Outstanding review! This is really a great game! The one shots are awesome for that Alien 'movie' experience, but I really want to dig further into the campaign play. I know you had mentioned a 'Firefly' like campaign, which absolutely could work, but there are so many other roads you could go down in the setting itself. A Marine campaign where you hop from world to world providing security, busting up riots and outbreaks of local creatures, a corporate espionage campaign, where the players work for a competing corporation and are trying to steal the secrets of another, or a nation on nation skirmish where the locals have to fend off an invading nation from stealing their resources. So many paths to go down!
Great review swift! I got the core rule book, Gm screen,and starter set and was highly impressed. The rules are easy to learn and lots of great lore. 😊
When I read the setting info etc is SCREAMED Dead Space to me. No doubt alien influenced that story but still working on a Dead Space senerio using the system.
Just thought of something when I eventually run this I would run campaign but with that cinematic feel that you get from the cinematic play. I would have the players make multiple character but would have them play one at a time but when one dies they pick up another. So, there would be an overarching story going through each movie of the campaign allowing those that do survive to uncover the entire story but those that don't have a totally different experience as they pass through each movie.
This is such a great system. It ties in the lore from the prequels much better than the prequels themselves. Highly recommended for anyone who wants a change of pace at the table.
I have Coriolis, Tales fr the loop and Mutant YZ, need to pick this one up too. Love the setting and the game system as seen in the above mentioned titles.
There's a few things I didn't like about the game . #1 There's not enough skills #2 The equipment section is severely lacking #3 There's not enough ships and vehicle #4 Trying to run anything but a bughunt is hard to do because of #1 to #3 #5 The use of way black for just about every page making it very difficult to photocopy anything to make custom DM screens or character sheets from the book And # 6 aliens are way to fast , way to tough and if a player get hit he is 99% sure to die as are the other players who try to escape from the alien . It seems the designers made the game for one shot games were the players fight an alien and die trying to escape because there just isn't enough skills , equipment , ships and vehicles to warrant a long term campaign . They only used things that were seen in the movies and didn't add anything else limiting player choice of equipment they might need forcing a GM to house rule things needed for a long term campaign . I do like all the random generation tables and the rules of play besides those I think should have had more choices to like skill . I think there should have been more skill besides the 8 that are given because those skills are only good for combat situations for the most part
Outstanding review! This is really a great game! The one shots are awesome for that Alien 'movie' experience, but I really want to dig further into the campaign play. I know you had mentioned a 'Firefly' like campaign, which absolutely could work, but there are so many other roads you could go down in the setting itself. A Marine campaign where you hop from world to world providing security, busting up riots and outbreaks of local creatures, a corporate espionage campaign, where the players work for a competing corporation and are trying to steal the secrets of another, or a nation on nation skirmish where the locals have to fend off an invading nation from stealing their resources. So many paths to go down!
Great review swift! I got the core rule book, Gm screen,and starter set and was highly impressed. The rules are easy to learn and lots of great lore. 😊
Yet another great review! I'm not a fan of the Alien franchise though I am happy those who are have an RPG for it.
When I read the setting info etc is SCREAMED Dead Space to me. No doubt alien influenced that story but still working on a Dead Space senerio using the system.
Just thought of something when I eventually run this I would run campaign but with that cinematic feel that you get from the cinematic play. I would have the players make multiple character but would have them play one at a time but when one dies they pick up another. So, there would be an overarching story going through each movie of the campaign allowing those that do survive to uncover the entire story but those that don't have a totally different experience as they pass through each movie.
This is such a great system. It ties in the lore from the prequels much better than the prequels themselves. Highly recommended for anyone who wants a change of pace at the table.
I have Coriolis, Tales fr the loop and Mutant YZ, need to pick this one up too. Love the setting and the game system as seen in the above mentioned titles.
Sounds a little like the AGE system is mixed in there. I love this franchise and will definitely be picking this up.
Definitely going to get this.
Shut up and take my money! You sold me on this! *now where is my credit card.."..
There's a few things I didn't like about the game .
#1 There's not enough skills
#2 The equipment section is severely lacking
#3 There's not enough ships and vehicle
#4 Trying to run anything but a bughunt is hard to do because of #1 to #3
#5 The use of way black for just about every page making it very difficult to photocopy anything to make custom DM screens or character sheets from the book
And # 6 aliens are way to fast , way to tough and if a player get hit he is 99% sure to die as are the other players who try to escape from the alien .
It seems the designers made the game for one shot games were the players fight an alien and die trying to escape because there just isn't enough skills , equipment , ships and vehicles to warrant a long term campaign .
They only used things that were seen in the movies and didn't add anything else limiting player choice of equipment they might need forcing a GM to house rule things needed for a long term campaign .
I do like all the random generation tables and the rules of play besides those I think should have had more choices to like skill .
I think there should have been more skill besides the 8 that are given because those skills are only good for combat situations for the most part