Pathway

Amazing game

Basically, a fun little tactics game---not as difficult as the DOS X-COM or Jagged Alliance titles, not as simple as one of the JRPG tactics variants. I liked the overall setting, the event writing, the pixel art and the soundtrack. Still, I'd rather give a mixed rating if I could, because there's quite a few nitpicks: - The main one: Cover mechanics are counterintuitive and at odds with the environment art. Units may benefit from directly adjacent cover even though an attacker ostensibly has an unobstructed firing line, while conversely, cover on non-adjacent tiles doesn't count, even if it should probably add up to entirely obscure a target. - Next to the weird cover mechanics, late-game combat is a little too repetitive and too simple for my taste: No proper overwatch, no running, no going prone, distance doesn't influence to-hit rates or damage, very limited skills, and so on. - After the first three adventures, you'll probably have seen everything Pathway has to offer: Overworld events start to repeat a lot, as do the combat scenarios---it's either kill all random cultists or kill all random Nazis, never anything else. There's just about 10 same-ish enemy types, in later stages with more health and damage, but without any new skills or surprises. Insult to injury, [spoiler]the endings of the later four adventures are a letdown: no unique boss encounters (I wanted to fight the Black Pharao), and pretty similar, elusive events where the McGuffin explodes before you get your hands on it.[/spoiler] - From the outset, the game appears to feature an end-to-end storyline over five adventures. However, unless I missed some in-game events, the actual missions are just loosely connected. Together with the previous point, I think I'd have preferred one full game with pre-decided maps and encounters instead of five repeatable, rogue-lite missions. - The UI is rather glitchy. For example, the action buttons remain clickable while units move (animation and click SFX included), but the clicks just don't have any effect. Likewise, I managed to get scrolling stuck once, and if you hastily click on pick-ups during their revealing animation, the pick-ups just don't appear (but can still be taken). Finally, auto-changes of units on exhaustion of actions accidentially made me move the next unit every now and then. - While the orchestral score is great (could well come from a lost Indy movie), the score repeats so often that it becomes mind-numbing. It doesn't help that the in-game music choice seemingly doesn't consider context (i.e. which theme plays on which event).

Good game. Love the Stargate reference! Shal'kek nem'ron!

This is a terrific game with solid tactical combat and a real sense of adventure. The game's two main mechanisms are character building and resource management. While the resource management is basic and unobtrusive (fuel, supplies and ammo), the character building has a lot of variety and has a definite impact on how each mission (as well as each individual encounter) will go. You characters have typical RPG style stats as well has skills with weapons, repair kits, medical kits, etc. Each character also has some traits, like daredevil, sixth sense, engineering, etc. and these traits give you more options during encounters. Building a team with a good variety among all these things will make a significant difference on how things unfold. The nice thing is that there isn't really a "best" way to do it. You can be just as successful with one team as any other, you can mix things up and experiment with new team-builds as you see fit. With a little more than 30 hours invested so far, I think this game will keep me busy for quite a while longer. There's a lot of gear to find and I've not yet completed all the adventures. The only complaint I think I will have once I am done is that there doesn't appear to be more content beyond the base game. I feel like when this is over, I'd be interested in more.

ultimately i think i can recommend this for turn based tactics gamers and for folks who love killing nazis looking for magic artifacts tropes. its a bit simple but it gets the job done and scratches the itch just enough to get on discount.

A charming turn-based strategy game that delivers a surprisingly enjoyable adventure despite its relatively simple mechanics. 100% Completion Time : 52.4H Completion Difficulty : 5/10 Playthroughs : 20+ Missables : None Notable requirements : Complete 20 expeditions, including at least one hardcore, numerous event-related objectives and kill-related achievements.

Pathway to mieszanka gry RPG z turowymi bitwami i sporą losowością w rozgrywanych przygodach. Do dyspozycji jest 16 zróżnicowanych postaci, które można wyposażyć w przedmioty zdobywane w kolejnych misjach. Po pewnym czasie rozgrywanie walk stało się schematyczne, ale losowe ustawienia postaci na początku trochę to maskuje. Trzeba umiejętnie korzystać z osłon terenowych i wejść wrogowi na plecy w odpowiednim momencie. Pathway to przede wszystkim sentymentalny powrót do Indiany Jonesa. Cały klimat aż kipi klimatem trzech pierwszych części. Są naziści, starożytne artefakty, kultyści i ukryte grobowce. Muzyka pierwsza klasa - Gavin Harrison wzorował się soundtracku Johna Williamsa i stworzył coś niesamowitego. Będę do niej wracał. Zebranie wszystkich osiągnięć zabrało mi 97 godzin. Ale na końcu stopień satysfakcji dorównał trudności ich zdobycia, więc warto było!

Absolute ♥♥♥♥ game. By absolute ♥♥♥♥ developers. Literally so bad I just removed the game from my library. Ruining the TBT genre with their garbage take on it.