Othercide

Underrated banger, deserves more popularity.

Game has unfixed bugs that are still prevalent from 4 years ago. It's abandonware in the sense that it's a completed game but your runs are entirely up to rngsus. Said gamebreaking bug is where enemies can spawn, attack you 50 tiles across the map with their melee. It doesn't happen every time, but it's often enough that it's frustrating and there's NOTHING you can do to outsmart your way out of it other than praying to whatever deity you believe in that it wont happen. It's equally worsened by the fact that there's character permadeath (there are respawn tokens, but they're rare to come across except by some missions and maybe starting artifacts) and healing that exists ONLY by sacrificing another character of the same level or higher. Got a level 5 you grinded 2 hours for? Congratulations, they've just been nuked from existence or left close to death because of no tactical fault of your own because of said bug mentioned above. Better grind up another level 5 again and hope they suddenly dont get spawn-killed on the way there. I'm sure it can be an enjoyable game, but a game that relies on rng for a smooth playthrough is not for me. I don't mind games that are unforgiving. I DO mind games that waste your time due to nonsense that should've been fixed almost half a decade ago.

MAKE ANOTHER ONE

Personally, I really like the game. The gameplay itself is great. Exactly what I want form a turn based strategy game where you have a squad of fighters. A lot of people compare it to Xcom. It's no surprise then that I will also do that (You'll see I have played a lot of Xcom 1 and 2). Visually, a lot of people like it. See the screenshots and trailer to see if it's your thing. Personally, it doesn't do much for me both negatively or positively. Audio is great. Sound effects, voice acting and the music as well are all fine. However, the voice lines do get repetitive pretty quick. Tactically, the game is similar and does scratch the same itch as Xcom. However: - There are only a few classes, and not many skills per class. Basically, you have less tools. Also, because there is no elevation mechanic, and no cover mechanic, and no items to bring, it's a lot simpler. - Therefore, a lot more important to make correct decisions. It does get hard if you just mess around. There is "dream" option, but if you struggle with X-com or similar games on normal difficulty, you're not going to like this. Or at least you're going to die a lot. - The timeline mechanic is actually GREAT and it allows for more planning, tactics and tricks then simple turn-based. Wonderfully done. Now, I do want to debunk some things: - I see a lot of people claim "grind grind grind" for heals. This is not (entirely) true. Basically, git gud (no joke). This is why your decisions are important. IF you screw up too much, or IF you play "casually", you will lose a lot of health and your daughters WILL die because you can't heal them. - But I played the game for the first time, and I reached the first boss the 1st round, the third boss the 2nd round, and I'm doing quite well in my 3rd round where I'm sure I'll at least reach the fourth boss (there are 5). - For every boss you kill, you can get 1 resurrection on ALL your next campaigns. And you can get resurrections throughout the whole game (if you don't skip parts). I've just done the third boss and I've resurrected both my A-teams from the 1st and 2nd campaign. You CAN (without grinding) make a perfectly healthy, strong team of the daughters you're attached to. Now there are some negatives as well. First of all the UI seems not be tested properly. EVER. - In the beginning it feels super clunky. Oftentimes you have to click multiple different buttons where there should have been no need. ESC doesn't work to cancel. It opens the menu screen. (cancel is C). - Numbers on the UI are wrong. They don't show all boosts or debuffs. Just base stats/damage. - Some things are not in the UI at all. A lot of stats of your units (traits, equipped buffs, etc.) can't be seen or found anywhere when you're inside a mission. Some of which are really important, such as "does 40% damage buff on adjacent units" and such. - Instead of giving tooltips, the game makes you press every skill and every unit to check what they do (and then you have to cancel out again). - You do get used to it, but it's the main problem with this game for me. Repetiton: - The game is, luckily, not that long. I am still enjoying but I can see that if you have played through fully, you're done. There is no reason to restart unless you're REALLY enjoying it. But there is no higher/lower difficulty, no new units to discover, no this or that choices, no nothing that can result in a different type of campaign. They're all the same. - EDIT: The final boss is quite the pain in the ass and a pretty unfair. Luckily, if you die to the boss, you can restart AFTER the previous boss so it's not that bad (you don't have to repeat the game). But damn... that guy made me mad a few times. Devs: - I've seen a lot of messages on the forum of devs saying "we'll look into this or that" and they never did. And then they abandoned the game without getting rid of the kinks. Is it worth it? In the end, yes, if you LIKE tactical games AND are at least somewhat skilled at them, you'll enjoy it. If you're not that skilled, or you want a chill game, don't buy this. The game does provide a well thought out tactical system with interesting units and possibilities. By the time you've seen all of it, you're probably just about done with the game anyway. I would guess 25 hours or so? (EDIT: Turned out to be 35 hours) Which is reasonable for this price. Basically, it's "fun till you get sick of it". I'm not sick of it yet, so I'm happy to say I got my money's worth.

I have actually already played this 10 hours already but was in offline, I have to say this game is really hard and also it has a ton of grind I can already notice this. As a person that played Final Fantasy Tactis on the PS1 for around 2000 hours I approve this game. Also your daughters can not be healed unless you sacrifice another one of same level... so yea this game is really hard. Not to mention the bosses are crazy strong. Even then it is fun.

Idk what problem these tards have with the game, it's goated, music, art and gameplay, all goated, they just have no hands to play it.

В игре преобладает всего три цвета. Она имеет очень хороший сюжет,который если вникнуть в него может затронуть очень глубокие струны души и самокопания. Гемплей пошаговый, как в хорошей старой стратегии. Музыка превосходна.