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Sigma Theory: Global Cold War

Attribute Scores Currently Irrelevant

I have this game on Steam and the most glaring issue with this game is the fact that despite listing the attribute scores for each Agent, they ultimately don't matter, since every mission you send them on is ultimately decided by a coin toss rather than actually taking STR or INT into account. Nowhere is this more apparent than in the extraction missions when every decision you make can easily get your Agent killed or imprisoned. In one playthrough, I tried playing to my Agent's strengths and Perks only to fail decision after decision, ultimately resulting in maximum alert and eventual capture. Hackers are also a complete joke. Because of the aforementioned irrelevance of their INT score, Hackers can easily fail mission after mission, even against countries with the weakest network security. On top of that, the AI controlling the enemy nations completely blitzes Sigma research, often sniping your scientists rather quickly while you're still trying to meet with the scientist in the first place (again, decided by coin flip whether the mission will succeed or not). In it's current state (Build 18.0.1), the game is fairly infuriating to play. I'd wait until attribute scores seem like they're important before buying. The game is okay, but some mechanics clearly need more work.

54 gamers found this review helpful
Need to Know

Okay, but riddled with annoying issues

What's the point of creating a string of saves with the autosave feature if you can't load any of them? The gameplay is solid enough but there really ought to be a more helpful tutorial on some missions, especially when introducing new assignment types. Additionally, there are several proofreading errors that become distracting, not to mention the constantly-scrolling map during assignments that leans more annoying than actually helpful. All in all, the game is fine but the developers really need to keep patching the game if they want this title to shine. The lack of accessibility to use previous autosaves (if you want to make a different decision during the off-hours from work, such as taking care of problems for members of your family) is a major issue that needs fixing, on to of more careful proofreading for all of the text in the game (especially Brian's lines which read more like text messages rather than actual speech).

3 gamers found this review helpful