Iron Danger

As the videos shows and others already said, the whole game revolves around the time rewind concept, which is really cool and while not exactly unique, isn't used too often in other games. (I remember Braid and The Sands of Time using a similar approach - but those were platformers and this one is more of a light-weight combat-oriented tactical RPG). Alas, that means that there is no saving available during a level - at all. Nor are there any checkpoints. You have to finish each level in one go. Is it getting really late at night and you need to get up early in the morning? Well ... tough luck! You either finish what you started or quit now and you'll need to restart the whole level again (some levels can easily take a couple of hours to finish)... Worse than that - twice I finished a whole level, yet the exit icon never appeared. So I had to replay them again completely. There are complaints on forums that some people even had to replay them *multiple* times, before the end-of-level event actually triggered. Speaking of bugs - these aren't the only ones: characters are some times unable to pick up items (e.g. grenades) or are suddenly unable to use some of their abilities (e.g. the remotely operated robot unable to kick/punch). And so on. All this is known to developers - for years now. Yet, they never fixed it, which leaves a bitter aftertaste... The story and characters are quite cliche, as some people mention, but that didn't bother me. It fits okay with the game. Unfortunately the whole thing is rather short and ends on a cliff-hanger - promising a sequel, which we'll probably never see... Bottom line: I like the whole concept and quite understand that it probably lacked funding for professional polish. It's worth playing and if you dig the whole idea, do give it a go. Still can't give it five stars though. I'd say about 3.5 - yet since it's an indie title, I'll gladly round it up to four.

Some fights feel like puzzles and it's great, the whole combat system is really innovative and fresh, but in the end the game presents no challenge. The story isn't bad, but it's nothing remarkable either. Solid 7/10

In Iron Danger, every second counts. Often, a literal split-second decision is the difference between life and death. Even on Adventurer (easy), enemies can quickly strip away large portions of your health. You can quickly undo that with a few steps back in time, but you need to plan carefully to overcome your foes. Thus, Iron Danger encourages you to experiment with each character's wide array of abilities, and how they interact with each other and the environment. The story isn't anything revolutionary, but it certainly held my attention, helped by interesting characters and excellent voice acting. Music is great. All in all, a fantastic game. Absolutely recommend it.

This title is definitely rushed, but still a fun game to play. Expect the following: * VERY badly optimized game. (I had to turn it down to 30 FPS manually in Nvidia system control center to avoid onstant PC fan activity and overheating of my graphics card!) * No better equipment item collection - just useables, like healing items and grenades e.g. lying around the battlefield to pick up. * No EXP-farming, your characters level up alternately after each mission - there's no point in clearing a battlefield. * No character selection. During the plot you get access to several characters with different skills, but do not expect to be able to select which ones to take to mission. The game decides for you. * Despite all the negatives, the game's still fun to play as it introduces a very unique time-mechanic to turn-based tactics. Think of it as a constantly active 'Save-Scum' function with 2 seperated time-lines for each of your 2 characters. So the most important part of the game - combat - is incredible fun, well executed and will make you keep playing. Opinion: Worth a buy when on sale!

I enjoyed the unique time mechanic alot. Yeah it's got some bugs, in one case game breaking. Luckily that was solved with a reload. Story is passable, albeit predictable. Voice acting is pretty good tho! Also the Auralith, the divine entity that keeps blessing you with new powers, is very well designed. I was really impressed by her. A game like Iron Danger really needs a sequel to explore the time mechanic further. I'd say it's worth wading through some BS to find the fun here, especially if you can get the game for a deep discount.