This is my first Steam review, which I have never done because I've never thought about it, but this game is SO utterly awful, I HAVE to leave a review. (scroll to the bottom for quick answer)
I love tactical games, and "SOF" themed stuff. I started playing this game around 2024 (which I think was early v1034, but idr), and thought it was pretty fun and cool. It was different, and kinda nice because there's not that many games that focus on tactics and real stuff, that isn't just another CoD or Battlefield. The game felt very bland, the missions were kinda boring (still are), the performance was AWFUL (still is), and the gameplay felt pretty clunky and VERY stiff compared to others (still does). The game was alright none the less, and the mods and modding community legit carried the game for me (still kinda do). That was until late v1034/ early v1035, where things started to get worse and worse, VERY quickly.
Updates rarely happened, maybe once every 3-4 months (if that), and were EXTREMELY dry. To the point where a "great new update" was simply a couple of bug fixes, a menu glitch fix, and MAYBE a new gun. Then v1035 came out, which looked pretty good before hand, but was horrible when it actually did release. The game felt worse, (which I can't even really explain how, it just did), and there wasn't that much new content, nor could you feel the "improvements" they said they made.
Those update patterns and blandness remained until they announced v1.0. I got so excited, (because I want this game to be good), and it looked awesome. It was so hyped up, and it looked like this update might genuinely make the game playable and fun again. But it didn't, not even close.
The game isn't necessarily worse, but not better either. The new content is kinda cool, the ready room is pretty sick, the re-done missions look somewhat better, and the new animations are pretty decent. BUT, and big but. The game is still, HORRIFIC imo. The game runs at 90-100-ish FPS on the training map, and 50-60 FPS on 90% of the missions, WITHOUT ReShade, on MEDIUM GAH DAM SETTINGS. I can run the Port mission (with the rain and containers) on Ready or Not, with a medium/ heavy ReShade preset, with High/ Ultra graphics at 90-110 FPS. The devs said the new update brought a bunch of optimizations, but I PROMISE YOU it didn't. I've tried every rendering option, every graphics option, game still runs like shi. The game also still feels CRAZY clunky and stiff, and IS NOT rewarding to play with. It LITERALLY feels worse than MODDED RAVENFIELD (the low effort battlefield copy), and for sure feels the worst out of any similar genre game I've played (or ANY shooter game for that matter). The devs don't really add anything players want (if they do it's minute, modders are better), and rarely EVER fix bugs that players complain about.
All in all, when I purchased this game, I thought it was fairly new. I didn't know it had been in development for 6 YEARS when I got it (now in development for 8, maybe even longer idk). The game says it's now in 1.0, but it IS NOT. This game IS STILL IN DEVELOPMENT, even if the devs tell you it isn't (there's isn't even a full campaign yet, just prologue). This game gets worse every update, the devs take their sweet time, and there are MUCH better options now (Operator, Ready or Not, Arma 3, etc) For crying out loud, a SINGLE dude built a game that is MILLIONS times better than this (and $10 cheaper), ALL by himself, IN ONE YEAR! (Operator). Case in point, DO NOT WASTE $30 ON THIS GAME (I can't even speak all my gripes in this review or it would be 5x longer). I would ONLY recommend this if you have a bunch of friends, absolutely need a break from your main "tactical game" rotation, or just have F**K money laying around.
