Posted on: August 19, 2022
GerardDG
Spiele: 236 Rezensionen: 54
Great game marred by executive choices
Phoenix point is a fascinating squad management game. As a spiritual successor to XCOM, it shares some mechanics, like base building, research, flying around the overworld, recovering the dead bodies of enemies, permadeath, etc. But the differences are immense and they're the exact differences that make Phoenix Point excel, to the point that I like it much more than XCOM. The shooting mechanics are changed, so the ridiculous 95% misses, that I personally found the stupidest thing about XCOM, are gone. Many weapons shoot multiple rounds with a directional spread. Meaning you can fire a weapon with a high bullet count at close range and absolutely destroy tough, large enemies. You can fire at longer ranges and still reliably cause at least SOME damage. You can shoot through a wall and hit enemies BEHIND the wall. You can even hit enemies behind other enemies! I've wanted a system like this for years, and Phoenix Point finally introduced it. Another big change is the damage model. Each enemy and friendly unit has bodyparts that can be individually targeted and rendered unusable. This way, you can decrease stats or remove special abilities from enemies (or lose your own). Are you using a psychic powers team? Shoot the enemies in the head so their willpower goes down and your powers become easier to use. Using a long range team with high damage? Shoot enemies in the arms, so they can't equip their guns and can't shoot at you. Acid spitters or mind control giving you grief? Shoot the bodyparts that give those abilities. In short, it is a FANTASTIC system. Moreover, that's not even the scope of the differences with XCOM. There's vehicles, non-linear weapon options, a skill tree that's not just binary choices. In a hundred subtle and less subtle ways, Phoenix Point discards the simple fail states and success states of XCOM and replaces them with layered, more interesting options. The only thing I hated was releasing as an Epic exclusive. So one star off for that.
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