[My detailed critques of the game as of v25.3]

On 1/11/2023 at 6:36 PM, Kamehamehayes said:

You cannot change the soldier positions in the dropship when you get to the screen right before sending the dropship. I find that screen not particularly useful because I cannot change their positions. 

It would be nice if zoom in and out became proper features at some point. It would be nice to zoom out and see the entire tactical map from a distance or zoom in to see the aliens and soldiers in more detail. It is a small thing, but I feel it would be a nice thing to have right before the game fully releases. 

I also noticed that alien psi-amps are in the game currently. Does that mean the player's psionics will potentially be tested in the future at some point?

I might post more thoughts here in the future if I run into anything super significant. If anything needs clarification, then I can expand on it if needed. 

 

With most difficult level it happens sometimes your first action triggers several counter actions and it really has matter how your soldiers were placed, it would be nice to be able to re-align them before mission

[Please dont attach with story]

I just played demo thru with commander level and it feel like a ready game. One and only thing Im afraid you have to play story every time, its the reason I can't play new X-Coms after first time, linear story just totally kills the playability. When engine is good and gameplay works you dont need story, it develops itself. Perfect example is Sid Meyer and Civilizations, just my two cents.