Dead Reckoning Review - What Makes This Card Crafter Stand Out?

Dead Reckoning Review (AEG)

Card Crafting on the open seas! Does Dead Reckoning bring new depth to the series?

1-4 Players
90-150 Minutes
14+ Years of Age

BGG Page:

Chapters
0:00 Where Did This Come From?
1:46 Improving on Card-Crafting
4:10 Leveling Up Your Crew
5:31 What You Do in the Game
6:54 More Than a Deck-Builder
7:25 My Favorite New Thing!
8:03 Definition of The Game
8:32 Sandbox Filled with Theme
10:38 How Does it End?
11:02 Fire the Cannons!
12:54 Beware!
14:04 X Marks the Spot!

[bencpower]

Honestly, your content is so far ahead of other channels - its getting silly! I love how you introduce the influences and break down the mechanisms. To a knowledgeable gamer, they know exactly what they are getting after one view. Great job!!

[paullanglois]

This had a great pace and the deep dive format sets it apart from other reviews.

[dominiccapponi]

As usual, I have just heard of this game and it's almost 2 years old now. I would like to echo what previous commenters have stated in that your review is ridiculously helpful and really help amateur game players like me make well informed decisions on purchases. Thank you and please keep up the stellar work.

[CruJones]

Not gonna lie. This review totally changed my mind about this game from not caring to most likely backing.

[mikevincent]

Amazing review, this is exactly what I want in a KS review video, one of the best MvM has ever done, keep up the good work! Thanks for this

[littlewooll]

You're my favorite MvM reviewer and the writing, structure, and delivery of this review were the best I've seen from MvM.

[DumiduSurasinghe]

To echo other people, this is a great review. This new format shows the experience you have to talk about genre and how it's moved forward. It also help viewers like me make more informed decisions about the games I may want to back/purchase. Keep up the great work!

[TheAmazingYeti]

Just going to echo what others have said. You are absolutely killing it when it comes to reviews. I love everything you spoke about and it was all relevant. Very well done.

[selimword]

You guys have been killing it with the reviews lately! Love the production value!

[matthewovall]

I'm also a big fan off John D. Clair and his designs, specifically card crafting (but I found Ecos to be a lot more fun than I thought it was going to be), and was really wondering if this one would stack up. Knowing your tastes seem to run parallel to mine, this thorough review really helped me decide whether to back it. Thanks, David! You all keep up the good work!

[jdcnl]

Honestly, I really hated the old review format, to a point that I just dismissed your channel entirely. The whole way of reviewing just felt very unconstructed and didn't really got to the point. The whole dynamic felt off because there was no real discussion, just two people that tried to name as much positive points as quickly as they could within the set timeframe.

I am so glad that I watched this review because this is a format I can get behind. This is just the way to do a board game review. It highlights the game mechanisms just enough, but focuses on the real reasons why it is actually fun or innovative, with some opinions sprinkled in. This is what I want in my reviews. Never has my opinion on a gaming channel changed this much. Very well done.

Can't wait to see more reviews like this.

[oligarkhia]

Echoing many other commenters, this is a great format for reviews, keep it up!

[coldboarded]

Hi David.
I was already in on Dead Reckoning, so it's not like you swayed my opinion or anything. However, and it's a big however... This was one of the best reviews I can remember seeing in a very long time. Really nice pace, very informative and focused, and just excellent work all around. I was very impressed!

I'm not a fan of typical previews, to such an extent I rarely bother with them at all anymore, but I'll definitely be back for more of these pre-KS reviews from MvsM if you guys can keep up the standards anywhere close to this. It's a much more interesting concept, and especially so as long as you'll be able to pinpoint weaknesses in the games as well as their strengths.

For now; this is the new bar that every other reviewers and content creators within the industry will have to size up against, especially for the KS-stuff. That's no small achievement.

[joewood]

Awesome review David. Really looking forward to this one.

[GregDurrett]

I'll just echo others' sentiments here; you've done a great job condensing a *lot* of material into a cogent, engaging format, so kudos to you and the team for that. I'll be backing this for sure.

[Footrot]

love the change in style of the review and how you presented it. top notch

[SecretusLiber]

I remember going to AEG headquarters and seeing the original demo for Edge of Darkness (which they wouldn't let me peak through) and how promising it was going to be. This system has come such a long way.

[grego.]

Really nice review format, congrats, it's a delight!

[scyldscefing]

I've always been a fan of MvM, but you folks have really upped your game lately. Exceptional review.

[Wonderflonium]

Great review, the production, pacing, and content are all fantastic! The sandbox nature and setting of Dead Reckoning remind me of SeaFall. Having played that and owning Edge of Darkness, Dead Reckoning probably doesn't do enough different for me to back it, but I am glad the card crafting system continues to iterate and improve.