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Pros & Cons
Pros
As long as you are playing with people who love hexagons and counting moves, you have a total winner on your hands. But if they are paying attention, you need to utilize a more complex strategy. This is a really fun directly competitive game, where yo... Read More
I'm happy to relay that it's a lot of fun. My boyfriend loves the board game! Unique and fun. This looks promising as a unique fun game.
The back of every card is a game modifier so when you place it face down in the discard pile the modifier is face up. The aperture cards that players will use throughout the game are also a great addition. Just finished our first couple of rounds and ... Read More
The components are well illustrated and of sturdy construction. The miniature test subjects, companion cube, and miniature turret match the look and feel from the videogame. Owning a mini companion cube is a plus.
Cons
It's frustrating paying $50 for a game and the outside damaged. There's some okay ideas but they're poorly executed. If somebody moves ahead, it's very easy to knock them out as a group.
Highlights
Quality
The components are well illustrated and of sturdy construction
The way the board keeps changing is very interesting unique amongst board games ive played and gives the game a very dynamic feel
Moving them around is a constant process and the tab system is not elegant
As others have said the game pieces stink hence a loss of a star
Price
Putting fun things aside it got so high collectible value
Large learning curve and its a little pricey
We really enjoyed the game but im really upset at how poorly the board was made for the price of the game
Shipping
Product arrived quickly and exactly as described
Packaging/appearance
Very happy with the packaging and the quality of the playing cards and figurines
Arrived in perfect shape just as described
Now we know the estimated time on box is a joke so the fact it went passed our expectations should mean something
Im a board game nerd and ive opened the game and read all the instructions
Competitiveness
There are a lot of different approaches and strategies you could take to this came which make the replay value priceless
This is a really fun directly competitive game where you have lots of opportunities to screw over your opponent
They can be quite powerful but they are easy to obtain so other players arent at a disadvantage
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- This product had a total of 372 reviews as of our last analysis date on Feb 19 2024.
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Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
However there are some errata issues you may want to watch a youtube video in order to figure out the rules
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Its a very backstabby game
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
The actual strategy of the game doesnt appear until a few playthroughs later and some are not very obvious
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
I had decent expectations for the game considering it was still developed by valve who created the original video games
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Some constructive feedback i would give is that they should have really created more aperturecharacter cards i know that there arent many characters in the game but of course you can always give life to inanimate objects to make the recycle less frequent and keep the game more fresh
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
When we first started playing with a group of four we would walk through verbally each step
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
The game says it could last between 2040 min
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
It would also be fun without the portal universe supporting it which certainly is the mark of a great licensed game
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