Review of Nemesis: Lockdown, Digital Edition

 I bought Nemesis: Lockdown on Steam. It is a direct port of the boardgame if you are familiar with that. It is multiplayer, there are five different survivors (characters) to choose from so far and it looks like some hidden goals allow you to betray your teammates. The trick is you can’t take direct action against each other by directly attacking with weapons. There is a solo mode also. I should also mention it is in Early Access. 

Played about four solo games. They were interesting.  I think the gameplay might be slow for some people but I like it as it builds tension slowly and it models the Alien(s) movie experience. In my first game I managed to drag my heavily bleeding body to the room where I sent a signal off Mars.  It wasn't enough to finish my second goal however (kill the Queen). An Adult alien cornered me and turned me into a tasty meatball.  

In my second game I played a Janitor and got infected by alien Larva.  I used a card in my hand to scan the infection and it killed me because I had a larva residing in my body. Woops! I didn’t even get to use my jury-rigged flamethrower!

In my third playthrough I was a Xenobiologist with the goal to capture the corpse of an alien intruder.  I was making my way quietly from room to room and gaining knowledge about the alien threat when the game crashed.  

In my fourth opportunity I played a Survivor character.  I learned that each character has starting equipment they can make into something useful assuming they reach the right room and pay for the item.  I successfully made it to the crafting room and made myself an assault rifle! Hell yeah I thought. Fast forward to two turns later where I was in the Surgery room and trapped by an Adult alien. I missed four out of five shots on the alien and then again got turned into a spicy meatball after it had shredded my arms and legs.

I'm excited to try multiplayer with other people who have competing goals.  Fair warning though I think the multiplayer servers may be a bit unstable right now in terms of trying to connect to them.

Another warning about Nemesis: Lockdown. As much fun as I am having with it, I have encountered two Unreal Engine errors, one resulting in the solo game crash I mentioned above.  So, I'd maybe wait until they have fixed these.