Videogame Volumes: First Class Trouble

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Vaughn Perez

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Ahmad Lafi, Guest Contributor

First-Class Trouble is a multiplayer, mystery game where 10 players play as residents on a spaceship/hotel, but the ship is being taken over by a rogue artificial intelligence, or AI, so the residents have to stop it. However, there’s a twist, as two out of the 10 residents are personoid, which are robots that look human and are secretly hunting the humans to stop them from destroying the AI. This game is a blast. 

The game is mostly built around trust. Can you trust your fellow person, and do they trust you? Players have to test that trust many times with different obstacles that need two people to get through it. A perfect example of testing this trust is at the airlock, an area in the game. The airlock has items that are helpful, but it comes with a risk of getting taken out; one person has to hold the airlock open while another person goes inside and gets the stuff. but at any time, the person holding the airlock can close it, and you are ejected into outer space. Not knowing if the person holding the airlock is going to close it on or not is so nerve-racking, and that is so fun. 

The game has two features that just make the game so much better: the physics and the proximity chat. Players can throw things at other people, send them flying, and push people. It is just so fun to watch my friends get flung across the room because I threw a paper airplane at them. 

The proximity chat is a really great feature because of all the things you can do with it. You could use it for fun, or you could use it to win. But it is a really fun feature, especially when you’re playing with friends. 

The game has more features and tiny things that make the game so cool and unique. It’s a game that is amazing to play with friends, and it’s cross-platform, so you can play with Xbox, PS5, or computer players. I highly recommend giving it a chance if you’re looking for a group game.