Recent reviews by retrorocket1

Definitely the best idle game out there. While it does live up to its name(it is very grindy, in later game some tasks can take over a week) it has some of the coolest meta game of any idle game i have played and i have played a lot.

Not much to say really, I like it. :D

While at first glance it is pretty much just a regular scrolling shooter this game actually introduces something unique to the genre which in general is hard to do.

You play as up to four fighters selecting between them as you would weapons in a normal scrolling shooter. Each ship having access to two weapons. What makes this unique is that 1. if a ship is destroyed you no longer have access to those weapons. 2. You actually have the feeling that you aren't the lone ship going to take on an armada. you are an elite strike force with the goal to take down the alien capitol ship.

I want to say a little more about the switching out mechanic. While at first glance this doesn't seem to change much to the standard genre this is good for a few reasons. 1. Each ship has individual experience which gives you cash on level up. This encourages you to try out all the weapons instead of picking a favorite and sticking to it. 2. Each ship has individual hp, this introduces a risk versus reward system. Do I want to risk my low hp ship which I am sure will level up in just a few more kills or do I want to use my high hp ship that is max leveled.

Finally I want to mention that ship and weapon design. Each ship feels like a unique experience they all have weapons that generally don't seem to overlap and that goes for the enemies as well. I can identify each enemy and they each have diffent weapons that work well against them. And it isn't just a damage multiplier. Overall I'd give this game an 8/10

TL:DR: It is a good game, unique ships and enemies, and ship changing system looks old but feels fresh. 8/10

I've gotta say that this is one of the best tactics games out there.

while, at first, I thought that this was really difficult and has a really hard to use gui. I've found that it is actually quite nice.

Another thing that impressed me was that most of the technology you get from reverse engineering the aliens tech. so you have to beat it to use it. All the alien technologies in the game have some amount of lore. in addition to that your guys are horrible at aiming until they gain several ranks but they usually dont last long enough for that. I will warn you that this is hard at least at first and just because you beat the mission doesnt mean you will increase your score.

It is also cool how the aliens have superior technology so you have to have superior tactics to kill them. most of your guys will die in 1 or 2 shots from the aliens but they can usually stand around 2-3 and sometimes the more powerful aliens can withstand more in the region of 8 shots.

In the story, the different countries of the world in their fear of the alien threat have banded together to fund the xcom project to aid in the protection of earth. Each month you are evaluated on your score gain/loss during that month. If you did well they will increase your monthly salary but if you do bad they will decrease it.

oh and you can also destroy walls if they get in your way and you have a strong enough gun. (A rifle is strong enough to destroy wooden walls.)

I would definitely rate this a 5/5 game