"Squid Game" continues to lead the Netflix Top 10.
But besides all the hype, there are also critical voices.
A game displeases the audience.
“Squid Game” * has been holding its number 1 position since mid-September - and thus has the potential to overthrow “Bridgerton” as the most successful Netflix series from the throne.
While most viewers are celebrating the South Korean thriller, critical voices are slowly becoming loud.
After all, “Squid Game” is about “survival” for the 456 participants, as well as prize money equivalent to almost 30 million euros.
All you have to do is win the
mini games from childhood
.
Most games are about
skill
.
But a game is based on sheer luck - at least that's how some viewers see it.
Netflix: "Squid Game" game harshly criticized
++ Warning, spoilers ++
The fact that “Squid Game” polarizes is also evident in the social media. On the “Reddit” platform, viewers let their frustration over a certain game run free. This is the
glass bridge from the 7th episode "The VIPs"
. The bridge consists of a double row of 15 squares each, but not all of them are stable. So the other players have to decide which of the squares they want to enter, knowing that they could possibly fall into the depths. So if you step on an unstable glass, you lose. One viewer criticized it harshly: “All the other games were about skill or about being better than the opponent,” he writes and adds: “But the bridge?
Just luck, no skill
. How is that fair competition? "
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"Squid Game": Viewers think the game is unfair
But the criticism doesn't stop there.
Because in the course of the episode it becomes clear:
One of the players has a clear advantage
because he helped with the glass processing.
This enables him to see exactly which glass is stable and which is not.
And that's only due to the incidence of light, which is why the light is switched off when it is the participant's turn.
This decision displeases another Netflix viewer: “I also thought that was so
unfair
.
Especially when he turned off the light.
So this guy can tell the glass apart so you just turn off the lights?
Manipulation!
"
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.
All in all, however, the majority of viewers enjoy “Squid Game”.
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