Gloomhaven is a massive “legacy” board game where you and your friends go through a campaign of defeating monsters, finding treasures, unlocking new characters and improving them as you make decisions, try to complete long term and short term quests and strategize around resource management, incomplete information and progressively mounting odds. I had a great time playing through the physical version of the board game with my friends when it came out, but I was kinda apprehensive of the solo video game version; It is absolutely a “me” problem, but I do not have it in me to go through this whole game again.
I have to admit I’m a bit unsure about this review; Twilight Struggle is a board game released in 2005 based around the cold war, but I’ve never played that game. On the other hand, I found this computer version quite difficult to understand and even if after a while I kinda got into it, I’m a bit perplexed how to go about it. Would it be fair for me to review the board game part of this steam product? Should I only review the ‘videogame’ part? Is that even possible? If I were to review Monopoly on the Wii, do I only talk about wiimote actions or do I go about explaining what I like and don’t like about Monopoly itself? I think I’ll talk about the board game ‘Twilight Struggle’ but also the video game. It’s not bad! Not my cup of tea (I’m not a fan of competitive games) but a real neat one regardless!