Space Alert

I have to say that I was very unsure about the game at first. The description sounded more than strange and after reading through the manuals (there are two of them) I was even more convinced that this would never work out. After all I still bought the game, in the end only because it was designed by Vlaada Chvatil whose game "Galaxy Trucker" is one of the all time favorites in our group. And what can I say... Vlaada did it again... Space Alert has made it right next to Galaxy Trucker in the hitlist.
About the Mechanics: The game is different than anything else I have seen so far. It's the only fully cooperative game that you never could play alone. The constant time preassure, the many details that have you loose track more quickly than you can imagine and the great diversity of the missions makes this a really cool game. And all this combined with really cool, and incredibly simple rules. We only needed two rounds to figure everything out and get used to it.
Negative things: The number of missions is limited. With the other missions you can download at CSG this is a minor limit, but still... Also the fact that this game can only be played smoothly with a CD player around is a bit annoying for our non-tech game group.
Everything considered I can only bow before Vlaada Chvatil for that game. I love it