I am of two minds on this game. If you just want a sci-fi tactics game to mess around with, Ticket to Earth has a vibrant and beautiful world and (at least as far as I got) interesting characters, and a very enjoyable draw-a-path set of mechanics. If you're a perfectionist who needs to get every bonus objective all the time, this game is NOT for you (or me).

TtE, in my eyes, is held back by the fact that often times, the bonus objectives are LITERALLY impossible to complete without restarting a least a handful, if not dozens of times. Missions where, for example, you need to kill an enemy on the first turn, but there aren't enough tiles to power up your ranged ability, and there isn't an available path all the way to an enemy/enough power to kill that enemy even if you can get there. I spent about 55 of my 96 minutes of playtime on a single mission, restarting over and over again to try and fulfill all the bonus objectives, before finally realizing any more attempts would have me smashing my keyboard in frustration, at which point I gave up and just completed the mission with 1/3 objectives done. I kept hoping that the RNG would favour me, but even with heavy restarts, it seems that completing every bonus objective is nigh-on impossible for most missions.

I really wish that the devs had included pseudo-random RNG, ensuring that there was always a solution (assuming you played perfectly), rather than pure RNG, but for now, I'm just going to have to give this game up.

TtE MAY get better once you can purchase better abilities, but honestly, I'm so angry at this game and its RNG that I'd rather just refund it and not waste any more of my time.

If you can get through the RNG balogna, Ticket to Earth is probably a great game, and I'd recommend at least giving it a shot. That said, if you're a completionist who needs to finish every objective, I recommend staying the hell away, as it will be nothing but an exercise in frustration.

I am of two minds on this game. If you just want a sci-fi tactics game to mess around with, Ticket to Earth has a vibrant and beautiful world and (at least as far as I got) interesting characters, and a very enjoyable draw-a-path set of mechanics. If you're a perfectionist who needs to get every bonus objective all the time, this game is NOT for you (or me). TtE, in my eyes, is held back by the fact that often times, the bonus objectives are LITERALLY impossible to complete without restarting a least a handful, if not dozens of times. Missions where, for example, you need to kill an enemy on the first turn, but there aren't enough tiles to power up your ranged ability, and there isn't an available path all the way to an enemy/enough power to kill that enemy even if you can get there. I spent about 55 of my 96 minutes of playtime on a single mission, restarting over and over again to try and fulfill all the bonus objectives, before finally realizing any more attempts would have me smashing my keyboard in frustration, at which point I gave up and just completed the mission with 1/3 objectives done. I kept hoping that the RNG would favour me, but even with heavy restarts, it seems that completing every bonus objective is nigh-on impossible for most missions. I really wish that the devs had included pseudo-random RNG, ensuring that there was always a solution (assuming you played perfectly), rather than pure RNG, but for now, I'm just going to have to give this game up. TtE MAY get better once you can purchase better abilities, but honestly, I'm so angry at this game and its RNG that I'd rather just refund it and not waste any more of my time. If you can get through the RNG balogna, Ticket to Earth is probably a great game, and I'd recommend at least giving it a shot. That said, if you're a completionist who needs to finish every objective, I recommend staying the hell away, as it will be nothing but an exercise in frustration.