Warhounds

Xcom if you swap the aliens for Africans... Infuriating rng on hits and a frequent crashing issue... Maybe a half price game? Maybe? Fun yes but not full price.

expected nothing but it turns out pretty decent. a bit rough around the edges but i really like this action movie vibe here

Boring and bad

Très bon jeu ! Warhounds réussit un mélange vraiment agréable entre XCOM et Jagged Alliance. Le gameplay tactique est solide, les missions sont prenantes et l’ambiance fonctionne très bien. Je suis vraiment content du résultat.

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Could have been descent, unfortunately having to restart missions over and over again from the start due to bugs killed it for me. It really sucks when you near the end of a mission and suddenly the game freezes during enemy turn and there is nothing you can do but restart the mission

I recommend this game! The developers have openly said they were inspired by Jagged Alliance and XCOM. There's actually very little Jagged Alliance influence here—mostly just the mercenary theme and the interactions between soldiers during battles. Everything else is XCOM. It doesn't just take inspiration from it; it copies almost the whole formula. There are very few original ideas. I finished the story in 45.5 hours on Normal difficulty with a relaxed playstyle. Pros: - Tactical combat is the heart of games like this, and this one absolutely nails it. It's incredibly fun, and the pacing and flow of battles feel great. The combination of cover mechanics and Overwatch works really well. - The graphics are pleasant, and the maps are nicely designed. - Environmental assets are reused less often than in the XCOM games, which makes the maps feel more varied. - The environment is destructible, and that meaningfully affects your tactical decisions. - The hit chance system is much better than in the XCOM games. Cons: - In many places, the game feels unfinished. - You can only build drones in the Workstation. - The drones are rather weak and not very useful. On top of that, they don't look very good either. - The character pathfinding often looks really stupid. - The equipment system is heavily simplified, just like in XCOM. - A lot of the equipment is completely useless and serves no real purpose. - The AI often behaves very illogically. - The allied AI, however, is always terrible. Some of the things they do are downright embarrassing. - Quite a few times, the game crashed with an error message while loading. Fortunately, it auto-saves everywhere, so I never had to worry about losing progress because of it. - The missions become repetitive after a while. There are no twists or meaningful variations. - The story is a bit weak. Despite all its flaws, this is a really good game, especially considering it's from such an unknown development team. If you enjoy turn-based combat, you won't be disappointed. The combat system works so well that it makes you overlook many of the game's flaws. I highly recommend everyone give it a try. Unfortunately, there isn't much replay value, but it was still a good experience overall.