by BoardGameBB
This game was hotly anticipated, and the unboxing left me longing to play. So many secret folders and stickers and cards! I did have some reservations though, I wasn't the biggest fan of the original game, but I'd play it. To avoid spoilers, I will explain how it felt to play, at least for me, and a final score.I really enjoyed the anticipation of the first game, adding the first stickers to the board, and choosing end game upgrades was really fun. Then came the second, still great, but the novelty of the stickers was wearing off. By halfway through, stickers were a chore, and the game became so tight to feel unsatisfying and just boring. We had lost a few games before, and we were just stuck in a loop of losing, dragging ourselves through ages of admin, before asking ourselves if we actually ever wanted to play again. It became a chore to get out, set up and then play an hour of definite loss because of what happened in the first few games. And the end of the game was just so unsatisfying, I won't go into detail. To be honest I just wanted to get it over with.
I know this is probably justy games, as glowing reviews have been released, but I had a horrible time with this game, and I don't want others to too.