Recent reviews by BeefWillington

So, nearly 100 hours of game play and I've completed the campaign for the first time. Could I have done it sooner? Yes, you can complete this in 50 hours or less if you want to rush, but I wanted as complete an experience as possible. 25 hours or so were spent on an easy campaign to learn the ropes and make mistakes.

The good - Do you like XCOM? Are you a fan of 40K? Then you'll love this. I like the fact that you don't have percentage chances to hit, it's automatic because the characters are supposed to be some of the best warriors in the universe. The AP system is great, especially how with careful management you can keep a 'turn' going for a very long time, and the buffs you apply to characters that may only last one or two turns can last the whole mission. The amount of customisation and the amount of effort that was put into the game design is wonderful. I really enjoyed this campaign.

The bad - The major turn off for me is just the pacing of progression. The hardest challenge is the early game when you have no ship upgrades, no skills/powers, and no good weaponry. Once you get halfway into the campaign you start to snowball and it becomes less and less of a challenge. Most of the bosses can be defeated in one turn even when you're playing sloppy. If this game had given you some skills to assign at the start of the campaign, and some items to start making some actual team builds, then the early game would have been a lot more fun and less grindy. You only feel like you're actually able to play the game fully once you're half way through the campaign. This is a shame, from the achievement stats/percentages it's clear that most people give up well before the real fun kicks in. I wish the progression and difficulty had felt more even, or was flipped/scaled better.

Overall I love this game, I may come back to purchase some of the DLC's if they go on sale. After that, I may try a play through on the highest difficulty. I think the re-playability of this is slightly hampered by just how repetitive the missions are. Maybe some of the elements unlocked by DLC will ease that feeling.

Free to play, and an absolute classic. Remember what gaming communities and developers used to be like before it all goes out of existence. Enjoy this game while you can.