Review grok 2/5 · Dec 26, 2024
Interesting Story with Bland Gameplay & Progression
I LOVE Xcom and I LOVE the 40k Lore, so I thought this would be a great melding of interests. But it just didn't land.
I was shocked by how interesting the story was, particularly the way it develops the conflicts between the NPCs.
However, the gameplay itself was dull. Xcom is filled with tense choices, picking which things will …
I LOVE Xcom and I LOVE the 40k Lore, so I thought this would be a great melding of interests. But it just didn't land.
I was shocked by how interesting the story was, particularly the way it develops the conflicts between the NPCs.
However, the gameplay itself was dull. Xcom is filled with tense choices, picking which things will hurt your progress the least, and careful development of elite squad members. Chaos Gate tries to convince you that is what is happening, but your choices are simpler and shallower.
The character progression has more options, and I am sure in late game makes a great deal of difference, but in early game the classes feel exactly alike. To the point where I kept mixing up who was who.
The interesting pre-battle choices just aren't there, and the missions themselves get super repetitive, while also being easy.
I thought maybe it was a game that needed more time to cook, so I logged about 9 hours into it. It got a bit more interesting, characters unlock some more abilities. But overall, it just felt like a flashier, but overall less interesting take on Xcom.
This was a big miss for me.
