by gkizilis
Great review of the game in General. Couple of points taken from the review:"One minor complaint, though. The “advanced rules” section also mentions the option that “two experienced players” could play with “two characters each”. This is somewhat misleading; if you are playing with two players, it is absolutely mandatory that each player chooses two characters each. The game is next to unwinnable with two characters, we tested this with all kinds of combinations against the “weakest” villain Omnitron (one story AAR of a two-character game can be found here). The game is sold as a game for “2-5 players” but actually, the game is meant to be a game for “3-5 hero characters”, regardless of the number of players involved."
This is what we saw. This is a four player game minimum, if you are to choose heroes/villains in a random fashion.
and the following:
"The game scales according to the number of heroes in play, nevertheless we don’t see how two players can ever win the game with only one character each."
Great truth and contradiction in the same sentense: if it cant be played as two hero game for 2 players, then it doesnt scale well. Simple.
And finally:
"So we highly recommend that, if you are only two players, to play one test game to get a grasp of the rules (it won’t take long, you will be beaten within a short time), and then to start fresh with two characters each. This also allows for a much more balanced team because you need a good combination of damage-dealers, supporters, deck controllers, healers, damage-takers/tanks to have a chance against the very tough villains and hostile environments."
There is the truth right here. You need to carefully construct your team in order to beat whateven boss you are playing against. Part of the fun in these games would be to choose a "superhero" you fancy playing with not min-maxing in order to get the game to work. Again: bad design.