The game itself is a tribute/parody on the Sentai (Power Rangers & Co) genre, as well as any "Team of color-coded heroes defends from main villain and his mini-bosses in each episode": Voltron, Ninja Turtles etc etc etc... Gameplay-wise you get equipment, base upgrades, very basic resource management, crafting, character skills, and some interesting "teamwork" combat mechanics that take a while to get used to, but yield good bonuses. It starts really well with a really quirky premise, where you have to defeat enemies in the most spectacular way to get most of the "influence" (which is your main way of getting other resources). But it gets really repetitive really quick. In the last 20% of the game I was so fed up of jokes and 1-dimensional dialogue (which is kinda part of the parody side of the game) that I started using rewind. The mini-bosses are plenty and diverse, but few of them require really special tactics. Overall a solid 4-star game and if you are a fan of the genre (and can cope with overabuse of 1-dimensional jokes) give it another star. I couldn't.
People took one of the greatest old games ever, completely rebuilt it from scratch on a modern engine, extended it with TONS of great stuff, keep it active for over a decade with updates, improvements etc and all this for FREE. Where is the sixth star option, GOG?
This game cannot compare with the genre-leading AAA-class titles, but it's simple, does not have [virtually] any learning curve and is fun. Best played with kids - they enjoy the cool animations and the fact that the game is super simple, and you enjoy oh-so-not-childish remarks that the main characters often produce and show off your strategic genius by helping them in the boss fights. A word of caution, making it run on more recent Win10 version has been a hit-and-miss experience. The game is old - check the forums.
