The title of this game makes me think it should be a board game with a 1,000 page rulebook that takes a week to play.

"Maybe I'm reaching that age where a man gets really into WW2". As a 38 year old man who just recently has become insanely interested in everything WW2, this absolutely killed me.

Thank you for this : it is much deeper or more complex than I thought (the Tasks system, factions, etc.). Fascinating. I think it deserves support. And even a mission creator, which is surprising. That last bit is not my thing, but still.

You are a machine.

Thank for the video. The unpredictability in difficulty kind of worries me, but it still looks like a rewarding title to play. Onward to 300k. All glory to the algorithm.

I find your reviews the most informative and detailed on KZfaq. Keep up the amazing job - thank you!

This reminds of Silent Storm game, it was amazing :D

That mission creator is huge 😮. Perhaps they will get very creative with/if there are future updates/ expansions. Create review, Mort 👍

Looking a this game makes me want to play Silent Storm Sentinels again.

“I’m reaching that age where a man gets really into WW2”…I love the phrases you sprinkle throughout your videos. Thank you, and keep it up.

Seems like an interesting WW2 Jagged Alliance -clone, but I'm always wary of tRPGs because the devs often have bizarre ideas of what a "difficulty curve" is supposed to be.

New Mortismal video means instant like. This guy play all the games I like and I agree with most of his points on any game. I'm playing or have already played most of the games he is reviewing but I still come to check.

I just beat my first campaign. I think this game is a ton of fun. I love how all the battles were hand-crafted and different. My biggest complaint is honestly that the game is too short.

If you liked this game, try Partisans 1941. It's a bit older and cheaper, real-time with pause, but otherwise feels and looks very similar.

Greatest gamer ever. Huge gamer. Hugeee

Going to wait a bit, but will be getting this game once I've completed a few others.

Ive been loving the game. I took a risk, and got it on xbox before any reviews came out. Its probably one of my favorite turn based games. The only thing i dont like is the reinforcements. Ill do everything right, then out of nowhere ill have a 1 pop up right behind me, where 4 enemies are going to spawn. So all the effort turns into me just having my people sprint as far away as they can go from the spawn point. I also really enjoy the stealth in it. Sure it isnt a super deep system. But great for how i like to play.

Daaaamn Mort this game was out only last week. You 100 percent it already. BEAST

I got it yesterday. I think you nailed it. Straight stealth missions I found way too easy and kind of tedious--it feels like checking off boxes, and I disliked them enough to the point where I started avoiding them unless I was really struggling with injured soldiers and I needed a gimme. I think both the stealth and ambush levels would have worked better on a timer rather than number of kills system, X turns before you're discovered. The combat is mostly great, though, although as you say the difficulty curve is all over the place and I don't think the mission prep really prepares you for what you're going to face.

Just discovered your channel, very well explained video. Subbed

Interested in this game since it popped up on the we have ways of making you talk seems very good

Thanks for the review, Mort. This one looks great and I will definitely buy it, but not quite yet. My backlog is simply enormous. Baldur's Gate 3 probably ended up screwing over the rest of the industry with how much content they put out there. 220+h in already, on my Honour mode playthrough after having finished the game on Tactician already, and I have no intention of stopping.

I'm playing this right now on elite and boy oh boy lol. U gotta really be on point with this 1, even behind full cover they'll get you sometimes

As a history buff myself, gonna definitely pick this up. Always love a good story as well.

Instantly, the similarity with XCOM WOTC on the strategic level is uncanny: 3 factions, region bonuses, classes (and an ability that grants 'carry more gear'), the enemy progressing ("Commander, Advent is moving on its Avatar project."), choosing missions over others that might expire, tasks with costs, reprisals... In a phrase, that's XCOM, baby! :) Adequately adapted to a WWII setting? You know, it is quite amazing that you haven't reviewed XCOM 2 yet. And now, of course, it would not be an easy task either. I mean, how are you going to comment on XCOM's similarity to.... XCOM? Nor would it be fair to compare it backwards to XCOM-inspired games. A veritable conundrum. Oh, as I progress through the review. Is the use of morale unique? WotC has this implemented as well... P.S. Having said all this, I still think this an interesting game. And the similarity to XCOM is not necessarily a downside. We do love XCOM for a reason. ;)

I've had my eye on this game. gonna wait a week, maybe two, see how my financials are then get it

This looks sick! Thanks for the information, I totally missed this game.

Reminds me of Partisans 1941, mostly due to the setting though, since that one was pausable real-time. Still, I had fun with that, so I'll probably give this one a try too.

I did buy the game on my Series X. I’m currently on my second play through. It’s a good game for what it is, similar to Midnight Suns and XCOM 2. The thing I don’t like about this game and XCOM 2, the percentages on successful shots practically mean nothing, a 90% shot has the same chance of missing as a 50% shot

Much worth a playthrough.

Thanks for this game. It isn't negative that it isn't like all the other action paced chipmunk on caffein games out there.

Great review - thanks for this. Clear, concise & very informative. I especially appreciate your "take" on the game. (For what it's worth, I still consider Hidden & Dangerous 2 the greatest Tactical games of all time)

FFI - Failure to Follow Instruction. A term from navy bootcamp back in the 70s.

Agree, a solid enough XCOM-like thst's rather better than most but, once again, lacks the depth and nuance of the now iconic XCOM itself. I think they missed a trick by not implementing permadeath which greatly increases the stakes and immersion. That said, it's charming enough and you can tell love and attention was put into it from the small development team.

Have you ever played "Phantom Doctrine" or maybe an older game like "Harpoon" by Larry Bond? If not, could be an interesting retro review in the latter case and an interesting cold war follow up (2018 game for Phantom Doctrine) to this game

I’ve been holding off on buying it until I saw your review! Thank you for being so informative! I could have missed it, but did you say how long the game is for a run through?

I do not understand why bodies disappear where in some games when discovered they trigger an alarm. In JA3 if a squad member needs to they can hunker down and get extra cover. Also healing takes time with a healing kit and a squadie with medical training. I still like this game and enjoy the stealth. It can be a bit of a puzzle to position squad members before triggering an ambush. Also some enemies cannot be stealth killed and become premium targets -- damn those grenadiers and heavies!

please do a The Thaumaturge review

First, thanks for the fine review as ever. Been watching your videos religiously for some time (on my personal account). Second, in response to "maybe I'm reaching that age where a man really gets into WWII"... well we hope so! We're a story heavy, credible WWII tactics focused, leadership RPG. Hope you'll take a gander. We're announcing Early Beta today as it happens. Regardless, may you wander in wisdom and have an amazing day ;-) Luke (lead) Teaser video: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/ebx0na-eys-tn4E.html

This is one of those borderline purchase games for me. Some things I like about it. Some egh. What I worry most about it though is starting a game then wanting to play x-com 2 instead. I guess if it's cheap enough I will give it a try.

Playing on pc. It's pretty good! Solid. 💯👍🏾

Only have so much to spend on video games so I'll wait on the Zoria review to then determine which game I buy.

Games like xcom are my favorite types of games but when they make the game more stealth focused, it ruins the game for me 😔. Great review, bro!

Good show sir

This game seems promising!

Reminds me a bit of "Silent Storm" (which was fun until I met PanzerKleins - which were pretty annoying to deal with).

I'm personally hanging out for Commandos Origin's 😊

Bought this last weekend but ive only played thru a couple missions. I do like it but you definitely can tell the team had a small budget.

unclassified: free comment.

Curious if you will do War Mongrels at any point? It has been patched and fixed.

I hope is good because i bought it😊

This reminded me of Silent Storm, which I was surprised to see you haven't reviewed! Or am I missing something? Either way, I think it would be right up your alley, although the sequel, Silent Storm: Sentinels, is probably a better overall game.

Silent Storm?

I wish this style of game stopped trying to jam in a half-baked stealth or nonlethal system. Put that dev time into making the actual combat better. JA3 and Xcom 2 did reasonably well with it, but clearly had a far bigger budget than most. Meanwhile, this title, Last Train, and that other dorky ww2-ish pulp one that flopped all have an underbaked stealth system that boils down to “remove a couple minor enemies but don’t expect to avoid any of the setpiece encounters.”

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xcom and terror from the deep had the morale system as well, I think I'm going to buy this after watching review 😁

is it better then jagged alience

Not to be argumentative and I have yet to play the game but some missions being simple and others hard feels right to me. The pace and balance seem good to me? Mixing it up should subconsciously help but I need to play it.

"I'm reaching that age when a man gets into WW2" I thought the new meta was thinking about ancient Rome every day ? 😁

Comes to $70 in Canada. Otherwise I would definitely buy it

I mean, this is hitting the Silent Storm vibes that I've been missing for over a decade

Game needs mod support - bummed developers are not supporting that

A silent storm clone??

I couldn't play XCOM 2 after finding the exploit to skip enemy turns. Is this game tight?

the game is too hard for me even on regular difficulty 😢

I played the demo ans the faults you mentioned were so apparent i completely lost inrerest in this. I really dont see how you can recommend it. It felt like a 15 euro game

...A WW2 tactics & strategy game where your characters CANNOT die, is... a very strange design choice. Still sounds cool, but... wow, that one aspect of the game made me pause.

The game reportedly has 17 different endings.

I can understand why they didn't go with the IRL factions, but it is something of a shame that they've seemingly airbrushed out the role of Communist Resistance networks.

I don't see reply being much fun, if the missions occur in the same order with identical enemy placement.

another game bites the dust lmao

Gronk!

"Silent storm" is say....

I hope they come out with a DLC so i can play as the Germans.

100% in 26 hours? Not much of the content for the turnbased strategy game.

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game timer = pass. i modded xcom 2 to turn off the avatar project , that was annoying enough.

Broken morale? Report to the Commissaur!

How hard is Elite ? Can it be frustrating ? as Im planning to get the 100%