Love the intro! Many just rush off into the bad and at the end say something like "underneath this is a great game, make sure to check it out". Your intro is much better in that regard! 😊
Having played 2 campaigns and the heck of this game, I 💯% subscribe to your review. There are real hurdles to overcome first (sorting out the cards was horrendous). BUT I eventually had a blast. I felt like wandering at will. The absence of a timer (I do not consider threat tokens to be a sort of timer even if you're surely more objective about the mechanism than I am) gives you this opportunity to stroll and cut trolls at your own pace.
I'm sure some of those 10-15 minute watch times are me... Not because I only watch for that duration per video, but because I watch/listen at work and have to pause and return later whenever I get a call. 😅 I really love your channel and the detail and time you take with your reviews and discussions. I passed on the Skyrim game because I have too many campaign style games and I'm just not getting through them fast enough. Kinda glad I did now.
Best review in a long time, Daniel. Not just within the Dungeon Dive for such a large game as it manages to be very comprehensive and detailed but also for Skyrim in general. I've watched many videos in the past about the game and always came away still not knowing if it would be for me or not but you nailed the game's pros and cons. Really well done! Thank you. (And no, the game indeed is not for me. Too expensive and just not visually attractive enough to immerse myself in 😅)
I considered backing this and I'm honestly relieved I didn't. So many corners were cut and it's an embarrassment to both companies. Instead of bolstering the legacy of the Elderscrolls, they produced a cheaply-made insult to fans of the video game and boardgaming. What a shame.
I didn’t back this at first, because it looked so bad during the KS. But then 1 week before late pledges closed they released a 2 hour playthrough: and I watched the whole thing and really liked it. So I jumped in. With the prices now the 180 for base + both expansions and the KS exklusives seems like a steal 😅 I also like the game after playing half of the first campaign
I own the game and, ignoring the price, I kind of love it? I also made a couple of the Fan Expansions posted on BGG - The Skyrim Library & Iron Dungeon. That being said, I won’t defend the game against any criticisms. I just like playing in that world.
Great review. I agree totally. Once you get past the initial pain of learning the game, the game becomes very easy to play and flows very well. And as far as the price point goes, with the amount of hours that I have put into playing the game - about 150 to 200 hours - the overall entertainment value for me is very high.
Great video as ever Daniel. Do you have like a top ten tips for anyone learning this? I have played it once and loved it but I’m daunted by getting it out again.
I backed this and skipped getting the coins. I do like the mat. I'm still learning the game overall but that's b/c my learning pace is at times overwhelmed by other external circumstances. I'm not at a point where I can say I "regret" my purchase but time will tell, of course. That said, I agree re: price(s) of things for the game. A little outrageous to be honest. Also, I noticed there is a lot of variant content on BGG which is good (cards, adventures you can print). Thanks for the video presentation. (P.S. I do agree re: Combat).
I absolutely love love LOVE cooperative fantasy board games, warts and all. We had this at our store, and I would've bought it shortly after we got it had it not been stolen. Admittedly, I was kind of already expecting this to be fairly flawed anyway (it is Skyrim, after all), but I'm glad to see that overall it seems to be a pretty fun game.
This is why I love your channel. I'm a huge Fallout and Skyrim fan. I must have watched ten or more channels on this game because I was very serious about buying it. They all said it's a great game and not one said anything about the number of issues it has. I feel you give it a very honest review. You don't just focus on the good or bad but rather a fair assesment of all the game has to offer. At the end of the day I will pass on this game and it's a shame because there are some great mechanics to it but like you I don't mind spending good money for a premium game but they seem to have fallen short on all the corners they cut. It's a real shame because I can see the potential this game has but not for the price they want. Thank you Daniel for a fair and honest review. Keep up the great work.
I've got a lot of videos on it that explain exactly why I love it so much. This entire playlist is dedicated to Hexplore It, and there is a ton of info and opinion! :) ruclips.net/p/PLKewgRd8Eir-Ghs7hEBz482osW4VKor7o&si=Cztlf2K0ghegoeAu
still watching the vid, but stopped to comment: it made me legit angry when i first saw those artless, flavorless cards. that's absolutely inexcusable from a company this big using an IP this big. i sincerely hope Modiphius sees this video and is as embarrassed as i am for them. (i own and enjoy the game too, fwiw.)
I was on the verge to buy the game, this video helped me understand the quality which is my main concern when buying new game. Seeing how designers chopped up the production really puts me off from potential game tailored for me. Anyway, I am glad I came to check for other of your videos :-)
Maybe, hear me out… the creators of the boardgame really wanted to get the full Skyrim experience by having it broken and nearly impossible to play right out of the box, but once you get it fixed and going it’s one of the best game experiences ever! This would explain the crappy production value lol
This looks like a big Hexcrawl by cards ..? It’s really cool to see you get excited by a game. …and overlook some (even if it’s a lot) of its short comings. Did you think this compares to Hexploreit?
This is one of my favorite games in my collection I have everything for it. Daniel what a great review thank you for covering it and the way you covered it I like this approach. I only play free roam.
Great video. I still have the game because I haven't been able to trade it away yet. I have come around on games before but for this one my problem is that I can't see myself ever playing this game "right" with the current rules so it will always bother me. I just think the rulebook is so incomplete and I don't feel like filling in the gaps, and online documentation seems insufficient atm, but I could be wrong. Hoping for a rulebook 2.0 but won't hold my breath. Glad you enjoyed it in the end though. Btw, if you want to reinforce how insulting the value proposition of this game for $150 USD is, compare it side by side with the Oathsworn standee edition. Just realized this the other day and it's WILD what the same price can get you in contrast lol.
Bit of a head-scratcher that a big experienced publisher like Modiphius would make all these obvious stumbles…. I’ll keep an eye out for a cheap copy second hand from people who abandon it haha
If you just google for Etsy game pieces you'll find things like this - I can't say these are the exact ones I purchased or not, as things on Etsy change all the time. www.etsy.com/listing/841466851/flexible-plastic-stands-for-board-game?gpla=1&gao=1&&CjwKCAiAzJOtBhALEiwAtwj8tgL4GZzj2--RqhZXMNRKKZXbljx4WYQe3ZBJkLzfK6vEksao3ClVNhoCVw0QAvD_BwE_k_&:pla-314535279060_c__841466851_129154175&gad_source=1&gclid=CjwKCAiAzJOtBhALEiwAtwj8tgL4GZzj2--RqhZXMNRKKZXbljx4WYQe3ZBJkLzfK6vEksao3ClVNhoCVw0QAvD_BwE
When Modiphius launched Fallout Wasteland Warfare, I was all over it. I bought every product they released for the game during the 3 first waves of the line. Then, they stopped including physical stat cards for the units inside the box of minis. Instead, you had to pay to get the digital cards for the army builder app. The price of minis keep rising and rising. They keep adding a ton of fiddly parts and new rules to the game that made it barely playable. I stopped buying products for the game and nowadays I don't play anymore. So when they released Skyrim, I stayed strong and resisted the urge to buy it because I got burned once.
Great review! (I watched the whole thing) Never played the video game. I wonder if that would take away from the fun - not being familiar with the world?
Thanks! I would be really curious to hear from someone who has no knowledge at all about the video game, and how they connect to the world / quests / adventures.
After all that negative, I didn’t think you’d pull out with enough positives to overcome! Sounds like a decent enough game. I didn’t back it, but my local store has/ had a copy. I am waiting on Elder scroll, Betrayal of the Second Era, so no I may see if it’s still on the shelf there! Great review, had me laughing a few times!
I really like combat in Dungeon Degenerates, 2D6 Dungeon, Arkham Horror (and other D6 dice pool systems), Myth, Hellboy, and Space Cadets Away Missions.
You absolutely nailed it. It's not difficult to play, but the rulebook makes it SO HARD to learn! Always flippin' through the pages... drove me crazy. And the lack of knowledge about the world was not a BIG problem, but was still kind of annoying, yes. The whole videogame/universe story is packed into 2 or 3 paragraphs. And the missing dividers!! Argh...
I have the base game, from the ashes expansion, and the 5 to 8 player expansion. I used several gift cards towards it, so didn’t actually spend a whole lot of my own money. That’s why I got the game. And yes, I can confirm the rulebook is terrible and needs to be redone . And from the ashes expansion did not come with any kind of instructions I can definitely confirm that. I do like the game a lot, though, even though the rulebook is terrible. I’ve completed both campaigns as solo. And campaign one I’ve completed also as a two player and a three player. I have a four person two separate ones going on where we’re both in campaign one still. I have yet to try the from the ashes expansion with it. Down the road I will eventually get the Dawnguard expansion, but I plan on using gift cards again towards it
So glad you're covering this Daniel! I know you usually don't cover big box AAA stuff, but just by its nature, this quickly became a "niche indie game" just due its apparent lack of mainstream success. Gonna watch all your thoughts and maybe comment more, but for me, so much seemed come down to that they likely paid a ridiculous amount for the IP, which contributed to the costs, expected it to have sky high returns, but actually put some pretty creative designers on it. But as the KS delivered, it seemed pretty clear to Modiphius they weren't going to make their money back, and they just dropped it hard. There was ZERO after launch support, errata, anything, barely even answering questions on BGG, I was one of the people on there kinda struggling with others trying to figure it out together when it released. They just moved on to their next game almost immediately. Huge shame, but seems like they set the goalposts for success too far out, made a sort of niche open world exploration game, but set the goals for a huge mainstream success and considered it a failure. Compare that with the Witcher: Old World, which I think hewed much more to a mainstream approach and made a huge amount of money, but to me is a much more "toned down" experience.
A follow up thought. Listening to you talk about your pros and cons, and reflecting on my experience, this feels like the designer aimed for a really rich, ambitious, open world game, and pretty much landed it. But so many of the other parts of the game (likely handled by others at Modiphius) from art, to pricing, to manual editing, visual layout, all got short changed. And it distinctly feels like at a certain point (probably after they didn't have a hugely successful crowdfunding campaign) Modiphius already had made the decision to kinda take it as a loss, just release the thing and move on, which also might have contributed to so many polishing parts feeling unfinished. I remember actually looking up the designer, because I wanted to play more of their games and felt somewhat sad that what was obvious was a huge amount of design effort, got released in this way. Haven't fully finished your video yet, so not sure if you go there, but there's a HUGE amount of modding support on Modiphius' website, basically all the assets that you can edit on your own, and in the BGG variants forum there's whole new modes and adventures. They obviously had their sights set long on this one and cut it short, sadly.
Fully agree with your thoughts, what a blast it is to play this game once you get the hang of it. Just a really fun and immersive experience, where I get that "one more turn" feeling all the time. Glad I backed it despite it's issues. The core game loop is just so darn good!
Grateful for your review. It looks like an interesting play--like a neat, unique set of plays systems--but falls far short of what we should get for the price. So much of this game screams 'cheap', from the art, to the components, to putting the rulebooks together. However, I'm not sure what challenges Modiphius faced. It's a truism that IP games tend to be less than great because the developers are paying a substantial 'tax' to the IP owner. Costs they have to cut from the quality of the game itself... However, even with the recent Modiphius sale it didn't seem worth it.
The thing is with IP games is that they're mostly great these days. The days of quick cash-ins for an IP game have been over for a long time, mainly because more people expect more from their board games these days.
This game will definitely be a hidden gem for some as time passes. I hope they do at least one more expansion this game its really fun and deserves some more content.
I wonder if taking what you have learned to make a good onboarding video for the game would be a good evergreen video for your channel since Modiphius continues to sell it. Perhaps they would even sponsor such a video.
I love Skyrim but I can't see myself playing this over Gloom/Shadows of Kilforth or Lands of Galzyr. Kilforth has gorgeous art, emergent stories and plays quick, while Galzyr has a great save system, excellent writing and simple mechanics. They're both cheaper than Skyrim with (in my opinion) better production values.
Great review! I think you nailed the challenges in design strategy for IP, particularly video games. It’s going to be business decision around audience: are you creating a cardboard emulation of the game and focus on existing fan base that is looking for new ways to experience the world they enjoy. Or do you lean into more abstract mechanics chasing the broader board game market at the risk of alienating the existing fan base and potentially not get the traction because it is an IP based product. My impression listening to your criticism (yes, was driving) is the publisher may have been under pressure to deliver against a deadline of an expiring license. I have to believe licensing was not cheap. The graphics issues sounds like not enough time in the proofing of the pre-runs. Also the last thing that usually gets done is polishing the rulebook because it doesn’t require a lot of manufacturing prep like laying out cardboard punch, molds, etc. Just sounds like it was rushed at the end.
Microsoft acquired Bethesda parent company in March 2021. Gamefound campaign closed 11/2/2021. It takes several months to put together a crowdfunding campaign, fulfillment, etc. I am *speculating* that the acquisition might have driven the timing resulting in an unpolished final product. Your observation that publisher seems to have washed their hands probably is the case because they no longer hold the license. Totally guessing here.
@vinicius02able Ah! I knew they were working on one, just didn't know the subtitle. I actually don't support their games because of the amount of plastic they use. EVERYTHING is plastic - the mats, the cards, the chips, etc. I try to limit the amount of plastic I am responsible for in my life, and it's really hard in this hobby! If they offered an all cardboard version of their games, I'd totally check them out.
@@TheDungeonDive I'm 100% with you in that one! It's really unfornate they don't do less overproducted games as well, because it's even unecessary at most cases (and more expensive heh).
Wish I would have seen this video before I bought it, I bought mine used at a good price (thank goodness) and like you at first I look at it then get discouraged and toss it back into my trade pile, then attempt to take another crack at it, get discouraged and toss it back in the trade pile again...
Thanks a lot. I watched 5 seconds of the review where you mentioned it is a great game and didn't catch the 'but' part and bought ten copies and all the expansions. I hold you personally responsible.
I backed out of the crowdfunding campaign in the last minute. I kinda regret it, since skyrim is my favorite videogame of all time and it would be nice to have this. But I thought I already have the superior version of skyrim as a videogame (multiple versions on multiple consoles).
I think you made a mistake at 41:24 where you apply 2x Heavy Damage to the Enemy... As its 2Heavy / Light I think the rules state that if there is a damage type that matches the armour type of the enemy (ie Light) then you apply that . in which case you are applying 2 Light Damage to the Bear which has 4 Light Defense therefore only doing 1xLight Damage (always at least one damage) Thats how I read the rules anyway..... Nice review though and I agree - its got its -ves but to me the +ves outweigh those ....
I thought it said if you have a choice of damage types, you can choose? Oh well. Luckily I never claimed to have ALL the rules down. Glad I threw that caveat in! :D CYA!
I Retract what I say !!!! IGNORE ME ! :O I was reading the rules wrong.. it says (which i missed) "When dealing damage to enemies (dealing more than one type of damage at the same time) the player chooses which damage type to apply.. You are correct !! I apologise (and now need to restart my campaign!)
@TheDungeonDive Yea, I am just referring to the point that licensing fees don't add any components to the game but directly raise the price of each copy to recoup the license over the projected number of copies sold.
@@TheDungeonDive I'm probably going to be picking this up (eventually) because the gameplay looks like so much fun. But this price point for assets I'll want to replace anyway really hurts. Normally I would wait and see if we get a 2nd edition... but my instinct tells me this game will crash and burn due to how people get over components.
Wow! This video made me angry. And then sad. Excellent video, Daniel. There is no excuse for the poor design, artwork, iconography, and value for money. I'm glad you enjoyed the game despite the flaws, but there are enough alternatives / competition out there for me to avoid this one. Just comparing this to the Isofarian Guard for value...
Glad you enjoy the game so much. Even this is not a game for me, I still think big IP game should receive better treatment - as you mentioned, it should have been the gateway game for many. Btw, Have you tried the Witcher Old World boardgame? In comparison, the artwork there is just amazing
The lack of world's narrative and story context made me sale the game. I was enjoying the game mechanic but was not involved in the story, in the world...so it was ok, but blend. Maybe someone with more skyrim knowledge can love this game.
Modiphius did the same things with Call To Arms the elder scrolls mini games. worst abysmal rulebook I've ever seen. They said for the last 3-4 years? a new one is coming... thats kinda too late. and it really ruined what could have been great, except now its 2x expensive! Modiphius prices are insane. I have this game and its one I love to hate, I love the card mechanic but the mix of everything and modiphius's love for those tiny tiny cards is so annoying!
Call to Arms was such a missed opportunity...they also promised for a long time a solo campaign system that never came out. Stopped buying/being interested in it when I realized that was never coming (and after they sold the Dragon MONTHS before actually publishing the rules for it lol). Also their pricing doesn't really make sense...
The game is too pricey imo, like ESO's store, way overpriced cosmetics. I hate Bethesda, bunch of money grabbers, which I am sure they are involved in the pricing.
As a collector of the Fallout skirmish game, I feel the pinch. But thankfully I can mostly skip the recent and upcoming waves of models because I have no interest in Nuka World of Fallout 76!
If you’d never played Skyrim, would the lack of context and not being able to mentally fill in the art/lore blanks be a major issue? I’m interested but never got into any of the Elder Scrolls games
I watched this game carefully during the previews, and finally decided not to pledge for it. I am fascinated that only one of your criticisms showed up during the previews, and that was the concern that the art was going to be poor, because of an attempt to make it similar to some version of the video game. -Toby
A superb game, let down by production values. I have one table devoted to it, and I've been playing it for months and developing house rules and new adventures for it. Way better than the Witcher, a cheap copy of Runebound, but with amazing production values. But the gaming is just average. It's annoying seeing so many good reviews about that game, and so many bad about Skyrim 😂 . No wonder I can't stop watching your stuff. Keep up the good work
I think you hit the nail on the head with the gripes about this game. I got it (didn't pay that much for it though!), played it, and then sold it. Ultimately, I think the game's main failure is in its campaign centered gameplay. It wants you to play and explore but not deviate too far from the campaign. In fact, it punishes if you do so. Is this not anathema to Elder Scrolls as a game to get lost in the vastness of the world? Total misuse of the IP in my opinion. Also, my thoughts on the enemy tokens: they were purposefully made bad to drive buyers towards buying the plastic minis. Which are completely unnecessary - this is not a tactics game.
That's interesting, because I think the game encourages the players to deviate by allowing the players to make choices about the threat. It's one of the positives I mention, and one of my favorite things about the game. I think it handles the campaign system and the open world questing just as good as the video game, and better than most board games that claim to do the same. Because, as I said, the more quests the players pick up, the more time they have to do them. It actively pushes the players to engage with the game, where as most games with timers and threat push the players to not engage. As a matter of fact, the only board game I know of that does it better is Lands of Galzyr.
@@TheDungeonDive Hm... I have to admit I disagree. The threat system acted like an aggressive timer, like a Pandemic-style mechanic of: do this or else. I played it coop with my wife and we had fun. But we often spent most of the game trying to triage the event deck as it came up and forced us to coordinate how we would respond rather than do our own thing. The campaign was also quite lackluster too, which was another negative for me. Granted, I never played the "free roam" variant because it seemed like just that, a rules "variant". Something tacked on to appease the player base. Where as it should have been the main style of play to begin with. In my opinion the game should have been - a free roam game where the campaign sort of introduces itself overtime and the players, only reluctantly, engages with it. That is my experience with what Elder Scrolls is as a video game franchise. I agree with your assessment of skills and combat. I thought this was done well with the dice and making the RPG element of the game feel robust. I even liked the dungeon system using cards, though the rules are pretty shoddy explaining how they work. But then you would engage with the story/quest cards where you would have to test a skill you don't have any points in and lose out on experiencing large chunks of the game when you dead end on a skill roll failure, and frequently. What is the point of that? :(
I am not pretty sure i want to spent 150$ and have to learn through RUclips videos how to play… there are so many games which give me so cool experience that i dont really see the necessaries to give me pain to learn a game which is overpriced and underdeveloped 🤣 well i really appreciate your video and i never ever will buy anf play such a crappy game. 😎🤘🏻
When board gaming goes main stream. You are witnessing it right here folks. This is the equivalent of live service video games. No substance, every corner is cut to maximize profits (no art on cards means less money spent on ink). And yet sales were still probably good. It’s the beginning of the end for the hobby.
Im not saying this game isn't a problem but even if every board game company stops producing new games right now there would still be more board games then you could play in an entire lifetime. There are so many games. We recently got oathsworn and isofarian guard which are huge games with extreme passion behind them. Stop being a doomer.
Companies have already started talking about subscription based content for table top gaming. Enjoy it while it lasts. With more board games integrating apps, it’s only a matter of time before loot boxes become a thing. 🤷🏻
Magic the Gathering has basically been using the live service model since 1993, and for many years it’s kept the hobby gaming market alive and thriving!
@@TheDungeonDive l'm playing based on the 1st edition rule book. Will switch to the updated rule book once printed version delivers with the new expansion.
The only ones who are gonna cry about this are the skyrim fan boys. You can't say anything negative about anything skyrim related 😂. I'm glad you tell it like it is. We need to make intelligent purchases with proper info bad or good. Keep up the good work
Don't you think you're coming across as a bit passive-aggressive in that intro? This may be blunt to say, but if bothers you that viewers aren't watching past the first five minutes of your videos, that's your fault. The onus is on you as the creator to make better content to encourage that. You often display a level of dissonance whenever you mention your analytics in your videos. On one hand, you recognize that your content exists as a niche subject within a niche hobby space. However, what's worrisome is that you also express disappointment more often than not that your content isn't more successful, and oftentimes it comes across as you passive-aggressively implying that the reason for the low views is because your viewers simply aren't appreciating your content enough. If you go back and listen to those segments in some of your recent videos, I think you'll understand where I'm coming from with this. To be clear, I'm not trying to be critical out of spite. I'm just concerned that you may be sending the wrong message with these occasional tangents.
I'm definitely sending a targeted message - it's all thoughtful, at least. It could turn some people off, and that's OK. In this instance that fact was a crucial element in how I structured and approached the review, and I always try to be honest with how I approach a game, under what circumstances, and how I think about games in relation to everything I do. I think it's a somewhat different approach that doesn't necessarily lead to success. :)
I thought it was fair and not too whiney. I often skip some portion of videos as I am usually looking for specific information, but it high level reviews, specifics on a particular component, details on game play, etc, and I would have stopped your video earlier if you hadn’t mentioned the two parts of your review.
Modiphius is a lost cause to me. I backed this kickstarter and trudged through the rules...very disappointing and very pricey for cheap tokens and only fair miniatures. Just like GW but without the good miniatures, even worse really based on rulesets and component quality. Now they have used the Cohors Cthulhu rpg to go woke as well. I was really looking forward to the skirmish game for this rpg, and I will still play Skyrim V when there aren't other things to do, but there are just better companies to give your money to than Modiphius.
Love the intro! Many just rush off into the bad and at the end say something like "underneath this is a great game, make sure to check it out".
Your intro is much better in that regard! 😊
Thanks for the input, my friend. :)
I try to watch all of your videos
Having played 2 campaigns and the heck of this game, I 💯% subscribe to your review. There are real hurdles to overcome first (sorting out the cards was horrendous). BUT I eventually had a blast. I felt like wandering at will. The absence of a timer (I do not consider threat tokens to be a sort of timer even if you're surely more objective about the mechanism than I am) gives you this opportunity to stroll and cut trolls at your own pace.
I love the threat / timer mechanism, how it give the players a choice.
I wish more sandbox games had an absence of a timer. I don't mind threat tokens either as it makes the game harder but you get more powerful.
I'm sure some of those 10-15 minute watch times are me... Not because I only watch for that duration per video, but because I watch/listen at work and have to pause and return later whenever I get a call. 😅
I really love your channel and the detail and time you take with your reviews and discussions. I passed on the Skyrim game because I have too many campaign style games and I'm just not getting through them fast enough. Kinda glad I did now.
Thank you! Glad you enjoy. :)
Best review in a long time, Daniel. Not just within the Dungeon Dive for such a large game as it manages to be very comprehensive and detailed but also for Skyrim in general. I've watched many videos in the past about the game and always came away still not knowing if it would be for me or not but you nailed the game's pros and cons. Really well done! Thank you.
(And no, the game indeed is not for me. Too expensive and just not visually attractive enough to immerse myself in 😅)
Than you! Glad you enjoued it.
Agreed. Review was very well done
I considered backing this and I'm honestly relieved I didn't. So many corners were cut and it's an embarrassment to both companies. Instead of bolstering the legacy of the Elderscrolls, they produced a cheaply-made insult to fans of the video game and boardgaming. What a shame.
This was also a near miss on my part. Very glad I cancelled my pledge before the campaign ended.
I am the opposite, very glad that I backed. :-)
@@Thomas-kx9op I wanted to. I REALLY wanted to. =-)
I’m very glad I bought it. I love it. As I said.
Didn't back it, but bought everything retail. I really love it despite the terrible rules. It's oddly relaxing to play.
Lol, when you showed those quest cards... Imagine having a blank card and still putting a text that small on it. Ahahahahahahh. Jesus.
Right? So many crazy choices made in this. LOL!
concurred, 100%
I didn’t back this at first, because it looked so bad during the KS. But then 1 week before late pledges closed they released a 2 hour playthrough: and I watched the whole thing and really liked it. So I jumped in. With the prices now the 180 for base + both expansions and the KS exklusives seems like a steal 😅
I also like the game after playing half of the first campaign
I own the game and, ignoring the price, I kind of love it?
I also made a couple of the Fan Expansions posted on BGG - The Skyrim Library & Iron Dungeon.
That being said, I won’t defend the game against any criticisms. I just like playing in that world.
I love it, too.
Skyrim Library is a-mazing! Very well done!
Great review. I agree totally. Once you get past the initial pain of learning the game, the game becomes very easy to play and flows very well. And as far as the price point goes, with the amount of hours that I have put into playing the game - about 150 to 200 hours - the overall entertainment value for me is very high.
Great video as ever Daniel. Do you have like a top ten tips for anyone learning this? I have played it once and loved it but I’m daunted by getting it out again.
The way I learned - read the rules, watched a TON of videos on youtube, then read the rules again.
I backed this and skipped getting the coins. I do like the mat. I'm still learning the game overall but that's b/c my learning pace is at times overwhelmed by other external circumstances. I'm not at a point where I can say I "regret" my purchase but time will tell, of course. That said, I agree re: price(s) of things for the game. A little outrageous to be honest. Also, I noticed there is a lot of variant content on BGG which is good (cards, adventures you can print). Thanks for the video presentation. (P.S. I do agree re: Combat).
I absolutely love love LOVE cooperative fantasy board games, warts and all. We had this at our store, and I would've bought it shortly after we got it had it not been stolen. Admittedly, I was kind of already expecting this to be fairly flawed anyway (it is Skyrim, after all), but I'm glad to see that overall it seems to be a pretty fun game.
Can you provide the exact name or a link to the standees you got on Etsy? Those look really cool.
It's probably these - www.etsy.com/uk/listing/841466851/flexible-plastic-stands-for-board-game
Daniel, love this review! Would you say the expansions are must haves?
I think so, unfortunately.
@@TheDungeonDive Thanks Daniel! I found the base NIS at a decent price, so now it's just the expansions....LOL. Can't wait to give this a go!
This is why I love your channel. I'm a huge Fallout and Skyrim fan. I must have watched ten or more channels on this game because I was very serious about buying it. They all said it's a great game and not one said anything about the number of issues it has. I feel you give it a very honest review. You don't just focus on the good or bad but rather a fair assesment of all the game has to offer. At the end of the day I will pass on this game and it's a shame because there are some great mechanics to it but like you I don't mind spending good money for a premium game but they seem to have fallen short on all the corners they cut. It's a real shame because I can see the potential this game has but not for the price they want. Thank you Daniel for a fair and honest review. Keep up the great work.
Thank you. Glad you found the video useful. :)
Hey Daniel, did you play it True solo? Thx for a great Video.
Yes - plays very well lone wolf mode.
On a positive note, thanks for doing such a thorough job on these games. It's very helpful.
It’s so bizarre given how clean RPG board games have gotten that a licensed project still feels like a concrete octopus
Another fantastic video, thank you. So, for exploration, progression and questing which do you prefer, Hexplore it or Skyrim?
Hexplore It.
@@TheDungeonDive can I ask, what gives it the edge for you?
I've got a lot of videos on it that explain exactly why I love it so much. This entire playlist is dedicated to Hexplore It, and there is a ton of info and opinion! :)
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Thanks. Honest and articulate as always. Time and money commitments are not for me right now, but it looks decent.
still watching the vid, but stopped to comment: it made me legit angry when i first saw those artless, flavorless cards. that's absolutely inexcusable from a company this big using an IP this big. i sincerely hope Modiphius sees this video and is as embarrassed as i am for them. (i own and enjoy the game too, fwiw.)
I've got an online acquaintance who I talk to often who now works for them, and I'm hoping he shows them this video.
I was on the verge to buy the game, this video helped me understand the quality which is my main concern when buying new game. Seeing how designers chopped up the production really puts me off from potential game tailored for me. Anyway, I am glad I came to check for other of your videos :-)
Are there any TTRPG that is good for solo that are similar to this free roam mode? Or generators that could generate similar quests?
Tons! I cover a bunch in my Solo RPG Playlist!
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Maybe, hear me out… the creators of the boardgame really wanted to get the full Skyrim experience by having it broken and nearly impossible to play right out of the box, but once you get it fixed and going it’s one of the best game experiences ever! This would explain the crappy production value lol
Hi, where can I find the player made expansions?
Board Game Geek.
This looks like a big Hexcrawl by cards ..? It’s really cool to see you get excited by a game. …and overlook some (even if it’s a lot) of its short comings. Did you think this compares to Hexploreit?
Quite a bit different than Hexplore It. This feels a bit more guided, but still open.
This is one of my favorite games in my collection I have everything for it. Daniel what a great review thank you for covering it and the way you covered it I like this approach. I only play free roam.
It’ll be one that I keep, for sure.
Great video. I still have the game because I haven't been able to trade it away yet. I have come around on games before but for this one my problem is that I can't see myself ever playing this game "right" with the current rules so it will always bother me. I just think the rulebook is so incomplete and I don't feel like filling in the gaps, and online documentation seems insufficient atm, but I could be wrong. Hoping for a rulebook 2.0 but won't hold my breath. Glad you enjoyed it in the end though.
Btw, if you want to reinforce how insulting the value proposition of this game for $150 USD is, compare it side by side with the Oathsworn standee edition. Just realized this the other day and it's WILD what the same price can get you in contrast lol.
I'm a huge fan of house rules, and never really worry about playing any game 100% right, so long as I'm playing solo and having fun. :)
Bit of a head-scratcher that a big experienced publisher like Modiphius would make all these obvious stumbles…. I’ll keep an eye out for a cheap copy second hand from people who abandon it haha
please give me, or us, a link to the colored standee tokens. They look really cool thanks.-Toby
I meant colored standee holdrts
If you just google for Etsy game pieces you'll find things like this - I can't say these are the exact ones I purchased or not, as things on Etsy change all the time.
www.etsy.com/listing/841466851/flexible-plastic-stands-for-board-game?gpla=1&gao=1&&CjwKCAiAzJOtBhALEiwAtwj8tgL4GZzj2--RqhZXMNRKKZXbljx4WYQe3ZBJkLzfK6vEksao3ClVNhoCVw0QAvD_BwE_k_&:pla-314535279060_c__841466851_129154175&gad_source=1&gclid=CjwKCAiAzJOtBhALEiwAtwj8tgL4GZzj2--RqhZXMNRKKZXbljx4WYQe3ZBJkLzfK6vEksao3ClVNhoCVw0QAvD_BwE
Thanks for the honest review here.
Always!
When Modiphius launched Fallout Wasteland Warfare, I was all over it. I bought every product they released for the game during the 3 first waves of the line. Then, they stopped including physical stat cards for the units inside the box of minis. Instead, you had to pay to get the digital cards for the army builder app. The price of minis keep rising and rising. They keep adding a ton of fiddly parts and new rules to the game that made it barely playable. I stopped buying products for the game and nowadays I don't play anymore. So when they released Skyrim, I stayed strong and resisted the urge to buy it because I got burned once.
Great review! (I watched the whole thing) Never played the video game. I wonder if that would take away from the fun - not being familiar with the world?
Thanks! I would be really curious to hear from someone who has no knowledge at all about the video game, and how they connect to the world / quests / adventures.
After all that negative, I didn’t think you’d pull out with enough positives to overcome! Sounds like a decent enough game. I didn’t back it, but my local store has/ had a copy. I am waiting on Elder scroll, Betrayal of the Second Era, so no I may see if it’s still on the shelf there! Great review, had me laughing a few times!
The main positive is I absolutely love it and played it non stop for 2 weeks!
I was wondering what some of your other favorite combat systems are?
I really like combat in Dungeon Degenerates, 2D6 Dungeon, Arkham Horror (and other D6 dice pool systems), Myth, Hellboy, and Space Cadets Away Missions.
I always watch your videos until the end :D
You’re my favorite! :).
You absolutely nailed it. It's not difficult to play, but the rulebook makes it SO HARD to learn! Always flippin' through the pages... drove me crazy. And the lack of knowledge about the world was not a BIG problem, but was still kind of annoying, yes. The whole videogame/universe story is packed into 2 or 3 paragraphs. And the missing dividers!! Argh...
So I’m not the only one missing dividers! :)
I have the base game, from the ashes expansion, and the 5 to 8 player expansion. I used several gift cards towards it, so didn’t actually spend a whole lot of my own money. That’s why I got the game.
And yes, I can confirm the rulebook is terrible and needs to be redone . And from the ashes expansion did not come with any kind of instructions I can definitely confirm that.
I do like the game a lot, though, even though the rulebook is terrible. I’ve completed both campaigns as solo. And campaign one I’ve completed also as a two player and a three player.
I have a four person two separate ones going on where we’re both in campaign one still. I have yet to try the from the ashes expansion with it.
Down the road I will eventually get the Dawnguard expansion, but I plan on using gift cards again towards it
So glad you're covering this Daniel! I know you usually don't cover big box AAA stuff, but just by its nature, this quickly became a "niche indie game" just due its apparent lack of mainstream success. Gonna watch all your thoughts and maybe comment more, but for me, so much seemed come down to that they likely paid a ridiculous amount for the IP, which contributed to the costs, expected it to have sky high returns, but actually put some pretty creative designers on it. But as the KS delivered, it seemed pretty clear to Modiphius they weren't going to make their money back, and they just dropped it hard. There was ZERO after launch support, errata, anything, barely even answering questions on BGG, I was one of the people on there kinda struggling with others trying to figure it out together when it released. They just moved on to their next game almost immediately. Huge shame, but seems like they set the goalposts for success too far out, made a sort of niche open world exploration game, but set the goals for a huge mainstream success and considered it a failure. Compare that with the Witcher: Old World, which I think hewed much more to a mainstream approach and made a huge amount of money, but to me is a much more "toned down" experience.
A follow up thought. Listening to you talk about your pros and cons, and reflecting on my experience, this feels like the designer aimed for a really rich, ambitious, open world game, and pretty much landed it. But so many of the other parts of the game (likely handled by others at Modiphius) from art, to pricing, to manual editing, visual layout, all got short changed. And it distinctly feels like at a certain point (probably after they didn't have a hugely successful crowdfunding campaign) Modiphius already had made the decision to kinda take it as a loss, just release the thing and move on, which also might have contributed to so many polishing parts feeling unfinished. I remember actually looking up the designer, because I wanted to play more of their games and felt somewhat sad that what was obvious was a huge amount of design effort, got released in this way. Haven't fully finished your video yet, so not sure if you go there, but there's a HUGE amount of modding support on Modiphius' website, basically all the assets that you can edit on your own, and in the BGG variants forum there's whole new modes and adventures. They obviously had their sights set long on this one and cut it short, sadly.
Fully agree with your thoughts, what a blast it is to play this game once you get the hang of it. Just a really fun and immersive experience, where I get that "one more turn" feeling all the time. Glad I backed it despite it's issues. The core game loop is just so darn good!
Great review Daniel!
Yes! This totally has the one-more-turn vibe.
Grateful for your review. It looks like an interesting play--like a neat, unique set of plays systems--but falls far short of what we should get for the price. So much of this game screams 'cheap', from the art, to the components, to putting the rulebooks together. However, I'm not sure what challenges Modiphius faced. It's a truism that IP games tend to be less than great because the developers are paying a substantial 'tax' to the IP owner. Costs they have to cut from the quality of the game itself... However, even with the recent Modiphius sale it didn't seem worth it.
The thing is with IP games is that they're mostly great these days. The days of quick cash-ins for an IP game have been over for a long time, mainly because more people expect more from their board games these days.
This game will definitely be a hidden gem for some as time passes. I hope they do at least one more expansion this game its really fun and deserves some more content.
I wonder if taking what you have learned to make a good onboarding video for the game would be a good evergreen video for your channel since Modiphius continues to sell it. Perhaps they would even sponsor such a video.
That might be a good idea.
I love Skyrim but I can't see myself playing this over Gloom/Shadows of Kilforth or Lands of Galzyr. Kilforth has gorgeous art, emergent stories and plays quick, while Galzyr has a great save system, excellent writing and simple mechanics. They're both cheaper than Skyrim with (in my opinion) better production values.
Lands of Galzyr is GOAT when it comes to open world sandbox games. No dount.
Great review! I think you nailed the challenges in design strategy for IP, particularly video games. It’s going to be business decision around audience: are you creating a cardboard emulation of the game and focus on existing fan base that is looking for new ways to experience the world they enjoy. Or do you lean into more abstract mechanics chasing the broader board game market at the risk of alienating the existing fan base and potentially not get the traction because it is an IP based product. My impression listening to your criticism (yes, was driving) is the publisher may have been under pressure to deliver against a deadline of an expiring license. I have to believe licensing was not cheap. The graphics issues sounds like not enough time in the proofing of the pre-runs. Also the last thing that usually gets done is polishing the rulebook because it doesn’t require a lot of manufacturing prep like laying out cardboard punch, molds, etc. Just sounds like it was rushed at the end.
Microsoft acquired Bethesda parent company in March 2021. Gamefound campaign closed 11/2/2021. It takes several months to put together a crowdfunding campaign, fulfillment, etc. I am *speculating* that the acquisition might have driven the timing resulting in an unpolished final product. Your observation that publisher seems to have washed their hands probably is the case because they no longer hold the license. Totally guessing here.
I really wish you do a Elder Scrolls Betrayal of the Second Era video too! (and maybe a comparison of both haha)
I don’t know what that is!
@@TheDungeonDive It's a board game from Chip Theory games! I'd really recommend a google it to see if this game makes sense for you :)
@vinicius02able Ah! I knew they were working on one, just didn't know the subtitle. I actually don't support their games because of the amount of plastic they use. EVERYTHING is plastic - the mats, the cards, the chips, etc. I try to limit the amount of plastic I am responsible for in my life, and it's really hard in this hobby! If they offered an all cardboard version of their games, I'd totally check them out.
@@TheDungeonDive I'm 100% with you in that one! It's really unfornate they don't do less overproducted games as well, because it's even unecessary at most cases (and more expensive heh).
I would buy a couple of their games so fast, including the Skyrim game, if they offered a less expensive, less produced version.
I'd dare to say I have the biggest but in gaming, but I'm too shy to post pictures
Wish I would have seen this video before I bought it, I bought mine used at a good price (thank goodness) and like you at first I look at it then get discouraged and toss it back into my trade pile, then attempt to take another crack at it, get discouraged and toss it back in the trade pile again...
I think it's worth that uphill battle.
Thanks a lot. I watched 5 seconds of the review where you mentioned it is a great game and didn't catch the 'but' part and bought ten copies and all the expansions. I hold you personally responsible.
Looks like something that might be good if picked up as a trade or used at a reduced price.
Glad I could help!
Those cards measure 2.5 by 3.5 inches?
No idea.
I found a used copy for 85 euro on ebay today. Great. I hope that i don't want an expansion sooner or later...;)
I backed out of the crowdfunding campaign in the last minute. I kinda regret it, since skyrim is my favorite videogame of all time and it would be nice to have this. But I thought I already have the superior version of skyrim as a videogame (multiple versions on multiple consoles).
I think you made a mistake at 41:24 where you apply 2x Heavy Damage to the Enemy... As its 2Heavy / Light I think the rules state that if there is a damage type that matches the armour type of the enemy (ie Light) then you apply that . in which case you are applying 2 Light Damage to the Bear which has 4 Light Defense therefore only doing 1xLight Damage (always at least one damage)
Thats how I read the rules anyway..... Nice review though and I agree - its got its -ves but to me the +ves outweigh those ....
I thought it said if you have a choice of damage types, you can choose? Oh well. Luckily I never claimed to have ALL the rules down. Glad I threw that caveat in! :D CYA!
@@TheDungeonDive As you said - youve not seen a vid where all the rules are played correctly ! :)
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I Retract what I say !!!! IGNORE ME ! :O I was reading the rules wrong.. it says (which i missed) "When dealing damage to enemies (dealing more than one type of damage at the same time) the player chooses which damage type to apply..
You are correct !! I apologise (and now need to restart my campaign!)
Haha! Hey, with this game...who knows! :)
One point on the cost is that I assume they had to pay a ton for the license.
You’d think BGS could have thrown in a few dozen pieces of art for the cost!
@TheDungeonDive Yea, I am just referring to the point that licensing fees don't add any components to the game but directly raise the price of each copy to recoup the license over the projected number of copies sold.
When you showed the quest cards, I laughed out loud. It seriously looks like they accidentally printed a print&play prototype and just went with it
Yep. That’s exactly what it looks like. I’ve seen fan made stuff that looks so much better!
@@TheDungeonDive I'm probably going to be picking this up (eventually) because the gameplay looks like so much fun. But this price point for assets I'll want to replace anyway really hurts.
Normally I would wait and see if we get a 2nd edition... but my instinct tells me this game will crash and burn due to how people get over components.
I'd be shocked if this isn't a dead game as far as any more official support.
I'd love to have a time machine and see how covid impacted this game. I'm pretty sure it's a victim of those times.
Wow! This video made me angry. And then sad.
Excellent video, Daniel. There is no excuse for the poor design, artwork, iconography, and value for money.
I'm glad you enjoyed the game despite the flaws, but there are enough alternatives / competition out there for me to avoid this one. Just comparing this to the Isofarian Guard for value...
Those prices are ridiculous....
Glad you enjoy the game so much. Even this is not a game for me, I still think big IP game should receive better treatment - as you mentioned, it should have been the gateway game for many.
Btw, Have you tried the Witcher Old World boardgame? In comparison, the artwork there is just amazing
I have not tried the Witcher.
The Witcher has better production values, but it's just a bad copy of Runebound
The lack of world's narrative and story context made me sale the game. I was enjoying the game mechanic but was not involved in the story, in the world...so it was ok, but blend. Maybe someone with more skyrim knowledge can love this game.
Yep - they relied on players having experience with the pre-existing world as a crutch.
Amazed at how cheap it looks compared to the price (i.e., poor or no card artwork).
I will never ever back another modiphius game
Game needs a second edition ASAP and to come down in price massively.
Modiphius did the same things with Call To Arms the elder scrolls mini games. worst abysmal rulebook I've ever seen. They said for the last 3-4 years? a new one is coming... thats kinda too late. and it really ruined what could have been great, except now its 2x expensive! Modiphius prices are insane.
I have this game and its one I love to hate, I love the card mechanic but the mix of everything and modiphius's love for those tiny tiny cards is so annoying!
I don't mind mini cards. They can save a lot of money and space, but I don't think they saved much money here!
Call to Arms was such a missed opportunity...they also promised for a long time a solo campaign system that never came out. Stopped buying/being interested in it when I realized that was never coming (and after they sold the Dragon MONTHS before actually publishing the rules for it lol).
Also their pricing doesn't really make sense...
I was getting ready to list my copy for sale after the first 20 mins. Glad it came back around!
You made me hate this game then love it haha good job on this video bro, BUT they really did miss it with the art....
What a journey! :)
The game is too pricey imo, like ESO's store, way overpriced cosmetics. I hate Bethesda, bunch of money grabbers, which I am sure they are involved in the pricing.
As a collector of the Fallout skirmish game, I feel the pinch. But thankfully I can mostly skip the recent and upcoming waves of models because I have no interest in Nuka World of Fallout 76!
They have some of the most beautiful games though
Modiphius stuff is usually overpriced, so I doubt Bethesda has anything to do with the pricing
This is why I’m excited for ES Betrayal of the Second Era that chip theory is doing. I’ve playtested it a few times and I absolutely LOVED it.
If you’d never played Skyrim, would the lack of context and not being able to mentally fill in the art/lore blanks be a major issue? I’m interested but never got into any of the Elder Scrolls games
I can’t say because I can’t make myself forget that info. I does feel a bit lacking in context.
omg those quest cards with two lines. Low res screen shots. The black monster chits. Ridiculously poor. Uggghhh.
Luckily the game transcends it's looks.
I watched this game carefully during the previews, and finally decided not to pledge for it. I am fascinated that only one of your criticisms showed up during the previews, and that was the concern that the art was going to be poor, because of an attempt to make it similar to some version of the video game. -Toby
Must not make a "I like big buts" joke.
Hey, I adore Sit Mix a lot.
@@TheDungeonDive I came here to leave an "I like big buts" joke, but I'm glad I checked and that someone beat me to it!
so it feel like you get the "correct" bethesda game experience...
A superb game, let down by production values. I have one table devoted to it, and I've been playing it for months and developing house rules and new adventures for it. Way better than the Witcher, a cheap copy of Runebound, but with amazing production values. But the gaming is just average. It's annoying seeing so many good reviews about that game, and so many bad about Skyrim 😂 . No wonder I can't stop watching your stuff. Keep up the good work
Lol all the jenkiness sounds exactly like a Bethesda video game. Sounds on brand. Just missing Todd Howard telling you how awesome it is.
The art was disappointing for sure, but I thought the game play was a lot of fun. I have played through each of the campaigns and enjoyed them all.
Yep. I love it.
I think you hit the nail on the head with the gripes about this game. I got it (didn't pay that much for it though!), played it, and then sold it. Ultimately, I think the game's main failure is in its campaign centered gameplay. It wants you to play and explore but not deviate too far from the campaign. In fact, it punishes if you do so. Is this not anathema to Elder Scrolls as a game to get lost in the vastness of the world? Total misuse of the IP in my opinion.
Also, my thoughts on the enemy tokens: they were purposefully made bad to drive buyers towards buying the plastic minis. Which are completely unnecessary - this is not a tactics game.
That's interesting, because I think the game encourages the players to deviate by allowing the players to make choices about the threat. It's one of the positives I mention, and one of my favorite things about the game. I think it handles the campaign system and the open world questing just as good as the video game, and better than most board games that claim to do the same. Because, as I said, the more quests the players pick up, the more time they have to do them. It actively pushes the players to engage with the game, where as most games with timers and threat push the players to not engage. As a matter of fact, the only board game I know of that does it better is Lands of Galzyr.
@@TheDungeonDive Hm... I have to admit I disagree. The threat system acted like an aggressive timer, like a Pandemic-style mechanic of: do this or else. I played it coop with my wife and we had fun. But we often spent most of the game trying to triage the event deck as it came up and forced us to coordinate how we would respond rather than do our own thing. The campaign was also quite lackluster too, which was another negative for me. Granted, I never played the "free roam" variant because it seemed like just that, a rules "variant". Something tacked on to appease the player base. Where as it should have been the main style of play to begin with. In my opinion the game should have been - a free roam game where the campaign sort of introduces itself overtime and the players, only reluctantly, engages with it. That is my experience with what Elder Scrolls is as a video game franchise.
I agree with your assessment of skills and combat. I thought this was done well with the dice and making the RPG element of the game feel robust. I even liked the dungeon system using cards, though the rules are pretty shoddy explaining how they work. But then you would engage with the story/quest cards where you would have to test a skill you don't have any points in and lose out on experiencing large chunks of the game when you dead end on a skill roll failure, and frequently. What is the point of that? :(
@@TheDungeonDive Eitherway, great content as always! Appreciate the insights and look forward to your next video!
Right on! And that’s totally fine we disagree. :). Thanks for the thoughtful comments.
I am not pretty sure i want to spent 150$ and have to learn through RUclips videos how to play… there are so many games which give me so cool experience that i dont really see the necessaries to give me pain to learn a game which is overpriced and underdeveloped 🤣 well i really appreciate your video and i never ever will buy anf play such a crappy game. 😎🤘🏻
That is a totally valid response.
When board gaming goes main stream. You are witnessing it right here folks. This is the equivalent of live service video games.
No substance, every corner is cut to maximize profits (no art on cards means less money spent on ink). And yet sales were still probably good.
It’s the beginning of the end for the hobby.
Im not saying this game isn't a problem but even if every board game company stops producing new games right now there would still be more board games then you could play in an entire lifetime. There are so many games. We recently got oathsworn and isofarian guard which are huge games with extreme passion behind them. Stop being a doomer.
@@Urek968yep. We’re still right in the middle of the greatest golden age of gaming ever.
Companies have already started talking about subscription based content for table top gaming. Enjoy it while it lasts.
With more board games integrating apps, it’s only a matter of time before loot boxes become a thing. 🤷🏻
Magic the Gathering has basically been using the live service model since 1993, and for many years it’s kept the hobby gaming market alive and thriving!
Involving expensive editions and 'upgrades' ?? Sounds like shit. Bye.
The cost of that game is enough to make me never play it. What an absolute joke.
I prefer Zerywia as an adventur game over this one. Apart of this Skyrim looks like unfinished product that is hanging solely on IP.
Zerywia has an even worse rule book, unfortunately, and the recently released rewrite didn’t really make things any better. A real bummer.
@@TheDungeonDive l'm playing based on the 1st edition rule book. Will switch to the updated rule book once printed version delivers with the new expansion.
Let the producers play this game. Probably they wait for random people to mod the boardgame also. Because they are just so lazy at everything.
it ain’t easy making 5 minute reviews 😂
Stay tuned! I got something for the shorties coming up.
@@TheDungeonDive love your videos of all sizes. I've been watching for I think 2 years now? but tend to lurk. much love.
The only ones who are gonna cry about this are the skyrim fan boys. You can't say anything negative about anything skyrim related 😂. I'm glad you tell it like it is. We need to make intelligent purchases with proper info bad or good. Keep up the good work
Super important to be a discerning consumer.
Don't you think you're coming across as a bit passive-aggressive in that intro? This may be blunt to say, but if bothers you that viewers aren't watching past the first five minutes of your videos, that's your fault. The onus is on you as the creator to make better content to encourage that. You often display a level of dissonance whenever you mention your analytics in your videos. On one hand, you recognize that your content exists as a niche subject within a niche hobby space. However, what's worrisome is that you also express disappointment more often than not that your content isn't more successful, and oftentimes it comes across as you passive-aggressively implying that the reason for the low views is because your viewers simply aren't appreciating your content enough. If you go back and listen to those segments in some of your recent videos, I think you'll understand where I'm coming from with this.
To be clear, I'm not trying to be critical out of spite. I'm just concerned that you may be sending the wrong message with these occasional tangents.
Thanks for the input! Appreciate it. I totally know it’s my fault. :).
I'm definitely sending a targeted message - it's all thoughtful, at least. It could turn some people off, and that's OK. In this instance that fact was a crucial element in how I structured and approached the review, and I always try to be honest with how I approach a game, under what circumstances, and how I think about games in relation to everything I do. I think it's a somewhat different approach that doesn't necessarily lead to success. :)
I thought it was fair and not too whiney. I often skip some portion of videos as I am usually looking for specific information, but it high level reviews, specifics on a particular component, details on game play, etc, and I would have stopped your video earlier if you hadn’t mentioned the two parts of your review.
Modiphius is a lost cause to me. I backed this kickstarter and trudged through the rules...very disappointing and very pricey for cheap tokens and only fair miniatures. Just like GW but without the good miniatures, even worse really based on rulesets and component quality. Now they have used the Cohors Cthulhu rpg to go woke as well. I was really looking forward to the skirmish game for this rpg, and I will still play Skyrim V when there aren't other things to do, but there are just better companies to give your money to than Modiphius.