Agreed!

Agreed

Amen, I’ve bought a ton of games on your recommendation too.

Truth ~8}

he also picks up great games, at the very least they have something worth seeing thru my life i subscribed to more than 10 channels that showcase indie games and i stopped opening all of them besides splatter and alphabetagamer

Yea, agreed. 40-50min first impression game reviews are a perfect amount for Splat

Yesss please make/keep them longer! *WE WILL WATCH!*

Supporting this!

do you think the game is as good as the board game? I'm trying to decide on what to get.

@@GameTimeWhy it seems to be a completely faithful adaptation of the boardgame, but the UI seems a bit incomplete. For example, everytime you explore a new room, there's a token that says how many items you can find and if the room is broken, slimed, on fire etc. The rolls for that seem to be made in the background and you don't know what actually is rolled, so that might add to some confusion. Also, the events are really hard to notice as everything happen so fast during the event phase, and when an intruder spawns (that's what aliens are called in this game), you should see a number that indicates how many cards you need to have in your hand to avoid being ambushed (what Splat was complaining about, but he didn't know about that rule so I can't blame him). So in short, give the game some time to polish the UI a bit and give better information to the player about what's happening. It's an early access that just released so it's OK that some stuff isn't perfect. Also, the game is meant to be played with multiple people. A solo experience is not really how I would suggest to play the game. Even 2 players isn't really enough. 3-4 players is perfect and 5 also works fine, but if you have friends who are slow to take decisions, the game could drag down a lot. There are objectives where you need to kill other players and these are super fun to do if you manage to pull it off. The boardgame is something like 200 CAN $, at least that's what I paid for it with all the minis pre-painted during the kickstarter. It's super fun, but it can be frustrating for some people. The game is meant to tell a story, it's not meant to be competitive. You might get super bad luck after super bad luck even if you do absolutely 0 mistake yourself and that's just how it goes sometimes, but some people have trouble dealing with that. So, if you don't feel like taking such a huge financial hit for a boardgame, this seems to be a perfect opportunity to experience it.

@Mojo TheRising nope, it only "reveals" rooms, you do not explore them. In order for a room to be explored, you need to flip the exploration token that's associated with the room and the only way to do that is to get inside the room. The game does a poor job showing what exploration tokens are, but it's early access so I hope it will be explained better in the future. As a solo player, the objective is not necessarily super hard. Splat could simply sprint through all the rooms, send the signal and get out in about 7-8 turns. Having a serious wound is honestly normal business in this game. You don't know how many times I won the game with 2-3 serious wounds.

You also want to cycle through the cards to get the one you want to keep. So you want to dicard cards to improve when you get the cards you want.

Oh it isn't difficult... unless you're with the Scientist and roll awfully, like I did. Man... that was my first run. I went on a bad luck streak - the first person to engage a Visitor was me, and it was the goddamn queen of course, so I tried my luck with the shitty pistol our hero in a wheelchair had. Barely scratched it, while it mauled me and left me injured. Badly. Almost impregnated me too. Managed to escape in a technical vent or whatever those were called. Later the only person who was with me instantly tried to betray me. Her reason? She wanted to escape with her brother. The same brother who had already teamed up with another person, and we were in the engine room while they were at the pilot/command room at the front. I was so shocked she expected to ever reach him safely, let alone for them to not instantly betray her since they've already set their plans into motion. And she did get betrayed, of course. I still don't get why she didn't trust me when I literally ran into a room with her when she attracted another Alien, then she ran away next round, and when I tried escaping myself, she used the card that forces me back to the room with the fucking Alien. I managed to escape again, and in a plot of ultimate betrayal - I hacked the nearest computer, locked all the doors I could, set off the self destruct, and started causing noise in every room. Eventually I got killed, but I took em all with me.

Playing solo isn't really how I'd ever suggest someone play lol. The Devs really need to allow players to play singleplayer as multiple characters. Currently, I'd only suggest playing with everyone on Discord so it's at least similar to the board game. People in matchmaking currently don't talk or use teamwork and teamwork is essential to survive even when your objective is to kill someone. (Just make sure they die in the last rounds) They also should've included the optional Co-op only mode as it's a much better way to teach new players. (It's honestly also more challenging than the standard PVP + Co-op mode as you have to complete every objective as a team in order to win, any objective not completed = everyone loses and you can't pick or choose objectives, you get what you get) Thankfully, you can play Lockdown, Nemesis and Aftermath on tabletop simulator though so you can do all those things just not in video game format.

@stankobarabata2406 There's also encountering the queen as your first alien. It definitely has happened to me with regular and Lockdown Nemesis

So sad TB died, man was a real champ. No doubt one of the best, if not the best KZfaqrs out there.

dude i've been wondering why i keep coming back to splatt so much, and this explains it perfectly. good comparison.

I consider TB the true founder of youtube gaming content, he might not been first but he made it into something mature and professional. I miss him so much…

I actually tried to get Splatt on the Cooptional Podcast by suggesting it a couple times lol. Thought he could definitely use the press, would mix with the cast well and have lots to talk about.

what's "TB"?

I thought I recognised the name, been playing it with some friends. Real fun

If larva attacks you get contamination AND are infested by the larva. An event can cause you to instantly die at that point, so good idea to get that larva out ASAP. (Surgery Room usually, but there's items that can remove it as well) Also Splat thought that if all the CSS pods launch, there's none left. It's bad wording on the developers part. The way to think of CSS pods is to think of them like a Conveyer Belt that only turns on at certain times, "All Launch" means if you're in any of the pods you just escaped, but a certain one could still launch again afterwards. (And if Failed to launch is pulled and you're inside a pod, think of it as the conveyer belt pushing you back out)

It's actually an incredible board game too, and it works well on the table. The two experiences are totally different since many board gamers play those games specifically to get away from screens.

Yet just so so short of actual end, he could probably make it a little bit longer still to finish it

Yeah that's true for me with a lot of these games he plays. I love watching him play them but I would be complete osik if I tried them.lol

This is best played with friends!

Good god man explain it as you move as you always do. WTF

alien fireteam is pretty fun and full of xeno killing. if you have gamepass or two other friends you should check it out.

@@GameTimeWhy yeah, that game looks great too. 😊