Mattel Games Pictionary Air, Family Board Game for Kids
Mattel Games Pictionary Air, Family Board Game for Kids and Adults for Party Game Night, Engaging Gift for Kids, Drawing Game for 2 Teams with Multiple Players, Ages 8 and Up, GJG17
| Dimensions: | 27.94 x 8.38 x 14.99 cm; 710 Grams |
| Model: | HYB09 |
| Batteries Required: | No |
| Assembly: | No |
| Dimensions: | 27.94 x 8.38 x 14.99 cm; 710 Grams |
This is a fun, modern twist on Pictionary which can make it a bit more fun.
You simply draw your picture and scan it with the app which uses Google’s AI to try and detect what you have drawn. It comes with whiteboards, pens and a little game board which you try to move your pieces along.
The AI can be quite fun although it isn’t very accurate. It can only have a decent attempt at guessing very basic drawings (as obviously, more complex drawings would require huge amounts of computing power with current AI capabilities) which can actually become an advantage for younger players .
Overall though, it is a fun game. It has various modes and can be quite amusing when the AI guesses something completely different to what you have drawn. I understand that it is purely the fact that AI isn’t good enough yet so the product itself is great, perhaps just a bit ahead of its term in terms of computing. It would make a fun Christmas gift however so I would recommend it.
Pictionary is a staple Christmas classic, and this is the updated version!
Is it better?
Not really, i’d still pick standard play.
Is it fun?
Yes, to a point, the Ai app used seems like its biased away from the better drawings.
It is more likely to ‘guess’ a terrible picture correctly than a really good one, this is possibly to make it fairer on younger/less artistically able participants, but perhaps this should be a setting you can select rather than automatic.
Otherwise it’s fun, but you may end up with an annoyed child who’s great at drawing.
My conclusion is it is a good game and is entertaining especially with more players but I wish I could believe the AI is doing it properly.
Accessing the AI is simple as you just scan the supplied QR code and away you go. I would recommend using a tablet over a smartphone if playing in a larger group as the larger screen real estate makes it much easier for all players to see. That said it does work exactly the same on a smartphone.
If you fancy yourself as a budding Picasso, or simply want a good giggle at how bad your drawing can be, then this is a fun game.
A fun take on Pictionary which we enjoyed but the guesses from AI really don’t seem fair or consistent! I am not convinced that it hasn’t been set up to fail a lot of the time because its guesses for seemingly obvious drawings are a bit off. That said, we still had fun playing and it maybe makes the game a more even playing field for adults and younger children.
We had great fun with this game. Trying to get the ai to guess correctly was easier than I had expected, it’s not perfect every time but neither is my drawing.
You can play standard pictionary and use the ai as a bonus or you can play one player to see how many you can get right.
Really fun twist on a classic. Would recommend.
There are many good points about this new take on Pictionary.
We are now able to play independently from.anyone else in the family. Our only teammate can now be the AI.
The AI’s role is to guess your doodles. Our little one can play this on their own, but it wouldn’t be much fun without that ‘human’ angle. Luckily you can add multiple players to this game, all competing individually.
Our 8 year old has tried playing this on her own, but she didn’t find it as much fun as when we joined her. All competing against each other.
The concept is similar to the original version. Except you draw your pre-assigned doodles onto the provided board. Hold it up to the app – which you need to download on your smart device, be it, iPhone, android, iPad or tablet.
Depending on the quality of the camera and the limitations of the app, your doodle will either be guessed correctly or not.
The results are pretty sporadic. Don’t assume a clear doodle will be guessed correctly! I’m not entirely clear whether they’ve built the software to sporadically reject a clear doodle. It seems so. Evident from the fact that scanning a few times, or with a diffenrt device, can yield differing results.
The doodle board provided is made of cardboard. Not a big issue for us. It’s an age-old tradition to have board games made of board packaing. They’ve still lived successfully with us for over twenty years.
I’ve no doubt it’ll last well if you’re in the habit of throwing a fit everytime the smart device rejects your drawing. Which is a very real possibility – the rejections seem to come thick and fast.
I’m seriously doubting my previously longstanding Pictionary-winning portfolio.