

I bought it on steam a few months ago. The "xcom" styled combat felt too flimsy / casual and overall the game was very badly optimised (a common issue with "low poly" game visuals it seems). At no point did I feel compelled to travel one more node, and at no point did anything in the game excite me.

I've played Overland for the last few years via itch.io and what started as something unique feeling and different hasnt really evolved much beyond the initial concepts we saw in early builds. While the game has been rebuilt from the ground up, it actually seems less well optimised than it did before and aside from some new landscapes, its difficult to see whats new and improved in the official public release. That said, theres a lot here that can be enjoyed if you can stomach an unforgiving RNG setup and the challenge of increasingly bad odds because you genuinely do begin to care about your group - especially when you get pooches. Personally I think the game could have done with more fine tuning in development time and additional content, but if what you see highly appeals, you'll probably enjoy it.