Acceptable Losses

I'm going to begrudgingly give this one a negative review. I really like the idea behind this game. Also since I'm a huge fan of history and especially war - this could definitely have that feel... if worked on for a lot longer. I'm not really sure why history wasn't drawn upon more for this game. For the game itself: We need more ways to mitigate the spiral of doom. Once you have a few failed missions especially at the beginning then the run is basically over. There has to be more ways to mitigate the RNG factor. Perhaps being able to promote veteran guys within your own unit giving way for them to have slightly better morale. Maybe allow your commander to have 1 on 1's with specific guys? SOMETHING Bonds between soldiers are talked about but aren't shown between each specific other soldier(s)... perhaps allowing them to be deadly despite having low morale? I kind of have an idea of how this works but then I don't at the same time?? I'm still unsure how to get a citation better than the first. What actually qualifies? Also, before each mission allow us to see what positive and negative modifiers could happen. That would be extremely helpful in deciding where to go. To be honest, the more you play, you will know what missions will do what eventually... so why not show it?? This game leaves a lot of question marks and therein lies the biggest issue for a lot of people about this game - including myself

It’s so nice to take my mind off the horrors of everyday life by diving headfirst into the horrors of WWI. I just hope WWIII doesn’t come too soon, because I’m not sure I have what it takes for that. I was responsible for a hundred deaths—practically every mission I took part in failed. 10/10 I definitely recommend it!

The game is unplayable until balancing is better perfected. The only consequences that seem to stack and have impact are negative ones. Once a soldier is broken they effectively become useless until you slowly slide towards all soldiers degrading with little ability to fix them until you eventually lose from lack of able units.

You're at the mercy of the game. Proper delegation doesn't matter, just pray the game doesn't decide to screw you by withholding missions needed to resolve issues or randomly killing off your entire squads, which it frequently does.

NEEDS WORK!!