Sentinels of the Multiverse

ive seen this game on here for years but always thought, that seems a bit overpriced. i recently saw it on a big 80% off sale and i grabbed it and first season pass or whatever. im still annoyed i paid 8 bucks for that. if the whole shebang (game with all dlcs) was 5 dollars, id still not recommend it to myself. pricing aside, i can see why this kind of asymmetric/coop game would be loved—unique powers, lots of combinations—but many of the characters have identical cards with different names. also, many villains have cards (like ongoing) that if you havent chosen a character to address it than youre done! so there isnt much variety in characters ultimately (outside of some flavor) and youre limited in variety due to a need to counter. to make matters worse, some characters are more than useless (that knock-off deadpool character comes to mind)! i genuinely dont understand the price tag on a game that is surpassed on all fronts by other free games that only have one dlc to unlock all content.

Every time I play this game I lose. It’s not that easy to figure out, the heroes are very weak and the villains are super strong and every time I play through it I can’t figure out why when I play a hero card, my hero takes damage. What a stupid game, don’t waste your money.

I play a fair amount of fiddly games and Sentinels of the Multiverse is one of the fiddliest games I’ve ever played. Balance is dictated by min max players, and makes it hard for new players to ramp up easily. Don’t even think about trying to play with a random set unless you figure it out all the different min max capabilities of all carts. However, once you figure out all the different cards, it’s a pretty fun game. It’s just difficult to get to the fun part.