[네메시스 락다운] 게임 후기 (솔로 플레이) + 캐릭터별 특징

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락다운에 관한 이전 글 링크 : https://www.boardlife.co.kr/bbs_detail.php?bbs_num=44649&tb=board_community

네메시스 모르는 분들을 위해, 네메시스는 반협력 게임입니다. 괴물을 피하면서 미션을 완수하고 탈출해야 하는 게임입니다.

네메시스 락다운은 네메시스의 확장처럼 느껴지지만, 확장이 아니고 스탠드얼론 즉 네메시스 없이 플레이할 수 있습니다.

질문1: 락다운에 CSS pod 이라는 용어가 나오는데

이거 Cargo Send System 의 준말이 맞죠? 아마 이걸 통해서 이 기지에 물자가 공급이 되는거 같은데.

아래는 긱게시판에 올라온 락다운 솔로 플레이 후기글입니다. 캐릭터별 특징이 있습니다.

네메시스 캐릭터와 전부 다 다름.

네메시스 : 엔진, 목적지가 존재

락다운 : 엔진, 목적지가 없음.(장소가 우주선이 아니라 화성기지이므로)

전력관리, AI, 엘리베이터 있음.

조합해서 아이템 만드는 것이 더 쉬워졌다고 합니다.

표면 지역은 위험성이 더 높지만 탐험토큰이라는 큰 보상이 있다. 탐험토큰으로 아이템카드를 뽑는다네요.

락다운에 네메시스 캐릭터는 사용할수 있긴 하지만, 전력 액션과 컴퓨터 액션을 직접적으로 하지는 못하므로 난이도가 더 올라갈수 있다.

- 캐릭터별 특징

해커: 주사위의 비어있는 면은 한 번 공격으로 간주함. 퀘스트 아이템으로는 3개의 일회용 액션을 할 수 있다.

전력 토큰을 조작할 수 있다. 무기 재장전 액션 카드가 있음.

Lab Rat(실험대상 정도로 해석하면 될 듯): 시작 아이템 없음. 퀘스트 아이템으로 지도의 약 1/3 넓이에 있는 소음토큰 제거 하거나 또는 소음 토큰을

놓을 수 있다. 불 켜진 상태가 아닐 때 더 편안함을 느끼고, 어둠에 있을 때 더 유리함.

‘이상한 신진대사’ 카드가 있어서, 끈적한 액체(슬라임)를 없애거나 감염카드 한장을 버리고 새 카드를 뽑을 수 있다.

네메시스 우주선의 생존자여서, 지식이 3이고 괴물(intruder)의 첫 번째 약점을 알고 있고 이용할수 있다.

혼자 돌아다닐때 좋은 캐릭터이다.

외계생물학자: 시작아이템이 좋은데, 탐사 (로봇)팔로 괴물의 샘플을 채취할수 있고, 생체해부 액션 카드 사용을 통해 공격도 할 수 있다. 첫 공격은 1 피해 밖에 안 주지만, 게임 후반부에는 5의 데미지를 줄 수 있다.

지식을 얻고 활용하는 다양한 방법을 가지고 있다. 이 지식을 활용해 Overmind 퀘스트 아이템을 사용해서 괴물을 다른 장소로 옮길수 있다.

수위: 다른 캐릭터보다 열등해 보일수 있지만, 가지고 있는 아이템이 우월함!

네일건은 공격무기이면서 또한 오작동 마커를 제거할 수 있다. 압력 제거(? washer) 퀘스트 아이템으로는 괴물이 후퇴하게 만든다. 네일건과 압력 제거기 둘 다 무거운 물체여서, 제거기를 들고 있으면 또다른 무거운 물체를 드는데 제한이 있음.

이 캐릭터가 가진 액션카드 중에는 방을 수리하는 카드도 있고, 방이 오작동 중일 때도 그 방을 사용하게 하는 카드가 있다.

그리고 노란 방에서 화염방사기, 방호복(enviro-suit), taser 를 얻을 수 있다.

생존자: 시작 아이템은 없지만, 퀘스트 아이템은 돌격 소총. Lab Rat처럼 생존한 사람이고, 그래서 괴물의 첫번째 약점을 알고 있다. 전투에 강한 캐릭터로서, 특수 복도(technical corridors)를 지나다닐수 있다. 언제나 아이템을 유용하게 사용할수 있는데, 상처를 임시치료하거나 괴물을 만났을 때 도망치는 용도로 쓸 수 있다. 에일리언 영화의 리플리(시고니 위버가 연기함. 전투에 능했음.)와 Newt를 합해놓은 캐릭터이다.

보초: 에너지 SMG를 가지고 시작하고, 퀘스트 아이템은 전투 수트이다. 이 전투 수트는 Enviro수트로 기능을 하기 때문에 끈적액체(슬라임)와 불로부터 피해를 받지 않고, Rover(월면 이동차) 타는 것 대신에 걸어서 기지를 탈출할 수 있게 해준다.

또한 Darkness(게임의 특정 요소인거 같은데 모르겠음)를 무시하게끔 하는데, 총을 쏠 때 이득 주사위를 사용하게 된다. 유일한 단점은 무거운 물체라는 점.

액션 카드를 보면 자신과 다른 캐릭터를 이동시키는 카드가 있는데, 이 때 탐험토큰을 얻진 못한다. 그리고 방의 모든 문을 닫는 액션카드가 있어서 이 캐릭터를 잠정적으로 위험한 적으로 만든다.

이 캐릭터는 협력이 아닐 때 더 강력하다. 특히 같은 방에 있는 손에 3장 또는 그 이하 카드를 가진 캐릭터의 카드를 버리게 하는 Stun 카드는 상당히 강력하다.

위생병: 퀘스트 아이템은 needle 건인데, 한 액션카드는 이 needle 건 없이 사용할수 없다. 네메시스 호 생존자라서 괴물의 첫번째 약점을 알고 있다. 당연히 상처를 치료할수 있고, 컴퓨터 액션도 할 수 있다.

보조역할에 최적화되어 있지만, 비협력 게임에서는 큰 힘을 발휘하지 못할듯.

Night Stalker

네메시스에서는 에일리언이 나왔지만, 락다운에서는 나이트 스토커가 나옵니다. 네메시스의 에일리언과 거의 똑같지만,

나이트 스토커는 Darkness에 있으면 더 위험하다는 점이 약간 다름.

Chytrid (아마 괴물 같음. 영어 발음은 카이트리드네요.)

스트레치골로 Chytrid가 있습니다.

락다운에 나오는 괴물은 당신을 조심스레 뒤따르는(스토킹하는) 위험한 포식동물 같은데 반해, Chytrid(카이트리드)는 마구마구 이곳저곳에 있는 존재입니다. 이 카이트리드들과는 싸우는 것보다 곰팡이 퍼지는 걸 막는 것 같은 플레이가 될 것입니다. 그리고 총을 발사하고 싶은 유혹을 느낄겁니다. 1인플에서는 night stalker보다 카이트리드에 감염되는 것이 더 큰 위험처럼 느껴졌습니다.

결론

네메시스 해 보신 분에게는 이 락다운은 색다른 재미를 줄 것입니다. Night stalker는 에일리언과 매우 흡사하지만, 락다운이 캐릭터도 완전 다르고 맵도 다르고 다른 메커니즘도 있습니다(전기 켜고 끄기나 계단과 엘리베이터 사용 같은 것들)

네메시스가 신선한 게임이라고 생각한다면 굳이 락다운을 살 필요는 없습니다.

네메시스가 없다면 락다운을 추천합니다. 락다운이 이전 게임인 네메시스를 대체했다고 생각하진 않습니다. 하지만 실망을 주지 않는 변주를 제공합니다.

원문은 긱게시판에 올라온 후기글. 아래를 참고하세요.

nemesis lockdown 3 solo plays review

Anders Gabrielsson

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@AndersGabrielsson

Jan 14

Background

I've played the original Nemesis about a dozen times at various player counts from solo to four. I think it's a fantastic game, both as a thematic survival horror experience and as a semi-cooperative social experience or fully cooperative challenge. It captures the general feel of Alien and the genre it spawned without adhering too strictly to any one setting.

My Games

I received my copy of Nemesis: Lockdown earlier this week. Because of everything I don't know when I'll be able to play it face-to-face, but I've managed to get in three three-handed solo plays so I think I can give some early impressions.

The games I played were, in order:

* The standard map with the Xenobiologist, the Lab Rat, and the Hacker. The objectives were Codebreaker (signal + discover all contingency tokens), Insider Knowledge (larva or knowledge 8 and signal), and Proving Your Worth (signal + either kill the queen or destroy the facility).

* The surface map with the Janitor, the Survivor, and the Medic. The objectives were No Stone Unturned (signal + explore all rooms), Wake-Up Call (activate the alert procedure), and Unconventional Medicine (intruder carcass).

* The standard map against the Chytrids with the Xenobiologist, the Sentry, and the Lab Rat. Objectives were Backup (all characters must have knowledge 5), Alien Compendium (discover all weaknesses), and Egg-Sample (end with egg in CSS pod or the Isolation Room).

I won all three games, though I wouldn't put that down to skill. I had some lucky event draws, and I probably made a rules mistake here and there that may have been in my favor. Either way, every game was tense and exciting down to the finish, which is more important to me than how often I win.

Overview of the Differences to Standard Nemesis

The base mechanics of both games are identical. You have the same actions and the same general type of map (down to the technical corridors) many rooms are similar, and so on. If you're familiar with standard Nemesis, you'll be able to jump right in and apply your knowledge without any real issue.

There are a few changes in the specifics, of course. There are no engines and no destination, but there is power management, a (helpful?) AI, and an elevator. Also, the escape pods have been exchanged for pre-scheduled cargo pods. There characters are obviously different - more on them later - as are the intruders, though the latter are very similar to the ones from standard Nemesis.

Overall, I think the differences are an improvement. The power system gives you another way to indirectly mess with the other players, the timing of the CSS pods makes them more interesting than the escape pods, and the easier access to crafted items make them a bigger part of the game. The surface map makes for an interesting change of pace, with the surface part of the map being notably riskier to spend time in but also giving greater rewards as many of the exploration tokens there let you just draw an item card instead of having something bad happen.

I don't think the overall complexity is higher and I think there's less risk of making a mistake, as you don't have to match two different components (as with the destination) or arrange them in a particular way (as with the engines). However, there are still some rules you'll need to look up, like "Can you have malfunction tokens on the emergency stairs" (yes, I think) and "Does fire provide light" (no).

The Characters

Firstly, there are components provided to play the characters from the original game in Lockdown. This mostly concerns the Pilot, who gets a whole new deck of action cards. The Kickstarter stretchgoals also includes the same for the characters from Aftermath. There is a warning that using non-Lockdown characters may make the game more difficult, which seems reasonable as they don't have the direct interaction with the power and computer action systems as the new characters.

However, you don't get the equivalent components for playing the new characters in standard Nemesis. Thematically, this makes sense as Aftermath is set after standard Nemesis - if you use character from the latter, they're assumed to be survivors of whatever happened on the ship - and some of them could probably be used as-is. I wouldn't recommend using the Lab Rat (which has strong interactions with the Darkness rules) or the Hacker (which has similarly strong connections to the Power and Computer Action rules), but the Medic, Sentry, and Survivor should port over without issue, and the Xenobiologist and Janitor, while they do have some actions on their cards that don't map to standard Nemesis are still close enough that you can play them there if you want to, I think. But note that all of this is speculation and not based on actual experience with shifting the characters between the games.

Here are some specific comments on each character, but please note that these are after only one or two plays of each.

The Hacker starts with a very nifty Smartgun that treats blanks on the attack dice as a single hit, and their quest item gives them a choice of three powerful one-time actions. Unsurprisingly, they are much better than the other characters at using the Computer Actions, and they also have some ability to manipulate the power token. They're a useful ally and a dangerous enemy, and a more reliable combatant than you might expect as they have an action card that allows them to recharge their weapon (as long as they have power, which admittedly isn't a given).

The Lab Rat has no starting item, but their one-use quest item allows them to remove all noise markers from their section (roughly a third of the board) or place noise markers everywhere in the same area, which can obviously be critical. They are more at home in the dark than the others, having cards that allow them to avoid Darkness effects or even get advantages when they're in darkness. They're also less hampered by slime and contamination cards due to their Weird Metabolism, which allows them to get rid of the former and discard one of the latter to draw new cards. Since they count as a Nemesis survivor, they start with 3 Knowledge which means they can use the first Intruder weakness from the get-go. They're a strong choice if you want to move around alone on the board.

The Xenobiologist has one of the coolest starting items: the Probe Arm, which can be used to take samples from live Intruders in combat, and can even be used to deal damage through the Vivisection action card. (It only deals 1 damage to begin with, but towards the end of the game it can do a massive 5!) They have the strongest interaction with the Knowledge rules, having multiple ways to gain and utilize their Knowledge. This includes their Overmind quest item which allows them to move Intruders on the board. This character embodies the "dangerous scientist" archetype very well. If someone says "We found a whole nest of these things over there! Stay away!", you'll be the one going "Hmm... Did you say it was this way?"

The Janitor may seem humble, but their kit is filled with nifty stuff. Their Nail Gun starting item can be used as a very basic classic weapon in combat, but it can also be used to remove Malfunction markers, while the Pressure Washer quest item forces intruders to retreat. (Both are heavy, so if you go for the Washer you will have limited ability to transport heavy objects.) They also have strong action cards for repairing rooms or using them while they're malfunctioning, plus thye can pick up a Flamethrower, Enviro-Suit, or Taser from any yellow room which still has items on the counter. They're the perfect character if you want to play the gruff, no-nonsense guy who saves everyone with ingenuity and practical know-how.

The Survivor has no starting item, but their quest item is the ever-deadly Assault Rifle. Like the Lab Rat, they count as a Survivor and have immediate access to the first Intruder weakness. The value of this will depend a lot on what that weakness is and what situations you run into, however. Other than that, they're strong in combat, they can travel through the technical corridors, and they can always find a use for an item, either to patch up a wound or to distract an Intruder for an escape attempt. Thematically, they're Ripley and Newt baked into one deadly package.

The Sentry starts out with an energy SMG which is fine, but their quest item is the massively powerful Battle Suit. Not only does it function as an Enviro-Suit (meaning you can ignore slime and fire damage, and you can escape the facility on foot instead of having to use the Rover), but it also allows you to ignore Darkness, including that it lets you use the advantage die when shooting. The obvious drawback is that it's a heavy item, so your ability to transport heavy objects will be limited if you get your hands on it. Conversely, their action cards are a little less exciting. They can move themselves and another character while ignoring exploration tokens which is very nice, and their ability to close all the doors around a room will make them a dangerous foe in a non-cooperative game, but overall their cards aren't as exciting as some of the other characters'. I think they're stronger in non-cooperative games in general, especially since their Stun card (make a character in the same room with 3 or fewer cards in hand discard their hand) can be devastating.

Finally, the Medic does pretty much what you'd expect from a Medic. In Lockdown their Needle Gun is a quest item rather than a starting item, and since one of their action cards cannot be used without it that is a notable drawback. Still, they count as a Nemesis survivor so they have immediate access to the first Intruder weakness. Other than that, they can heal injuries and have some computer skills. They're a fantastic support character, but in a non-cooperative game they'll have limited ability to mess with the other players.

The Night Stalkers

These are the standard Intruders in the Lockdown game, and they're fine. I haven't made a card-by-card comparison with the standard Intruders, but they feel very much the same, with a similar development cycle, similar Intruder types, and similar attacks. The latter often have a more dangerous effect if you're in Darkness, as do some of the events, but the overall feel is much the same.

The Chytrids

The opposite is true for the Chytrids that come with the Kickstarter Stretch Goals, though. If the other Intruder types feel like dangerous predators stalking you, the Chytrids feel like a true infestation of an alien eco-system. I've only played one game with them so I may be off base here, but I feel like you're more rarely fighting the actual Intruders and more often trying to hold back the spread of the fungus which has a different feel to it than the typical game. It also makes setting fire to things a tempting proposition, which is interesting. I felt like contamination was a greater danger with the Chytrids than the standard Intruders or Night Stalkers, but again that's based on a single play.

Conclusions

If you own the original Nemesis and want more-but-different, Lockdown will give you that. The Night Stalkers are very similar to the standard Intruders, but the characters and the map with its various subsystems are good variations on the solid core gameplay. And if you want different enemies, there are expansions specifically for that.

However, if you find that original Nemesis still feels fresh, there's little need to buy Lockdown. At it's core, it's the same game with the same types of decisions.

If you don't own the original Nemesis I think I'd recommend Lockdown, but it's pretty much a toss-up. I think the characters are a little bit more interesting, the power/darkness is fun and not too fiddly, and the surface map makes for a bigger change which adds value. Oh, and the help cards that detail encounters and bag development among other things - these are great! (Versions of these for the other Intruder types are included in the Kickstarter Stretch Goals box.)

I don't think Lockdown has replaced the original Nemesis, but it delivers a variation on the same strong gameplay that doesn't disappoint.

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