Cyberpunk 2077: The Board Game - Gamefound Playthrough

[@BeforeYouPlay]

We haven't played too many video games over the past 2 years. Do you recommend that we play Cyberpunk 2077 the video game? Gamefound Campaign Link - tinyurl.com/CyberpunkBG

[@iamtheoneyouknowbest]

Yes, the game is great!

[@maksphoto78]

Absolutely! One of the best video games ever made in my opinion.

[@HarryBuddhaPalm]

Yeah, it's really good now. It's pretty long, though!

[@zhivik]

Absolutely! My two full playthroughs are both over 130 hours each, it should tell you how good it is. Unfortunately, the same cannot be said for its board game version, even though there are interesting mechanics there, inspired by the video game. I find the real time element a completely unnecessary gimmick, which heavily weighs down against backing this. I feel they could have found another way to limit what you can do, like more aggressive enemies (which is what Gloomhaven does), fewer action cards (and a limit on how many times you can reshuffle your deck), etc. Instead, you get a timer that indeed puts pressure, but is also more likely to force stupid errors that are likely to sour gameplay. So a hard pass for me, unfortunately. Still, you did a very good showcase of what the game is, so your video was very helpful, though probably not in the way the designers intended ...

[@CristianDinescu-d9o]

Best time to play the game. It has all the updates and last expansion is very good. Now is the best verision to play.

[@filippoghisoni6569]

This playthrough was so useful to have a better taste of the game. Thank you very much

[@BeforeYouPlay]

So glad it was helpful!!

[@tehSlushie]

This was the best playthrough in the sense that you took time to explain what you were doing without crippling yourself with the timer. Feels like an actually manageable game for my group now

[@RawrBargle]

Uh, what? They did use the timer for the timed phases... did you watch the video?

[@tehSlushie]

@@RawrBargle Yes, other playthrough's I've watched didnt explain what they were doing as well as this video because other people were focused on not timing out. This video focused on not timing out, but doing so while the viewer could follow along if they didnt know the game.

[@Quickr86]

We came full circle. Boardgame made after video game made after tabletop rpg.

[@eriksjogren800]

…made after Gibson books

[@WilliamAlves802]

​@@eriksjogren800not inspired by the Gibson books. Pondsmith cited the novel "Hardwired" and the movie Blade Runner as main influences. Unless he has a grudge with Gibson...

[@eriksjogren800]

@@WilliamAlves802 Gibson wrote stories from the 70s and onwards. Burning Chrome is one. And if reading his book Neuromancer the connection to Cyberpunk (2077) is obvious. Flavourful dystopian mega cities, with mercs for hire, high tech cybernetics etc. First mention of cyber space. Jack in shards in the head for instant skills and information. etc. Published -84, it was so succesful and different, it got the whole genre a name - Cyberpunk. Cyberpunk 2077 RPG published -88. "Hardwired" rode on the wave of interest and influence for the Cyberpunk genre of that time. So Gibson not being influencial on the Cyberpunk RPG, and consequensialy the video game, is just not possible. After all, we live in the same world. And even if it's true, Gibson most certainly influenced others, who then made works that was an inspiration for others. Gibson had to rewrite the beginning of his book Neuromancer, because it was too similar to Blade Runner, which released just before his book was supposed to. An example of when something is trending people pick up on this and simultaneously similar idéas and works appear. Blade Runner the movie, was based of the book "Do androids dream of electric sheep" by Philip K Dick. Who is seen as a predecessor to Gibsons work. Although it does have the same vibe, it doesn't have the same setting as the movie or the "Cyberpunk" genre. However, Dicks work (and other Sci-fi writers) certainly paved the way for the Cyberpunk genre. And then, we can continue down the rabbit hole, with writers like Jules Verne and others, who inspired the 20th century sci-fi writers with their imaginative tales of future tecknology. Verne was inspired by Dumas and adventurers of his time. And on it goes. Back to the first scribblings on caves. We all stand on the shoulders of giants.

[@galaxophone]

"Gibson" is actually slang in the Cyberpunk universe for a psychic, prophet, or crazy good guess 🦾😎

[@GoonBoard]

Thank you for the video - you kept your cool under pressure, like two professionals on the job. You two are definitely to join the major league! And kudos on spelling the name of the designer correctly; it's a tough one ;)

[@iamtheoneyouknowbest]

Thanks for posting a playthrough video. Every other content I've seen, is just talking through how it works, but never shows how it works. Seems very Project Elite-ish.

[@lystic9392]

Very much Project Elite-ish. Less enemies, more cards, still has turns. (Which might fix a tiny problem we ran into with Project Elite: everyone started doing things that aren't allowed by the rules because of the speed and nobody being able to pay attention to what others do.)

[@xxzenn01xx9]

So awesome to see you guys play this! I just backed it like 5 mins before this video. You guys are the reason I backed witcher old world back in the day!

[@BeforeYouPlay]

Oh no way! Thanks for watching our videos all these years. 🙂

[@AJ-sd1ll]

Thanks, you seem to be the only ones that actually showed a playthrough for this game. It seems really odd that they didn't get anyone else to do one as well. You guys always do good playthroughs though, so I'm glad you did one :)

[@boardgamemusic]

Love the combination of how-to and playthrough you are doing! Well done!

[@BeforeYouPlay]

Thank you kindly!

[@JoeTheGons]

I was on the fence about backing this game. After watching your video, I might pull the trigger. You two make this look so much fun. Thank you!

[@RawrBargle]

This video helped confirm to me that I do not want this game, being under pressure is just silly. You aren't even under pressure in the video game except during brief chase scenes but generally its just chill open world exploring. What a dumb board game concept

[@JoeTheGons]

@user-rm9qi9lz4u Almost every board game let's you play at your own pace. This one is trying to be different and I like that. Also, the timer can be anything, you don't have to use the app. You can house rule it to card limits too.

[@CyberUrza]

I found this video after I ordered but didn't change my mind 8n the least. I ordered the full deluxe package. My buddies and I are really look8ng forward to playing this, and I will have an exciting new game to share at the gaming rooms I run at conventions.

[@vivonelkaos]

Thanks!

[@BeforeYouPlay]

Thank you so much for your kindness!!

[@grizzzlebees]

Always love your content. Great job to you, both!

[@BeforeYouPlay]

Thank you so much! We really appreciate your positivity for our channel. :-)

[@szymon2897]

I love your videos! The best board games channel on YT

[@BeforeYouPlay]

Thank you so much!

[@Fonzitto-dela-Vega]

Thank you both for this video which was much more informative than the official videos.

[@Thinkworldwild]

Very useful review and playthrough of the game. Great job!

[@BeforeYouPlay]

Much appreciated!

[@scaflock932]

Great vid! Thanks! Hope to see more vids for this game

[@boristolokonnikov5172]

Thank you so much! Your rule explanation was concise, but straight to the point. I finally understood how the gameplay worked (which I couldn't with the original GoB videos) Also, awesome explanation during gameplay. I saw what you were doing, understood why and imagined the game

[@johnreynolds1076]

Ohhh, I love this. Thanks for the playthrough! I hope someone is also going to showcase the True Solo mode 🙂

[@BeforeYouPlay]

Thanks for checking out the video!

[@LordVampire1985]

What a great playthrough, I love the explanation of the game and seeing it all in play. Happy to have found your channel, you seem lovely people, so a subscribe from me!

[@BeforeYouPlay]

Awesome, thank you!

[@tsangarisjohn]

I just pledged to support the game. 🎉

[@AeronwyD]

I backed this yesterday and looking forward to getting to play this (the end of next year *cry!*). Not entirely sure how well I'll do with the real-time aspect of the game but definitely going to give it a try!

[@warpaint9385]

I’ve been against the timer mechanic from the get go and still am. You could house rule this by giving players a limit of perhaps 6 turns each before the next cooldown to totally eliminate the timer and the hectic gameplay. Somebody mentioned this idea elsewhere. You guys averaged about 6 turns each per round.

[@IDriveUShoot]

I think that’s why I’m overwhelmed cause it does look fun but overly complicated at the moment. Idk why I think this but my brain says the app won’t work on the future so we can’t depend on it lol

[@DiegoFrias]

@@IDriveUShoot Even if the app stops working you can still use a kitchen timer!

[@RawrBargle]

@@DiegoFrias Except that each mission has a different timer and you would have to know which was which

[@mariocrest]

"Only presentation videos..." Wait a min, BYP must have a playthrough and baaam now I want to back this. I was going Only for Puert Rico 😫. Thanks guys, great video.

[@skynetpuma]

Thanks for the video! Loved it, and now i undestand the game better. I believe i will back it :)

[@AceStylesNYC]

You ended your video as if you were still on timer lol 😂 at least that’s it felt to me. Great job as always.

[@BeforeYouPlay]

Haha did it feel like we had 15 seconds left on the clock?

[@kikuc3919]

WOW! Great rules explanation and introduction to the game, playthrough seemed fun as well. Did you enjoy it, would you recommend it? Already backed the project since I am a CP fan 😍

[@tylerurian]

This game looks nova! Can't wait to get my deluxe set 🤘

[@RynoKenny]

Can’t believe I’m backing a real-time game. But I’ve always wanted to try project elite and this seems to have a similar vibe.

[@leiflangsdorf5142]

Thanks for that cool video! :-) Can you say something about the story part. Is the story between the missions connected and interessting? And are there any skills, items, upgrades i keep for the next mission? Maybe i missed that in the video. ;-)

[@BeforeYouPlay]

Hi there, yeah the story is connected. There is a voice actor and it gives you both background and understanding of what needs to be accomplished. We just didn't want it to slow down the pace of the video after going through the front load of the teach portion of the video.

[@Amadeus_A]

I'm wondering how you feel about the game as a party game. Just a night with all the friends over to play the game. Not committing to the campaign.

[@ChrisW75]

This looks great. After the scenario, does your deck reset or can you carry new cards over into the next scenario? And does the timer scale with more players?

[@george-dm]

Looks promising. Thank you for sharing. Though my only concern is that the text is hard to read and not easily accessible. I mean red background with orange text hurts my eyes a lot. I hope they fix such things because people want to have clean view of everything when playing something.

[@Yupisalsa]

Amazing playthrough, I really liked the game. Is there a way to play it without the timer or to adjust it to be easier? Im asking this as it might be something that would complicate the learning for inexperienced or casual players .

[@justinho3358]

During your playthrough, you forgot to leave the base of the soldiers body to loot for when you move into their space instead of removing the whole soldier their base. Nevertheless, great demonstration and explanation of the board game.

[@BeforeYouPlay]

Hi there, that’s an element of the game that comes into play in the next chapter. We featured the chapter just before that since the prototype didn’t have all the components/features. Hope that makes sense! Thanks for checking out the video!

[@ew467w6]

Looks good but needs more immersion/theme added. I hope the final product has that.

[@carlosmartinez8603]

19:52 are You using the green dice correctly??? Shouldn't reroll de black dice instead??? ... Cause your way that dice seems pretty overpowered...

[@BeforeYouPlay]

Hi, yes we are. The die allows you to continue to roll as long as you roll the 50/50 successfully. It could easily fizzle out if you roll a 'miss' on roll #1. Hope that makes sense (no you don't roll the enemy's black die).

[@carlosmartinez8603]

@@BeforeYouPlay ok so you had very good luck, thanks for the response... Like the video and i already backed the game :)

[@fbidice8097]

Reflex fits blue much better than Body.

[@mrgillotte]

This looks great - do you know how the solo mode would work? Is there anything solo related in the app prototype so far?

[@BeforeYouPlay]

Hi there, sorry we weren't able to dive into the solo. The app had a 1 player selector but we didn't try it.

[@mrgillotte]

K thanks - I’ll reach out to their Kickstarter. I love real-time games but my gaming groups not so much :)

[@batpixi_]

I wonder if you can paint these miniatures

[@nizmotube]

I wonder why they chose to have cards just deal single points of damage rather than roll your weapon dice. It feels much more thematic to be able to shoot your weapon like in project elite. The enemy could then just perform their retaliate at the start of your turn 🤔

[@FallenRaven]

Rolling dice slows down one’s turn. Playing cards are faster.

[@BeforeYouPlay]

Yeah I think that's probably it.

[@paintingwithmartin]

Do you know if it will have an Essen release? Plus will you guys be there? Game looks great.

[@Ariranhaa]

1- Do characters lvl up persistently in some way along the campaign or they just "reset" after each mission? 2- Is there some currency in the game and some market to spend it or are the items just looted or won without buying them (as in the new Elder Scrolls board game)? Thanks!

[@MrGainify]

Did you guys end up backing Witcher Old World?

[@BeforeYouPlay]

We were sent a copy of it once it fulfilled, which we still own.

[@ErrorEmpirE]

So are the only cards you’ll add to your deck the Legends cards?

[@PsiNorm]

Was interested in this game, the real time ruins it for me. Feels a lot like they are counting on the frantic pace to hide the flaws. If slowed down, there doesn't seem to be many interesting choices to make.

[@darkranex]

Yeah, still waiting on a playthrough by someone who hasn't run through the scenario several times already. And even though it's a tutorial mission they managed to finish it in less then half the allotted rounds. Seems really easy. Dice rolling didn't really seem to matter either.

[@ste1bro]

​@darkranex This is a prologue training mission. It's *designed* to be easy. By all accounts, the difficulty starts ramping up in the third and final prologue mission (a few KZbinrs were foiled by that), and gets harder and harder after that. Too mamy people are judging this game based on playthroughs of an easy tutorial - more and more mechanics are introduced later, the enemies get smarter, every mission will need a few attempts at least to beat. And the timer has already been extended - at the moment, everyone is playing on what will be one of the harder modes. Going by the campaign page, the normal and easy modes for the timer will give players 5 minutes or more per round. I'm hugely excited by this game, and I love the real time element. It's perfect for our group, five minutes of tense action, and in-between rounds we can take as long as we like discussing strategy, what to do next, etc!

[@luisecmf]

​@ste1bro well, it's the developer fault on choosing an easy tutorial mission to showcase his game. I'm not fully convinced the game gets much different than this.

[@Bee_Mavrick]

If I can't get this at walmart of target I'm buying

[@krisbill59]

Hello ! loved the video thanks for work ! didn't you forget to loot the corps ? i've seen other videos where they look the corps to have new weapons.

[@krisbill59]

ah ok it's a mechanic in mission 3 prologue hehe

[@BeforeYouPlay]

@@krisbill59 Yup you got it! Prologue 3 mechanism. 🙂

[@CorvusGame47404]

It's a pity it won't be available in Russia (

[@Wh0isTh3D0ct0r]

Man, I was totally on board with this........until it got to the real-time aspect of the game. I'm not a fan of real-time board games. I need time to stop and think and strategize. I don't enjoy the pressure of fast-paced decisions. If I'm gonna do a real-time game, I'd much rather just play a video game instead. Oh well.

[@teekaytwo]

good point. perhaps i should put the money towards a new pc.

[@alvintzy95]

does not help if its a time thing, really does not reflect any of the game mechanics, nice walkthrough though

[@siriactuallysara]

This game is frantic lol

[@vanslade2977]

Ok looks great!! First House Rule to implement Remove the dam timer.

[@andreikoenig5718]

This game could have been great, seems like a waste of an IP. Probably will end up canceling my pledge

[@pinobluevogel6458]

It looks kinda sweet. I'm not too convinced that I like the time pressure element and that the gameplay is deep enough to approach the Cyberpunk feel, but it is an interesting game for sure.

[@0815ahab]

It looks too easy for me. I'm an advanced player, this seems to be more for 8-12 year olds. It's a real shame, I'm not in it.

[@robertheagy925]

It would be amazing if the boardgame some how managed to incorporate the many bugs in the game.

[@BeforeYouPlay]

lol

[@Acadia708]

I like watching the gameplay sometimes but I’m often put off by the initial waving, it makes me dizzy, I already know the name and she waves so fast 😵‍💫

[@hermitcrypto2787]

Your lucky dude

[@BobLee-df4zh]

There is absolutely nothing appealing about "real time" board games.

[@HD-fc4ds]

Wow, hard pass. Incredibly boring game.

[@BeforeYouPlay]

Cool 😎