Enormity: Hands On Deep Dive & Impressions | Everything To Know!

[@Johan_Cohen]

ATO was unplayable if you had a full time job and a personal life, so I had to sell my ATO copy. Will people with an average level of commitments will be able to play this game?

[@luenarturoho1385]

@@Johan_Cohen my day by day struggle, what i do is that i play the same game for a lot of time, 1-2 chapter every 15 days (aprox 7+ hours of gaming) so maybe in a year i will have play it out alteast a campaing

[@DanRoberts44]

“Enormity Chris,” = Engaging, Energetic, Effusive. I’m here for it. 😎👍

if you love the energetic ones, tune in for tomorrow's round up...

[@SuperUltimatedrifter]

Much better video than KOA review. I like the closeups and different camera angles

[@SuperUltimatedrifter]

You're getting focus pumping on closeups, if you have a product showcase setting on he camera turning it on should help, sony cameras call it that

Thank you for watching

[@erkyboy]

Do you think it will be a table hog like ATO? It seems smaller, and i would like that!

Yes to both, will be a hog but will be less

[@adam551982]

I really wish they did stretch pay on Gamefound. Not being able to make paymens, man I really don't want to dump a ton of money at once. let me stretch it out yall!

[@beakerkell]

Really excited for this one!

Me too!

[@kazegaijin]

I see Star Trek captain's chair back there, when we getting a video? 😁👍

SOON! Filmed but not edited!

[@miliyn17]

Would you say the solo is easier to manage than in ATO?

I addressed it near the end of the video but yes

[@thegamesninja3119]

Behold.... the video that push the game to the top of the BGG hotness list!

As if! i think they still or at least used to have a creator spotlight or something like that. I'm never on the hot list or BGG's radar.

[@thegamesninja3119]

You work in the shadows! 🥷

@@thegamesninja3119 I know! Maybe that’s part of the problem! 😂

[@billdendrinos]

Thank you for the great video! Now we are overhyped too!! Easy back, as always with Into The Unknown games! 😊

Thanks!

[@EvenHH]

Thanks for the video! My biggest question to you buddy; what to pledge for Enormity? (Im a solo player btw)

[@Biodelic]

@@EvenHH I went with the Special Edition core pledge. I might add some expansions later in the pledge manager. 110 hours for the four campaigns in the base game seem plenty by itself. All the expansions come with miniatures (no "standees only versions" for expansions), so the basic standees pledge would be a bit weird if you also go for expansions.

[@mercury187]

i went with the cheaper core because i dont really care for minis (i have other games i dont even play where i went all in with the minis and its just big boxes..)

Core pledge with stretch goals is always the safest, especially if during the campaign. Expansions are always the can't tell during campaigns

[@EvenHH]

Do you think this will be a lot to handle (4 characters) for a solo-player?

[@Biodelic]

Chris, may I ask, did you played both missions or only the more guided first one? I ask because Mike from One Stop Co-op Shop forgot to put the "unknown enemy (species?)" in the setup of the 2nd mission. He is of the opinion that the enemy wouldn't have been raising difficulty or elevate the danger from the blibs. He was of the opinion that it was a boring and repetitive play. I couldn't see how that could be possible. Would love to hear your thoughts.

[@GoodEggGuy]

From the playthroughs I've seen, the prototype isn't doing the game any favors. Taking move/interact actions for two hours while pushing cardboard tokens around does indeed seem boring and repetitive. I don't doubt that the boss battles will be great when they happen, but that's not where most of the game time is. If it gets much more exciting later on, they really should have curated a spoiler-free slice for demos that showcase it.

[@jhowd78]

I previewed the game for preview and I 100% d9 not agree that the blips do not bring tension. Also the TTS has a baked in oh shit situation.

[@GoodEggGuy]

@@jhowd78 I get that it simulates the movie Alien but there's a difference between being terrified of what's in the ventilation ducts for a two hour movie and potentially hundreds of hours as the core gameplay of a board game. YMMV but I could definitely see myself losing that tension after a dozen hours of blip pushing. Board games and movies are very different emotional storytelling media.

[@Biodelic]

@@GoodEggGuy I rather solve a blibs pushing optimization puzzle, by me directing them, on a loop but part of a larger whole, than dealing with mind numbingly bad trash mob "AI", known from a lot of crawler like games. Yes I am very biased towards Enormity but I believe the statement still holds.

[@GoodEggGuy]

@@Biodelic I hope the crowdfunding campaign shows us a lot more. I love ATO so I really want this to resonate with me.

[@eriksjogren800]

Thank you for the video

Thanks for watching!

[@johnnomak9883]

Too expensive and infinite upkeep - play card, move a bit, count the number of dice you need for noise roll, roll for noise, use tokens/stress, move blips, play card, move another bit, roll for noise, use tokens/stress, move blips, play card, move adrenaline, add tokens to pool, interact, roll for check, use tokens/stress, remove tokens, move tokens - regular turn for one character?! Definitely try it on TTS before considering buying!

[@FunkVirus55]

Thoughts on this versus Kingdoms Forlorn?

[@jasonhine1194]

If you want your game sooner, KF. It's close to shipping. You could be playing it March or April while you'd be waiting a bit for this one still. For me, KF is really focused on telling the story of a person (your knight) and seeing the world through them. Enormity is telling the story of the world first (like AT:O) and your spacer as a distant second. Enormity feels a little easier to do a shorter single session play of from what I've seen, which may make it easier to table. Both should allow pretty good drop in and drop out depending on who can make your board game night. That said, all this is very liable to change, as KF has changed SIGNIFICANTLY since it was in campaign stage. Would be shocked if Enormity doesn't evolve over time, too.

[@FunkVirus55]

@@jasonhine1194 I'm all-in on KF and amped for that to ship. Limited KS budget means deciding between Enormity and Avalon: The Riven Veil at the moment.

[@jasonhine1194]

​@@FunkVirus55 ooh! Tough one. Riven Veil looks great, too! I've got a friend who pledged Mordred and I'm afraid they're too similar (worried Riven Veil might be better and he'd hate me if Riven Veil didn't get played or vice versa). That plus $100 pledge on s5 of CDMD and it's an expensive board game season 😂

Apples to granola bars comparison. But for me right now this type of interaction and less narrative is more appealing as KF has more narrative/text as a whole

[@bassmeo3937]

Honestly, 2-3 year wait is really wat kills crowdfunding these days for me. I'll just spend my money on great games I can play, and know I'll play, right now.

[@timwanger4491]

You know that's what crowdfunding supposed to be. When it wasn't just a pre-order platform like today. Some publishers do indeed still develop and don't just put out a finished product and are raising manufacturing fees.

[@bassmeo3937]

@@timwanger4491 I know what it's supposed to be, but it's not +500$ all-ins for games that are barely developed that you'll get in 3 years time if you are lucky. And I'm fine with a pre-order platform but then I'm not waiting 3 years for the game to arrive when I can buy games I can buy and play right now. And crowdfunding these days, at least in EU, most of the time isn't even cheaper compared to retail anyway.

[@nihlify]

You're the reason most kickstarters put unreasonable timelines as estimates....

[@mercury187]

where do you see 2-3 year wait? on the pledge levels it says delivery by Dec 2025

[@antoniocaputo2861]

2-3 years? ATO wave 2 delivered after 5 years (wave 3 and 1/2). KF almost 4 years for wave 1. 2-3 years, looking at therir tracking records seems to be optimistic.

[@apokai]

Thanks for the video! Was not aware of this game. Seems interesting (Love SciFi theme) but the art is really turning me off. Also, never saw THAT much info on a mini-euro card size lol.

[@GoodEggGuy]

Agreed. The art style and graphic design are drab :-( I hope ITU are listening and taking notes.

[@Remiremi-m3n]

I disagree. I love the art style and design used.

[@GoodEggGuy]

@@Remiremi-m3n For me, if it's sci-fi then make it interesting. We've had too many games that lean on the word 'grimdark' as an excuse for everything being drab brown and black. I'm also personally not excited by sci-fi which has real world 21st century space suits and weapons/electronics. I know ITU want this to be the Alien game that's Alien without the licensing hassles but it's not a very exciting sci-fi vision... for me. YMMV of course and I salute you if this is right up your street.

[@winghong3]

@@Remiremi-m3n I also kind of like it. I think it's similar to the Starfield's NASA-punk design, in terms of art direction.

[@adam551982]

@@winghong3 I love the art so far.

[@amagrude]

This thing coming out the same day as DMD. Killing me… 😅

The crowdfunding roundup is gonna be spicy this week!

[@luenarturoho1385]

Im in

!!

[@cmclachlan]

how is this game different from nemesis?

Very. More like Aeon Trespass: Odyssey meets Nemesis.

[@skancijan]

550$ for all in, with VAT and Shipping, this is crazy...i realy love dungeon crawlers but this price is beyond my budget...

[@visheshaneja4600]

Yep entered ks page saw the price. Turned right around

[@Remiremi-m3n]

@@skancijan then don’t go all-in? The base game is pretty affordable.

[@jasonhine1194]

Yeah, base if you like standees is really reasonable and special edition ($139) is a crazy amount of minis for the price of you like minis (what would GW charge you for 55 32mm minis 😂). Think there's going to be plenty of content in the base for most people.

[@visheshaneja4600]

@@jasonhine1194 yep backed core mini pledge for now.

[@wildcard69asb]

Then don't go all in? Do you really need every expansion, every additional mini, extra weapons (duplicates of weapons that are in core), art book, journal, extra dice etc? Base game offers 100h+ of campaign gameplay + endlessly replayable custom campaigns and that is only 139$. Saying that 550$ is too much is a weird take considering there is no reason to go all in....

[@casspirmk6338]

Minis design is hideous. If they are unable to model a really interesting minis …….I stay off that crazy expensive project.

Or standees are always an option later?