We just got the Star Wars reskin of this game and we really loved playing it for the first time yesterday! It reminds me of Cosmic Run: Regeneration, which we also really enjoy. Assigning dice, rerolling others, earning cards that help you mitigate rolls -- what's not to love! So fun.
Seems fun for the level of the game. I like when Sam described it as “not every game is winnable”. Feels kinda like movie. “Out of 14 million possibilies I saw us win 1”. People expecting this being high strategy you’d have to question. Some people you just can’t please.
USAopoly has a great opportunity to flesh out the "Rising" game universe. Thanos Rising could just be the first gamein the series. I, for one, would love to see some new "Rising" games to be released such as Magneto Rising, Apocalypse Rising, Dr. Doom Rising, Kingpin Rising, etc. What an amazing chance to put some great Marvel Universe games out, and if I had my choice I would say that they should be able to be mixed and matched if desired. The collectible aspect of having a large model of each villain in the games would be really nice too. Here's hoping that they will work on getting the rights to more of the Marvel Universe and putting out more for the "Rising" line of games.
I like Tom's idea of distributing the villains more. I hate games that have so much variance in when the "bad cards" come out that you could in theory lose in the first turn.
Everybody is talking about movie , and the board game community talks about the game, wanted to see what the fuzz is all about , first of all thanks for the interesting review , i actually liked the game, and yes maybe it is pretty simple game but us has it is own charm( or maybe it because i also liked the movie :)) i liked how it came with miniature ...unfortunately i don't see this game playble for a long run... its for a few evening not more...
Revisiting this after ENDGAME. Might just have to pick it up! As for the randomness in the game, it’s not much different from something like Forbidden Island.
Tom, what's your (non-spoilers obviously) thoughts on Infinity War?! It's my new favorite movie all-time, exceeded all my expectations :) Thanos was better than expected
Wow a lot of hate for this game. Not every game is super strategic heavy game. It is a fairly quick game and the randomness doesn't hurt it for me. Yeah the randomness of drawing the bad guys early sucks. But you lose quick and try again. The one thing that makes me like this game so much is that it is a movie tie in game that is actually pretty good.
yeah, it's a great feeling losing quickly without a chance of victory in sight. it's a major design flaw. these games will lost the audience very quickly.
Saw the movie on opening night it was awesome this game is cool but only made it to make $ the tanos miniature figer is cool in a years or less I'll see it at a thrift store for less the 10$ and I can wait till then to get it lol hopefully it have the cool tanos miniature!
Thanos was the best Villain Marvel has ever had. Marvel Infinity War was hands down the best MCU movie to date and raised the bar for all future super movies to the sky.
If Legendary had this artwork i think I'd like it better. just more my generation I guess but I still would rather own Legendary for my co-op Marvel game slot on my shelf. deckbuilding > dice rolling.
Tig Biddy legendary went with movie stills in the Spider-Man homecoming expansion. I’m not for it. I don’t think I’m the only one since in my game store it’s the only expansion available. It’s just laying there for weeks since I’m waiting for dark city and other expansions.
Well yeah I'm not sure why they would change up the artwork that much for one expansion. Seems like a terrible idea, unless they make more expansions like it in the future?
It seems a bit high, but not excessively so. I definitely seen worse. The miniature may not be needed, but I like having something like that on the table because it is so eye catching. I'm considering adding HeroClix into it when I get it just to have even more heroes out on the table.
I feel the opposite. I think the miniature adds a lot to the game. When playing board games I want the coolest components possible it adds a lot more to my experience.
Winning by taking out 7 of the 10 villains in the deck seems....lame. You don't destroy Thanos? You don't really do anything to stop him? Just killed a few bad guys and its over? Seems anticlimactic!
Of course, silly me. Thanos giving up after 7 of his 10 little minons are destroyed is much better than any other way they could have come up with to stop Thanos. My mistake!
Looks like there's a Star Wars and Harry Potter reskin for this game. A shame that I', not a fan of any of these themes but I think the game looks solid. Would totally get it if they made a Samurai Jack - Aku Rising reskin for the game.
Randomness isn’t a bad thing in games. Jeez. Whenever I hear someone complain about randomness and luck in a game, all I hear is “Whaaaa! I can’t control every little thing and it makes it harder to win when I don’t know everything that’s going to happen! Whaaaa!” Ugh. Stacking the deck to keep it from being so random? Seriously, Tom?? C’mon.
My apologies for Whaa-ing. I don't mind randomness, but sometimes in this particular game you get a setup where you can't win. If you think that's fine, then more power to you! I just would prefer to restart the game, is all.
Would you stack the deck in a similar co-op (like Pandemic) though? To me, it would dampen the challenge if I knew going in that an Epidemic won't break out until after the 5th round or 10th round or so. At that point, you're not really playing a game. You're following a script. Plenty of co-ops are sometimes "un-winnable". I know Pandemic has kicked my butt many more times than not, but I would never try to intentionally alter the game to my or the group's favor. But I don't really play to win at all costs. I'm more about the experience and the fun. If I'm having fun, I don't even care if I win or lose. If I win, that's gravy. I think randomness adds an unforeseen challenge that must be overcome and keeps you and the group on your toes. I don't get why so many gamers are vehemently against it, other than I think it may be a side effect of the increasing popularity of Euros. Gamers now expect zero randomness out of Amerithrash games these days. It's sad. :(
It's just bad game design. E.g. why not time enemy timing (with some variation if needed), variability is what enemy comes out. Also Tom gave it 1.5 thumbs up... not sure how it's wahing... I prefer honesty.
I think the majority of gamers who don’t mind randomness tend to be players who aren’t as good strategically in a game, or just want something light hearted or “fun”. It’s not an insult, but that tends to be the way it is, it’s different play styles and so different preferences.... also, randomness tends to feel sloppy in most games, its unconsidered and an easy out for most ideas. Given more time, they could have made this more strategic, the basic premise is nice, the execution feels sloppy... that’s why the randomness feels bad here. It’s the stacking randomness that isn’t great... dice, and cards... it’s why dice masters always feels... cheap. You’re just left at the whim of fate when when you’re stacking randomness. At that point you’re pretty much just going through the motions rather than actually “playing” something. But as I say, it’s a preference... it’s not a case of waaaahhhhhhh... it’s a case of some people just don’t find that fun, and when reviewing it, why wouldn’t you point that out. Plus... I will say, both of them liked it... randomness or not.
Sam here...as they always say: "Looks can be deceiving." I mean, that IS a real saying, you know. I agree it doesn't look like much, but it is deceptively simple. Honestly, King of Tokyo didn't look like much to me at first glance, either, but it turned out that I love the game. I'm not equating this one with KoT, mind you, but they are both deceptively good in a similar fashion...imo.
Maybe it's not your type of game? Or maybe they failed to mention all of the aspects that are exciting. I've played it a couple of times and it's very fun.
RadeTcg- literally that is their entire business plan. Their games cost money because of being IP-rush-to-markets. Every now and then (nothing comes to mind) they will succeed. I honestly will play this if someone else buys it. And I will enjoy my time. This game is meant for people seeing it those Mall Toy/Game/Edutainment stores. I am actuallu impressed by the effort and most of the mechanics involved in this game. I would echo Dice Tower, for the intended audience, it is a success. We play Scythe, Star Wars Rebellion etc.. Why do we need an USAoploly game to be good? Pay for quality not IP.
Marvel Hype wins again. I have watched many playthroughs of this and it is extremely similar to Doctor Who Time of the Daleks(not reviewed by Miami Dice), a game i really enjoy. Extremely challenging. I am not connected to that theme. Because this theme is so popular this game gets a rave. Whereas Dr. Who gets dissed by the DT High Three on the latest 24 hour game marathon. Put any other non ip theme on this and i can hear it now: OK but nothing new. Disney Strikes Again. The IOI of the entertainment world!
I think it’s fair to objectively say this is going to be the biggest movie ever. This is an accomplishment never before seen. Meanwhile, new Lucasfilm runs Star Wars into the ground.
TheGreatHamEl it's probably also going to be the biggest load of BS that has no substance only more of the same CGI fest we get dished up with all these Superhero films. I agree that Star Wars is dead thx to Disney.
My interest in Superheroes died long time ago. The reason is probably due to the plethora of crap films that have been made. Half the characters I've never heard of. As for Thanos, well once again never heard of him. Sorry Sam but even Star Wars is dead thanks to Disney. Honestly The Last Jedi was complete rubbish.
Well, if you don't know and care about Thanos, superheroes were never your thing, I guess! No problem in that. He's a huge deal in the Marvel universe.
I've played this game a few times. Its essentially King of Tokyo the fully cooperative game.
You got "good badguy" and "Giant Miniature" in the same breath...well played.
We just got the Star Wars reskin of this game and we really loved playing it for the first time yesterday! It reminds me of Cosmic Run: Regeneration, which we also really enjoy. Assigning dice, rerolling others, earning cards that help you mitigate rolls -- what's not to love! So fun.
Which game is that? Curious becuz we have the Harry Potter version and love it.
@@heithrobinson5955 Star Wars: Dark Side Rising.
These are my favorite dice, I think it is the 'rubberized, tactified grip'.
I am surprised Zee wasn’t included on the review of a co-op
Super excited. Josh Brolin is gonna kill it as Thanos.
Saw the film an hour ago, and he did it indeed!
Seems fun for the level of the game. I like when Sam described it as “not every game is winnable”. Feels kinda like movie. “Out of 14 million possibilies I saw us win 1”. People expecting this being high strategy you’d have to question. Some people you just can’t please.
Which model table are you guys playing on in this video? Thanks
USAopoly has a great opportunity to flesh out the "Rising" game universe. Thanos Rising could just be the first gamein the series. I, for one, would love to see some new "Rising" games to be released such as Magneto Rising, Apocalypse Rising, Dr. Doom Rising, Kingpin Rising, etc. What an amazing chance to put some great Marvel Universe games out, and if I had my choice I would say that they should be able to be mixed and matched if desired. The collectible aspect of having a large model of each villain in the games would be really nice too. Here's hoping that they will work on getting the rights to more of the Marvel Universe and putting out more for the "Rising" line of games.
Good bad guy...giant miniature...you're out of control, Vasel! :P
Wow. I didn't expect this to look good.
I like Tom's idea of distributing the villains more. I hate games that have so much variance in when the "bad cards" come out that you could in theory lose in the first turn.
I loved the Thanos rule book PUNCH!
I already saw it cause it was released yesterday in Taiwan !
Everybody is talking about movie , and the board game community talks about the game, wanted to see what the fuzz is all about , first of all thanks for the interesting review , i actually liked the game, and yes maybe it is pretty simple game but us has it is own charm( or maybe it because i also liked the movie :)) i liked how it came with miniature ...unfortunately i don't see this game playble for a long run... its for a few evening not more...
Revisiting this after ENDGAME. Might just have to pick it up! As for the randomness in the game, it’s not much different from something like Forbidden Island.
Tom, what's your (non-spoilers obviously) thoughts on Infinity War?! It's my new favorite movie all-time, exceeded all my expectations :) Thanos was better than expected
Loved it, my favorite movie of all time.
I'm pretty sure Sam liked that mechanism when it was called Age of War...
Made it all the way til the night before the movie without a single spoiler, until Sam. Cmaan, man!!
Looks fine. Hoping they add more characters
Wow a lot of hate for this game. Not every game is super strategic heavy game. It is a fairly quick game and the randomness doesn't hurt it for me. Yeah the randomness of drawing the bad guys early sucks. But you lose quick and try again.
The one thing that makes me like this game so much is that it is a movie tie in game that is actually pretty good.
Jacob Keller geez so 1.5 thumbs up is hate nowadays...
yeah, it's a great feeling losing quickly without a chance of victory in sight. it's a major design flaw. these games will lost the audience very quickly.
Saw the movie on opening night it was awesome this game is cool but only made it to make $ the tanos miniature figer is cool in a years or less I'll see it at a thrift store for less the 10$ and I can wait till then to get it lol hopefully it have the cool tanos miniature!
Thanos was the best Villain Marvel has ever had. Marvel Infinity War was hands down the best MCU movie to date and raised the bar for all future super movies to the sky.
If Legendary had this artwork i think I'd like it better. just more my generation I guess but I still would rather own Legendary for my co-op Marvel game slot on my shelf. deckbuilding > dice rolling.
Tig Biddy legendary went with movie stills in the Spider-Man homecoming expansion. I’m not for it. I don’t think I’m the only one since in my game store it’s the only expansion available. It’s just laying there for weeks since I’m waiting for dark city and other expansions.
Well yeah I'm not sure why they would change up the artwork that much for one expansion. Seems like a terrible idea, unless they make more expansions like it in the future?
Oh is that movie out now? Didn't even know.
if DR Who TOD was elder sign lite this is Elder Sign zero calorie fat free. I will pick this up when it hits the clearance racks.
Is this game really worth the price tag? $50 seems like a lot for what is really been shown. I agree with Tom, the miniature is not needed at all.
Just wait a few months and it will probably be on clearance
Well, I did say that I enjoyed the game
It seems a bit high, but not excessively so. I definitely seen worse. The miniature may not be needed, but I like having something like that on the table because it is so eye catching. I'm considering adding HeroClix into it when I get it just to have even more heroes out on the table.
I feel the opposite. I think the miniature adds a lot to the game. When playing board games I want the coolest components possible it adds a lot more to my experience.
Filbert McFibs it's superficial though. You could easily substitute it for a pointer and the game would play the same.
Winning by taking out 7 of the 10 villains in the deck seems....lame. You don't destroy Thanos? You don't really do anything to stop him? Just killed a few bad guys and its over? Seems anticlimactic!
Yeah I can tell you don't know much about Thanos. None of the characters contained in this game can destroy him.
Of course, silly me. Thanos giving up after 7 of his 10 little minons are destroyed is much better than any other way they could have come up with to stop Thanos. My mistake!
+rabidpickle
Well that's what happens in the movie, so it makes sense if you watch the movie.
I always crack up when I see the cover art of this game. It looks like Thanos is forcing out a huge dump.
Drives me crazy when people say "THANE-OS"!!!!
Does anyone but Tom pronounce it 'THAIN-os'?
If this movie isn't the best movie ever it will be disappointment. Such is the way of things.
Looks like there's a Star Wars and Harry Potter reskin for this game. A shame that I', not a fan of any of these themes but I think the game looks solid. Would totally get it if they made a Samurai Jack - Aku Rising reskin for the game.
Randomness isn’t a bad thing in games. Jeez. Whenever I hear someone complain about randomness and luck in a game, all I hear is “Whaaaa! I can’t control every little thing and it makes it harder to win when I don’t know everything that’s going to happen! Whaaaa!” Ugh. Stacking the deck to keep it from being so random? Seriously, Tom?? C’mon.
My apologies for Whaa-ing. I don't mind randomness, but sometimes in this particular game you get a setup where you can't win. If you think that's fine, then more power to you! I just would prefer to restart the game, is all.
Would you stack the deck in a similar co-op (like Pandemic) though? To me, it would dampen the challenge if I knew going in that an Epidemic won't break out until after the 5th round or 10th round or so. At that point, you're not really playing a game. You're following a script. Plenty of co-ops are sometimes "un-winnable". I know Pandemic has kicked my butt many more times than not, but I would never try to intentionally alter the game to my or the group's favor. But I don't really play to win at all costs. I'm more about the experience and the fun. If I'm having fun, I don't even care if I win or lose. If I win, that's gravy. I think randomness adds an unforeseen challenge that must be overcome and keeps you and the group on your toes. I don't get why so many gamers are vehemently against it, other than I think it may be a side effect of the increasing popularity of Euros. Gamers now expect zero randomness out of Amerithrash games these days. It's sad. :(
In Pandemic you literally DO stack the deck to space out the Epidemics. It's part of setup.
It's just bad game design. E.g. why not time enemy timing (with some variation if needed), variability is what enemy comes out.
Also Tom gave it 1.5 thumbs up... not sure how it's wahing... I prefer honesty.
I think the majority of gamers who don’t mind randomness tend to be players who aren’t as good strategically in a game, or just want something light hearted or “fun”. It’s not an insult, but that tends to be the way it is, it’s different play styles and so different preferences.... also, randomness tends to feel sloppy in most games, its unconsidered and an easy out for most ideas. Given more time, they could have made this more strategic, the basic premise is nice, the execution feels sloppy... that’s why the randomness feels bad here. It’s the stacking randomness that isn’t great... dice, and cards... it’s why dice masters always feels... cheap. You’re just left at the whim of fate when when you’re stacking randomness. At that point you’re pretty much just going through the motions rather than actually “playing” something.
But as I say, it’s a preference... it’s not a case of waaaahhhhhhh... it’s a case of some people just don’t find that fun, and when reviewing it, why wouldn’t you point that out.
Plus... I will say, both of them liked it... randomness or not.
Looks too abstract. I want an asymmetric dudes on a map game of the marvel mcu a la Star Wars Rebellion.
Seems like a really lame game ...
Agreed, artwork is the only aspect I like.
Agreed, looks awful. Think they're a little blinded by the theme.
Looks like muck to me!
Sam here...as they always say: "Looks can be deceiving." I mean, that IS a real saying, you know. I agree it doesn't look like much, but it is deceptively simple. Honestly, King of Tokyo didn't look like much to me at first glance, either, but it turned out that I love the game. I'm not equating this one with KoT, mind you, but they are both deceptively good in a similar fashion...imo.
Maybe it's not your type of game? Or maybe they failed to mention all of the aspects that are exciting. I've played it a couple of times and it's very fun.
Who else cringed every time Tom pronounced it "Thay-nos?"
The cover should've been better, showing Thanos battling various MCU (Avengers) heroes.
shame usaopoly got the license for this....not a fan
RadeTcg- literally that is their entire business plan.
Their games cost money because of being IP-rush-to-markets. Every now and then (nothing comes to mind) they will succeed.
I honestly will play this if someone else buys it. And I will enjoy my time.
This game is meant for people seeing it those Mall Toy/Game/Edutainment stores. I am actuallu impressed by the effort and most of the mechanics involved in this game.
I would echo Dice Tower, for the intended audience, it is a success.
We play Scythe, Star Wars Rebellion etc.. Why do we need an USAoploly game to be good? Pay for quality not IP.
Marvel Hype wins again. I have watched many playthroughs of this and it is extremely similar to Doctor Who Time of the Daleks(not reviewed by Miami Dice), a game i really enjoy. Extremely challenging. I am not connected to that theme. Because this theme is so popular this game gets a rave. Whereas Dr. Who gets dissed by the DT High Three on the latest 24 hour game marathon. Put any other non ip theme on this and i can hear it now: OK but nothing new. Disney Strikes Again. The IOI of the entertainment world!
Huh. I think you should watch all the videos we post on the channel this week. I might just prove you wrong.
Infinity War is a HUGE movie event....but yeah a distant second banana to Star Wars.
Gamera 23 lol no.
Wakanda forever!
this review was killed for me in the first few seconds guy on the left just ruined any good feeling coming in
I'd call 1:47 an Oxymoron.
I think it’s fair to objectively say this is going to be the biggest movie ever. This is an accomplishment never before seen. Meanwhile, new Lucasfilm runs Star Wars into the ground.
TheGreatHamEl it's probably also going to be the biggest load of BS that has no substance only more of the same CGI fest we get dished up with all these Superhero films.
I agree that Star Wars is dead thx to Disney.
C:
Seems like hot garbage
another co-op........ im out
My interest in Superheroes died long time ago. The reason is probably due to the plethora of crap films that have been made. Half the characters I've never heard of. As for Thanos, well once again never heard of him.
Sorry Sam but even Star Wars is dead thanks to Disney. Honestly The Last Jedi was complete rubbish.
World of Warpaint Old man yells at clouds
Well, if you don't know and care about Thanos, superheroes were never your thing, I guess! No problem in that. He's a huge deal in the Marvel universe.