6/10
TLDR, buy this game when it goes on sale. Not worth the $50 price point.
I enjoyed the game enough to finish it, but I think a lot of things could be improved/changed.
This game had so much promise to be a really amazing game. It mixed two things I really enjoy (Star Wars and XCOM). I was super excited and couldn't wait to get playing.
Off the bat, I was disappointed with the character creation. Hawks (the mc) looks pretty good, but any of the other customization options for the face were a joke, as none of the faces fit onto the main characters head. It really felt like the character creator was an afterthought.
The combat itself was fine. It was more XCOM-light than anything.
The missions themselves just felt like the same thing for 90% of the game. Fight waves of enemies and then leave the area. The maps, while looking very nice, were basically all the same layout and never had anything too different about them.
My biggest gripe is with how fighting the Coil enemies just didn't feel fun. The resonance and surge mechanic just wasn't interesting. All it did was prolong fights instead of actually adding a mechanic that you would have to fight around.
The overwatch mechanic would also randomly bug out and just skip at the start of the enemies turn.
I enjoyed almost every member of Zero Company who had any part in the story. I think they did a pretty good job with giving most members a distinct personality. HOWEVER, it's very silly that they just disappear for the majority of the cutscenes in the game. You finish a fight and all of the other operators just vanish into thin air.
Now, for the worst part of the game for me.
The story.
(very slight spoilers for this next part)
At first, The Coil, was a promising new antagonist for the Star Wars universe.
Instead, it was another cliché cult who's only goal was to spread their plague to the Galaxy. They also failed to make me care about ANY of the Coil members. Fathom (the leader) was a nothingburger and had no actual personality.
The SECOND that the game wasn't focusing on the Coil, I loved it. I think the game could have easily been a 9/10 if they just abandoned the Coil as the main enemy and stuck with the villains of the time period. (not going into specifics as I don't want to spoil)
