Phantom Brigade

Woke garbage. Combat system is garbage.

This is probably one of the most-dev-supported games I've ever seen. The free updates have been absolutely wild, I genuinely struggle to think of a game that has come further from its promising-but-somewhat-limited 1.0 release while not charging a cent for DLC. There's games I love that keep having development fueled by paid content - which I am happy to pay for - but the amount of fundamental systems Phantom Brigade was willing to rework in the name of making a better game is wild. At this point any further review I did would just be gushing about how cool certain moments can be. The newly released 2.2 has a jet that can't go vertically but can go through buildings, so I had a melee guy slam through the corner of a house into an enemy artillery mech, sending it sprawling backwards and crashing through half of a balcony as my melee guy barreled past and turned around, set his jets a-burnin' again, and sliced every single one of the mech's limbs off before it could stand back up. I would've ejected too.

Great game. I enjoyed it a lot and would love to see more. There are a few things that could use a change, like the Mechs workshop (older versions had a more usable one). The Prestige System for Pilots (2x random trait that you pick from instead of a tree that allows you to build your own pilot, makes it hard to try specific builds on pilots). And the first couple of hours have very little freedom in how you build your squad. Story is completely irrelevant. But the game is amazing, the way you get to build your mechs with endless combinations is incredible. The prediction system feels great if you like tactical planning. Endless ways of how you approach each battle. Also, it is very satisfying when you get to perfectly plan your 30 sec fight. Again, I would love to see more!

Never heard of this game before somehow even though it's the type of game I would love, but I randomly saw it during a sale recently and instabought it. I'm having a blast, this game is so much fun. The customization feels deep enough to scratch that optimization itch without feeling too deep that you need a spreadsheet to keep up with it. The loot randomization is totally fine as well because you can 'scavenge' parts after a battle with a set budget to get things that you want/need. Probably about where half of the parts on my mechs came from at this point. The combat really does feel good once you get the hang of it. I've had times where I was up against triple or more units on the enemy side, really makes you feel the whole small force trying to fight an empire vibe. Also makes it so you actually have to learn how to dodge attacks and use terrain to your advantage. The predictions system is really fun to play around as well. Since you don't have a time limit on a turn, you can spend as long as you want setting up exactly how you want that turn to play out. Sometimes you'll miss something or mess up, but then you have to line with it and fix it during the next turn. Anyway, this game is goated and I love it. I hope everybody who thinks this game looks fun gets a chance to play it.

Отличная игра. Довольно оригинальная концепция с таймлайнами, симпатичная (хоть и не выдающаяся) графика, полная настраиваемость мехов, внимание к деталям.

I used too play this game a while ago and came back for the 2.0 update wanting too see what's changed. While I've found myself enjoying the some of the changes too the tactical side of the game, especially the behemoth boss fights, the changes made too the strategic side of the game have complelty shifted the tone of the game. I no longer feel like the commander of a guerilla cell trying too retake my homeland through conducting hit and run opperations against carefully chosen targets too weaken the enemy for an eventual Offensive by the Homeguard. Going out of my way to assist the local population and managing the various interpesonal relationships and conflicts my pilots had with eachother like I did before 2.0. All the old events, mini story arc's, fixed points of intrest and open sandbox were removed in favor of a brutal timer that punishes you if you take too long, randomly spawning POI's that don't really seem to matter beyond the fact that it makes the Liberation score go up by varying amounts and a linear FTL style sector select screen. These changes too the strategic layer of the game (Effectively gutting it completly) make me feel less like a Fryland Guerilla Commander fighting too free his country and more like I'm the spearhead of the Kaskad Dominion's invasion force fighting over locations whose importance I am completely ignorant of but still fighting and dying there, not because I chose too do so but because Dominion Command has orderd me too spend the lives of my pilots and spill enemy blood there, seemingly for no reason beyond that the enemy happens too be there at the moment. And as I now have effectively no interaction with them, I find myself also completely uncaring of the civilians of this country beyond the fact that my command gets mad at me if I kill too many of them when they happen too be in the latest arena chosen by command for my men too kill and die inside of. It feels like I'm no longer fighting too free a nation, instead it feels like I'm now spearheading an invasion force conquering some hapless country because my nations leaders insist they must be conquered for reasons they didn't care too name, having been given command of a collection of nearly faceless and nameless grunts that might as well have been replaced by drones for all I care about them. I no longer fight for Honor, the Country or the people, I now merely kill what I've been instructed and payed too, nothing more then that.

Really Great game. - Quality Gameplay. - Awesome turn base type. Though I wish there could be more customization on the mech looks or cosmetics. It feels a bit short for me. Resources is quite hard to come by. Like reactors, specific weapons. They don't always show up. It's hard to find specific SMG, LMG etc. A full replay save would be cool as well.