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Phantom Doctrine Deluxe Edition

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4/5

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Phantom Doctrine Deluxe Edition
Description
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 an...
Genre:
Strategy - Turn-based - Sci-fi
Tags:
Strategy, Story Rich, Atmospheric, Sci-fi, Turn-Based, show 9 more... Great Soundtrack, Tactical, Multiplayer, Mature, OST, Violent, Isometric, Stealth, Artbook
Critics reviews
46 %
Recommend
Game Informer
8/10
IGN
7.4/10
Metro GameCentral
7/10
User reviews

4/5

( 47 Reviews )

4

47 Reviews

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Product details
2018, Creative Forge Games, ...
System requirements
Windows 7 / 8 / 8.1 / 10, Intel Core i3-2100 / AMD Phenom II X4 965 or equivalent, 6 GB RAM, GeForce...
DLCs
Phantom Doctrine Deluxe Edition Upgrade, Phantom Doctrine - Halloween Scare Tactics
Description


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 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.

Features


  • 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 muffled 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 accessible 1v1 skirmishes.
  • Utilize ruthless Technology: New capabilities can either be stolen from the enemy or researched, 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 hand-crafted levels: Combining the best of both worlds: the quality of large, hand-designed maps and meticulous, smart design ensuring 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 clinically assassinate a target, or mounting a full frontal assault on an enemy base. With optional objectives linked to a mission’s complexity, as well as loot and intelligence to collect, every decision has an impact.

Goodies
Contents
Standard Edition
Deluxe Edition
manual
soundtrack (FLAC)
artbook
System requirements
Minimum system requirements:
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.

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.

Why buy on GOG.COM?
DRM FREE. No activation or online connection required to play.
Safety and satisfaction. Stellar support 24/7 and full refunds up to 30 days.
Game details
Genre:
Strategy - Turn-based - Sci-fi
Tags:
Strategy, Story Rich, Atmospheric, Sci-fi, Turn-Based, show 9 more... Great Soundtrack, Tactical, Multiplayer, Mature, OST, Violent, Isometric, Stealth, Artbook
Works on:
Windows (7, 8, 10, 11)
Release date:
{{'2018-08-14T00:00:00+03:00' | date: 'longDate' : ' +0300 ' }}
Company:
Creative Forge Games / Good Shepherd Entertainment
Links:
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Game features
Achievements
Cloud saves
Controller support
Multi-player
Overlay
Single-player
Languages
English
audio
text
Deutsch
audio
text
español
audio
text
français
audio
text
italiano
audio
text
polski
audio
text
русский
audio
text
中文(简体)
audio
text
DLCs
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Critics reviews
73
Top Critic Average
46 %
Critics Recommend
OpenCritic Rating
Game Informerby Jeff Marchiafava
8/10
Phantom Doctrine demands the patience and calculation of a cold-blooded assassin, but the methodical style of play is rewarding
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IGNby Mike Epstein
7.4/10
The campaign itself can feel drawn out at times thanks to a less-than-stellar story and some obviously recycled content, but there's a real thrill in executing covert missions and putting all the pieces together like a master spy.
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Metro GameCentralby GameCentral
7/10
An inspired XCOM clone, whose spy movie atmosphere inspires an emphasis on stealth rather than action – which is a good job given the somewhat flawed combat.
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User reviews

Posted on: August 17, 2018

BoomMiD

Verified owner

Games: 10 Reviews: 1

Questionable mechanics, bad translation.

First, the Russian translation of this game is HORRENDOUS. Even direct translation by Google Translate would have had more sense in it that what the game demostrated at launch. Fortunately, I am decent in English, but I couldn't change the text language during a mission, so I had to translate the words into English in my head and then re-translate it back into Russian so that they make at least a droplet of sense. Not cool. Second, combat mechanics. If developers did what they had done in Hard West so that awareness allows you to dodge shots and restores after an agent is hit – I would have no problems. But 100%-hits with no awareness restoration? Good luck tryinig to move 3 agents to evac across the whole map against 7 intruders with more enemy reinforcements coming in 2 turns (and no, you can't just sneak out as combat starts immidiately). That's not my idea of a fair challenge.

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Posted on: August 15, 2018

Althorion

Verified owner

Games: 221 Reviews: 1

Unplayable at this stage

Game has serious potential to be fun, but at this stage is simply unplayable—it crashes, hangs (you can’t change menus or do anything, but the music plays and you can click on things, it just doesn’t do anything), bugs out on world map (you can’t select the mission locations near the eastern edge). I’ll re-evaluate in a month or so to see if those bugs are ironed out, but for now—avoid this game. It was rushed to completion far too soon.

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Posted on: August 15, 2018

JeandeGINESTET

Games: 54 Reviews: 1

One of the best !

One of the best game ever made. Try, you will love it.

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Posted on: August 15, 2018

LKing

Verified owner

Games: 365 Reviews: 1

Spanish traslation is awful; too buggy

I was eager to play this game, but the tactical system is kind of broken. Enemies nearly always hit you (with any kind of weapons and even from the other side of the map, drawing drawing impossible and impredictable lines); the cover affects the damage (which, by the way, is random between a min and a max number), but even in full cover 3 or 4 enemies can kill your men in a couple of turns... Also, after two or three hours of play, game freezed forcing reset. The stealth mechanics, which given the randomness of the shooting part are probably your best option, are way too simple and shallow, although with some good ideas (e.g. the enemies start searching for hostiles if any guard fails to report by radio, adding dificulty to this method, otherwise far too easy). Given the tandem formed by the two flawed methods for the tactical missions, your best option is usually to go stealthy as far as you can and, once the sht. hits the fan, run like hell. The latter implies that the tactical missions have to be played all the same, causing them to grow increasingly boring quite fast (I only played 4 or 5 of them and already have enough...). Regarding to language, I started playing it in Spanish, but the translation seems to have been done with some kind of auto translator (a bad, bad one) as the texts are full of lines with no sense at all (not even gramatically) and some important words like agents stats are translated differently in various texts, adding a lot of confusion to the whole thing. I turned the game to English language to avoid this problem. All in all, if they fix, rebalance and tweak the tactical missions, it could be a quite good game, as the strategic part is good enough. Let´s hope the devs or the modders fix this mess, because the flavour and the general idea of the game is really awesome.

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Posted on: August 15, 2018

wangcheng

Verified owner

Games: Reviews: 1

Chinese translation is bad

The game is great, but the Chinese translation is bad.

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