So @Geoguessr has its new "Competitive City Streaks" game...
And anyone following me a while on Twitter knows I am huge fan of Geoguessr
So how does this one shape up?
tl;dr - it's nowhere near as good as Battle Royale
An example round shown in the 🧵
And anyone following me a while on Twitter knows I am huge fan of Geoguessr
So how does this one shape up?
tl;dr - it's nowhere near as good as Battle Royale
An example round shown in the 🧵
It's Bolivia
La Paz is the only city offered in Bolivia
Simple. Next.
La Paz is the only city offered in Bolivia
Simple. Next.
It's Canada
There's water
It offers me Vancouver and Toronto
So Vancouver
Simple. Next.
There's water
It offers me Vancouver and Toronto
So Vancouver
Simple. Next.
Considerable poverty
They speak English
Only suitable location is Accra, Ghana
Simple. Next.
They speak English
Only suitable location is Accra, Ghana
Simple. Next.
Looks like a Spanish building
Only viable option is Barcelona
Simple. Next.
Only viable option is Barcelona
Simple. Next.
Road is a gata
That means either Sweden or Iceland
Gothenburg and Reykjavík
Guess Gothenburg (wrong) so guess Reykjavík (right)
Lose a life
That means either Sweden or Iceland
Gothenburg and Reykjavík
Guess Gothenburg (wrong) so guess Reykjavík (right)
Lose a life
.au domain on a sign
Melbourne is the only option
Simple. Next.
Melbourne is the only option
Simple. Next.
Road sign says Praha
It's Prague
Simple. Next.
It's Prague
Simple. Next.
North America somewhere
But you'd not do 40mph on that street, but might do 40km/h, so it's Canada
Toronto the only option
Simple. Next.
But you'd not do 40mph on that street, but might do 40km/h, so it's Canada
Toronto the only option
Simple. Next.
Estonian flag
Tallinn the only option
Simple. Next.
Tallinn the only option
Simple. Next.
Street called Gade
Denmark
Copenhagen the only option
Simple. Next.
Denmark
Copenhagen the only option
Simple. Next.
Looks like Japanese
They drive on the left
Tokyo the only option.
Simple. Next.
They drive on the left
Tokyo the only option.
Simple. Next.
A kind of shanty town
Haven't got much else to go on, except the colour of the earth
Go for Nairobi and it's right
Haven't got much else to go on, except the colour of the earth
Go for Nairobi and it's right
It's quite poor, they speak French
Dakar, Senegal is the only option that matches
Simple. Next.
Dakar, Senegal is the only option that matches
Simple. Next.
Africa somewhere
They drive on the left
Looks too poor for Cape Town, so Johannesburg
Correct
They drive on the left
Looks too poor for Cape Town, so Johannesburg
Correct
Italy
Options are Milan and Rome
Looks like a Rome road name
Correct
Options are Milan and Rome
Looks like a Rome road name
Correct
Text in Portuguese
Options are Lisbon, Porto or Sao Paolo
Something says to me this isn't Portugal, so Sao Paolo
Correct
Options are Lisbon, Porto or Sao Paolo
Something says to me this isn't Portugal, so Sao Paolo
Correct
You get the idea by now...
Know what to look for and you motor through the rounds, but they're not very interesting
Know what to look for and you motor through the rounds, but they're not very interesting
Then 💥
It all goes wrong
I have nothing to work with here
It's South America, Spanish speaking, but *where*?
It all goes wrong
I have nothing to work with here
It's South America, Spanish speaking, but *where*?
Go for Cordoba
No, it's Buenos Aires
And that's then it...
No, it's Buenos Aires
And that's then it...
I spend *ages* ploughing on through round after round that are simple... and then - were this Battle Royale Distance - I could hedge my bets when the going gets tough... but here I have nothing to work with so am out
So sorry Geoguessr, I find the game too long, and the whole thing too linear, and in each case I am looking for just the one clue - and if I don't find it I am stuck
There's little of the clever educated guessing that makes Geoguessr so cool
There's little of the clever educated guessing that makes Geoguessr so cool
Battle Royale Distance is *so much better*
geoguessr.com/battle-royale
You can find me on Geoguessr here
geoguessr.com/user/601312b7c…
And my Eiffel Towers map here
geoguessr.com/maps/60451069a…
/ends
geoguessr.com/battle-royale
You can find me on Geoguessr here
geoguessr.com/user/601312b7c…
And my Eiffel Towers map here
geoguessr.com/maps/60451069a…
/ends
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