4/16/2023 0 Comments Phoenix point review![]() ![]() ![]() It is here troops are given various weapons, research is conducted, and expansions over the map occur. The geoscape is the strategic part where a player must manage building bases, interacting with other humans, and planning missions. ![]() Both sections have some cool ideas, but ultimately fail as they feel like they simply were not fleshed out nearly as well as they should have been, as will be explored further below. Battles occur in an isometric tactical map where players fight in turn-based fashion with these mutant monsters. The geoscape section of managing their base, their troops and send out missions, all while keeping an eye of resources and equipment leads to the tactical section. Like previous games of this type, this alternates between the strategic 'geoscape' and the tactical section. The adventure starts with just a small section of the world explored, and players must head out, finding new sights, new humans and new monsters to fight along the way. This place has been devastated by a bio-virus that changed most humans into mutant monsters and covered the world in a deadly mist. With all this being said, Phoenix Point has players take the role of a leader of a nearly defunct organization in a post-apocalyptic world. This brief history lesson is important because, Phoenix Point is going to be impossible to not compare to these other games, as it was literally made by the same guy, and is quite similar. At the time, these were utterly amazing - the clever blend between an over-world strategy section, and its tie to a fairly advanced tactical section were one of the reasons this was so ahead of its time, and why it still stands to this day. Many strategy aficionados familiar with the more modern XCOM series by Firaxis may only be aware of the older titles, having never played them due to their age, if nothing else. The pedigree for this game is high, after all it is made by the designer of the X-COM series a series which often appears on various 'best games ever made' lists even though it is over twenty years old. ![]()
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