I really wanted to enjoy this game. I am a huge fan of the Superhero genre in general, have hundreds of hours in other games, as well as TTRPGs. The powers, characters, story, all good.

My only complaint is that it feels very tactically restrictive. There doesn't seem to be multiple ways to handle a mission, and it feels more like solving a puzzle with a pre-determined solution than actually making tactical choices and reacting to the battlefield. It has all the foundations there, but I feel like unless you make the "right" decisions, then every battle is just a slog.

Right now you can get both Into the Breach and Marvel's Midnight Suns for less than the price of this, and I'd recommend doing that. If you want something retro, you can throw in the Freedom Force games and still come out ahead. Each of those are individually more fun, so getting all of them for less than the asking price is a no-brainer.

I wanted to love this game, it has such a cool premise, but there's so many issues with it, ranging from the writing being atrocious, to having to grind the same missions ad nauseam to get any XP. The biggest problem is it doesn't feel like there's any customization - every map is small and feels like it has a fixed solution, so there are objectively "right" ways to build your heroes, rather than bringing in your own strategy.

It ends up just feeling kind of boring, because you're literally doing the same moves and missions over and over, with no reason to ever deviate.

It's a fun indie Xcom-like fighting game. It doesn't have the base building aspect, just the fighting part. There's nothing groundbreaking, but the things it does it does well.

There is no base building (shame), no mini-games (good), and the story makes thematic sense. The writing could have been finessed a bit more. And the voice acting isn't the best. But I'd take that over no voice acting!

Honestly, it's a solid thumbs up for me. We'll see how it holds after a few more hours.