Cyberpunk 2077 - The Board Game Review - Go On Board Takes On The Night City

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TimeStamps:
0:00:00 - A Very Different Sort of Review
0:02:45 - My Rating
0:04:32 - Game Overview
0:10:15 - I Understand the Skepticism
0:14:12 - We Were Also Skeptical
0:15:45 - Look At Everything, Not Just The Game
0:20:00 - Why Is This Game Fun?
0:24:30 - What Should You Do?

5.0 - My absolutely favorite games. You can pry them out of my cold dead hands.
4.5 - Love this game! At the same time missing something that would make it a 5. Could be hard to table, lacking variability, a little light, etc.
4.0 - Really great game, almost always keeping, although has meaningful complaints as to what takes away from the experience.
3.5 - Really enjoyed, don't love it, may lose out to better games but the idea of never playing again is a bit sad.
3.0 - A good game, would play and suggest with the right people, if I never played it again wouldn't lose any sleep.
2.5 - A game I'd play again , but will never suggest it myself
2.0 - A game I don't want to play again
1.5 - A game I can't find any reason to recommend
1.0 - A game that is just bad.

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[GoonBoard]

Thank you Alex, for the video!
It was fun to play the game with you, and we are glad you liked it so much:)

[Casey]

As a big Cyberpunk 2077 video game fan and board game fan, this is a must-have for me, even to play solo.>
If the timer is too much for me on a lazy evening... I'll just house-rule something, like "ignore the timer, 5 seconds equals one turn" or something like that.

[AlysonFreebairn]

Thanks for your honesty on this review and taking the time to explain your perspective.

[nathanbaker]

I saw the comment yesterday and so glad you chose to talk about it here. While this isn't your "normal" format it was a good watch to get your honest opinions about the game. Sadly I've never played Project Elite so have no idea what I would be getting myself into... Knowing I could go find a copy of that to maybe try before backing in for a large amount on this is really helpful.

I'm not a big Cyberpunk person, so the game would have to be really good on mechanics and playability alone to get this one.

[Duaneski]

It sounds kinda like Project Elite with some depth and progression layered in. THAT feels like a game that should have been made already. I'm very excited for this one!

[jayvir]

Real time games add a level of stress that I do NOT need in tabletop games. If this were without it, I may be interested, but I play games to relax and take my time thinking. Not rush around and panic.

[SPAMsammiches]

Great video! You've always put up good content, but the improvement in your delivery and style over the last couple years has been pretty awesome! Keep 'em coming!

[Urathamax]

Much appreciation to you for your candid input. It was good to hear the conversation about the conversation, too. Good job 🙂

[filippoghisoni]

Man I hate to admit that from the brief part of the explanation of the game I didn't fully understand neither the mechanics of leveling up or combat and the overall actions that you can do on the map. Real-time + fiddly components (which per se are not a problem for me) together they can be a nightmare. Another thing is, that those "chunk" of time you are talking about, are like turns the players are taking between some sort of downtime moments or any missions take just that short amount of time? In the last case wouldn't be bad to show us the turn during a 3-4 minutes action? It would have been more easy to understand the actual game and the frenzy of the timer as well (but this is just my opinion).
Anyway thanks for sharing your opinion

[TimtimGaming]

Timers aren't for me, but I can see how this looks great for someone that is into that. I really enjoy Witcher Old World. Incredible production quality and fun gameplay. Loved Cyberpunk the video game and clocked up 200 hours on, so I feel a bit of IP fatigue with this one. I think it will do incredibly well tho!

[mattb]

The problem I have with the strict timer game like this is it doesn’t allow for a lot of the fun banter with friends on the table. All rules aside the only reason I play games is to hang out with fun people. It seems like there’s a lot to manage if you’re not all in on playing this game, while managing a clock

[boardgametime]

Great opening monologue. You’re on fire lately Alex, thanks for the review! ❤

[ScytheNoire]

The gameplay I want to see is without the timer. Hearing the story is fine, as long as the story is also available in print. But seeing gameplay without the timer will be the key deciding factor. I watch the gameplay with the app, and it looked like an unpleasant experience.

[lordfood]

Wow Alex! Thank you for being you and to take action to do things differently. I’m a big fan of your content and will continue to be and this is one of the many reasons why. Good job Alex and thanks for continuing to push yourself to be genuine and authentic. Cheers!

[fbbf]

A very, very helpful episode for me. The Old World is one of my most favorite board games. I am also a fan of the world created by Sapkowski and the games made by CD Project Red. Cyberpunk 2077 is a great computer game. Who would have thought that (we) Poles would create our own GTA. I'm sitting here wondering whether to support this game on the first day on game found (apparently there are bonuses for this). I have a similar problem with this game. That I don't like app-led games. Thank you very much for this episode, for explaining to me what this game is and what to compare it to.

[letigidou]

$192 CAD.... I wanted to back it but that's just too expensive. It's probably going to be even worse at retail cause they will be selling some of that content as extras.

[tbatrics]

A real time game doesn't sound like my thing, but it is interesting to think about.

[francopdx]

Thank you for all the insights and explanations.

[phil]

Reviews are only meant to serve as guidelines and we can always form our opinions after watching some gameplays that may or may not match the reviewer's opinion. No problem with that. I for one thought the gameplay looked fun (I love both app-driven and real time games) and I'm a big fan of the videogame so this was a no brainer. Excited to see what the remaining stretch goals are, here's hoping for some Edgerunner anime characters. Thanks always for your content Alex!

[drgnmstr]

This is a good review. I was drawn to it from the IP. loved the video game. loved the Edgerunners animated series. I watch this and a couple others before deciding if I should back the game as I wasn't sure how it would translate and feel. I like what I se so going to back it eventually for all gameplay elements.

I like that you started off with a conversation about reviews in general. too often do reviews for board games or video games come across as They say nice things so they get more things to review later. I think a review needs to be completely open and honest. everything a reviewer is an opinion and those can, and should vary between people since opinions are based on your experiences and perceptions. constructive criticism on components in a game should be taken but companies as things they can improve on or make better, especially in a crowdfunding space. I think a lot of people are starting to be skeptical of reviewers that all say the same things in the board game space becuase we see that in other spaces and aspects are missing.