Posted August 13, 2023
To start with: i like the game, overall ! Nice visual and music design, gameplay mecanisms are cool except maybe some questionable design choices and some unbalanced stuff... but overall, the game is cool !
Nice retro synthwave 80ies nostalgia (i grew up in the 80ies as a kid and teenager), cool easter eggs and popculture references from that time.
But the bugs ! Not only cosmetic ones that are mild and forgivable, but serious bugs that are impairing/hindering gameplay and player experience... and what's worse is that it seems the devs stopped working on the game and look like they are considering it as a stable, finished and polished product that is in no need for improvement... sad truth is: here a few examples of bugs i could experiment on consistent basis:
Characters with their level/experience progression reset to default base values !
Purchased items slots being removed and having to buy them back again
Misleading contracts briefings telling Stat A or Stat B will be needed, only to get checks for Stat C
Characters disappearing after loading a saved game (not only exhausted ones, but even active duty ones)
Contract reset if having some critical success/fail on dice involving faction rep... but spent AP not refunded
...
EDIT: mini games ambient sound keeps playing in loop after finishing them, when back in main view
Various localization errors especially formating typos leaving {nrsp} sumthing format tags left on words
and i am probably forgetting some others in the process
Listed them from most gamebreaking impact to least annoying bug
Really a sad state for this game considering all the efforts put in the artistic direction and the overall concept and gameplay...
Nice retro synthwave 80ies nostalgia (i grew up in the 80ies as a kid and teenager), cool easter eggs and popculture references from that time.
But the bugs ! Not only cosmetic ones that are mild and forgivable, but serious bugs that are impairing/hindering gameplay and player experience... and what's worse is that it seems the devs stopped working on the game and look like they are considering it as a stable, finished and polished product that is in no need for improvement... sad truth is: here a few examples of bugs i could experiment on consistent basis:
Characters with their level/experience progression reset to default base values !
Purchased items slots being removed and having to buy them back again
Misleading contracts briefings telling Stat A or Stat B will be needed, only to get checks for Stat C
Characters disappearing after loading a saved game (not only exhausted ones, but even active duty ones)
Contract reset if having some critical success/fail on dice involving faction rep... but spent AP not refunded
...
EDIT: mini games ambient sound keeps playing in loop after finishing them, when back in main view
Various localization errors especially formating typos leaving {nrsp} sumthing format tags left on words
and i am probably forgetting some others in the process
Listed them from most gamebreaking impact to least annoying bug
Really a sad state for this game considering all the efforts put in the artistic direction and the overall concept and gameplay...
Post edited August 16, 2023 by Djaron