Steam Squad

Steam Squad. What it is: Squad based turn strategy game, with a Steam Punk, cartoonish WWI setting. PROS: [list] [*] Solid game mechanics. [*] Easy to learn yet tactic gameplay. [*] Beautiful graphics. [*] Nice, interesting story and setting. [*] Great steam mechas (planes and tanks), that will be usable in the final release (according to developers) [*] Mele weapons! Bring out the pitchforks!! [*] The developer is VERY involved in the forums, and many of the bugs/fixes/changes adressed there have been taken care of. [*] The developer promised to work on a modding extension after the release. [*] Battlecam!! It has been implemented and works great, with a depth of field effect and nice color correction, that gives an old film feeling. Great! [/list] CONS: [list] [*] Gameplay feels a little light, specially if you compare it to old school tbs games like Silent Storm, JA2 or Fallout tactics. Hopefully the tank play will compensate that. [*] In order to make the gameplay more fluid,...

Was really hoping this was going to be a gem, but it seems to have totally missed the mark for me. Ultimately, this is an extremely shallow game, granted I only made it to the third mission before having to quit forever, so maybe there's more content I haven't seen... but doubtful. For starters, the first thing I noticed about this was the extremely amateur production. And that's not in like a indy-dev boot-straps and moxy kind of way, it's a very unpolished game that shows very little thought was put into many of the design choices, even things that have been standard for years. Interface is pretty lacking, common QoL shortcuts are none-existant, prepare for lots of needless clicks. Mission briefs are full of useless nonsense and lacking in actual content, you'll read a few .jpg's sliding on the screen and wait for the animation of pages shuffling to see each useless one. Random transitions during the intro cinematic were absolutely jarring really the first big red flag I notice...

The game looked like a gem, but failed in too many aspects. I played only to the 3d mission, may be it would go better, and there'll be bugfixes, but in current state I definitely can't recommend it to anyone. Cons (that's why it is negative after all): 1. The game is very unpolished. Things are little but they are everywhere. 2. AI. It is not stupid, strange mix of bad RNG (it is even worse then in X-Com), good tactics and dumb pathfinding. 3. Bugs. Annoying. Enemy perfectly fine goes through 4 man on overwatch (AP left) and kills one of them in melee. Other time my soldier shoot on overwatch out of cone of fire... 4. graphics are ok in some places and just bad and unpolished in others, screenshots are carefully picked. X-com like action camera is the worst part, it is funny here, not dramatic. 5. Combat system is shallow, expected much more from the description. Pros: 1. Nice setting 2. Really good atmosphere (when not hindered by funny jumping soldiers), all these films and lett...

Feels like an early access game. The game has a lot of potential if they fix some things. I wanted to like this game, but I just found myself getting frustrated with it. If they do fix some of the issues I could see myself recommending this game, but I can't in it's current state. - Minimap could use some work, you can't see the area that your camera is view on it. - Cover is very frustrating for me. It's hard to know if you are in cover or not and what area you will be able to see from positions if you decide to move to that spot. I had one situation where I thought my guy was in cover behind a building. I could see that he was on overwatch in the direction I wanted with all of his action points available. Then on the enemy's turn some invisible guy was able to spot mine and kill him while my guy never saw him. - It would be nice if I had some indication if my solder can fire on an enemy. - Not colorblind friendly, it does ok, but there are no options to adjust the color a...

I can't believe I paid money for this. The screen pan is really awful. Game play is far too slow. There's no way of telling whether you're damaging the enemy until a soldier dies. Remaining Action Points are virtually invisible, and there's no way to tell how many action points a move will take. the game is virtually unplayable at the moment.

For a turn-based squad game there is enough for me to recommend it. * It incorporates action points well * The maps are interesting * Units are role based rather then stat based * It has freaking opportunity fire! * The alt history makes the engagements interesting and fun That said, the UI is a bit rough and lacks pollish. Graphically, it's a bit jarring, but completely serviceable. If you can get past those warts, the game has many gameplay delights to offer.

[h1]-Recommended Title-[/h1] Steam Squad is a "Steampunk" Turn Based Strategy game, currently available as early access (in Beta - currently v0.371b) Whilst the game is based on "The Great War", it's historical content does not include the Entente and Central Powers forces per se, but the British and "Exotic Asian" (Han) forces instead, this dynamic is interesting - and refreshing and sets a very plausible scene. http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=330512716 The main character in the story is a British Captain - Ken Whitehall, and his troop of "Gentlemen", whom are battling the "Han". The storyline follows Ken and his men, through different missions as they undertake the battle and stop the march of the Han. Versions: [b] [*]0.31 June 2014 [*]0.32 July 2014 [*]0.371b October 2014 [*]0.40b November 2014 [*]0.41b December 2014 [*][url=http://steamcommunity.com/app/290870/discussions/0/619569608514524833/] View latest changelog[/url] [/b] The graphics in Steam Sq...

This is a updated review as of 11-5-14 The UI "was" awful, Its much better now with new update. It still has poor sound that is very muffled. It now has better conveyance of who is firing or being fired on. The camera got a major overhaul. The pan smothing is much better now. When someone does get killed they just slump. This game does have potential and is getting better. This is a updated review as of 11-5-14

The game is ok but there needs to be a way to rotate the map. Additionally there needs to be a "retreat" mode or "end mission" option. Having to fight to the last man every time is unnecesarily time consuming. I would also like the option of killing the cut scenes where i have to watch members of my squad make thier first move. Boring and useless. On the up side, I did get it on sale.....

First Impression Video: https://youtu.be/yfzO2YVav7w Steam Squad is a fun turn-based strategy game set in an alternate history World War I. That being said, it does have its issues. So, if you've ever played XCom you know the basis of Steam Squad. You have your squad, the enemy has theirs and it's a firefight from there on out. The controls are mostly run by the mouse with left click executing most commands and right click over-watching. It's pretty easy to pick up once you've done the tutorial and the first few missions are easy enough for you to get a hang of them. Overall the system works out pretty well, but I do have some gripes with the game. I'll just list them out here: Cover - This is my biggest issue with the game. There is clearly cover mechanics in the game, but the game gives no indication to the player of whether or not you've actually gotten into cover, or what is actually considered cover. Low sandbag walls and trenches? Obviously those are cover. That stump out in...