Telepath Tactics Liberated

A tactical RPG with some brilliant environmental ideas, such as shoving enemies off cliffs, destroying bridges, and terraforming the battlefield are all fun. Sadly, the actual moment-to-moment gameplay is dragged down by a clunky interface, rough asset presentation, and frustrating random stat growths on level-up. There's a good strategy game buried in here, but it lacks the polish needed to make those long campaign battles truly shine.

Telepath Tactics Liberated is a fantastic turn-based RPG. The gameplay mechanics are excellent and the story is solid. It took me 67 hours to get every achievement as I did 3 playthroughs, but you can get them all in 2 playthroughs if you start on the hardest difficulty. I highly recommend this game to anyone who loves turn-based tactics, you're bound to have some good fun with this one.

Some infuriating designs that for me, ruined the whole experience. At the end of a mission, it autosaves over your last MANUAL spot. This has left me a few times, accidentally winning a mission before i've looted the chests on said mission and wanting to reload to redo the last turn.. Only to find that i might not have saved for 5-10 turns in another spot than the one i already got overwritten. Enemies also pick up dropped loot. Most classes end their turn by an attack action, so if you kill an enemy.. You need to make sure that you have another character with movement points close enough and without overcommitting, otherwise your dear loot will be gone. The AI can sometimes be.. Making questionable choices. You recruit new characters by making a dash for them in combat with one of your two main heroes. But the thing is, sometimes these allies run right into the enemies, getting surrounded and killed before you've even got half way there. On the second mission i had to load from the first turn 4 times to prevent them from doing stupid openers that will get them killed by turn 5-6. And if you do manage to get there in time, you might be so overcommitted that you're ♥♥♥♥♥♥ instead. …

Very unoptimized and laggish game with slow animations, with simple graphics.

its a pretty cool game. it definitely scratches the tactical itch. i am still learning a lot . it has a alot of cool features or abilities i wanted in a trpg but i have had some issues on my steamdeck. freezes or crashes but otherwise i would recommend.

wow ... just ... wow ... how can you f**k up controller support THAT severely? Got stuck in a menu during a "cut scene" without visible cursor, no reaction from any button besides some clickety noises and no chance to proceed/abort with mouse/keyboard either. There were problems and hiccups before that I grudgingly ignored, but this - THIS broke the in-game camel's back, neck and legs. Remember I said "cut scene"? I tried three times to get around the issue, clicking away the same moronic dialogue for the buggy section to occur. Don't implement controller support if you can't make it work properly. Jesus Christ on a trike ...