SeabassDebeste posted...
you choose one of five each time it's your turn, but the longer you don't choose one,
Think you missed a thought here!
I'm conflicted on Ark Nova. I love the theme and the mechanic of "ability gets stronger the longer you wait to use it" but the complexity of everything going on is a huge hurdle. Like you mention, not having one single place to focus on for the information you need to plan things out for even just one turn can make it feel very obtuse and chaotic.
The bga interface felt very weird to me at first. Like info was presented in less than ideal ways, same as in person. After a few solo plays and figuring things out, i came to really understand and appreciate it. I played a lot of solo games on mobile and i actually prefer the mobile layout to the desktop layout, since it's more condensed.
But once i began to get to that understanding, a lot of the complexity and depth began to feel a hair self-defeating. I'm not sure how else to describe it. I still have a ton of fun with it and i enjoy introducing others to it, but it's far from the top of my list. If it didn't have the awesome theme, it would absolutely fall further.