Planet Stronghold: Colonial Defense

[b]Before anything,[/b] I only did the VN mode and with Cristopher's route as Alex. The review may be incomplete, but I [b]#already liked the game, playing it without a game mode? sounds promising.[/b] Playing as Diana or Alex Nelson [b]#only important when you want to choose your romance options[/b], we are ordered to lead and protect the colony of Stronghold, which is surrounded by alien races of different kinds and goals. More of the most important decisions, dilemma, and of course, who to give your heart, will be [olist][b]PROS:[/b] [*] Play as a female or male character [b]#sorry, no binary for now... or maybe is it?[/b] with 12 dateable characters [b]#but beware, some of them are single-minded and only like meat or fish[/b]. And yea, I [spoiler] wanted that daddy to be my... [b]#inminent guard[/b], but the game decided that guy is not dateable by anyone.... [/spoiler]. [*] It takes around 5-6 hours of gameplay, in Visual Novel Mode, which the card game is skipped. Along with the decisions and the multiple endings & romances, can be a good game for replayability. [b]#and trying to figure out all the characters' sexual orientation... may take a while[/b] [*] There is a car…

A simple but fun VN/deck-building card game. It's worth it, but not at full price. Tbh, it's only worth it when you get at least a 75% discount. The story is engaging, but there are some (big) plot holes. The VN experience is okay; sadly, many decisions feel like they don't matter... or, even worse, in the next scene, it goes on with shallow, undefined words, so you clearly see it's made to fit all decisions, no matter how they differs. From time to time, the characters are just kind of too informal. I mean, it's a military sci-fi scenario similar to MassEffect. But occasionally, the characters joke around in rather inappropriate situations or make flirty hints totally out of nowhere. A bit unpleasant is also that the figures on screen don't always match the ones speaking, and there are so many people involved in all scenes that it takes more concentration to play this VN than a VN should require. The card game is okay. The deck-building is a bit limited; e.g., the deck is just around 10 to 30 cards (depending on the battle you fight), and there are no resource cards (you just get X resources every turn, except for some rare special abilities). And sadly, there are some super …

Unfortunately, this game is very boring. A lot of factors contribute to this feeling: 1) A lot of characters are thrown at you from the very start. Unless you read their bio's from the developer, it is very overwhelming and confusing. It doesn't help that not always characters that speak to you show up on screen, which makes it very easy to mistake them for different characters - e.g. Graciela and Mira or Xavier and Christophe. 2) Character's "banter" is distracting and gets annoying real fast. Imagine, some serious issue is brought up - people killed, loved ones kidnapped - but out here it's all banter and jokes. Time and place, people. Like, it's not a Marvel movie, be serious for a ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ second, please. 3) There is no goal, no character progression and no consequences for your choices. There is no villain, no mission and no stakes here, things just happen. Characters do not have plot arc or side mission (besides the battle ones) or any character evolution at all, so - team talks are really boring. And often your choices only change 1 line in epilogue, if even that. 4) Romances are very underwhelming. You talk to everyone, one day every eligible character confesses to yo…

Recommended for fans of VNs and card games, and fans of the Planet Stronghold series. Great characters, variety of aliens, and good worldbuilding as well as some impactful choices and optional romances. Choice of male or female lead and either manga or 'realistic' artstyles which you can see in the store page images. Well worth it on sale but I'd recommend checking out the main games first as they have more depth and backstory. Unlocking cards over the course of the game is good, but many missions limit your deck to only 10-15 cards and all the higher tier cards use the same resource which isn't always available, so you still have to mostly rely on the same/starting cards throughout the whole game.

This was fantastic! I think this may be one of my favorite Winter Wolves games now (still digesting it so not entirely sure). This one is more VN than a traditional game (a card game this time) than the first, but that VN is much, much better. The co-writer on this one really punched up the script and gave the characters a ton of depth. The antagonists were all really interesting, and the cookie cutter aliens from the first game were given a lot of interesting cultural details here. What they did with the Dredans was especially fascinating. Definitely one of the best stories I've read from the studio. The card game was also really fun, and I appreciate the quick play option on the main menu. It's quick and snappy, but has a lot more depth to it then it first shows. I really like the "hero" system where you can get extra cards for a deck by picking one of the Stronghold crew, their unique skill sets giving them different themed cards. I'm definitely going to do more runs for the various romances (they're all fantastic from what I've seen so far) and really excited to mess around with more deck builds. Highly recommended and worth the base price, absolutely.

Good fun deck builder