After trying to get going with 3 separate starts I just found the games combat overly difficult. Getting half or more of the squad wiped on intro missions kind of ruined any fun. I'm saying this as someone who enjoys a bit of difficulty but this just was just not fun. Getting 1 shotted from across the map.. Barely getting 3 soldiers to make it to the end of missions.. Having soldiers be that expendable really ruins the experience for me. Instead of getting invested, it makes it so I don't care about any of them if they are just going to die on the next mission.
I'll likely try again later, besides a couple bugs with healing I liked everything else.