As a Wordle fanatic, I was looking forward to this show's re-up and even considering filling out an application with one of my co-workers who is also a big fan of word-based brain games. However, the producers have taken all of the air out of the balloon with this poorly designed presentation. By super-sizing the reward for the final question, they essentially nullify any money earned throughout the majority of the game. The way the game is setup, it virtually doesn't matter how well you do until the final question which is pretty much a winner-take-all scenario where whoever has the quickest trigger wins. One pair of contestants was up $9,500 going into the final question which is worth $10,000. The final question was very easy. Both teams buzzed in quickly, but the team that was losing was a split-second quicker so they moved on to the finals. By doing this, you essentially tell the teams that were better the entire game that nothing they did mattered.
Unfortunately, Lingo fails to offer an enjoyable experience and will likely go the way of its previous iterations.
Unfortunately, Lingo fails to offer an enjoyable experience and will likely go the way of its previous iterations.