Invasion: Neo Earth

For a title in its first month of early access, I've been playing this much more than I expected. + Xcom aesthetic + A fantastic soundtrack + Decent amount of levels to keep you busy + Varied unit roster with multiple loadouts to experiment with + The developer is responsive to player feedback and bug reports. I've made bug reports and then seen patches released within 10 hours of the report! Currently, this game focuses more on team composition with the different unit types that give you access to 2-3 different loadouts for each unit. The unit types consist of stock infantry, commandos, snipers, RPG guys, men on small hover craft, tanks, artillery, AT-ST-like mechs, various kinds of fighters and bombers. Each have different values of movement, hover craft bypass water, and flying aren't limited by any obstacles. Each unit has multiple available loadouts that vary in their range, damage value and damage type that can be more or less effective against the various enemies that are exp...

5/10 A sci-fi TBS. TBS similar to Advanced Wars, Panzer General, Battle Isle, UniWar and others. In tactical battles you pick up crates with credits ("PR"s). Credits don't get spent but simply add up and allow you to pick more expensive units for the next fight. TLDR: it offers traditional gameplay on a tiled board. Yet its lackluster presentation, poorly designed UI and unbalanced (way too low) difficulty after you've completed a few missions make it look more like a prototype or an early build that wasn't playtested. I did enjoy it somewhat until about mission 5 when it became so easy that it wasn't even a strategy anymore. So, a neutral vote from me, 5/10. Good: - a couple dozen different unit types in total, land and air - before battles, instead of individual units, you select 3 squads, each with 4 units. While this doesn't affect battles themselves, it's an interesting realistic touch because in real armies indeed regiments have varied units in them - can customize weapons of ...