Describe It Free Review – No need to draw, just write!
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By: Inochi Ventures
Version #: 1.2
Date Released: 2012-09-08
Developer: Inochi Ventures LLP
Price: 0
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This time last year there was a growing fad in mobile gaming. A game where you were pitched against others in a never-ending battle. The game? Draw Something! Since I enjoy drawing (in my iPad, iPhone and with watercolor in real life) I gave Draw Something a try. Wasn’t impressed. The tools were too basic to create nice drawings on a brim (come on, no pinch-zoom?) Also, a lot of the random players I found were as creative as a brick in a wall. Instead of drawing, or trying to draw, they just wrote (in drawing, of course) their word. Meh.
Describe it Free is close to Draw Something: there is a hidden word your opponent (or more precisely, your pal, because this is not a fight) has to guess using your clues. And how come these clues? In writing! Of course there is a set of banned words, for example to describe leather you can’t use cow, jacket or suede (among some others) but it does not hamper your creativity to use tanning, animal or shoes.
Game mechanics in Describe it Free are similar to other social games: you can be paired via Twitter, Facebook or random players through the developer’s servers. Once a player is available, the game starts and either you or your friend start describing a word. Oh, almost forgot to mention… There’s a time limit (45 seconds, to be precise) to describe or guess the word! Without this the game would be too easy. There’s also the possibility of buying beans as in-game currency to skip words that are too difficult. You also earn beans when your opponent guesses correctly your word (1 bean for easy words, 2 beans for medium words and a whooping 3 beans for hard words.)
Something I found appealing is that you can only have at most 10 games at the same time. Which was also one of the reasons Draw Something lost its appeal to me: when you start playing you tend to start many games… And then playing your turns regularly becomes a chore. With a hard limit of 10 games (which is a not-too-high-not-too-low) number of games, you can always be sure you won’t lose much time from going to your turns.
Describe it Free is obviously the free (ad-supported) version of Describe It. So far I have not found the ads any disturbing, but if you’d rather play without ads (or help the developer create more great games) I recommend you get the paid version. And it is an universal app, so it works as well in your iPad as in your iPhone as in your iPad Mini (and optimized for iPhone 5.)
In short: Describe It (or Describe it Free) are great social games that you definitely have to try.
Quick Take
Value:Medium
Would I Buy Again:Yes
Learning Curve:Low
Who Is It For:Social gamers
What I Like:Although not a novel idea, it's the ideal game for mobile
What I Don't Like:Few players at the moment. Join us!
Final Statement:A good social game, you definitely have to try it
describe it This is the free, ad supported version of Describe It, a new word game combining the best bits of the classic Taboo! with Draw Something and Words With Friends.
Feedback so far:
"I love this game!!!!"
"Enjoyable and makes you think"
"Very interesting game and very fun great job"
"this could be a great game!"
"Works very well for me, it is quite eye catching and has a fun feel to it. Very easy to grasp the concept"
"its fun and interesting and its free :D"
* Thousands of word combinations
* Option of easy, medium or hard clues
* Win beans for guessing and describing correctly
* Buy hints, clues and passes to help you along the way
* No rhymes with or sounds like!
* Describe a word to your opponent within the time limit without using any of the banned words
- You can start a game of Describe It with a friend via Facebook or Twitter, or play against a random opponent
- You can also invite friends that are not already playing, again using Facebook or Twitter
- Once the game is set up you can choose to play easy, medium or hard, then you have 45 seconds to describe to your opponent
- You cannot use any of the banned words (listed below) or derivations of the banned words
- You cannot use any part of the word you are describing
- You cannot use 'rhymes with' or 'sounds like' either
- Nor, obviously, can you have anagrams. It's all about the description!
- Once you have sent your description your opponent has 45 seconds to guess what it is
- If your description, guess or answer is particularly inspired, funny or stupid you can share it through Facebook and Twitter
- If your opponent guesses correctly it becomes their turn to describe
- Beans are awarded for clues that are guessed correctly (or can be bought in the store) and can be used to help you guess
- Your 'streak' shows how many correct guesses you and your opponent have made. See what the highest streak you can make is
- You can have up to ten games at once
- Enjoy, and let us know how we can make Describe It better using the feedback button
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Article By ruben
Ruben Berenguel is finishing his PhD in Mathematics while writing in mostlymaths.net about being a 'geek of all trades'. He also happens to be the senior editor in the What's on iPhone network: any complaints go to him!
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