Resident Evil 2 The Board Game Review - Steamforged

Resident Evil 2 The Board Game Review - Steamforged. In this video I review Resident Evil 2 The Board Game by Steamforged Games just in time for the PS4 Remake coming out.

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[thickboy]

1) The base game is $100..really. $60 would be more fair. This is terribly overpriced, especially considering that...
2) The plastic environment pieces come in TWO packs at $26 EACH; $52! They should have been included with the base as it feels incomplete without them.
3) The flying monsters expansion is $20. It's so small (5 pieces and 3 cards) and should be part of the base game.
4) The William Birkin boss expansion comes in TWO packs at $30 EACH; $60! These should be a single $25 expansion at most.
5) The Alligator boss expansion has only one extra monster at $40!! This should just be part of the theoretical "Bosses" expansion with the Birkin pieces. That might justify a $35 price tag.
6) The Survival Horror and B-Sides expansions are $50 each; $100. These are good quality but small enough could easily be one expansion but still not $50, maybe $35 as it's not stand-alone.
7) The $20 4th Survivor box is again not stand-alone and quite small for the price. If it came with the Survival Horror and B-Sides then altogether they could be a solid single $50 expansion.
8) The 3 Monster boxes are just plastic pieces and $20 EACH (one has only 4 pieces!!!)! These should all be in ONE box and then it'd be worth it. Maybe $25.
9) The Alternate Sculpts box is $50! It's just more plastic and should be packaged with the theoretical single Monster Box; that could drive the value to $35.

There's about $180 worth of content here, MAYBE $200 if you wanna push it. All this will actually cost $502. No thanks; there are plenty of much better things to spend my money on.

[reddy]

Many thanks, bought the game right after the video!

[jsrgamer]

searched for single player board games found this i think i will add it to my collection i currently have dead winter long night and house of betrayal the expansion game

[Redrexgames]

Totally agree RE the components. It’s such a shame the tiles are so dark as the artwork is really nice.

I thought there was a lot of wasted space in the boxes too. I ended up making a custom insert (pics on BGG) that housed the core game + survival horror + B-files + 4th survivors + Kickstarter alternative sculpts... and I got everything to fit into the core box!

[jasonaguilar]

Just pressed buy now on Amazon. Thanks

[memesupreme]

I’m thinking of picking this up. Getting into tabletop games

[forgegamingstudio]

Yeah I love this I got the kickstart to .that's the only thing I was a little disappointed with was a miniature size. Love to see a paint tutorial how to paint on them

[franciscoguerra]

I bought the core game, the Survival Horror expansion and the B-Files expansion. I have been replaying the RE games with my young daughter, and she absolutely loves them. This game allows myself and my wife to expand that into our mutual love for board games as well! Yes, some of the components could be better, but you know what, I am more than satisfied with my purchase as it makes for pretty fun family time, and it allows me to share my love of the series with my wife and daughter. :)

I look forward to more expansions.

[miketucker]

I just bought my copy and 2 expansions. Now I am waiting on my release for part 3. I backed that too

[glynnseymour]

The nostalgia is strong in this review. Great review Andy! :)

[StrahdVonZarovich]

Great review, this is my first board game and i bought it clearly just for nostalgia. You make good points and the biggest downside is the darkness of the tiles and it is stupid cause they put some nice details and efford just to hide everything, truly a shame. Maybe if someone can replicate or even if Steamforged can give us in pdf file to print brighter tiles and stick them above would be great.
Another problem that i found is that i have no idea how to put together the map with the color coding they use. I understood that the book indicates just if it is dangerous or not the location but i cannot tell what tiles are being used.
Greetings from Greece!

[samuelthrelfall]

Great review mate. my first board game and it looks fantastic. I see what you mean about the dark tiles. I was lucky that the store I picked it up in got some Kickstarter exclusives in stock like the alligator expansion and KS exclusive miniatures.

I don't have much experience in miniatures, if you were to do a video of a painting tutorial on these miniatures that would be amazing

[wolverinescratch]

Probably unrelated I left the jack in the interview room while running away from a licker and now I have no health and one bullet

[DonnydeOlim]

I’m just thinking about supporting Kickstarter RE3 The Board Game... I didn’t played the RE2, and I’m wondering if you would do it? Would you having the experience with RE2, would you pledge for RE3??? Thank you!

[PowerPilgrim]

Crackin' review there and overall it seems very faithful to the original content.

[f.b.i]

If only there was a nemesis, hunter, and Mr.X in that game

[darkmoon]

would be nice if they would paint their miniatures or have then have add on stickers to attach to the characters

[Nikolai]

Yeah shame about the dark artwork as one of the standout features of Resi 1, 2 and 3 were the beautifully crafted environments.

[lazypiratepainting]

Yeah I agree it does look a bit cheaply made, are the tiles very thick Andy, do you think they’ll warp in time?
Will you be running games of this on the channel?
Cheers, Steve.

[EliteC]

Resident Evil board game seems good but I'm in no rush I'll wait until a version 2 with brighter artwork. An chance of showing a painting guide for the original Zombicide survivors from the base game as theres loads of back plague paint vids but no original survivor ones, I now theres a new people myself who would like to see this.