Vactics

Juego de mucha estrategia, entretenido y de un buen estilo roguelite, las estrategias te permiten organizar una mecanca sigular para atacar o moverte en el juego, igualmente han mejorado mucho sus aspectos de juego y le han dado un buen seguimiento al soporte y mejora de este.

Reminds me of Into the Breach and most of all Hoplite. If you like either or both of those games for their puzzle-like tactics, I think you will enjoy this. I've been wanting for a desktop version of Hoplite and bought this because it seemed like a good surrogate, but it turns out to be a great game in its own right. There are no fixed analogs to the bash/jump/spear powers. Instead, you build a set of three of any of a greater set of different powers during the game. Neither of the powers draw from an energy pool and will instead recharge, like the shield in Hoplite. I have not played it enough to figure out which of the possible builds are actually viable in the later game, but for now it seems to afford more variety in play styles.

Тактические шашки в стиле Into the Breach (а по сюжету — относительная предтеча Post Human W.A.R.). Добрые шашки, где проигрываешь тем чаще, чем чаще входишь в угар ходов, когда ты скачешь, как угорелый, по карте, вышибаешь взбесившиеся стиральные машинки таранами, швыряешься гранатами, как одержимый. И, к неимоверному счастью (!), нет ограничений по числу ходов на партию… Ограничение иного свойства, конечно, присутствует. Но при определенной доле везения в выпадении модулей, ограничение можно подвинуть в сторону. [b]Важно[/b]. Цветовая палитра уютно завораживает: есть даже серьезный риск персонального зависания от трехцветной цифровой палитры.

Vactics surprised me with how addictive it is. It really is one of those games that you start to hallucinate about when you close your eyes, haha. As most people here have said, it's a game with simple mechanics and complex strategy, so if you're looking for a casual challenge, a way to get your brain running while you have a spare half an hour, it's a definite must-play. The pixel art is fantastic. The art manages to do a lot, despite the limits of this particular style of pixel art. I felt that most of the colour palettes had a lot of clarity; you could never say, mistake a building for a robot, even if there's only 2-3 colours on screen. Some of the brighter palettes blasted my eyes into space, but that's just a personal preference! I also loved that each tech customises your mech; it's such a lovely little detail. I did appreciate the little snippets of story you get from the game. The writing not the draw of the game, but having your pilots quip from time to time helped in making it feel more like you were part of the world of the game, rather than just playing a mindless strategy game. A really small but great addition. I really liked that each tech you could get (with the exception of Dash and Teleport) felt really different. It made every playthrough unique and required you to be flexible in case the RNG gods screwed you over. It causes you to discover ways to play that you may not have thought about previously. The robots were all reasonably varied as well, making for some fun combos and frustrating games.

This game is a simple but challenging game that is great for a quick run or two or longer sessions. Essentially it's a chess-like strategy game with a lot of extra factors. The basic rules are really simple; you lose energy when you're hit, and you also lose 1% of your energy every time you move (100% energy is max). When you get to 0% energy (either by moving with 1% energy or getting hit) you lose and must restart. When you are standing next to a vactor and move to another tile but are still next to the same enemy, you do a strafe hit (hitting an enemy kills it). When an enemy is two spaces away and you move directly towards it, you also attack, killing it. Killing 2 or more enemies at once restores energy (10% for two). There are a variety of enemies in the game. The simplest attack when they are next to you and you move but are still next to them. Moving away will prevent them from attacking. So far as I've discovered there are also dash enemies (can move unlimited spaces in a straight line to attack), gun enemies (shoot straight ahead), and grenade enemies, which will throw a grenade next to you that will blow up all surrounding tiles after your turn ends. This can turn a map very challenging very quickly; if there are 5 gun enemies many of the spaces you move to will cause you damage. Vactics will also kill each other in certain circumstances. There are also special tiles, such as buildings (interrupt line of fire), fire, and others. Lastly, you also get special abilities and can upgrade these at the end of each zone (3-4 maps). You start off with freeze (freeze enemy for 1 turn) and dash (move 2 spaces forward, destroying anything in the way). I've also unlocked teleport (self-explanatory) and shield (negate 1 attack, goes away after enemy turn). There are at least another 15 to unlock. On top of that, you can upgrade these abilities for further distance, faster recovery time, dashing/teleporting on top of vactic (killing it) and more. There are 6 pilots (including the starting one) that can be unlocked by completing challenges. I just unlocked the first by destroying all buildings in Vacto housing. The pilot I unlocked can be upgraded as well. Your score at the end of each run will affect your research points gained. These unlock new abilities as well as color palettes. As far as the aesthetics go I really enjoy it. You start off with 3 color palettes and will unlock more over time. I enjoy all of them but I can understand if some palettes would bother certain people (one has bright neon blue as the main color). I really enjoy this game. 8/10.

[DEU] Vactics ist ein erstklassiges Rundenbasiertes Taktik mit Roguelite Element im Pixel Art Look, beim ersten mal denkt man sich ist das Spiel gemein. Aber durch das sterben seines Mechs bekommt man Score Punkte und nach und nach werden verschiedene dinge für dein Mech freigeschaltet und dadurch hast du immer bessere Chancen deinen Run zu verlängern die Musik&Sound passen zum Spiel perfekt. Vactics motiviert mich immer weiterzukommen und der Entwickler wünscht viel Feedback und kommuniziert auch mit seinen Spielern. 9€ und viel Spiel mit einem Entwickler mit Herz da kann nichts falsch machen. [ENG] Vactics is a first class turn based tactic with roguelite element in pixel art look, at first time you think the game is mean. But by dying your mech you get score points and little by little different things are unlocked for your mech and thus you have better and better chances to extend your run the music&sound fits the game perfectly. Vactics always motivates me to progress and the developer wants a lot of feedback and also communicates with his players. 9€ and a lot of gameplay with a developer with heart you can't go wrong.

Fun Rogue-like with good mech customization.