Aeon Trespass Odyssey

There are a lot of people saying Aeon Trespass Odyssey is a spiritual successor to Kingdom Death Monster. Both games are fantasy and resolve around a cycle of four characters fighting a monster, then after the battle returning to camp to build it up ready for the next battle.

In KDM your characters are the survivors that live in a settlement. In ATO your characters “pilot” Titans 10’s of feet tall and their base is the Argo – a giant steel ship sailing the Mediterranean sea.

In terms of mechanics, at first glance the monster battles seem fundamentally similar, with a few key mechanic differences. ATO does seem to be a bit more streamlined though for faster play. My first KDM fight took several hours, whereas the tutorial fight in ATO took about one hour.

The out of battle part of KDM consisted of using resources to build up your settlement, craft gear, and one story event per turn. In ATO you actually have several (usually 6) turns of exploring with the Argo between battles. It looks like this element of the game will be much more significant in ATO.

Finally, the physical product themselves have some differences. The boxes are about the same size. KDM is jet black and ATO is pure white. Card quality etc are excellent with both. The main difference is that in KDM all the models require assembly, and once built will no longer fit in the box. In ATO all the models are pre-assembled (some of the bigger ones need putting together for use but then de-assemble again). This means everything packs back into the box again.