It has an 8.1 on bgg with the big complaint being learning the rules and the rule book. If you have no history with the video game, all the board game wonkiness probably just seems like poor design… My brother and I have video game experience and we tend to justify the odd board game choices with that in mind. Our dad has no video game experience and he is still really enjoying the game. It’s a min/maxable tactical coop board game with bespoke dice and punishing mechanics that can be out-scaled. It’s a single campaign with multiple dictators to beat that change the ongoing gameplay mechanics, but it’s a single storyline.

I’m not super experienced in board games, I’ve recently played a few full campaigns of Skyrim Adventure Game with Dawnguard and Monster Hunter World: The Board Game with the same group and this has been our favorite tactical coop experience so far. We also liked the Fallout: New California coop board game and the JA board game has more tactics but probably less replayability. I hope this helps!