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X-the Unknown Apr 18, 2016 @ 11:41am

It's all about the RNG....

I don't care how well you play your strategy, when you roll the die the computer takes over and determines if you win or lose. I just don't see the fun in that. If the game only required skill to play it.then it would be fun. Like saving a cerain set of cards before you can do anything. Something like gin or crazy 8's where you have to have some skill in counting cards to win those games regularly. :)

I want to have to think about what I'm doing not let a computer determine if I win or lose the battle or events. Take a lesson from Guild Wars where it's about skill of using over 1300 different card skills to win the battle or lose it. With a little how fast you can press a button. This game only requires you to watch the computer roll the bones and then pick the ones you want after the roll. Big deal how hard is that? lol

I've watched videos on YouTube and the guy will take the easiet mission and lose because the computer in gawd knows how many rolls wouldn't roll him 1 frickin skull and somethijng else.. That's pretty crappy. If there were skill required there would be some other method to getting that skull. He couldn't even get the other die he needed to save to put with the skull. It's ALL about RANDOM LUCK. There is no skill to die roll games as the die rolls determine the outcome no matter what YOU do. Sure the better you may play the better CHANCE of getting the die roll you need but when two veterans of the same quality play then it's ALL about who's LUCKIER.

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©r3nie

Apr 19, 2016 @ 10:41am

I basically agree with you. When i first played the game I was disappointed because I was expecting it to be more like the original board game, which doesn't depend on dice luck and where it's really all about strategy.

You can make strategies to a certain extent tho, like which character combination is best for which map, which character should do which mission, which problem on the map needs to be dealt with first and so on.

I had my fun with the game but there's always the frustration that comes along with it.

Anapoda

May 6, 2016 @ 1:47am

Originally posted by basteth:
When i first played the game I was disappointed because I was expecting it to be more like the original board game, which doesn't depend on dice luck and where it's really all about strategy

This is EXACTLY like the board game. Same mechanics, same everything.

Elder signs is a dice based game. Board game, pc version, whatever....all the same. There is absolutely no differences in gameplay.

And no, it's not all about luck. If you think so, well, no wonder you lose.

X-the Unknown May 6, 2016 @ 5:15am

Anyone who says it's not about RNG and luck is DELUSIONAL at best. It's certainly about luck and luck is 90 to 98 percent part of the game, Just like bluffing is to poker another luck game so is luck to this game. No stratety required as a monkey or 8 year old can play it. Are you a monkey? or the 8 year old? lol