I'm very attracted to this game and I'm pretty sure I'll end up buying it (I knew of the comic books, though I never read it). Only two things don't entirely convince me. One is that the unrevealed map grid looks very dull compared to the vibrant colors of the artwork on the cards. I hope the deluxe components can fix that a bit, but I wish there were some illustrations on the back of those sun tokens rather than solid color. The other and greater nitpick I have is that I wish some of the monsters were more of a threat. I watched your Fauna playthrough and an Insecta playthrough by One Stop Co-op Shop, and stumbling upon a monster lair doesn't feel like finding a bomb in Minesweeper. With the minotaur, nothing bad actually happens, and afterwards you can manage the minotaur by just discarding one resource, so it doesn't feel different than using resources for any other reason. I wish there were more "oh no!" moments linked to the exploration of the map. But I'm sure further and more advanced scenarios could fix that.
Can understand the aesthetic problem with the board, but I think it looks nice and clean. Too much artwork would distract from the puzzle I think. As for a more aggressive enemy, check out any video for the Vameter scenario. That one has a dynamic enemy and the end game goal is setting up traps to shoot and kill the enemy by predicting its patterns of movement.
I'm very attracted to this game and I'm pretty sure I'll end up buying it (I knew of the comic books, though I never read it). Only two things don't entirely convince me. One is that the unrevealed map grid looks very dull compared to the vibrant colors of the artwork on the cards. I hope the deluxe components can fix that a bit, but I wish there were some illustrations on the back of those sun tokens rather than solid color.
The other and greater nitpick I have is that I wish some of the monsters were more of a threat. I watched your Fauna playthrough and an Insecta playthrough by One Stop Co-op Shop, and stumbling upon a monster lair doesn't feel like finding a bomb in Minesweeper. With the minotaur, nothing bad actually happens, and afterwards you can manage the minotaur by just discarding one resource, so it doesn't feel different than using resources for any other reason. I wish there were more "oh no!" moments linked to the exploration of the map. But I'm sure further and more advanced scenarios could fix that.
Can understand the aesthetic problem with the board, but I think it looks nice and clean. Too much artwork would distract from the puzzle I think. As for a more aggressive enemy, check out any video for the Vameter scenario. That one has a dynamic enemy and the end game goal is setting up traps to shoot and kill the enemy by predicting its patterns of movement.
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