Phoenix Point

I really wanted to like it, but it ended up being a chore. Combat gets repetitive, dealing with the factions is opaque and frustrating while also not being worth it. I felt like I was constantly putting out annoying little fires.

Cool mechanics, but game is pretty bland. Enemy and world design not as interesting as X-com. EULA is also sketchy asl

Imagine if XCOM 2 was a bit less fluid, a lot more generic, and a lot more bland voicing and story wise. Everyone feels like they're reading from a script, the art has an... uncanny valley look despite not being AI, but it generally scratches that "XCOMerpes" rash everyone gets now and then. It does get bland after a while. I have to mention it because it bugs me, but the heavy class has the worst starting abilities, Getting a unit that can jet pack way up high, but also is very tanky, and is also carrying a cannon sounds good, but in execution, you get this clunky unit that when your using it "as intended" just simply doesn't work. Its a nessecary class, what they offer is good. The jet pack costs 3 ap and 3 will to use, the cannon takes 3 ap to use and is incredibly close range being a bit less accurate than a rifle and a bit more accurate than a pistol, you can off set these of course, and if you need a unit to just go touch some objective having a unit that can cross a board in 3 moves or absolutely hate monger some big ticket enemy these are your boys. -TLDR: theres a lot of clunky in this but as long as you have free will that wont be an issue 6/10

Interesting variation on the X-Com vibe, Terror From the Void is stellar as an optional way to play.

good game much better than xcom.

Screw this janky buggy unbalanced X-Com 2 wanna-be piece of ♥♥♥♥ game.