this game makes me feel like the dumbest motherfucker alive.

and i love it. never has a strategy game so beautifully crafted a CONSTANTLY tense experience without making situations feel completely hopeless. every single turn in this game feels like the odds are completely against you, but never is there a situation that you cannot get out of. every randomly generated playthrough is refined to where you can perfectly beat it through your own cunning. this game makes me feel like the smartest motherfucker alive.

every situation, every element, every aspect of this game is equal parts smart and fuckin' cool. you can technically beat this game in 5 hours but due to the amount of things in it and the sheer joy playing it gives me, i can (and certainly will) put way more in. this game makes me the happiest motherfucker alive.

Super enjoyable and rewarding grid-based SRPG/roguelite. The game's biggest strength is how it allows you to problem-solve your way out of seemingly impossible situations. Those moments where you pull off a crazy strat and get away with no building damage are too godlike. Top that off with another dope OST from Ben Prunty, rougelite mechanics of earning random pilots and weapons throughout a run, and a slew of achievements worth going for, it all makes another super solid game from Subset Games.

Unfortunately, the variety doesn't seem to hold up as much as other rougelites so I can't place this anywhere near FTL or Enter the Gungeon. Certain pilots are clearly better than others, but ultimately, it comes down to the random skills they acquire along the way. +1 Mech Reactor is universally desired (and kinda ruins the Post-Mission shops IMO), and +3 Grid Defense is conversely a death sentence to any pilot and grounds for selling them for Rep. Basically, its the same loop everytime since Mech Reactors are so useful and everything else is either situational or outright bad. The final mission is also a letdown. You can damn near faceroll the 2nd half if you come in w/ enough Grid points.

Has some of the best mechanics in any turn-based tactics game, with units that attacks can be used to move enemies out of favourable positions and allies into them on top of dealing damage. Players have multiple objectives to consider while, such as preventing unit damage, preventing city damage, collecting upgrades and preventing enemies from spawning. Sadly, the game is very snowbally, so the better you get at the game, the less interesting it becomes, and the game isn't particularly hard so that doesn't take long, but it still has a solid foundation for a TBT game.

The more I play this, the more I love it. An elegant little game with exactly the right scope for a tactics game to make it near endlessly enjoyable. It has become my go-to game when I've got a few minutes (see: what I do during every Webex meeting I have to sit through in a work day).

Would call this a perfect game except there is something about the randomness of the first turn that drives me a little crazy. Just for instance: playing the train maps, especially on the later islands, feels almost like a crap shoot as to whether I will have any chance of saving the train. Four or five enemies and they all either target the train or post up in its path on the first turn? Oh well! This doesn't happen in the majority of instances, but it's really frustrating when it does.

Una lastima la repetición de eventos/condicionantes que te impiden avanzar en el juego, porque fuera eso es un gran videojuego.

El tema esta en que puedes perder en el jefe final de una isla y te toca repetir todo con casi los mismos sucesos y objetivos. SI, esto es clásico en especial en los rogue like actualmente pero aquí no sientes de que cada partida fuera única, la mayoría de veces no te va tomar trabajo llegar al jefe (solo tiempo, ya que no puedes o no debes ir muy rápido y no permitir que los enemigos destruyan las centrales eléctricas) y por unos infortunios pierdes allí y tienes que repetir todo. Si, puedes cambiar de mechas y obtener otras mecánicas y experimentar con ellas (aunque para ello tienes que ganar monedas que te dan al completar una isla) pero pierdes otra vez y te toca repetir los mismo eventos/condiciones , enemigos, objetos, etc. Sin ninguna sensación de cambio con la partida que acabas de jugar.
Pd: Lo jugué en difícil