by citizen
NephAF wrote:
The Cons
However if a player is unlucky and draws all three weaknesses in one of their two opening hands, then they have one turn where they cannot purchase anything unless they get lucky and a two cost card pops up in the line-up. The two cost cards are pretty infrequent so a lot of times a player can do nothing on one of their first two turns.
The odds of drawing the 5/2 split is only 16.2 percent, so I wouldn't call it "a lot."
NephAF wrote:
- Thematically I don’t like the single resource system and the fact that defeated villains go into your deck to help you. I would have much preferred the Ascension style two resource system where defeated villains are simply worth points. That is a minor quibble but one that just always strikes me as odd.
The 2 Resource system can cause the random and complete hosing of a player if there are no cards of the type he is going for during his turn. If your opponents are smart, they will try to make this hosing happen for you.
Also, not putting a card that you buy or defeat into your deck defeats the entire purpose of a deck-building game. An error on the part of Ascension, to be sure: Your deck doesn't change much over the course of the game when you go heavy against the monsters.
NephAF wrote:
- Lastly the specific heroes are extremely imbalanced. Some of them are really strong, others are mediocre and some are downright terrible. This means that if you pull a weak hero you are already at a huge disadvantage to start the game.
Hmmm, have not seen the same results as you.
NephAF wrote:
All in all this is a good gateway game, it is easy, fast, and can be fun. This can get some less experienced gamers on the path to the next level. For more veteran gamers there is not a lot of strategy going on, and a good filler game to give your noggin a break between more intense games.
Good summary!
