Posted on: March 11, 2020
DS88
Verified ownerGames: 63 Reviews: 17
Good, too easy
The only thing that keeps this from 5/5 from me is the low difficulty. If they took more time to balance it out and make it more challenging this would be one of my favorite tactics games. I shouldn't have to play on very hard with custom difficulty options to have any challenge. Even starting on hard with zero knowledge of the game mechanics, after a few missions you learn the basics and get some gear and abilities you simply have too many options, too much healing and too many "get out of jail free cards" compared to the enemy. Everything else is excellent. This game gets 40k right like few others do, even some of the good ones (and we all know most of them are complete garbage) often fumble, here the atmosphere is right, the writing is right, the graphics fit perfectly, the soundtrack is amazing. Also a big plus is the Mechanicus faction, and how well it's done both from the writing and gameplay perspective. Amazing stuff. The game often feels more like a board game or a puzzle than a typical turn-based tactics game with cover and % to hit. But I like that, it works very well, you can have tactical combat done in many ways. There’s a ton of cool weapons, gear, abilities and great customization of characters. The only problem is, again, that in my opinion the challenge is poorly designed and you need to crank it up with custom options on top of playing on the highest difficulty.
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