Primal: The Awakening Review

Primal: The Awakening Review
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Intro (00:00);
game overview (02:28);
final thoughts and review (17:45);
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[@xLAZY666]

saw the channel because i was looking at warhammer quest stuff, your other videos are good vibes to listen to while im painting so il def be going through the backlog.

[@DriveThruReview]

Thanks. Appreciate it. Happy painting :)

[@unimatrix20a]

Also they added 1 shot mode with preconstructed deck / items (but you could also custoimize with some deck building pretty quickly), and one expansion adds a mini campaign with just 3 bosses.
i reall like how they reduced this game to the essence and eliminated unnecessary frills. It is a 4 space board, no dice, just grab a monster and charakters and start playing. and there is a wide decision space from the first round on. it is immediately interesting and choices matter.

[@elzheiz]

The game definitely doesn't try to be narrative, it's exactly like Monster Hunter. They added some because you need some kind of story for the campaign but you can pretty much skip all of it and jump the reward section without any issue.
Plus if you want, you can just play expedition mode and play fights directly without bothering with narration!
My favourite game of the year so far!

[@twentysides]

Thanks for this video! I really really wish there were a cardboard standee version of this like with Oathsworn. Last I heard the publisher considers the minis essential to the game and won't make a standee version.

[@abandonlife111]

Minis = 💰
I like that Awaken Realms is pretty much offering standee versions of all their games now.

[@elzheiz]

@@abandonlife111 Awaken Realms is rich enough to do that but for a relatively small publisher it's pretty much impossible :/ That would have been so good and save on so much space, so fingers crossed for the reprint!

[@andrewchilton8181]

I've played this game just once, but there's no way the minis are essential. I couldn't even understand why we needed the plastic monster there at all, could have been a picture on the board and a spinner to indicate what direction it was facing. Pure conjecture, but I imagine they are driving off a fair number of people who don't want to spend $$$ on a card game.

[@elzheiz]

@@andrewchilton8181 most likely they are saving more money by having a bigger miniature print run than they would be by getting more customers that pay less but a split print run.
And a lot of people who would have taken a standee pledge (like me) decided the game was worth it even with the minis, so we still pledged nonetheless.
I'm pretty sure minis are never essential, in any game (even wargames could be played with standees tbh)

[@andrewchilton8181]

@@elzheiz I understand their desire to sell minis because people will buy them, but people also buy card games, a lot. I don't even think this game could justify the use of standees for the monster, it's existence is solely to show what direction it faces. Plenty of card games are played and playable without either. This would be like putting minis in ark nova to indicate that your enclosure is occupied by a particular animal. I'm not anti-mini, I have a lot myself, but in this game it really stands out as unnecessary.

[@BillyViBritannia]

I found you through an old game review where the pinned comment was "I would love to have a backdrop of a game shelf. That's not in the card currently though."....
I wanted to say the quality really improved and I'm happy to see you got your game shelf!

[@vryc]

Joel, you rotter! Still haven't got my pledge. Good to see your enthusiasm on this. Makes the wait a bit more bearable.

[@Deltium5683]

Thanks for the review.

[@alanhow2441]

I’ve enjoyed the game so far and I agree with your analysis.
My favourite phrase you used was “fluff text”. That was so good.

[@henriwhitehead]

Great review!

[@DriveThruReview]

Thanks Henri.

[@ihugyoucuziloveyou]

Thanks for the review. Do you think the expansions are nice to have, or is it recommended for the full experience?

[@DriveThruReview]

I think kind of both? You can definitely start out without any expansion boxes, but to add some replayability they are a "must have".

[@shaneannigans]

I thought this game would just be a box of plastic with some cool art.
Glad (and sad) to see I was wrong.
I regret skipping the campaign and really hopes it gets a retail release or does get another crowd funding campaign.

[@derekgarcia3069]

If you check out their web page, you can sign up to be notified of availability. I believe it's goibg tobget a reprint campaign (it's a little to large to work at retail).

[@shaneannigans]

@@derekgarcia3069 Thank you, will do! :)

[@jcapo5]

Mh world is actually amazing. Combat is super cool because the weapons play very different

[@Bleuchz]

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[@alessandroloru7786]

Great review...how would u rate this 1 to 10?

[@DriveThruReview]

8?

[@alessandroloru7786]

@@DriveThruReview i Hope to see it in your 2024 top ten!!!We love this game.