by Maskounet
This topic has been discussed a lot already. That "KoNY sucks" seems popular on BGG forums, and it seems like a lack of Open-mindedness to me.KoT and KoNY are both great games, and you can't blame Iello to expand the franchise to another population. What population, will you ask? People who like light games, but find KoT a bit too light. People like me. And my friends, who admit they would not play KoT again, now that KoNY is there. People for who the increase in complexity is basically nothing to manage, but that appreciate the addition in the gameplay department.
What's wrong with KoT? Very little things, in facts. But come on, all those pairs of '1' and '2' are boring. Ending with a mix bag of numbers is not very exciting. It's ok, I guess, it's randomness, but KoNY doesn't have that.
What's better in KoNY? Thematic, of course. You can go rampage against buildings and military units! Why wouldn't you love that? Don't you get that in every single monster movies ever made? And what about the super star card? Who wouldn't want to be a super star?
Some other things fall a bit more flat. That statue of liberty is weirdly thematized. Skulls doesn't scale like the other die faces. Ok, the game is not perfect.
My point is that KoNY is a good variation, neither for the casual gamers nor the hardcore gamers. But for something in the middle.