Beast Games

With only two episodes out now, the show seemingly sets the tone for the rest. Getting to the last 500 is primarily luck based, preying on the uncertainties of people that may not be that wealth. The show even specifically zooms in on those that have lost out due to them simply being unlucky. The one 'skill-based' game was difficult to follow with there being so many people, making the experience chaotic to say the least. Most annoying of all is the constant repetition of everything that this show is going to do, including, but not limited to "the biggest price in entertainment history!", which I believed we heard about 8 times throughout the first episode. Ugh..

I've never watched any of Mr Beast's YouTube shows but I was tengentially aware of him and what he does from various news stories over the years. I'll admit, the commercials did pique my interest so I decided to watch.

I thought the setup and structure of the games were very interesting. It's clear they gave the games & rules a lot of thought and then decided how they could 'crank up' the visuals, intensity, or price of the games. So from a game-perspective, I give it a high score (they clearly had a lot of money to spend on the show).

What shocked me most (but shouldn't have) is how utterly unintelligent, shallow, and incredibly immature 99% of the contestants are. There's really no reason for people to be crying (!) when they have to make a decision about something! It's the people, contestants, that ruin this show. I'm very worried for the future of this country based on the immaturity of these people. It doesn't make for a 'good show', it just make me glad I don't know, or work for, any of these people.

So uhh this show is quite interesting but like the challenges are just disappointing. The show is very entertaining and I want more episodes now but there was way to much I will pay you to get out type of challenges. Like its very boring and repetitive. The show is clearly unfair with many of these stupid self sacrifice type of challenges as well as a ton of put your faith in other people types of challenges. These don't show off the skill of the people competing and only really gives an ability to make a stupid story about this one persons sacrifice. And don't get me started on the one person can eliminate the entire row type of challenge. These are just chance and hoping that the people in your row are nice enough to sacrifice 100k just to allow you to stay in the challenge for a longer period of time.

I gave this a shot. I am familiar with Mr. Beast's content and kind of know what to expect. And well, it is essentially a big Mr Beast video with the same flaws and strengths as his usual content, but both sides are exaggerated. The production of the show is insane, sets are great, the show looks awesome and of course the prizes and such are exciting. This is what earns the stars I'm giving it. Clearly lots of talented people worked on this show and there's no denying its scale and production value.

However, what takes stars is more extensive. The vast majority of the games are very much luck based or trust based. The show rewards the person who is either most greedy, most selfish and has the least regard for others. That person gets a large sum of money, while good people get left in the dust with their dreams crushed and they can't do anything about it. Imagine spending several days on this show and competing, only to get eliminated because some greedy a-hole on your team decided to take a bribe. Even worse, the greedy ones can even stay in the game but eliminate everyone else. It's not entertainment, it hurts to watch and I don't understand how a human with any empathy can stand this show. It promotes wrong values of greed and selfishness.

The title of my review is that it's a reflection of modern times. More and more people struggle to afford basic needs like rent and food and so many people are willing to do anything for a little bit of money, regardless of how much it hurts others. And instead of addressing that, we are making a game show out of it. People's sad life stories and hopes and dreams that get crushed by a game of chance is entertaining right? Yea not for me.

Respect to the workers of the show for putting this together but in terms of actual substance I would give this a negative score if I could. This is the worst thing to promote in society right now.

I've gotten addicted to South Korean reality shows following the original "Squid Game" and MAN, do they make ours look stupid. Every one is either a test of raw talent, physicality, or intelligence and almost every contestant is unique and compelling.

In these American knock-offs (the dreadful American version of Squid Game and now "Beast" games) it's hundreds of the dumbest most useless people they could find, apparently. Is this commentary on our country or just a failure of the casting folks?

Seriously, a "score at least a 100 IQ" to get in would have made this infinitely more watchable. As it stands it's an endless parade of neck and face tattoos and a sea of people with little to no reasoning capabilities, and all of the "games" are mostly just another reskinned version of the prisoner's dilemma or just plain dumb luck.

Come on America, we can do better than this.

5/10 because I have to justify how I've watched all four of them so far and will probably watch the rest. Lol.