Unsettled Review - Did You Just Back This?

Unsettled Review (Orange Nebula)
Should we breathe in these spores, or not? Will the creature wrapped around my helmet eventually let go? Who knows? Playing Unsettled is truly like diving into the unknown, but we've visited some planets, and lived to tell about it (mostly). If you're recently backed this game, and wondered if you made the right choice, hopefully our review will give you an good idea.
2-4 Players (can be played at 1)
60-90 Minutes
14+ Years of Age
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[@FemmeSensei]

Your production quality and interplay of dynamics between contributors, how you respond to each other without stepping on each other, support and hear each other, and meaningfully discuss the experience, is mind-blowingly professional and fantastic. Wow, guys. Does it take you a week for each video? How do you kick out this much content of this kind of quality? Wow.

[@meeple]

Thank you so much for this feedback. Sometimes it takes a bit more time than we’d like, but it’s great to hear viewers respond to it this well. Thanks again!

[@gmscott9319]

9:33 There it is. "...highly narrative game..." "...cooperative puzzle..." Too bad I had to wait this long to finally hear what I suspected. Love your channel, guys! Even though this game isn't in my wheelhouse, keep the variety coming!

[@JambalayaPlaysGames]

Thanks for watching.

[@meeple]

Absolutely. Thanks for giving it a watch.

[@HangandBangGuys]

I backed. The struggle of waiting a year to get it is the real challenge.

[@meeple]

You patience will pay off.

[@hobson83]

Grakkis Task A took us at least 3 tries! We played 2 player and kept trying to split up so we could build both pylons (or whatever they are called) and we kept dying. The time we actually won we stuck together. Also, if I’m remembering correctly, we rushed to get blue comprehensions because there was a really crucial movement card. Love the game though! Such a great time!

[@meeple]

Yeah, I actually avoided Task A based on Jeremy’s feedback. Went with Task C my first time on Grakkis.

[@IosifStalin2]

Great game system

[@82ndmi]

I bought because of the box sizes and the idea of this expansive game. What I got was essentially something like an lcg with some I'll defined rules and rough bits. Lcgs are expensive, but if you compare a planet to a marvel champions pack it has a little less design work and a little more replayability. So of you're ready for an lcg, and the expense of an lcg, with lots of wasted packaging, then you night be okay with it as it's literally the only lcg of it's theme out there. If theme isn't important there are way better lcgs ,way better exploration games, and way better coop puzzles.

[@christianbank393]

Which are better games?

[@Andy_Quest]

Great review MvM! Really enjoy when you do this type of content. 👍🏼

[@meeple]

Glad you liked it. We hope to do more and more of this.

[@Andy_Quest]

@@meeple tbh I really enjoy all types of your content so I could say this every episode ha! Thanks for all the effort, really shows what you put in to it.

[@DumiduSurasinghe]

Jeremy, can you give your thoughts about the solo experience?

[@sandrabasel1545]

If you don't mind spoilers, Colin from the one stop coop shop did solo playthroughs of the first task of four or five planet. Seems to be a lot of fun solo. I only backed now, so I cannot speak from experience.

[@JambalayaPlaysGames]

I was on my top 10 solo video for 2021.

[@johnf7755]

From the second Kickstarter page: "Each planet has a "challenge" level. This is _not_ a difficulty rating. This 1-4 rating is a composite of the complexity of rule-bending, indicating the mental load required to face each world."

[@meeple]

We kind of used "challenge" and "difficulty" interchangeably. 😉

[@vanvuador8692]

Awesome review. Thnx.

[@meeple]

You're welcome. Thanks for watching.

[@tonecastro3202]

Certainly did. I'm settled on the fact that I backed Unsettled.

[@meeple]

Ha! Your puns are nearly as good as Jeremy's. 😉

[@Kestrel1971]

This game sounds very much like T.I.M.E. Stories - is that the case?

[@meeple]

I would not draw that comparison personally. This is much more of a puzzle to solve in a more traditional cooperative game sort of way. It shares some of those same thematic puzzle vibes with Arkham Horror LCG in my opinion, although there’s so many other reasons it’s different than that game.

[@katarhall3047]

"Massive miss. Feels like a mix of 7th continent/forbidden sky/island/desert/Not Alone. Explore alien planet, collect resources, build buildings/fulfill contract. This is a serious hoop jumper with a touch of whack-a-mole, during which you exhaust your powers and need to renew dice."

[@Rampag394]

Who is this quote from?

[@Andy_Quest]

@@Rampag394 google seems to be someone's rating on the games' Board Game Geek page. Although I cant actually find it on there.

[@katarhall3047]

@@Rampag394 "Each scenario does fine narratively. The writing is pretty good, despite some tonal disparity between the sci-fi serious art and the levity in the text. Gameplay-wise this is pretty mundane. The time mechanism provides the main driver and the scenario design asks the players to find the linear path that allows completion before time runs out. I find little satisfaction finishing a session, but perhaps the next planet will find the right mix of mechanisms and difficulty. There's also the continued itch that this game is a solo game that solves none of the typical issues when scaling to co-op."

[@GGdeTOURS37]

TY for the review! What about the replayability honestly? Be cause my groupe just dislike legacy games. When you already have discovered a planet and win the 3 scenarios: Do you really want to replay them some day? I mean really?

[@JambalayaPlaysGames]

I think some groups who "beat" video games love new game plus, and some of us keep going. What I can say is even if you win, come back and play the same game again and see if it plays out the same. Even if you remember what's best to do, the experience will play out different. I also believe that having more planets, which I know tacks on more money, is likely best route. I can't tell folks to fork out an all in pledge. That would be irresponsible on my part.

[@slysof6436]

What about replayability? You didn’t say much on that topic.

[@JambalayaPlaysGames]

Personally, there's going to be a bit of a drop off because you know what you need to do, but there's still replayability here based on the discovery elements you need to "discover" and the cooperative puzzle aspects in general. Some effect you have to make happen to even start to make an event finish able, which makes even the same mission on the same planet play out different.

[@meeple]

Replayability comes in the form of ALL the content. I'm not sure I see myself playing though the same task on the same planet more than once, unless I'm teaching a group new to the game though. So in that respect, low.

[@viziozio9490]

@@meeple I honestly like this, with so many games and so little time I'd rather enjoy something more curated than randomized