Warhounds

Okay, I take back what I said about the game being too easy. I was starting to get bored after a few hours and then remembered there are difficulty modifiers you can change DURING the campaign. Turned on Veteran + sudden death + increased enemy accuracy. ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥. I didn't even dare to turn on all the modifiers. Suddenly I was actually thinking twice before moving anyone out of cover and the enemies felt considerably more dangerous. If you're getting bored, seriously check the difficulty settings before uninstalling. 😂

Tolles Spiel. Würdiger Nachfolger, wenn man X-Com und Jagged Aliance mischen würde. Also noch etwas Luft nach oben. Vieles wird nicht richtig erklärt und man wundert sich doch über den einen oder anderen Fehlschuss. Die Klassen sind gut und unterschiedlich in der Spielweise.

I really like it so far. Could use some polish and content.

If Xcom and Jagged Alliance had a baby it would be this game

Negatives first: This game's aesthetics and overall direction feel very confused. You're supposedly fighting in war-torn near-future Africa but you get these goofy Overwatch-style enemy intros, the female soldiers are all yassified, the realistic weapons have weird names (to avoid copyright maybe?), the soldiers can all see through walls but can't see further than a 50m bubble around them, there are WAY TOO MANY explosive barrels around the map, everybody can jump 10 ft down without penalties and prefer to climb every obstacle on their path instead of just going around, the list goes on. That all sounds very negative of course, but they're all minor gripes (at least to me) and the game isn't without some core strengths. The positives: I do enjoy how complex, vertical and varied the environments are, and how impactful level-ups and gear upgrades feel. The base-upgrading feels a little too straight forward, basically rail-roaded, but does work decently well. Throwing grenades feel great. Flanking enemies feel great. The overwatch system is a bit awkward and isn't explained very well regarding how the overwatch range is shorter than your weapon's actual range but once I figured it out actually felt great. Mission variety and enemy variety are surprisingly good. Overall, Warhounds very much feels like a confused XCOM-like creature, with great bones beneath but messy skin on top. I have no doubt that the development challenges mentioned in other reviews have played a role, but I don't know enough about the dev's situation to chime in. I'll leave the game with a positive review, but it's a close one, and I hope the devs will either improve the game with patches or work out these issues in future games.

Okay so I'm about a week into this game playing a few hours each day. Yes is it rough around the edges somewhat but not what you would expect from a budget game. What really stands out in this game is the fact that you can feel the heart and dedication the developers put into this. It truly brings me back to fun old school games. In all honesty I would rather have a solid game play experience then the latest and greatest graphics. I am truly enjoying this game and I will 100% recommend it. More developers should put time and effort in to the things that actually matter; the scope of the game the feel of the characters which is tremendous by the way. The Tactical items that you get truly do amp up your characters as you level them up. You really do have to think about who you're going to take into a mission what you gear you're going to take. For me I had to take kind of a slower approach to get used to how the game mechanics work when it comes to gunfighting but once you get the hang of it damn is it fun and satisfying. This game has become one of my top five games. So far these Indie developers or smaller development studios are kicking the crap out of AAA games for the most part. I applaud the devs for their dedication you can see it and feel it great game fun as hell to play. Well worth the money.

If you like the xcom games you'll be happy with this one. The menus and a couple other things aren't the best but the actual gameplay is great.

A fantastic XCOM-like experience, really scratches that turn based tactics itch. Hoping for more content soon!