Tactical Command

It plays a little like Mount and Blade, not sure if its my cup of tea. Best to look for it on sale, if you want something to do for a weekend!

whyd they do this then abandon it? dont buy this, dont enable the kind of developers that put this crap on the market.

On this little planet humanoid life consists of two different but very similar species. Their young are called Pistolman and Pistoleer. These young individuals exhibit the very remarkable trait of evolving their battlefield specialisation under the influence of a remarkable material we have termed "coin". When they have savaged a sufficent number of enemy humanoids on the battlefield they can consume a small pile of this "coin" to mutate and go down one of three main paths of adulthood and veterancy. their BDU and innate weaponry changing alongside their bodies to better suit their new role in life. Off-world commanders are advised to study and master this behaviour as a vital means to achieve victory. Further, we must study this "coin" as it exhibits the ability to instantly heal the infirm, repair mechs as well as induce the stable and effective mutation of soldiers. Commanders beware, however! As your physiology is alien to this world you cannot benefit from instant healing via "coin" and have to rely on your medical training and goold old time to recuperate. This informational pamphlet has been provided free of charge to you by the galactic society of commanders, warlords and conquerors.

Pretty good so far. Just pure gameplay. Rts 3rd person gameplay. Reminds me of some ps2 games i used to play as a child.

A nice little change of pace. Finished around the 4h mark.

It's an interesting, arcadey take on the Mount & Blade formula, but very underdeveloped. Unfortunately it lacks any of the tactical depth its title would imply - the orders you can issue are "go here", "shoot this", but you're better off issuing none and just having your troops follow you in a big blob. Meanwhile, the shooting and movement are too basic to be much fun for longer than 5 minutes. There are different troop classes and upgrades, as well as personal weapons and mechs for your player-character to use/pilot, but the core gameplay isn't compelling - or even challenging - enough for me to want to pursue them.

The enemy armies grow at the same rate as the player's army, even the AWOL armies, which are equivalent to the raiders and looters from the Mount and Blade series grow like that making all of the fights feeling identical. There's not many armies that are massive compared to the player and there's not many armies that are smaller compared to the player. The combat is a strange almost rock-paper-scissors, but sometimes paper beats scissors. In combat you have some agency as you can roam around as a unit in game but the medic's healing aura doesn't affect the player in any way. So avoid the frontline if you can and opt to use more accurate long range weapons if you unlock them. Personally I wouldn't recommend the game as it is.