Every Day We Fight

TL:DR: An interesting turn based tactics game sprinkled with crippling bugs. This game is a fun idea. It works like Pheonix Point (XCOM, but you actually aim which I like far more than "99% point blank oops you missed"). The story is good, the graphics are fine, the voice acting is enjoyable. The systems work and tactically it's where I'm good enough but not falling asleep. There is a crafting system that the game could loose without losing anything of importance and a modding system that I find interesting. The game itself has two mayor flaws for me. I really don't like the art style of the cutscenes. It looks a bit off and is too static. Often times the facial expressions on the cartoon characters don't really match the dialog. The boss fight of act 3 is designed to be annoying as heck. You're supposed to completely destroy the armor of the boss. Every last bit. The problem is: Which parts did you already break? Everything is blue. The functional armor parts are a bit more light blue. That doesn't help if the visually still armored shoulder is not armored and you are stuck with trial and error while the boss happily shoots at you from point blank simply because you have to be close to get the damn armor without killing her (I killed it and failed, sniperrifle took the arm-armor and the arm and the boss died of shock). Now for the deal-breaker: My first mayor contact with the game was me loading a save and finding out that the game couldn't load it. No fallback, no "start at the beginning of the level, something went horribly wrong" - it was "start over from the very beginning, your save is shot to hell". This kind of overshadows the whole experience because every time you load you wonder if this is the time where your whole playthrough get's nuked from orbit. Luckily for me this was directly after the tutorial, so nothing of value was lost and it didn't happen again. Then came the boss fight. I saved. The game did not eat my save, but instead one of my guys got reset to level 1. That's 33% of my fighting capacity, right there. It did not joke, after I failed the mission he stayed Level 3 (must have gotten XP from somewhere). I don't even know how stuff like this can happen. I'd have understood if the whole team got erased, but he suddenly was level 1 without a weapon. A reset later and he is still level 1 but has his weapons back. I cannot and will not recommend a game that can't get basic saving and loading right. I really hope they get this under control, because Every Day We Fight really is fun if you like this kind of game.

I've got this game for 50% off and still feel it was too expensive... I have finished the game after 11 hours of fairly bland and boring gameplay. Weapons upgrades and crafting are basically meaningless. The story in itself is kind of fun and the time travel / parallel worlds mechanic does explain the "respawn" of the main characters. The surroundings are eery and creepy. But that is basically everything positive I can say about the game. I haven't run into any game breaking bug, but with as little story there is, I am not surprised. Don't get me wrong, it isn't a bad game, just an overpriced one.

This review is in two languages: first in German, then in English Deutsch: Für Menschen wie mich die rundenbasierte Spiele lieben weil sie sich entspannter Spielen lassen als zum Beispiel ein Egoshooter oder Rennspiel ist dieses Spiel ungeeignet. Dieses Spiel erwartet das der Spieler immer zwei Hände benutzt um alle möglichen Dinge zu erledigen. Es ist nicht möglich das Spiel nur mit der Maus zu spielen wie es viele andere rundenbasierte Spiele ermöglichen. Wer sich also bei Genreklassikern wie X-Com schon darüber aufgeregt hat das die neueren Spiele zu stark für Controller optimiert wurden wird hier auch nicht glücklich. Außerhalb des Kampfes steuert man mit WASD ect und selbst im Kampf wird man gezwungen auf die Tastatur zurückzugreifen um gewisse Dinge wie den Atem anzuhalten zu triggern (noch absurder das man die Taste gedrückt halten muss). Des Weiteren ist es nicht möglich eine Runde zu Beenden ohne die Enter Taste gedrückt zu halten. Wer also wie ich normalerweise entspannt zurückgelehnt mit Stuhl mit einer Hand an der Maus und mit der anderen den Kopf stützt oder was auch immer dem sei gesagt das funktioniert hier leider nicht. English: For people like me who love turn-based games because they’re more relaxed to play than, say, a first-person shooter or a racing game, this game isn’t a good fit. This game requires the player to use both hands at all times to perform all sorts of actions. It’s not possible to play the game using just the mouse, as is the case with many other turn-based games. So anyone who was already frustrated by the fact that newer games in classic genres like X-Com have been optimized too heavily for controllers won't be happy here either. Outside of combat, you use WASD and similar keys to move around, and even during combat, you’re forced to use the keyboard to trigger certain actions, such as holding your breath (which is even more absurd because you have to hold down the key). Furthermore, it’s not possible to end a round without holding down the Enter key. So if, like me, you usually sit back in your chair, one hand on the mouse and the other propping up your head—or whatever the case may be—let me tell you, that just doesn't work here.

aweful ui and controls, combat is sluggish and slow. a lot of jank in the movment and controls. wanted to like it but i really just dont. 2/10

Hallo liebe unentschlossene und hoffentlich auch die Entwickler. Hab ich mich auf dieses spiel gefreut, als ich es fand, wie X-COM nur mit Zeitachsen, wie Mega ist das denn. Hier hatte ich tolle Erwartungen, dann spielte ich die ersten Stunden und wow, wie cool ist das bitte. Man stelle sich vor, ein spiel mit Zeitachsen, wo man an bestimmte Orte zu verschiedenen Zeiten springen muss und kann. Zumindest fühlte sich so der Anfang an und zeigte es mir auf, nach einer weile wird man aber bitten enttäuscht. Langweilige Story, kaum Überraschen und von Zeitsprügen ist auch nicht wirklich was zu sehen oder es verändert sich nichts. Ich habe jetzt 17 Stunden alles durch, jede Möglichkeit freigeschaltet und auch das Ende oder ein möglichen Anfang gesehen. Schade, es hat Potenzial, da die Idee dahinter super aufregend ist, wenn dass aber dabei raus kommt, solltet ihr nochmal von vorne Anfangen. Bleibt nur das Fazit, wer unentschlossen ist sollte es lassen, ihr gebt Geld aus für 1-2 Stunden spaß und danach war es das auch. Liebe Entwickler, bitte ich bitte euch verändert das System. Macht das sich wirklich was ändert bei den Zeitsprüngen, so wie mit dem Bus am Anfang, Mega. Werdet was die Feinde angeht nochmal kreativ, sie sind meist langweilig und vorhersehbar und dumm, leider auch.

This was a solid turn based tactics game; the live aiming feature was an excellent addition. The length of the game was however disappointing - I finished the game in 12 hours, which should have been "act 1".

я играл в эту игру оч долго и провалил миссию, нажал начать из канализации и меня перекинуло на пролог опять в начало игры и сработал autosave, это позор ребята игра вроде годная для любителей жанра, но сохранения это ужас портят всю игру, неужели трудно разделить сохранения игрока отдельно, autosave отдельно?

Interesting premise, nice art. Played 3 hours using the default settings. Got squad wiped at 3 hours and cannot reload game, or use 'rewind' feature a second time. Frustrating to see loot on map with no way to get to it. Frustrating to have to restart game after squard wipe when combat encounter where outnumbered 3 to 1. Enemies scale in difficulty WAY too fast. Fourth combat, or so, and enemies have armour and shielding and my squad weapons have not even improved, except one guy got to add a stock and scope to his shotgun because he picked them off the floor, could not swap the parts out to a different gun. Its annoying to have to work at a game to enjoy it. I am really good at XCOM, have every title in the franchise. Have over 5000 hours in Valheim, think I'll go back to it. EDIT: I will say that the coolest feature about this game is the reaction fire mechanic. I wish you had found a more creative way to box players into moving through the areas than the walls of debris, cars and boxes. But that is on me as I am old. I will try the game again in a few days.

very impressive game that feels like Baldurs Gate 3 and XCOM had a buggy baby

Certainly not a bad game. It does a lot of interesting things however overall I am not super satisfied. I have yet to beat the game but I am not really compelled by the story any ways. The thing that keeps me coming back is the way combat works however unfortunately combat is farther between than I would like. There is a lot more walking and gathering and puzzles than I came here for. I do not mind those mechanics but so far the crafting in my case has been largely unnecessary. And the puzzle mechanics are clunky and slow, which just kind of turns them into a chore. I wish there was more variety in weapons, characters, and scenarios that force you to change things up. The gameplay is fun though. I will probably try to beat the game and I will likely enjoy it, but to me I just see untapped potential.