Phantom Doctrine is a strategic turn-based espionage thriller set at the peak of the Cold War. Drawing on a wide variety of influences and capturing the subtle intrigue of classic spy films, the game thrust the player into a mysterious world of covert operations, counterintelligence, conspiracy and...
Phantom Doctrine is a strategic turn-based espionage thriller set at the peak of the Cold War. Drawing on a wide variety of influences and capturing the subtle intrigue of classic spy films, the game thrust the player into a mysterious world of covert operations, counterintelligence, conspiracy and paranoia.
As the leader of a secret organization known only as The Cabal, you are charged with preventing a global conspiracy that seeks to pit leader against leader, and nation against nation. By carrying out secret missions, investigating classified files, and interrogating enemy agents, a sinister plot is uncovered. With the clock ticking, it must be thwarted in order to save the world from an unthinkable fate.
A Deep Single-Player Story Campaign: the 40+ hour single-player campaign mode features a rich, gripping plot woven with numerous historical events and characters to bring the terrifying reality of the Cold War to life from a unique perspective.
Next-generation turn-based combat: offers unprecedented flexibility of movement and actions, including variable Overwatch modes and assault-oriented Breach ability.
Expanded battlefield: assets can be positioned around the world, enabling you to call for assistance in the heat of battle. But the enemy can also bring in reinforcements, including heavy weapons and even air support. Don’t bring a knife to a gunfight.
Knowledge is power: Improve your chances of success by infiltrating mission locations with undercover operatives. Attempt to stay one step ahead of enemy agents, who are also preparing to spring their own devious traps.
Lurk in the shadows with fully-fledged stealth gameplay: Clandestine operations can be completed with suppressed weapons, silent takedowns and cutting edge Cold War technology.
Take charge of the crucial counterintelligence operation: Recruit from both the KGB and the CIA, the criminal fraternity, or even utilise the unique talents of subjects of secret government experiments. Weapons, resources and contacts can be secured around the globe, enabling you to command from afar. But if the situation requires a hands-on approach, you will be locked, loaded and ready to fight.
Innovative Investigation Board: Utilizing a classic pinboard and string approach, the Investigation Board is the hub from where cases, locations and individuals can be researched to reveal new missions, resources and technologies. In Phantom Doctrine, investigation and intel is an active and vital element of success.
Multiplayer Battles: lose friends and make new enemies in ruthless online multiplayer matches. Experience the deviousness and lethality of Phantom Doctrine in easily-accessible and action-packed 1v1 skirmishes.
Utilize ruthless Technology: New capabilities can either be stolen from the enemy or researched yourself, and then ruthlessly used to your advantage. Often experimental and morally dubious, brainwashing, interrogation, body engineering and chemical enhancement are all fair game as you extract information by any means necessary.
Fully customizable character creation: Operatives can be customized each time they need a new identity. Change their appearance, forge their documents, train them in the deadly arts and send them back into the field.
Carefully Designed handcrafted levels: The combination of large, handcrafted maps and meticulous, smart design ensures great visual and gameplay variety. Travel the world of the 1980s in the grip of the Cold War on both sides of the Iron Curtain.
Replayable modular campaign: a wide array of mechanics ensures markedly different playthroughs. A unique experience is guaranteed by randomly generated character names and backgrounds, algorithmically populated and adapted maps, and randomized intelligence snippets.
A spy thriller from two different points of view: Play as either a former KGB counterintelligence operative or a renegade CIA wet work commando. Each has to come to terms with the truth and challenge the global conspiracy. Complete the campaign to be rewarded with an additional protagonist in Extended Playthrough.
No mission is too big or too small: whether infiltrating a busy government facility to surgically assassinate a target, or mounting a full frontal assault on an enemy base. With a plethora of optional objectives, additional loot and intelligence to collect, it is only up to you how complex each mission will be. Your decisions make all the difference.
Popular achievements
Lootcrates are Forever
Collect all loot and documents on a single tactical level.
common
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52.03%
Bite the Bullet
Survive an ambush.
common
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36.4%
Tailor
Change an agent's identity.
common
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46.45%
Tactical Plunder
Loot 50 containers on tactical levels.
common
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30.24%
Conspiracy Revealed
Solve a secret file.
common
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54%
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Deluxe Edition
manual
soundtrack (FLAC)
artbook
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Multiplayer notice: Phantom Doctrine features crossplay matches that you can play with your friends no matter where the game was purchased (PC only).
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Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system.
Recommended system requirements:
Multiplayer notice: Phantom Doctrine features crossplay matches that you can play with your friends no matter where the game was purchased (PC only).
Multiplayer notice: Please note that GOG GALAXY is required to access Multiplayer.
Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system.
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I'd recommend the game for people who like the XCOM tactical style and are interested in a conspiracy theory alternate history. It lacks some polish, but it also lets you build a team of Agent 47-level super spies. Some of the main missions intentionally break stealth, and that's understandable, if annoying, but for the most part, you can achieve your objectives completely under the radar.
This is actually a nice game resembling X-COM dynamics. There are some differences, though. You don't start combat right away. The first phase is the disguised movement phase, where you place your units in advantageous positions (in case you are detected), but it is perfectly possible to complete missions without combat if you are careful.
The game has different dynamics for a regular player
1- There is no limited ammo. You can reload your weapons at will. But the drawback is it takes away your action point, so one should consider this.
2- Weapons are upgradeable, and attachments are addable.
3- You skill up your units and choose proficiency in weapons. This adds several benefits, they spend less AP on weapons use , quick reload etc.
4- Your agents are all upgradeable via MK-Ultra program. That is discoverable later on and improves gameplay significantly.
5- Jumping out of windows, sniping enemies from rooftops, executing breach mechanics (the game has a very powerful breach mechanic, which is great to execute) and decimating enemies with overwatch crossfire is great fun.
The only few things I can criticize the game with is :
1- No daylight missions (yep, only tutorial mission is on daylight)
2- Missions become repetitive through the late game. (and the maps are limited so the player get to used to them after a while)
Verdict: That is one hell of a quality game. Play it, you will have fun with it , I promise!
The game is a good stealth but annoyances will most likely prevent me from playing it a second time.
The annoyances:
1. Repeated annoying scenes of arriving at a place, evac vehicle has arrived and leaving a location. You see them so many times I wish I could disable them. They can be skipped but still are a time waster.
2. The annoying zooming with bodies of picking up, disposing of and dropping them. It is jarring having this happen everytime and no way to disable it.
3. The game is turn based but you can't do multiple takdowns at the same time and can only do them one at a time. In case of people seeing anyone get taken down an alarm goes off even though its kinda happening at the same time.
4. Magic cameras that don't have anyone watching the screens. Most of the time camera monitor stations are empty and should not be raising an alarm at all.
5. My characters still feel sluggish with movement speed even with accelerated movement and always run enabled in options. I know where my characters are going and moving up to 7 in a mission is slow, I need for my team only an even faster movment option.
6. The camera snaps that center on a character doing something or auto changing characetrs when your not done. I open a door and have already moved my camera to see whats inside to get snapped back to the character and need to move the camera again to see. The issue also when my character has used all movement to get to a door I want to open only to jump to anothert character.
7. I dont like how the world map is setup, you can't zoom in or pan around and is weirdly warped that it took some time to get used to using it.
8. Extended campain can't be played from the begining and you need to playthrough once in order to unlock it. Since I already saw I most likely only going to play once I wanted to play that mode from the start it also seems pointless to have it locked.
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