I came into CRW thinking and hoping it would be like the original X-Com I love so much, but it being a contemporary of UFO defense really shows how much these sorts of things must have just been of a time!

Unfortunately, as much as this game looks more or less like my platonic ideal of a video game (my wife wandered over at one point and said, "this is the most Leah looking game I've ever seen") it feels dreadful to play. I can't help but wonder why on Earth they didn't make it turn based, especially because the second one is.

All in all, it's a game that looks great (no surprise) but is rough to play in 2024