We hunters, however, were constantly tense every turn we failed to find the agent, knowing that he was moving closer to his goals without us knowing what they were. As I played on a team of two hunters, my friend playing the agent commented how tense he felt waiting for us to make our moves to see if he would get away unscathed. The unknown elements lead to real tension on both sides. The hunters also have the advantage of being able to discuss their moves if two or more people are controlling them. For example, while the hidden movement naturally favours the agent, both the objective spots and the supply caches (more on these shortly) give the hunters clues to where the agent is. There is a lot to admire in the design of the game. The game is a tour de force of hidden movement, deduction and perfect balance. Each hunter and agent comes with a unique miniature and unique powers to make things harder for the other team.Įmerson Matsuuchi picks up where he left up in Specter Ops: Broken Covenant. Both the original Specter Ops and Broken Covenant come with four hunters and four agents. The game is spiced up further with unique character powers. At the highest player count, things change a little and one out of the four hunters is secretly on the side of the agent. The game actually plays up to five players. Their objective is to find the agent and deal damage to them at close range OR prevent the agent completing their goals in 40 moves.
Up to three hunters move around on the board trying to find the agent (which can be controlled by a single player, if, like me, you need to be able to play at two). They are trying to reach three out of four objectives scattered around the board, before escaping without being killed. Both Specter Ops games have the same core mechanics: a lone agent moves secretly around a board, using a pad to track their movement. I hadn't either before buying Broken Covenant (although, I'll admit, I tracked down and bought the first game soon after buying this one). I'm not going to assume that you've played Specter Ops before reading this. Would Broken Covenant be as good? Specter Ops: The Basics We loved the original here at Zatu, with our reviewer giving it a whopping 90% score. Specter Ops: Broken Covenant is the first standalone expansion for Emerson Matsuuchi's original Specter Ops game.
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