The Devil's Plan

데블스 플랜 ‧ TV Program ‧ 2023
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The winner REALLY deserved it all.

I loooove every bits of this show. The games, the participants, the drama...

The games was good overall. It's actually a simple games, most of it from board games I'm pretty sure we all played it before like Monopoly, Tic Tac Toe, Scrabble, Tangram, Gomoku, etc... but with upgraded rules that sometimes very difficult to understand and made my head dizzy when I try to follow 🤣 Well, sometimes it's indeed very stressful (I recalled myself crying out loud when Dongjae eliminated because of the nasty betrayal), but it's also fun, thrilling, and exciting.

But most of all, I'm very, VERY happy with the way this survival ends.

Ha Seokjin deserved it all. He's the most calm & collected since episode 1, a great strategist, and his tenacity just... wow. I knew him since Problematic Men era, I knew he's a great opponent everyone should watch for; but I didn't expect he'll be THAT GOOD. Every single episode he played every game skillfully, with everything he's got. It's truly mindblowing to watch (yes, I'm referring to his grande plan in episode 9 OMG how can he calculated all that???)

And I believe he's the only one who understood the rules of this survival game perfectly. I really like his statement (angry statement, if I may add) after Dongjae eliminated, "I want to see a skill-based elimination."

Indeed, because up to that episode, all I see was Orbit trying to save everyone—even the one who did not deserve to be saved. Alliances is needed, yes, but I don't think that was what Orbit did; he acted like a peacemaker but actually he's more like a dictator, giving instructions to everyone who followed him.

Not hating on him though, I'm trying to understand the way he think but obviously... trying to save everyone while you're in a survival show is kinda nonsense. The one with mind games and all, to be exact. It's a good act, but it's not for this show. Well, if that was actually his strategy to make all those people followed him and using them as a jumping stone to be in the finale... wow, he's good y'all 😂

This was the great drama to add, and because of that I fall more deeper to Ha Seokjin's charm. I'm rooting for him since episode 1 and very happy when he wins. All in all, watching this show was like my personal journey as Ha Seokjin fans; I'm happy to realize he's that smart, kind, and humble as a person, and I'm just happy so many people find out about him as an actor (well, and youtuber) through this show. Hopefully he gain some fans (I really want to gatekeeping him though HAHA) and be more successful in the future. Respect to all participants, I really enjoyed their friendship, and their betrayal 🤣🤣 Also, kudos to the great crew behind this show!

Season 2, please?

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Ira
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The most satisfying ending

The winner deserved it hands down.
Ha seok jin, the problematic man, the awesome actor, the beautiful smart man inside-out. I went into this just for him and man, did he rose all up and above.
I saw him first in his drama, drinking solo and then followed all his dramas, very few variety appearances and of course problematic man. But here, he was the star. He understood the games, showed composure, had no nonsense friends and team, spoke out when it was needed and above all his comradery with see won, OMG!!! I was rooting for both them as I would for any K-drama leads. they were amazing and adorable.
Also hats off to Production team for planning it beautifully and not stretching it more than needed and also for slight twists and turns. everything was well executed.
Honorable mentions to Gulli, he was the brains, see won for her tenacity, dong jae for his approach and boo seungkwan because he is Seventeen and sweet.

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very well deserving!

Rooting for him since day 1. He was so calm and composed, and i had a hunch that he might win this from the very beginning. He won, indeed! Gonna rummage through his past movies and dramas for me to binge watching later. So glad that you were also acted in my fav Kdrama ever - CLOY. Hopefully after this, you will get a super booom project as a male lead because you truly deserve it. A handsome cool man with, great strategist, and a genius guy on top of that. Ha Seok Jin, congrats again! You manage to recruit another fan (me and my friends)! haha!
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Oct 13, 2023
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Reality game shows shouldn't be fun just for the players

The Devil's Plan is a 12 episode reality game show, where 12 players must compete to gain the grand prize that can go up to 500.000.000 won (approximately 370.000 dollars). Being one of my most anticipated reality shows of 2023, I had certain expectations about it and after completing it, I'd generally say it was a decent watch that could be much better, if they handled some things properly.

Contestants: The 12 players taking part in the games seem to have different strengths and weaknesses.
The good:
+ All players are interesting to watch at first. Why? We don't know them, so like kids that get excited with their new toys, as viewers we are interested to learn more about their abilities, strategies and -of course- characters.

The bad:
- I am not sure what the production team thought when choosing some of the players. After the first 2-3 eps, some of them were literally invisible. They didn't know how to use any strategies and they offered nothing to the actual game. They just got to stay, because they were protected by the nature of the games.


The games: Here we go. The games are interesting and well-thought-out for the contestants that are taking part in them, but not as fun for the audience. There are two games in a day. I don't have any complains for the second one, since it was mostly suspensful, fast and fun to watch.

The first one is another case and here is why...
- Rules: Too many and complicated. In some games it is hard to understand, before they start playing. Why? The actual rules lasted up to 7 minutes. Am I supposed to stay focused, when someone with an awful mask is talking with an altered voice for 7 minutes straight?

- Time: The first games took too long. They could take an entire episode to finish and they got very boring.

- Revelations: Almost everything is secret about the identities or the advantages of the players in each round. As a result -the last 15 minutes aside where things got fun- it is not that easy for the viewer to immerse in the games.

- Advantages: The first few games are created in a way that even if you win and take an advantage, it's like you never got it. In other words, your previous win is worthless in the next game since you are in the same spot as all other players that could literally just have lost or done nothing.

- Pacing/Interaction with the audience: This is no Physical 100 where people fight and you have fun watching them trying to figure out who will win in one to one fights. This is a show about wits. If the audience can't somehow take part in the games, which is natural, they should at least be fast paced and fun to follow.
Even though I had fun watching the show and the time did pass relatively quick, it also felt like I was watching many people plotting and talking to each other about rules (that are hard to understand at first), while having secret roles they have revealed to one another (that I, as a viewer, don't know).

- Eliminations: They rarely happened in the first few eps. As a result, the games felt draggy and you didn't feel any suspense.


They could easily make this much more entertaining for the audience if they just changed some things.
1. This show needed more players. In that way, it would have more eliminations -so would be more entertaining to watch-, more capable contestants and most importantly it would be much more suspensful for the audience.
2. It needed one to one games. It had almost none and that made it hard to follow and it wasn't as investing as it could be.
3. Some players shouldn't have been chosen. They offered nothing but frustration and they are the main reason why this show wasn't as interesting as it could be.
4. Team games should have been less complicated. I am sorry, but I can't fully focus when someone is reciting rules for 10 minutes in a game that as a viewer, it is almost impossible to follow -at least in the first half- and I can't take any part in it.
5. Games should have been more entertaining for the audience. The games in the final are the perfect example of it. If they had decided to plan more games that the audience could follow from beggining to end and they didn't need huge teams to work, it would be an amazing game show.

All in all, the concept is interesting, the production quality is really good and many of the contestant choices were wise. I will also admit that the games are very well-thought-out and generally it is a very easy show to watch. However, it is a game show that it is much more interesting and fun for the contenstants than for the actual viewer that is watching it. It is a pity, because it could be a much better watching experience, if they had a different approach or at least a different editing team.


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noora
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Dec 14, 2023
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Simple review

Enjoyed watching it, overall 8/10. Orbit’s strategy of keeping everyone in the game as long as possible ruined the whole thing, they’re here to compete not to stay, ha seokjin saved the show by being the hottest and smartest person ever, it’s a shame that the smartest people got eliminated first, they didn’t have a chance to show their actual skills. The game rules were a bit confusing, but the fact that most of the cast understood it is cool. It's a cool show concept, and the whole jail thing was new to me. I had fun watching it.
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Fish
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Average and disappointing

Maybe it's just me but I was expecting contestants to be competing and win on their intelligence and knowledge alone. Little did I know this was a show about making alliances, lying to win and stab people in the back.
The games were good although not as strategic as I would have liked
Many of the people I did not like, both their attitude and fake crocodile tears
All in all, if I had to go back in time, I would skip this show, it's not worth my time... 12 hours I will not get back.
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serhine
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Oct 28, 2023
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Music 9.0
Rewatch Value 9.0
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Unexpectedly mind-blowingly good!

I have never written a review on MDL and I don't really watch reality shows, but I just had to write this.

EVERYONE NEEDS TO SEE THIS SHOW!

Massive spoilers ahead but this is honestly all you need to know. This is absolutely the most entertaining and most brilliant show I've watched in a long time and you shouldn't miss it!

I honestly didn't know what the show is even about. It was just trending on Netflix so I clicked. But boy was that the best decision ever. It honestly felt like a full blown directed show with all the twists and surprises. Like plenty of jaw drop moments especially the second half, and mostly the amazingness of this show comes from the brilliance of its participants. Mainly Ha Seokjin!

-This is where spoilers start-

The only familiar face when I first started the show was him so I was low key rooting for him from the start just because he was the most familiar (didn't really know him that well as an actor). The moment he teamed up with Siwon and Dongjae though, I was pretty much on their side all the way because they were outnumbered (3 vs 11 lol) and they were honestly the underdogs because alliance was a big thing in the game and I wanted them to win. But even when Dongjae was eliminated, Seokjin and Siwon's party of two worked perfectly together.

Honestly, I have now become Seokjin's fan! I really liked how when people panicked and started conniving and backstabbing and begging, Seokjin remained calm and just stuck to his own thing. And he is legit a genius! I loved watching him piece together the Pieces to a cube, decoding its secret message and cracking the code of the safe. I loved how he freaking solved the prison ring puzzle pretty much the moment he touched it LMAO.

The finals really lived up to its name. It was the match of the century as one of the other participants said. I've never really liked Orbit and their group (except for Dong Joo mostly because of how she singlehandedly answered all the 10 questions to the memory game - the third highlight of the show by the way) but you have to give credit where its due. The guy is legit a comeback champion. He was practically dead in the poker game and using his last chip, he managed to unbury himself and even finished as a finalist. And during the Nine Morris game, I got nervous right away when he one upped Seokjin when Seokjin was supposed to have the advantage. And even on the hexagon game (I don't even know how they managed to keep memorizing numbers after numbers with all that stress and pressure), he managed to make a comeback from a deficit of five and tied with Seokjin just in time for the final round. Like how was that possible. Even though I've never rooted for him, he was a worthy opponent for Seokjin and a deserving finalist.

Fortunately, Ha Seokjin was the better "fighter". Their finals showdown was everything. Before he turned the table on the Nine Morris game, everyone was thinking of the same moves (including me) and I even questioned what he was doing. But this brilliant man had a much better plan. It was pretty much over for Orbit when Seokjin managed to work out the real strategy for the game. Honestly, Seokjin had so many surprises. The unexpected play during the semifinals was mind-blowing. To think he had managed to get him and Siwon end up on prison on the freaking last day just to crack the safe and play the secret game. It was the second highlight of the show. Only the people with lowest number of pieces get to go to prison and to think Seokjin (who was mostly at the top of the leaderboard for majority of the time) had managed to maneuver everything and get not only himself but also his only true ally in prison. I can't stop thinking about that moment.

But THE highlight of all highlights is when Seokjin solved the secret game itself. It was such a freaking difficult game and when I thought he already lost, he actually won. The fact that he did all that on 3-4 hours of sleep even. I think just based on that alone, Seokjin was already the winner of the whole game, because he was the only person to have experienced and played every aspect of the games in the Devil's Plan.

It is truly a blessing for the viewers to have someone as capable as Ha Seokjin to follow and root for in this amazingly awesome show! Anyway, if you've reached this part, please watch it still because the feeling is different when you see it in action even when you've already been spoiled lol

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what a ride

bene, la recensione sappiate che è in italiano perché devo convincere più compatrioti a vederla. come in quasi tutte le rescensioni che faccio ci sono spoiler però visto che la mia è anche una recensione per convincervi a vedere questo gioco grandioso metterò un separé e dirò dove inizia e dove finisce lo spoiler, così da poter dare delle info di base sulla serie a chi volesse approcciarsi. allora partiamo col dire che l’unico altro survival che avevo visto era Physical 100 (e devo ammettere che anche quello mi era piaciuto) e ovviamente i due prodotti sono molto differenti: nel primo l’intelligenza era comunque vincolata (in parte do in toto) alla forma fisica (infatti quello che ha vinto ha saputo usarle entrambe e no non farò anche spoiler di quello), mentre qui sono tutti giochi mentali, alleanze e betrayal, insomma un mind game vero e proprio. anche se non è ancora arrivato il momento dello spoiler vi dico che sono contentissima di chi ha vinto (che era esattamente quello che tifavo dal primo gioco) e sono molto contenta di come abbia giocato le sue partite a differenza del suo massimo sfidante (ovviamente tutti i nomi li rivelo nella parte spoiler) che invece ha preferito una strategia più subdola da un lato o da messia dall’altra. passiamo un secondo alle quattro categorie: per storia intendo i giochi e mi sono piaciuti molto, mi è piaciuto come abbiano riadattato alcuni giochi come monopoli o mafia per rendere il tutto più interessante e frizzantino; anche la side quest, quella segreta mi è piaciuta molto: ovviamente (visto chi tifavo) mi ha lasciato un gusto dolce amaro, ma sono fermamente convinta che anche quella perseveranza sia stata un esempio di intelligenza e di scaltrezza, alla fine poteva andare in due modi quella side quest e per uno alla fine è andata molto bene. poi acting, mi sono piaciuti i protagonisti e tutti, quindi diamolo un bel dieci agli attori. la musica mi ha un sacco intrippato quindi dieci pure a lei. ora ci tengo a sottolineare che c’è una ragione al 10 di rewatch value nonostante una volta visto si sappia già il vincitore: una delle pecche che ho trovato è che è stato complicatissimo capire le spiegazioni dei giochi (forse anche per il fatto che lo ho visto in lingua con i sottotitoli in inglese) quindi non le ascoltavo e capivo come funzionavano dalle partite, solo che così facendo rendeva le prime fasi dei giochi più un modo per me per capire il gioco che non per osservare cosa stava succedendo, quindi a posteriori dico: o seguite bene le spiegazioni dei giochi o vedetevelo due volte.
bene ora da qui comincia la parte spoiler, non voglio nessuno che si lamenti che gli ho spoilerato il vincitore il suo avversario o cosa succede con le eliminazioni:
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allora sono estremamente contenta che Ha Seok Jin abbia vinto in quanto tifavo per lui e mi è sembrato quello più sul pezzo: si era fatto la sua alleanza e ne è rimasto fedele, senza però perdersi come singolo. cosa che invece mi è parso essere successa a ORBIT: primo la strategia del salvo i più deboli mi ha sempre un po’ puzzato, nel senso, o sei il messia oppure volevi trovarti con persone non al tuo stesso livello in finale, che è un’onesta strategia anche questa, solo mi è parso un po’ meh come cosa. un’altra ragione per cui ho apprezzato il vincitore è perché ha spesso fatto notare ad orbit la fallacità della sua strategia e perché nel momento in cui i suoi sono stati eliminati “he called the bullshit” dell’altra alleanza. insomma, avrei preferito vedere altre persone ai quarti, però alla fine in finale ci è arrivato chi se lo meritava (anche se, se fosse stata una finale al femminile avrei amato Dong Jo vs Shi Won, e si non vi preoccupare che parlerò anche di quell’elephant nella room o per essere precisi, nella cell) e la finale è stata un mind game grandioso, sopratutto le tre partite a Mulino, pura classe da entrambi i lati. però, ahimè, bisogna dare a Cesare ciò che è di cesare, Seok Jin ha fatto un percorso magistrale. nei primi giochi sempre fra i primi e poi tutto d’un tratto ecco che finisce in prigione con la sua unica vera alleata dopo una partita di pseudo go dove ha letteralmente giocato per fare il minimo indispensabile per restare nel gioco. e poi è stato quello, assieme a Shi Won, che ha scoperto il segreto dei pieces e che ha trovato il codice e che ha sconfitto la side quest per poi farsi sette ore di semifinale al tavolo del poker e vincere… con probabilmente le peggio 4 ore di sonno della sua vita, quindi chapò al vincitore. tutto per cantare le valore gesta del nostro vincitore. ora parliamo dell’elephant in the room (cell): Seok Jin e Shi Won. primo, abbiamo (io compresa rispetto in quello che diciamo del marito dell’attrice) secondo diciamo una premessa: ho bisogno di vederli recitare assieme come coppia in un drama e terzo, il vero elefante: allora credo che fuori fossero molto amici già di base e quindi immagino che parte della confidenza che si vede fra loro sia data da quello (anche se in generale in tutto quel gruppo c’era un bella confidenza), però non posso non ignorare il segno cardine che non sono l’unica che ha notato una chimica sorprendente fra i due e in maniera giocosa ho anche detto che “in quella cella si sta girando una puntata di Single’s Inferno”, perché l’atmosfera, il regalo e l’editing non aiutavano a non pensarci. poi ripeto li vedrei benissimo in un drama a fare quella grey couple che nessuno sa quali saranno le loro mosse.

bene concludo con i miei tre momenti preferiti della serie: al terzo posto la finale e per essere precisi la terza partita di mulino. al secondo posto la magistrale prova di memoria di Dong Jo. e al primo posto ahimè, tutta la quinta giornata (quindi gli episodi 8 - 9 - 10) dal punto di vista di Seok Jin.

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Wellfare

Ha Seok-jin is THE GOAT ! Since the beginning i hated the big "alliance" and when i saw Lee Shi-Won, Kim Dong-Jae and Guillaume leaving the game i was so frustrated but my man Seok-Jin took revenge 🥹 i still remember the phrase he said at some point, something like "it's like watching the wellfare nation collapse" 🤣🤣🤣 It was a Cinderella story, from the game he played in prison, to the poker game, to the semifinals to finals, he took them out one by one. 1 man vs the WORLD and he beat all odds while staying real. Very well done. Hope for a season 2. Had a lot of fun! The only thing is that some of the games were too complicated, but still fun.

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The Winner deserved to Win the Devils Plan

I really liked this show because it showed that Celebrities, YouTubers, and Influencers are really intelligent and not just a pretty face. I do feel the winner of this show deserved to win that at times I felt that they might actually be the Devils Plan because they were so smart. I also liked watching how they all grew closer together through the time they spent together. I will warn you that there might be spoilers so please be aware when you read my review since I’ll be talking about each person!

The first person I will be talking about is Guillaume because there isn’t much to say about him since we didn’t get to see him a lot nor got to see his talent since he was eliminated in the second episode. I feel that he must be pretty smart since the next games that they played everyone kept saying that Guillaume would’ve aced the games and won. I do wish that he didn’t get eliminated really fast but it’s just how the games were created.
The next person I’m about is Yeonwoo. I really liked her and she was very entertaining to watch especially on the 9th episode since she knew exactly how to beat the game. I did feel at times that she shouldn’t be there because she would get a lot of help from people like Orbit to survive and she kept going to prison which I felt is bad since going to prison is what you should avoid, but she was only got of prison like 1 time which I honestly felt bad for her. It also sucked that the game she would ace was the game she would be eliminated in.
I felt Hyesung was an okay player only because I don’t really remember her as much as the others since I did take a lot time to finish this show, but I felt she didn’t play as rough as some of her fellow contestants. I did like her relationship with Yumin since they gave off the best friends type of vibe, but she was ultimately eliminated by her friend Yumin since she ratted out their plane to everyone which made her move on, but Hyesung got eliminated.
Since we’re on the Yumin topic I felt she tried to play a rough game, but it wasn’t working. Yumin kinda did work with everyone since she worked with Orbit and Seokjin. I just didn’t like how she admitted to playing the sweet and innocent game which is her trying to be innocent and when everyone believe it that she would get benefits from it and it did work which was good in her case but bad for others. I think her main downfall was in the second to last episode where she tried to get Seungkwan out, but ultimately got herself out. I did like how she took the game seriously by instead of focusing on her friendship with Hyesung and Dongjae she betrayed them, but it helped her last a long time.
Dongjae I felt played to hard since it I felt it did lead to his downfall. I did feel he choose the right alliance with Seewon and Seokjin since they were all ready to sacrifice to get ahead and were smart when playing, but Dongjae played to hard by trying to team up with everyone that when he played with Hyesung and Yumin he would be betrayed by Yumin since she didn’t trust him as much as Hyesung and knew that something was fishy with him which lead to his elimination. But I will say his relationship with Seewon and Seokjin was actually cute since they all rooted for each other.
I really love Seungkwan since he was actually the only reason I watched this show was because of him and since he’s one of my favorites in Seventeen, but I felt he could’ve played a little harder. I felt Seungkwan was good for this show since he did make the connections, but the sadder part was that he didn’t trust some of the people which did lead to him having less and less pieces. I really liked Seungkwan and Joonbin’s friendship because they seemed like they were close friends even though I feel this was their first encounter and I’m glad Seungkwan at least had someone he could trust. I felt really bad for Seungkwan on the game where they had the animals since everyone was so focused on trying to keep Yeonwoo out of prison that Orbit forgot about Seungkwan and when they remembered about him there was no way he could get a piece and it was also Seungkwan fault a little for not telling orbit his cards, but I’m with Seungkwan because I personally wouldn’t trust Orbit 100%. But it was sad that Seungkwan got out because of his little pieces.
I liked Dongjoo at the very beginning of the show until it got near the end since I didn’t like how she couldn’t make up her mind about Orbit. I liked her in the beginning since she was very smart and knew what she was doing and she was really cool. I agreed with her when it was the animal game episode where orbit focused to much on trying to help keep those with less pieces in the game and not helping those who have pieces get more for example she didn’t really like trying to help Yeonwoo get more pieces just so she can stay out of jail for a day and let somebody else go to jail for her by not helping them which was Seungkwan. I just didn’t like how she wanted to go against Orbit since she didn’t like his decision, but still played with him at the next games and wanted to go to the finale with Orbit so they can battle together, but it was Orbit who got her eliminated. I felt she had potential to take the game over, but she let Orbit take the lead which led to her elimination.
I like Kyungrim since she was both smart and funny. I also like how she was like a caring mom to everyone and cared about everyone like as if they were her kids. I kinda feel she was too generous with her pieces since she gave them out to a lot of people for example she gave her piece to Yumin so she can buy her way out of trouble in episode 9, but regretted it when she remembered how many pieces she had and how Seungkwan was in trouble, but barley had any pieces. Another example was in the second to last episode where she gave her piece to Joonbin for helping her, but it did cost her elimination during hi-lo since your pieces were your chips and she had less due to helping Joonbin.
I really liked Joonbin I felt he was both funny and smart since during the animal game he won along with Dongjoo, but he was smart enough to win the game by himself but by also relying on those who he worked with. I felt if Joonbin had more pieces then he could’ve made it to the Semifinals, but it was sad that he got eliminated, but I really liked how he played both by himself and in alliances with people and he did make the show more entertaining which I liked since sometimes the show would get very boring, but he would make it more entertaining.
I know I might be mean, but I didn’t really like Orbit. I felt he played a very weird game since his thing was that he was only there to save those who were struggling which means he will only help the underdogs and who he feels are top dogs he will not help. I felt him helping others didn’t do anything since in the end they all got eliminated and he moved into the finales. I will also say that he isn’t the most intelligent person in this season even though you would think since he was really quick at picking up things quickly, but I felt it ruined his game. I also didn’t like how he focused way to much on other people’s games that he helped them even if he meant he wouldn’t get any pieces, but I didn’t like it since they all used him for their game and to get ahead, but those who he helped couldn’t help themselves. I also feel at the last game which was hexagon he cost his own game by trying to catch up to Seokjin since he was too nervous and kept hitting the button even when he wasn’t 100% sure which was the worst thing you could do since when you get it wrong you lose points, but it’s the reason why Seokjin won since he only hit the button when he was 100% sure the answer was correct.
I had like a like-dislike relationship with Seewon since at times she would annoy me by asking everyone why they don’t want to work with her, but then acts really suspicious, but I liked her because she played the game to play the game and didn’t care too much about relationship except for with Seokjin. The reason why no one wanted to work with Seewon was because I felt Orbit didn’t want to work with her since she was considered a “top dog”, but honestly I wouldn’t want to work with her in challenges since she tries to work with everyone, but her working with everyone is getting everyone’s answers and having her and Seokjin work to get people out. But I do feel she played a rough game which is what I liked she she risked her life in her game to help Seokjin during their time in prison and she had to play the Gomeku game just so she can help Seokjin gain points.
Lastly, the winner of the Devils Plan which is Seokjin. I really liked him and I felt he was the smartest out of everyone and the person who played an amazing game. For example, even though he was in an alliance he was often working alone and always passed each game and got benefits since he helped himself instead of having to worry about 5 people at the same time like how Orbit did. Seokjin also played a rough game by trying to get everyone he can out so he can move on or get to where he needs to be for example in episode 9 he eliminated Yeonwoo just so he can go to prison with Seewon where in the previous episodes he and Seewon figured out that the prices can make a diamond/square and when Seewon was at jail he figured out BY himself that the pieces had a symbol after he heard that the prison has a keypad with numbers and on the pieces were words and from the words “Next Year” he figured out 2024 which was the code which lead to another room in the prison where you can get ten pieces and even though the game in the prison called Gomeku got Seewon eliminated it gave Seokjin the drive to beat the game and he won against an AI and gained 10 pieces which gave him a lead in the poker game and his smartness gave him even more pieces and chips during the poker game which led him to the semifinals. In the Semifinals he moved on by winning one game which in the Finals gave him an advantage like picking who goes first in I think Nine Men’s Morris where he won two times and in hexagon where he had an advantage of one point he was smart enough to remember the numbers which gave him points, but he was smarter to not hit the button and be greedy to get more points, but only hit he button when he was confident enough to gain a point which ultimately led to him winning the devils plan.
I honestly do recommend this show since it was very entertaining to watch and you can even watch it when you eat food and this show does make you think so it was even more fun, but I do feel if any other person won the devils plan I wouldn’t be as impressed as I was with Seokjin!

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The winner is the most deserving

I just finished "Devil's Plan". It was definitely a show where you really need to 'think', and I didn't realize that I became invested as the episodes went along. I'm really happy that the player I bet on since the first eps won.. my main concern is that a lot of the players who stayed on the latter eps seem undeserving because of the so called fake-alliances or whatever it is.. It was a major letdown of an otherwise near perfect survival show.. though it made the winner more deserving above all. Best games are on the last episodes. 😊 hoping for better choices of participants for s2.

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O q é esse jogo?

Eu nao tava dando nada pra esse reality show e dei com a lingua nos dentes! Meu deus esse é um dos melhores programas que ja assisti em muito tempo. As provas foram geniais e sempre colocando os participantes em situações de cooperação e provar sua capacidade sobre algum ponto relaciinado a conhecimentos ou conversas dialogadas com os demais. A escolha do elenco foi perfeita, não tem um integrante que não tenha participado ou tentado se desenvolver ao longo dos jogos. A final, para mim, não importava quem vence-se pois todos foram muito bem durante o percurso do programa.

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