Steam Marines

(game not complete at .3 hours of gameplay, part of my review all my games effort) (short version) I played this a long time ago, I remember not enjoying what I played so I'll just say that I also don't remember it being worth $20.

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not worth your time budget turned based tactics game

This game is the digital equivalent of a meat grinder with a leaderboard—track how many times you fail while watching others’ scores, all while the game silently mocks your persistence.

I'm glad the devs got this out, always nice to see a product go live. However, I can't recommend playing this. The UI is rough/unusable, the gameplay is obtuse and super slow, and the rules are inconsistent. Takes an action point to change direction, but if you spam it, you can change your direction for free an infinite number of times while waiting 5 seconds for the next unit to become active. Just really, really rough.

I started this game with mixed expectations, having enjoyed many roguelike games earlier, but unfortunately my hopes were dashed fairly quickly after playing a few rounds of Steam Marines. What I found is pretty much what the other negative reviews here have discovered - bugs, brutal leaps in difficulty (e.g. between Easy and Normal), randomly generated maps that don't make any sense (rooms without doors, you have to smash through the walls to get anywhere) and such. I'll have to give this a thumbs-down, sadly. It could have been a very good game with better balancing and the bugs patched out. But as of now, that is not the case.

yay i brought garbage.