Hostage Negotiator: Career Review - One Player Bliss

[@shutupandsitdown]

This is a re-upload with new music due to the reach of Stan Bush's copyright lawyers. Truly, they have the touch.

[@RobertoVillegas-vincent404]

Darn. I guess they don’t have the power as I ended up streaming that music after the other video because of the reference. Either way, good review.

[@sauronmauron6965]

Failed opportunity to substitute it with a crappy kazoo cover

[@AlexJ1]

Tbh when I watched the original review I was like "There is a brave amount of this song being played"

[@PaweFiga]

Couldn't you negotiate some deal?

[@ZoidbergForPresident]

@@PaweFiga He did, but they killed all the hostages...

[@vitore.sanches7712]

Not gonna lie, the "Is he leaving? He's leaving WITH the hostages?!" part got me laughing so hard I had to pause the video and dry my tears! That's EXACTLY the sort of dumb thing I would do in this situation, wich proves that I should NEVER be around any sort of negotiation.

[@jamesodwyer4181]

It's never easy when it's time for the negotiator to face the music

[@AutumnReel4444]

Wp

[@luigiscazzari4724]

Gold. This game makes me think of a Brian De Palma movie, a decent one.

[@ghostbreakergaming]

his delivery of the line “sponsored by… the cops” had me rolling

[@DiceHard]

Just checking in for my weekly Hostage Negotiator review fix. Same time next week?

[@xanadu1215]

I have to say that after playing hostage negotiator Crimewave quite a few times, and running into bad luck every now and then, it was part of the drama of the story. It wasn’t the fact that I had bad luck. It was the fact that the doctor went crazy or one of the cops that was assisting me was choking on a doughnut and we had to stop and save her and meanwhile the abductor escaped. Just a brilliant game

[@markhenderson6389]

"Stop, put the dice down!" "No, put the dice down!!" "PUT THE DICE DOWN!!!!" Love this bit with Quinns the reviewer scolding Quinns the player to make a point about the core theme of the game. Brilliant!! Nobody combines information and humor like SU&SD.

[@jonpio9022]

FYI, Ava "Whaddya want, pig?" is the new notification tone for my phone.

[@otakuofmine]

Seeing this, I am surprised you never covered Final Girl, the spiritual (and imho greater) succesor with its own great vibe. would love to see a video about that one here.

[@Madhattersinjeans]

Your reviews are always entertaining to watch. Love the little skits you throw in there.

[@adriansolis5362]

Adding a like and comment because screw lawyers and by proxy, maybe even Stan Bush. What a waste of resources. This review is packed with so much humor that a small snippet of "The Touch" barely even registers. Anyway, copyright law is far beyond nonsense and board game reviews are sweet. Long live SU&SD.

[@inotterwords6115]

I only just now realized that in the intro, when Quinns keeps messing with the audience's expectations about "The coolest job to have", he's literally doing the same thing as the ice cream vendor he describes. Woooop! Ha, ha, ha!

[@lionslug]

watched it when it first came out but I'm letting the video play on mute in another tab to help the algorithm

[@lordbiscuitthetossable5352]

Turns out it was the review being held, hostage. XD

[@andyraff4465]

Having a low day, watching old SU&SD reviews, laughed so much at this one. Thanks, Quinn. Thuinn.

[@st0ox]

I'm so early, the hostage wasn't even taken at that point.

[@patrickbarrett7536]

just managed to get hold of the 'Crime Wave' box and the game is slippery but entertaining, twice now I've managed to save all the hostages only to realise I don't have quite enough time to deal with the hostage-taker too... You may only get 4 criminals in the first box, but I can see this keeping occupied for a while! Excellent recommendation!...

[@whatwhattowns]

Quinns blows kissy faces at a game and now it's sold out across the world. Always the way. People say they'd love to see a copy of tomorrow's newspaper. I'd love to see the upcoming games SUSD will be recommending so I can get them at a fair price.

[@the_Zinabi]

The Touch is literally my favourite song of all time as I loved Transformers: The Movie as a kid and still do.

[@dorianr4770]

"I was hooked, from several different angles, like a fish having a really bad day." teehee

[@StefanoNoffke]

lawyers... well, I got an excuse to see this review again at least ;) Keep up the good work!

[@MattTheSpratt]

the fucking PASSPORT.MID made me lose it, such a good gag

[@logiclust]

I've missed your reviews like this

[@muskyoxes]

If i'm playing and i say "i'll go ahead and let these people die because i still have enough to win", i'm not sure i'm a very good hostage negotiator

[@AlamarianJ]

The end game is the only thematic failing for me. If running low on terror cards, it can be a better strategy to allow hostages to die because if any hostages remain in the pool, I fail. And if I eliminate the abductor, save every hostage but one and am unlucky enough not to get that final hostage rescued (because he 2nd in command will never kill the last hostage), I lose. But if I let the abductor kill the last hostage, then eliminate them I win? I realize the idea is to punish killing the abductor rather than talking them down, for thematic and gameplay reasons, but it feels odd and also some of the abductors are designed to be very hard to keep calm.

[@gunsbulletsheroin]

@@AlamarianJ I'm playing the base game and yeah, it feels kind of lame that I actually want a few hostages to die so I don't have to rescue them all. It sounds like this problem is kind of solved by Career mode though since that makes hostages a limited resource so you might actually want to save them all.

[@garyallsopp6770]

Out of all of the reviewers your the best. Not only do you describe the games really well but your videos are really funny You should be on tv

[@FreeFragUK]

Great review, I actually went to try order a copy of this after watching and, sods law, it sadly appears as though it's between production runs. This is firmly on my list now though. Keep up the excellent content.

[@giangione82]

this channel is great!

[@leestride2285]

This review made this sound pretty popping, so I went to see if I could get it (in the UK) and absolutely nowhere has it, the last reprint of the base game seems to have been 2017, so it was second hand or nothing. Luckily I was able to find someone in France and even with postage, got it, miraculously, for around RRP in total (£27). I'm hoping they reprint Career and Crime Wave again soon as I'd love to get my hands on them.

[@joshuagrahamcrackers]

I just got this a few days ago and I've been thoroughly enjoying it. I won my first negotiation against Lijah with only 2 hostages killed. Then I went on to try my hand against Donna and proceeded to get thrashed, saving only 3 of the 15 hostages - she had taken an extra 3 early on. I managed to turn things around when I went up against Arkayne, losing only 2 hostages, and then swept through my 2nd negotiation with Donna by saving every hostage (including the extra 3 she had taken... AGAIN) and getting her to surrender on the last terror card before the pivotal event. Once I have a go at Edward, I figure I'll be ready to tackle the career mode.

[@NoPunIncluded]

Do we re-upload our funny comments too?

[@TOcheesehead]

Always love Leigh's contributions to your videos

[@chemcukh]

Re-commenting for the re-upload: Turk here. Can confirm it is the second coolest job. Whoop!

[@z-beeblebrox]

You could say this review got... touched by lawyers *awkwardly fumbles with sunglasses* *Uncertain "Yeeaaaahh!"*

[@Captain-Jinn]

Quinn's detective costume awoke something in me

[@TheAlmightyGameGenie]

I have to wonder if you guys will look at Final Gril since it's based on the HN system with some major changes

[@theschachter9816]

Can anyone explain to me why I just can't stop re-watching this video? I've already bought and played the game (love it, waiting for expansions to arrive) but I'm still re-watching this over and over...

[@PenguinOverlord4555]

Engagement for the alg- PUT THE DICE DOWN!

[@TheWindwall]

You got the Touch! You’ve got theOH! oh… oh….Disregard

[@hedgehog3180]

I love the joke about Turkish ice cream men because it's kinda meta because we were all expecting you to say hostage negotiator but you switched it out at the last second. But also it's completely true those men are the best, I think all countries should have national holidays in their honor.

[@borkthefedz2504]

Welp, I'm sold, gonna immediately get it.

[@TheHumanTarget84]

It took me about 17 minutes to realize it was Hostage Negotiator: Career and not Hostage Negotiator: Korea.

[@lastminuteplans]

Have you played Final Girl? Which one would you prefer

[@BLADEOF4]

The big bundle is sold out, big sad.

[@geekygamer3954]

"And that's why you should get a master's degree is sociology before playing this game." -barack Obama, probably

[@Barrylocke]

Never owned the actual game but I did play it via the Android App. It works really well in that format, a fun game to play in between events in your day or to knock out a round before bed.

[@BrianPletcher1]

Nice! Didn't know they had an app. That'll give me something to do while waiting for my physical copy to show up.

[@ahbengahred]

Which would SUSD recommend -- Hostage or Final Girl?

[@jesnemo2677]

I’ve been eyeing this game since I started working at a FLGS at the beginning of the year (more of a ttrpg/40k person just TRYING to get into board games but have no friends and just discovered solo games) picked it up yesterday. Well, the base game….. Definitely thinking I have to get crimewave and the abductor packs because I really want to play career. What an awesome concept!!!

[@A____P]

I thought Quinn drunk re-uploaded the video by accident

[@darinherrick9224]

And that's another game bought because of one of their reviews. I've started to get into solo games a little bit and this looks like a great one.

[@SoloBoardGamingKnight]

I know the feeling

[@Mimizimo]

Deja vu, ive been in this place before

[@KRooster]

Great video, even though I spent half the time staring at that glass of water sitting on the edge of the table.

[@willhelm94]

Amazing review, love this game!

[@stgoose]

That glass of water on the edge of the table gives me an anxiety attack

[@RobertoVillegas-vincent404]

Wait…this review seems familiar.

[@isaacalien]

Some say she is still waiting to go to that bathroom

[@pierrelabrie99]

This video makes me want to buy this game.

[@Chatty_Protagonist]

Returned for interactions b/c SUASD deserves it

[@danopticon]

Beloved @Shut-Up-&-Sit-Downers: Could you please create a playlist with all of your solo-player game reviews in it … including reviews of games which may normally be multiplayer, but which also have a single-player option? If so, then thank you! Legions of us quarantined game lovers will be so-o-o-o-o appreciative!!

[@shutupandsitdown]

www.shutupandsitdown.com/games-page#solo

[@danopticon]

@@shutupandsitdown - Ah! Thank you. 🙂 I did mean playlist, like of your video reviews? But I can certainly read your website reviews, and from there see if there’s a review on KZbin as well. And I do understand your time is limited and you’ve got hundreds of videos, so I’ll take the hint and seek out the videos of solo games myself. Thanks again for your reply, and for your work _in toto!!_ ❤️♟🎯🎲

[@danopticon]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/fIW0k5yEq7-kl7s

[@danddjacko]

On top of the $150 there is also another $100 for postage and tax for the UK

[@ClaudeAndTaylor]

The Tim Robinson touch is sooooo good 🤩

[@tookiem7618]

If you enjoyed this one Van Ryder also makes a game called Detective City Of Angles which is also extremely well done. Their products are well worth the price compared to most of the kickstarters that I have seen lately.

[@thechevyferrari9559]

I like detectives. Is it also a solo, or is it multi?

[@iam9991000]

So can you put the playlist you used for this game in the description?

[@Telasro]

ENGAGEMENT FOR THE ENGAGEMENT THRONE

[@stevenburton7725]

It sounds like career mode is twin peaks mode

[@lostfan10000]

I just got an ad for Dream Crush with Quinns's review playing in it and I thought I clicked the wrong video for a second...

[@SoloBoardGamingKnight]

Sadly, I can’t find a copy anywhere near me.

[@thetaerdin]

This seems really cool but its so expensive 😢

[@SpoonyBard88]

Luckily you can just buy the base box and have a full, fun game to play before you decide you want to expand it.

[@cameraman502]

Now if only I could find a copy.

[@DrMcFly28]

Wow, I guess introducing a small clip of a forgotten 80s song to a young audience of thousands has really hurt the song financially. I think the reference should be editted out completely, less it keeps negatively impacting the song and its rights holder.

[@Aaron-kq5kk]

Never expected to see Sammy Paradise here.

[@jesusfreakpl]

this computer game will run on anything

[@captaintalon4485]

Do I absolutely need Hostage Negotiator Crime Wave if all it is just a core box but designed to hold onto more expansions?

[@Tolmek1]

Crime Wave has different abductors, conversation cards, and terror cards than the original base set. So getting both adds to the variety available.

[@chasisaac1094]

It’s with a really great review

[@ibblecabibble]

they'll be no raining on this parade

[@DaddySaysGlosOjca]

Great review! Whats that table BTW?

[@ImaNecron]

Can we get a playlist link please?? :D

[@kalk7853]

Quinn I like your gaming table, I must find one for my home.

[@DasReverend]

Any news about a reprint?

[@shutupandsitdown]

From the publisher: "Our base game reprint is literally sitting in California waiting to get on a train (so frustrating!) as it has been for weeks now. So if stock gets tight and you guys get questions, just let them know the restock is coming soon, errr I think."

[@Boomer2k6]

@@shutupandsitdown And how about now? :D Fortunately just managed to snag a copy from Ebay :p, thanks for the review made up my mind

[@WunderkindDaringDo]

What incredible Irony.

[@seantilson8728]

I think I would love if there was a coop way of playing.

[@SpoonyBard88]

There is no reason two people couldn't play this together.

[@BrochachoEnchilada]

I know the SUSD doesn't really play old-school style wargames, but I hope someday they'll check out Gregory M. Smith's solitaire games like The Hunters, Interceptor Ace, etc. Despite being niche in the wargame market, they really have this awesome, tense feel while being historically accurate, and also while have the simulation aspects distilled into an easily digestible core. Fingers crossed!

[@ModularLanding]

The Hunters is an awesome game. I put on the Das Boot soundtrack and play it with my wife. Given how much Quinns loves Capt Sonar, it’s a definite game to try.

[@thomasticehurst7707]

the colon makes it seem like he was going to do a career review.

[@adamwoods6373]

Adding a comment for the algorithm.

[@xLngo]

Great review as always team :)

[@meander112]

Engagement for the engagement god!

[@Nezbo]

Had the same experience with Nemo's War as Quinns. Managed to get through a single game though, but the gameplay felt more like a continuation of the setup. I don't think solo games are lost to me, but definitely need it to be quicker into the fun. Otherwise I'll just go play a solo video game instead.

[@trevor7861]

Quinn’s be looking like Jack Nicholson these days. I approve Btw how about Hill Street Blues soundtrack for this one?

[@raysandrarexxia941]

I was sold on the campaign expansion until I saw the red card reader... I can't use those...

[@deedd4401]

:D that bass-slap-stick humor :D :D shoot !

[@tinstargames]

How many video games? Maybe two?

[@sp00n32]

Is this a repeat?

[@rasputinf]

Do you want an ice cream? (a Turkish writing this)

[@harryrowe6049]

Why was this taken down?

[@relogos]

Pinned comment "This is a re-upload with new music due to the reach of Stan Bush's copyright lawyers. Truly, they have the touch."

[@NoeAnton]

I find it strange that Quinns didn't like Nemo's war but liked this game. I'm completely on the opposite. This game is purely based on luck. Getting the more powerful cards which seem to help you mitigate some of that luck is extremely hard and luck-based because they are very expensive, and even when you get them, they are discarded on the turn you use them and may be completely worthless if you fail the roll, rendering the early effort to get them in the first place (which was already luck-based) useless. Then on top of that you have to deal with the terror deck, which can completely destroy the game in one or two cards. Nemo's war also uses dice for everything you do, but offers a whole palette of tactical and strategic choices everywhere.

[@GrievousFrom]

I guess I'm watching this video a 5th time.

[@HubbiNashrullahM]

A reupload of the previous video?

[@relogos]

Pinned comment "This is a re-upload with new music due to the reach of Stan Bush's copyright lawyers. Truly, they have the touch."

[@HubbiNashrullahM]

@@relogos thanks!

[@tinstargames]

No discussion of how the game wants you to kill the criminal very badly?

[@thinusconradie4297]

Hostage Negotiator just felt far too random for me. Personally, I much prefer Friday or For Northwood.

[@karlbright]

"Knock yourself out, and have fun!" *wink* - Definitely missed the chance for a late "talkin 'bout masturbation" joke.

[@manuelhassemer1673]

Yay a new Video