Top 10 Crowdfunding Games that Just Missed the Mark

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There have been some amazing crowdfunding games along with some not-very-good ones. There are very few games that are perfect and even the best might have one small thing that held them back in some small way. In some cases, it could be the difference between good and great. And in some, maybe it’s the thing holding a great game back from the chef’s kiss of perfection. Today’s top 10 will focus on one facet that made these games just miss that mark.

These are, just like, my opinions, man. And I focused on games I had backed so feel free to let me know what game or games just missed the mark for you. These are ranked from least impactful to most impactful in terms of overall game enjoyment. I also stayed away from games that completely fell flat for me.

What? One of the hottest boss battlers in recent memory is on a missed-the-mark list? Heresy! The game is absolutely fantastic but the miss, in my opinion, was the larger-sized minis for interchangeable weapons. Awesome idea but if everything was made to a 32mm scale it would’ve been significantly smaller overall and less fiddly (my figures kept falling apart so I had to glue a few of them). And being larger also makes figures less reusable in RPGs which is often a secondary draw for some backers.

This is one of my favorite dungeon crawlers. The action selection system is a ton of fun and the door system is really cool. Where’s the miss? The narrative is often generic and not very good a lot of the time. A few years ago, it would’ve been shrugged off as “it’s a board game” but with games like Oathsworn, Middara, Jerry Hawthorne’s games from Plaid Hat and more bringing excellent storytelling to games it’s harder to accept mediocre writing.

I love me some narrative adventure