This is one of those games where I really had fun with it but hesitant to recommend, especially on the current state of the game + full price.
First, the good stuff. The turn-based tactics is just the bread and butter of games like these. The gameplay is really enjoyable. I enjoyed the ever evolving mechanics throughout the game. But what really surprised me is the crewmates. Ever since the first few hours of the game, I keep thinking about Mass Effect and how this game really make me feel the same way to some extent. I think they are inspired by it because you can feel the DNA throughout the game. I wish we could've gotten more core teammates that has their own stories though. I enjoyed the side stories more than the main story. The main story is okay, just not great. I did enjoy the final 20% of the game though, I think it has more interesting late game story. I also enjoyed the voiceover.
Now, the cons that makes me not recommending this game.
- Poor performance. It runs heavily even on decent PC.
- Weird face animation for the main character. I think they should've used a pre-made character because everyone looks fine except the main character. The best way I can describe it is it looks like Mass Effect Andromeda facial animation.
- The game can feel PAINFULLY SLOW on some parts. Some animations are dragged on for too long like when you defeat a Coil enemy, they will transfer their stuff to the others but it takes a solid 10 seconds EACH, and that's if your game is not randomly stay still like it's thinking what to do next because it does happen sometimes too.
- As said on my previous point, the game sometimes just stay still. It's not frozen, the game is running and the idle animation is there, but everything just stay still. The game is like struggling to think what to do next.
- The game could do with some QoL features, such as fast forward or skip animation, or undo move because sometimes you unknowingly do what you don't wanna do because the game can be weird with the control.
- Inconsistent camera. Sometimes you can see the playing field amazingly, then the next time you are ZOOMED IN and can't zoom out anymore because apparently that's how the intended experiences are.
