Picture It (free) is a new image-guessing iPhone app by Liquid Mobile. In this two-player game, a photograph is slowly revealed as one player tries to guess the picture before it is fully shown. Draw Something fans will definitely be downloading the Picture It app. The game has similar qualities to OMGPOP’s popular Draw Something, but instead of hand-drawn images real photographs are used. The race-against-the-clock aspect adds a fun competitive edge to the game, which is not so tangible in Draw Something.
There are several tools available to help you guess the picture in Picture It, including color, rotate, bomb and freeze. The color power-up adds color to the image being revealed. The rotate option will rotate the photo to provide a different, potentially more guessable angle. Bomb will show you the full image for a split-second, and freeze will grant you more time to guess the picture.
Picture It puts an interesting spin on the classic Pictionary-like game. The object is to guess the pictures faster than your opponent. It could technically be a one player game as well, where you try to beat your own high score. You cannot choose which pictures to send your opponent, or send your own pictures. These features would help make Picture It a more engaging social word game. It would be very Draw Something meets Snapchat, two big names in the app world these days. Building upon a successful mobile gaming trend, Picture It has potential to make its mark in the app store.