Satellite Reign

For me it's mostly the enemy scaling that ruins the game for me. Is it tied to playtime? Missions completed? Research? Equipment? Skill points? Who knows! No way to apply any tactics there. It would have been better if enemy strength depended on district, so that players could pick their own difficulty level by either speed running through the game or taking a slower pace and doing some side quests if the next main quest feels a little too hard. The way it is now, it feels like players that don't rush get punished for taking their time and trying to enjoy the game.

Brilliant game but ruined by the dumbest bugs. Spend hours doing a long run only to have your agent stuck in the game geometry during the final escape, losing hours of planning and progress. Even worse is the hijacked team members always disappear after loading a save, so expect to lose 5 valuable team members every playthrough. If those 2 glaring issues were fixed, this would be a flawless game.

Underated game

The save system just let you save at checkpoint. The game needs checkpoints right before dangerous situations, or should let you save at the exact position.

The spiritual successor to Syndicate Wars in every way.

Every now and then I come back to this game, in search for any news of a sequel, some meaningful mods, or another game that is similar enough. Played the game with a friend in coop mode and we loved every bit of it, despite it having a fair share of bugs. There's just nothing quite like it, it's a near-perfect blend of cyberpunk, tactics, real-time, isometric, an interesting world, and some great and fun mechanics. There are always multiple approaches to all the missions, it's awesome to split up in coop and simultaneously try to find a way inside a guarded area. I loved how alive the city feels and how it connects all the missions seamlessly. We had so many moments where we were about to be caught, and then just barely managed to either escape or go under cover again. Just brilliant. I'll probably do another playthrough sometime, but in the meantime I'm writing this love letter in hope for a sequel someday. Thanks, 5 Lives Studios!

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