Recent reviews by ZemMaster

I'm giving a positive review out of my love for this series, and for some mild interest in playing again whenever OpenApoc is released. This one has good chaotic moments and interesting stuff thrown around, and many people seems to have had a better experience than me. Nonetheless, this game is disgustingly flawed.

I played the three classic X-Com games around 2005, at the height of my patience for DosBox emulation and compatibility settings, and even back then I dropped this one. Today I have just finished this one for the first time, just to take it out of my backlog.

Definitely a great game. It does capture the 'Playstation 1 japanese game' feel, and it shies away from the now overdone 'ps1 jitter'.

One could say this game doesn't have that much content - 5 mechs, 5 stages, 5 affinities, 5 gem colors and a decently sized arsenal. The thing is, you still have to unlock everything, and the pacing when it happens is good.

Also I hate that current games must keep adding ♥♥♥♥ to try to keep themselves relevant. I like finishing games, and coming back to them some time later, and then finding exactly what I remember.
I really hope the developers don't fall for this too, and instead keep any other ideas for a sequel.

My only criticism is that it could have way more music. Especially dedicated songs for each stage.

I am happy that this game features a singleplayer campaign (I bought without checking first).
Played the entire thing at normal difficulty, and just loved it. Building things is very satisfying. Having the rewind mechanic (a quick-load with extra flair) also adds to it, because during waves you cannot savescum so you either have to commit to your decisions or do the whole wave again.

In most levels it's hard to get the economy right. Well, at least I did it all without looking online for a meta / optimal way of doing things, and while doing so I realized at my own pace what worked and what did not.

I've bought it at full price, after getting a random recommendation from some Youtuber. No regrets at all, on the contrary I do recommend it if you are into strategy / management games.

Short and sweet and free

Played a bit and already saw a lot of potential on this one. Even on its bare state I managed to have fun, which is the minimum I ask for a early access game.

Just missed some sort of upgrade saving, or some kind of in-game currency you can spend outside of the game loop, to boost yourself after dying. I don't mind the current difficulty, but if I'm going to die a lot then death should have some sort of comeback mechanic - Vampire Survivors does that with the PowerUp selection at the main menu.

Also I'm not sure if the stop-to-shoot mechanic is an oversight (I'm way more used to run and gun) or the intended design (commit to where you want to shoot, when, etc). Regardless, I can see the game improving a lot either way this gets handled.

The developer is extremely open to feedback, which means all early access issues might be addressed sooner than expected. I'm looking forward to new betas and the proper release.

I've watched 3 different streamers play, finish and play some more. And still got amazed by finishing this myself. Holy fück what a good game this is.

This is definitely the weird one, but it's a spin-off game anyway. If you like regular XCOM you may end up enjoing this too.

My single advice: do everything you can before finishing the third investigation, because you will barely have one in-game day left for anything pending.

haha chainsaw go brrr

Caras eu não esperava me divertir com um jogo de zueira de políticos. Mesmo com uns bugs na física e umas coisinhas que poderiam ser melhores.

Dois reais fora de promoção. Na moralzinha, compra ae.

Awesome game with based devs.