This game came out of nowhere a few weeks ago for me, and I immediately fell in love with the concept. Controlling a freelance secret spy organization at the height of the Cold War, with a bevy of guns, gadgets and perks to customize your agents with? Also MKUltra? How could I resist? A lot of complaints about XCom type games is the "chance to hit" system, which is NOT present here. Your agents have good aim, the only thing you have to worry about are the things standing in your agents way of getting that mortal or fatal blow, such as their ability to dodge or their cover. This all affects how MUCH damage you deal, not whether or not you miss. Which makes things less of a hail mary for every shot taken. This does take out some of the nail biting moments, but it also feels fair. Besides, the stealth has enough nail-biting moments to go around. With disguises and easy-to-see line of sights of the enemy, theres a fair bit of depth when it comes to the stealth, although getting to the point where you have enough supressors for your team can take some time or sacrifice. The story is very authentic, using all the terms, locations, codenames, and espionage you would expect from a cold war spy thriller. The Investigation Board system is fairly unique, and while simple, I find it to be a lot of fun digging through the lore and piecing things together in such an interesting way. All that said I do have a few complaints. Starting out, this game can be challenging and feel like it isn't telling you things to the extent where you can lose missions because of it. It takes the long-haul approach to teaching you the ins and outs of its systems, so sometimes save-scumming is almost a necessity (I actually lost my first campaign on the second mission in Iron Man mode). Another issue is that the voice acting seems a bit... off. It's hard to feel for some of the characters because of this, and I understand it's a small issue, and I was able to overcome these issues easily enough.
