Review Details

Legendary Encounters: An Alien Deck Building Game

Product Review (submitted on September 1, 2015):

I was hesitant to buy this at first because while I have seen most of the Alien films I am not a diehard fan. However, I am a big fan of Marvel Legendary so I tried this out. The gameplay is very similar to Marvel Legendary (as they use the same engine and symbols). In fact, you can mix the marvel hero cards into this game and vice versa if you wanted. It is actually more compatible with soon to be released Predators Legendary game.

Nevertheless, the Aliens game is different enough to warrant a purchase even if you have the Marvel set. Unlike the marvel game, Aliens Legendary is a true co-operative game as the MVP aspect has been removed entirely. Because of this the game is actually more challenging in my opinion and I actually like the mechanics of this game slightly better than Marvel legendary. For added challenge, this game also allows two optional modes where someone may be a traitor and/or players killed during the game can come back as alien players and attack the remaining living characters.