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18.3 hrs on record
An indie scaled first person shooter, you'll start off with 2 character that have one weapon each and one special ability each. As you progress through the story you'll unlock more.

I call it indie scaled because you travel around planets via an rpg style overworld map and when you encounter enemies the battle takes place on an instanced battle map. The worst thing about this is that there is heavy map reuse where you'll see the same battle maps many times.

Despite the map reuse i enjoyed the game for what it was. Its small fps battle maps were perfectly suited to how busy i am and the game didnt stretch out past 20 hours which is also good because at my age i don't like games that stretch things out with grind mechanics.

Overall a good experience and i'd look forward to a sequel.
Reviewer's PC Specs:
Windows 11
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D 8-Core Processor - RAM: 16 GB
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Ti - VRAM: 16 GB
Posted 5 April.
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19.5 hrs on record (14.2 hrs at review time)
Overall i liked it, good network code, exactly 3 player coop which is good for people that don't have a 4th player and don't want a bot hanging around. It also plays well on the Asus Rog Ally.
Posted 18 May, 2025.
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2 people found this review helpful
18.0 hrs on record
Great game, would recommend to fans of Sunset Overdrive and Earth Defense Force because that's roughly what you're getting here.
Posted 2 January, 2025.
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1 person found this review helpful
46.3 hrs on record
In all my years of gaming, this is the closest thing i've seen to a true successor to Jagged Alliance 2.

Phantom Doctrine is a turn based tactics strategy game with a spy themed meta game. In the game you'll recruit agents, forge cash and wait for map alerts to provide you with tactical missions which range from planting bombs, to killing a bunch of people and rescuing someone before they get snuffed.

The tactical gameplay rules are better than previous games i've played. One thing i like is a rule that at point blank range dodging is impossible. It shows some thought went into the combat.

Phantom Doctrine is by no means a perfect game. I personally liked the visuals, the soundtrack and most of the gameplay.

The big flaw of this game is similar to other tactical games which use a world map. That flaw being the scope of game is larger than the number of maps. As everyone keeps saying, by 20 or 30 hours you should be familiar with some of the maps and it will get frustrating to see them over and over.

Other than that i have nothing bad to say about this game just because i've yearned for something like this for years. If like me you've craved a replaced for Jagged Alliance 2 then consider snapping this up while staying cognisant of the map repetition that awaits you from 20+ hours in,
Posted 28 November, 2019.
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6.5 hrs on record
Gods must be Watching is an expanded version of the original browser game. You can try it here to see if you like the gameplay.

http://www.deconstructeam.com/games/gods-will-be-watching/

This version comes with a puzzle mode alongside the normal mode. I finished it on the easy version of normal mode where probabilty factors into whether or not your actions are successful. The game also comes with a puzzle mode for people who dont like the idea of probability causing actions to fail.

I thought it was fun and engaging but this is defintely niche title that is not suited to everyone.
Posted 1 January, 2015.
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20.5 hrs on record (3.9 hrs at review time)
Fantastic!!!!
Posted 28 November, 2013.
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