Chandler said:
I am a little disappointed with this game. At first I really liked it but there some glaring flaws that really piss me off.
The already mentioned additional move the Aliens get is one of them. Walk into the their field of vision with your last soldier on that turn and the enemy basically can move, move again and then still shoot without giving you any option of retaliation.. I have lost multiple high level soldiers due to this shit.
Another thing that pisses me off is the wonky field of vision which results in the enemy killing my soldiers from impossible angles.
Also there is the inherent flaw of random numbers telling you if you hit or miss. Just 20 minutes ago I had 3 of my troops literally run into the last enemy on the map and miss him from point blank range, all with at least 85% hit chance. That enemy naturally turned around and 1 hit killed my highest soldier with a crit.
Additionally, the difficulty is really really uneven. I was more or less cruising for 20 missions straight and suddenly I get put into an environment where I just get rushed by dozens enemies. I barely managed to survive but lost 2 men. The next 5 missions were laughably easy again.
I would put thie game at 7.5/10 which is far from bad, but no way this is a 90. Maybe for absolute enthusiasts.
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That is not a flaw, that is XCOM. The inherent randomness of the game is part of the charm, and will inherently lead to dificulty spikes.
Normal is piss easy anyway in non ironman mode, even losing a couple squads won't be a game breaker, just make sure you get as many satellites up as you can. Sure you can get a run of bad luck, but you also get good luck, for example I have had missions hit with every shot and aliens have missed every shot. I have also missed with a 99% chance to hit. That is what makes the game exiting there is always the chance that everything can go horribly wrong.
The game certainly has a lot of problems, stupid linear map design, non randomly gerated maps, Terror missions are too damn small, the final mission is a total joke, lots of bugs, but the game is still prety damn great
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