Not a good game. Lagging, slow, boring. The setting is fun, but the graphics are absolutely unsepactacular - which would be fine if the gameplay had anything original or at least some solid fun. But what you get is a completely exchangeable textbood 4X game, thats slow, full of trial-and-error and with little deepness. Avoid!
I was initially a little disappointed by this game, having the impression that it was a cheap Fantasy General clone in Warhammer 40k setting. In a sense, that's correct, but it HAS some value and it is a fun and challenging strategy with some great strategical deepness and a great Warhammer feeling. My only complaints are the weird difficulty settings: "easy" is so easy that you almost win accidently, hard is next to impossible. There are some AI problems, but all in all this is a good, not perfect strategy game. If you like Warhammer 40k and Fantasy General, you will have fun with this.
I don't know where the high ratings are coming from. PD is average at best, probably even less. The tactical missions are XCom like, but with less tactical deepness. I really like that this game demands stealth (actually this was my reason to buy it), but gives you no proper stealth tools. The shootouts are poor and crucial information is not visible. There is lots of downtime, mostly for useless civilians wandering around like zombies. There is very little variation in the missions. We get a tutorial which covers the tactical part, but not anything else, but THAT's where I would have needed one. The investigations are pretty much clicking randomly on obvious clues. I can see tons of good ideas in this game, from the setting to the content, but none of them are properly designed and the game feels rushed and unfinished. If You look for great turnbased combat, choose XCom. If you look for tactical stealth espionage, choose Invisible Inc. Phantom Doctrine is not terrible, but I can't recommend it.
