first, sorry if there are any mistakes, English not my native language.
before I start my review for this game there is something I've must get off my chest:
when this game just shows up, like many others, I saw the "Dice tower review".
Well, that was an awful review that smash this game into tiny pieces. All of them keep comparing it to Elder sign, and all of them was very disappointed that fantasy flight dares to try and copy (or god forbid, replace) elder sign with x-men retheme.
For there, EVERY PERSON in BGG just start smacking this game as "simple Yahtzee", "Elder sign rip-off" etc.
As an x-men fan I was very disappointed but I'v follow my instincts and kept watching news and playthroughs till I decided to buy and play it myself.
I'v played it solo, 2 players with my wife and 4 and 5 players wit my kids.
All of my family are board gamers for a long time and we can smell a bad game from a distance, and let me tell you this is NOT a bad game.
I'v got the filling that most of the complainer in BGG don’t even play the game, they just watch a couple of reviews and start complaining. That is a very unfair for the creator and for the other people here at BGG that get the wrong impression.
That is my first ever review and I wrote it because I sense there are Injustice in the comments and critics about this very fun, light family game.
So, X-Men: Mutant Insurrection is a light dice rolling game. It's aim to be a family game to play together adult and kids alike (just like the vibe of the 90's x-men animated series).
If you seek a deep, story driven, rpg filled with lore and meaningful legacy choices – do not look at this game at all. But that not a bad thing!
This game shine when you want to just have fun, take your favorite mutants and play with your friends. It a game to play while eating and talking to each other. 386
When each player fill they have something to add to the team (a thing that overlooked by MANY MANY coop games). Each player always have his moment to shine, wit a good combo or just a lucky roll.
Yea, it not a game for "Gamers only" it’s a comic book! And just like a comic book you don’t need to take it over seriously.
Well, my wife pointed that there are some cons to its design, like the only thing you do is just deploying to missions and try to roll the best. But frankly, that most of dice game? King of Tokyo, thanos rising, elder sign…
I can't ignore the love the creator of this game put for the general fill of the x-men as a team.
The bond cards are awesome, the story of each mission that unfold as you play, the artwork are very nice (even that I personally not like them at first but after only one game I saw they were very much spot on to the theme).
And yes, this game does not invent a new mechanic, but its fun, colorful and give your family and friends very good time – and that wats really matters.
For example, I would compare it to thanos rising for a bit: I like thanos rising, but it a very different fill. You always fill under attack, the enemy closing on you with ominous bad cards and bad rolling, you need always consider buying card or fight enemies, and buy the cards that will help and…. So on. Sometimes it's just exhausting.
Or in king of Tokyo (a game that we LOVE) when you always try to mass with other player, damaging them and race against them… sometimes it's just not fun and left you frustrated.
X-Men: Mutant Insurrection do the same (rolling to mach symbols and fight enemies) but in a comic-vibe way, you heroes can fail, you as a team can fail, but you do it together and you do it heroically. You always talking with your friends about your potential combos, "you two in love" "we just will getting in a the way of each other so we work alone for a while" "this power will be grate with mine for this mission" and so on, and in the end when all of your group lose in the showdown except your little kid that think he don’t have a chance but then he get a lucky last roll and defeat the game alone – it's amazing.
So, my advice to you: try it before you make an opnion.
Don’t judge this game as "elder sign" replacer and don’t listen to all the complainer that don’t even try this game as is. 366