John Stuart

No tactical leeway whatsoever. Slug it out over a square of terrain in the middle of the battlefield. No manoeuvre, flanking, cover. Nothing matters. Just run to the square and slug it out. Absolute total and utter garbage. Wargaming for idiots.

Not asgood as it thinks it is. No sense to to auto save. Don't bother with it. Grenades are pretty useless and the physics of throwing them has apparently been coded by a three year old. Vehicles are a joke. Don't get me wrong. This game is pretty smart. But no one likes a smartass.

Games are like any form of entertainment. You either like them or you don't. Critics have come up with some b/s criticism for this game. One that stands out, "Filling up the bike with petrol is tedious, and will discourage gamers from exploring." Really? People get paid for spouting this nonsense? Suffice to say, yes, its a really good game. Like any other game you have to get into it and sort out your own path, strategy and tactics. That's what its all about. Enjoy

Just not enjoying this. Oh look. That enemy has turned red. Really? When was this written? 1985? Deleted.

I was really looking forward to this. And I've wasted my money. Where to start. The new "your on a timer in the dark and at night" mechanic. Really? Whoever came up with that nonsense should have been booted off the team. It efficiently destroys stealth as part of night-time exploring. One of the best parts of dying light. Ironically it shows you hiding places to use at night. But you can't use them. You don't have the time to use them. It's destroyed the entire game. Combat is poor, progress mechanic stupid, graphics not up to next gen, I could go on but its just depressing. That's a few quid I won't see again. What a mess.

Dire single player. Enemies brainlessly rush into your line of fire. Aiming point is well off centre making you expose yourself to take a shot. Cover dynamics non existent.

Woke garbage, don't tell me how to think.

I played the original. That was 20 years ago. And it was better than this. Let's start with the look of the game. It's very colourful. Brash. On fact, overly so. It's so brash and colourful it's actually difficult to see what's going on. Not a good trait in a turn based tactical game. The missions are repetitive, and really, a bit of a bore at times. They don't fit into the strategic level with any sense of connection. You only have 4 Knights, ever. Not much to build a team around. They are easily injured. Their armour is poor, their guns are mostly outranged and their melee weapons not much better. Only later in the game, through careful choices of gear and in the experience tree, does this change. Then it tips the other way as I used my top exp range guys to blast away 4 level bosses in a row. The strategy is poor, with no real choices that are going to make a difference. The NPC's will go in the huff if you make a decision they don't like. This would be funny apart from the fact that it can screw up research and repair plus lots of other things. Because that's what would happen if humanity's fate was on the line. Senior officers would go and sulk while planets burn. Its pathetic and whoever came up with it should be fired for stupidity. There are many far better games of this type out there. Mutant Year Zero for example. This is just flashy garbage.