Attack of the Earthlings

Excellent game. Loved the witty and dark humour of the game. The game is a bit short and quite simplistic, felt a bit «definitely not AAA game». That's the only reason I gave it 4*. Worked flawlessly on my Ubuntu Linux 20.04. I did NOT have to accept any abusive Terms and Conditions to play the game.

The game has great concept, VERY fun mechanics, satiric, black humor. I would recommend it to anyone, but the problem is with the length: the game has only 7 missions (plus a very short and simple tutorial), each around 1 hour of gameplay. There are a lot of great mechanics, but since the game is relatively short and not really hard (so you won't restart missions with different strategy and mutagen setup), you simply won't even try out all possibilities (I know, you can replay any level, but if you've beaten it once you won't replay it just to try something different). In the Steam version you have at least some challanging achievements which adds to the play time, but the GoG version sadly lacks this. Still a good game (you only have a few unit types but all of them are increadibly useful and the mutagen upgrades really make them better, the map designs are cool and the humor is genuinely good), but a map editor/package, random maps, challanges, etc could have made this game a true masterpiece.

I liked the graphics, humor and wit of this game. At times I felt like I was playing chess almost in certain situations, you might have to think about what to do for 10 minutes or more. Then when actions don't go as planned you have to rethink your strategy with what you have left on your turn. Replaying a level doesn't go down the same, the computer is thinking against you and I like that. I liked how you could use ductwork to get around and hide. I also liked how you can mutate into other classes. So you could use the ductwork to get somewhere distant quick and then mutate into a creature too large to travel through that ductwork. I didn't like the traps the aliens can make, they didn't do anything, you would assume they would maybe stop an opponent for one round or give them 5 points damage or something, but they just walk through it with I stepped in dog poo animation or something. But everything else was great. There is even side missions on top of the main mission for extra mutagen credit to upgrade your units for the next mission. I would have liked the game to have been a tad longer, but that is just because I enjoyed playing it. It was normal length. Would have been nice to have a 2 player option, where one player can be the aliens and the other the humans just for kicks. It's original enough to be a keeper, and a part 2 with even more options and alien types would be welcomed. Or a version with zombies instead of aliens. There was a couple instances where I wished I could just bite one of the soldiers and infect them with alien rabies and control them for a turn or two. All in all the game is solid, voice acting is good, the jokes are good. The controls are easy to use. The AI is challenging enough. It's not XCOM and it's not trying to be. It's got it's own thing going on. Thumbs up

Probably best suited to for those who generally don't engage with turn-based games. The mechanics are very simple and the game does not offer a lot of complexity. It is also quite short, but it's probably for the best, because by the end, the game has exhausted pretty much all scenarios it could have thrown at you. You start levels with your "commander" unit (Matriarch) and use her to get the first couple kills, eat corpses for biomass and proceed to spawn your units. The basic spawn can then mutate into 3 sub-types (all cost additional essence). A stealth/assassin unit, a tank unit and a ranged unit. You then use those to go through the levels, usually trying to find a way to dispose of the enemies in a way they don't do any damage to you. There is also one special unit which the Matriarch can make, called Drone, where you can take over one of the civilians and then use it for free scouting as enemies generally don't shoot them. The Matriarch also has large vision range, making her ideal for scouting/spotting. You can also upgrade between missions, each unit having a grand total of 3 upgrades. They can be pretty impactful, making the game even easier. You won't be able to get them all, but can freely swap them if you don't like one of them. The stealth unit is by far the most versatile, the others you will mostly use just to counter specific enemy types. Speaking of which, there are only a couple of them. All enemies also have very limited movement (half of your units'), which makes outplaying them and their pre-scripted patrol routes very simple. The game is presented in a satirical tone (big greedy corporation bad!!!). You play the indigenous species of the planet the big bad corpo came to mine. There is some voice acting for the 2 main baddies, but otherwise, all NPCs just mumble with text bubbles. Zero replayability, but fun for the 6-8 hours it's going to take you to beat the game. Worth it with the 80% discount the game has pretty much all the time.