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12.1 hrs on record (6.9 hrs at review time)
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Posted 29 January.
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25.0 hrs on record (3.0 hrs at review time)
If you like strategy: buy it
If you like puzzles: buy it
If you like witty dialogue: buy it
If you like throwing things out of windows: buy it
If you like other Tom Francis games: see above
If you like none of the above: buy demo it

This sits next to Baldur's Gate 3 for my most anticipated games of all time. When this game was just a store page with a tech demo video, I got super excited for it and shared it with practically everyone I knew. When the game got a demo, I immediately played it (thouroughly) and recommended it to practically everyone I knew. When August 22nd came, I sat on the store page refreshing until the game was purchasable. Like BG3, at no point have I been disappointed by this game.

Tactical Breach Wizards is very unique, and in a fantastic way. The gameplay is novel, but flawless, the visuals gorgeous, the characters and story witty and (somehow) compelling.

While the game is primarily a story-driven experience, there are muliple upgrade paths and a level editor, allowing for significantly more than the advertised 14 hour campaign.

I firmly believe that everyone should experience this game

10/10
Tom Francis has done it again
Posted 22 August, 2024.
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137.7 hrs on record (11.5 hrs at review time)
Writing this review through the tablet in Tabletop Simulator

10/10 would inception again
Posted 12 June, 2018.
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2 people found this review helpful
4,346.3 hrs on record (1,044.2 hrs at review time)
Great Game.

Pros:
  • Tons of game modes; co-op (Invade and annex, patrol ops), PvP (King of the hill, Capture the island), Role playing, etc.
  • Great community
  • Tons of groups to get involved with; groups for casuals, milsimers (military simulaton), realsimers (realsim simulation), etc.
  • Workshop; ridiculous community, mods, maps, missions. For realism, fun, practice, etc.
  • Massive Maps; the largest, Altis, is 270 square kilometers (167 square miles)
  • Great editor; the new(ish) 3D Eden editor is amazing and lets you create anything you want (scripts galore if you're into that)
  • Tons of vehicles
  • Tons of weapons
  • Tons of attachments
  • Tons of apparel
  • Controller support (console controllers, joysticks, yokes, pedals (rudder/race), steering wheels, head/eye tracking, etc.)

Cons:
  • Need a fairly good computer, the game is not very well optimized and is CPU bottlenecked (but yay for 64 bit!)†
  • A fair amount of content is DLC, however most of it can be used if you can deal with a massive watermark
  • In my opinion not very fun to play solo, but because of the community, it's easy to find a group to play with
† While definitely an issue, Arma is very much a slower paced game in most areas and can very easily be played at 30fps in most scenarios.

TL;DR:
Amazing game with tons of assets, tons of ways to utilize them, great game modes, a great community (modding and otherwise), but fairly poor optimization and a bit of (worth it) DLC.

Consensus:
Buy the game, spend half an hour in KotH, Invade and Annex, and Altis life. Refund. If you can't, you wouldn't have wanted to anyway. (and get the DLC in a bundle or on sale)

9/10

2021 Update: The game isn't dead, but burnout is real and prevalent; of my 45 friends who have played the game (averaging 1590hrs per person), 7 have played at all in the past 2 weeks, for a combined 21 hours
Posted 23 November, 2017. Last edited 30 November, 2021.
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126.1 hrs on record (94.7 hrs at review time)
Very addicting and fun to play. Well worth your money.
Posted 24 June, 2015.
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