different.
2)Consequences. In real life you might not rudely end a convo with a possibly dangerous person while in the game you can freely do so with no physical or social consequences.
3)Eurocentric. Setting is in a western format. It’s even harder to feel immersed when you’re not from western culture. All kinds of lords and dukes that is completely foreign. A more culturally neutral setting would bring more accurate test results to non-westernized individuals, especially asian cultures which are more contextual given different social settings.
4)POV. Looking at the character from a eye in the sky third point of view, it’s easy to feel that you’re controlling a ‘Sim’ character rather than that character being yourself.
5) Gender. Even choosing the he/him pronouns I am still assigned to a female character. Another roadblock with immersiveness.
Summary: I felt too distant from the playable character to really feel that the actions I compel it to do are actually ‘my actions’. Thus made me doubt the accuracy of the results.
Response from developer
Thank you for your feedback - we will be sure to take your comments into consideration and improve on the game in future iterations. If you have any other thoughts, we'd love to hear them at feedback@scoutible.com!
Stunningly clever
It has a few drawbacks... mainly that it is US centric and has a way to go with integration but boy is it good at what it sets out to achieve.
I like their roadmap and if all goes to plan I really believe this could be a game changer for anyone interested in gamified strengths assessment.
My one regret? I didn’t think of it first 😞
Strengths resume is a great tool!
Response from developer
We are so glad you had a positive experience - thank you for sharing! Stay tuned for new features soon - we can't wait to help you and others find their dream opportunities. If you have any other thoughts, we’d love to hear them at feedback@scoutible.com.
Great games... has potential
Response from developer
Hi Jared! Thank you so much for this thoughtful review. We are so glad you had a positive experience with the app and we really appreciate your feedback. Both games uncover both cognitive and personality-driven differences in behavior, but that’s all we can say ;) We love your feedback about showing statistics on teams - consider it in the works! If you have any more thoughts, we’d love to hear them at feedback@scoutible.com.
