The Therapist Gamer

"That's You" is the first "Play Link" game that PlayStation tried out.  "Play Link" uses your WiFi network to connect your PS4 to multiple smartphones. Each person downloads an app to their phone (also called That's You), and if you have both the PS4 game and the app open using the same WiFi network, then everything is all synced up.  It's really easy and seamless, and I've tried it with people who know very little about technology and they were able to work it all out.

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Between two and six people can play That's You, either locally or online.  The game consists of a series of questions about the other people playing, and each person uses their phone to answer the questions.  For example, a question might be something like "Who's most likely to leave a restaurant without paying?" and the options are the people playing.  The "correct" answer is whichever one was picked the most.  You get points based on how many correct answers you get, and correct answers are worth more if more people voted the same way (if 4 people selected the same thing, the correct answer is worth 400 points, but if 5 people agreed then it's worth 500 points).  You also get a few "joker" tokens that you can use at your discretion - if you guess the correct answer and play a joker then you get double points.  So basically, if you're confident that you guessed correctly you can get an edge on the other players by playing a joker.  You can choose to play a short, medium, or long game, and whoever has the most points at the end is rewarded with some virtual confetti.

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In addition to standard "word" questions there are several other types of questions.  For example, it will show a picture of someone with an unusual facial expression and everyone uses their phone camera to best mimic what they see on the screen.  Another type of question might be to draw a person in a silly way - for example, you take a picture of someone and then everyone will use their phone to draw them as a magician; the image shows up on everyone's phone and there are some basic tools to draw on the image.  My favorite is the final round, where each person takes a picture of themselves and everyone else takes a turn adding something to the drawing - seeing the final results in always entertaining!

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I appreciated the option in the menu that allows you to turn off "certain types of questions" that would be inappropriate for younger audiences.  Effectively, the game acknowledges that only adults might be playing, or that some younger folks might be joining in, and it allows you to accommodate any audience.  In addition, anyone can write and submit their own questions to be used during the game, so it that way it's pretty customizable.

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The game lends itself to whatever audience is playing.  Though some of the questions didn't really speak to the life experience of anyone I was currently playing with, for the most part each group of friends/family will mold the experience to whatever they find fun.  In my experience, I've had a lot of fun playing with my friends and family and the game has allowed some funny emergent moments to happen.  For example, it's really funny when everyone but one person agrees on the correct answer AND the odd-one-out also plays a joker - it's like they're so confident in their response but they're totally wrong!  Even when it happens to me I can't help but laugh!

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It's very rare for me to find a game that I could play with literally anyone, and that pretty much everyone I've played with has had a good time.  Somehow That's You manages to pull off both.